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Canadian doctors 'halt shrinkage of the brain'
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Inside Indian homes with The Way We Live photo project
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Zimbabwe men in fear over alleged ritual sex attacks
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Why are American teenagers falling out of love with the car?
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The early frontrunner for next year's presidential election in Mexico, Enrique Pena Nieto of the PRI, formally registers his candidacy.
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An independent panel examining the summer riots in England says the scheme designed to pay out compensation needs overhauling.
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A Colombian policeman is reunited with his family after 12 years as a captive of Farc rebels, as the relatives of four other hostages who were killed mourn their loss.
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Police in Germany say they have cleared thousands of protesters who were trying to block a trainload of nuclear waste.
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A hostage who was the only survivor of a confrontation between Colombian government forces and Farc rebels has arrived in Bogota.
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China Investment Corporation says it is keen to invest in infrastructure development in the UK and other developed countries.
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Young Japanese swapping city lights for rural charm
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Maoist rebels in India call for a two-day-long countrywide strike in protest against the killing of top rebel Koteshwar Rao last week.
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South Korea's president says he is wearing thermal underwear to save energy, as he urges citizens to take measures to avoid power shortages.
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An explosion hits a hotel in the southern Philippines, killing two people and injuring several more, most of whom are said to be wedding guests.
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In the short time between Colonel Gaddafi's capture and his death in September, rebel fighter Mohammed Sheba had the chance to speak to the deposed Libyan leader.
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Egypt is preparing to head to the polls for the opening stage of the first elections since former President Hosni Mubarak was toppled in February.
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It has been a record 533 days since Belgium held an election and still there is no government in place, but that may be about to change. Financial markets and rating agencies have been pressing the country to create an effective government capable of
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An explosion has ripped through a small hotel in the southern Philippines, killing three people and injuring at least 27 more.
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Asian shares rise on Monday on speculation that the International Monetary Fund is preparing a bailout package for Italy.
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Patients at England's hospitals are more likely to die if they are admitted at weekends, analysis suggests.
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Record numbers of young Japanese do not have partners, according to a survey by the government, and many do not want one.
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Sportsday Live - the football world reacts to the death of Gary Speed with David Beckham, Gareth Bale and Gordon Strachan paying tribute to the former Wales manager while fans also share their memories.
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Investigative journalist Edward Epstein describes evidence he has uncovered which he believes shows Dominique Strauss-Kahn was set up, while political commentator Ann-Elisabeth Moutet analyses how the report has been received in France.
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At least 11 people are now known to have died and more than 30 remain missing after a suspension bridge collapsed in Indonesia.
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Thailand's factory output dropped by almost 36% in October after the country's worst flooding for 50 years, new data show.
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Nearly two thousand people in the small town of Wee Waa, in south-eastern Australia have been cut off by flooding.
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The final outing in the Harry Potter franchise scoops best film and an audience gong at the British Academy Children's Awards.
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The world's biggest greenhouse gas emitters including the US, India and Brazil hope to delay talks on a new climate deal at a UN summit.
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German industrial group Daimler is reportedly preparing to disband its ultra-luxurious Maybach car marque.
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A Kenyan court issues an arrest warrant for Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir over alleged war crimes in Darfur.
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Kylie Minogue and children's entertainers The Wiggles are inducted into the Aria Awards hall of fame in Sydney, Australia.
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US retail sales in the critical Thanksgiving weekend rose 16% versus a year ago, according to the National Retail Federation.
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A suicide car bomber kills 19 people and injures at least 15 at a prison gate near Baghdad, Iraqi officials say.
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Sri Lanka cuts the ribbon on its first motorway
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The people of Guyana are voting for a new government in an election likely to continue to reflect the South American nation's traditional racial divide.
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A Chinese businessman who hoped to buy a large area of Iceland for an eco-resort hits out at the government's decision to reject his bid.
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Friends and colleagues of Gary Speed say they cannot understand the events leading to the Wales manager's death.
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UK lawyer David Mills gives evidence by video link in a corruption case brought against former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
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Five political activists in the United Arab Emirates receive a presidential pardon, a day after they were jailed for anti-state crimes, reports say.
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The tennis doubles "peace pair" of India's Rohan Bopanna and Pakistan's Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi announce an end to their partnership.
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Animal rights activists criticise a bounty of 500 rupees ($9.60) a head to capture monkeys for sterilisation in India's Himachal Pradesh state.
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Internet sales rise faster than expected over Black Friday in the US according to surveys, and retailers expect an even better Cyber Monday.
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British film director Ken Russell, best known for his 1969 film Women In Love, dies at the age of 84.
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The Scottish National Portrait Gallery is to reopen on Thursday following a £17.6m restoration project.
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French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe says time is running out for the Syrian leader after the Arab League agrees sanctions against Damascus.
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Ecuador's women farmers join forces to conserve their land
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The Indian Olympic Association says there is "no question" of a boycott of the 2012 London Games amid a row over a sponsor.
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The OECD says the eurozone and the UK are likely to enter a recession as the international body cuts its global growth forecasts.
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The government announces a major drive to encourage investment in large infrastructure projects - as a respected economic think tank says the UK is likely to slip back into recession.
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Syria's security forces have committed systematic "crimes against humanity" in their crackdown on anti-government protesters, a UN report says.
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Al-Shabab fighters close down several aid agencies working in famine-hit Somalia, including some from the UN, accusing them of dishonesty and working against Islam.
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Americans bought slightly more new homes in October but prices fell, according to the US Commerce Department.
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Lyse Doucet visits a Cairo polling station to see how complicated voting is in Egypt's first elections since former President Hosni Mubarak was overthrown in February.
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Nick Mallett says he will not be an immediate replacement for Martin Johnson - but could take the role after the Six Nations.
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Britain's former world heavyweight champion David Haye is in talks to fight Vitali Klitschko in March 2012.
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At least four people are killed after attacks on polling stations during DR Congo's election, also hit by logistical delays.
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One of the most prominent Democrats in the US House of Representatives, Barney Frank, will not seek re-election in 2012.
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Three HIV-positive men petition the Chinese government to overturn a ruling barring them from working as teachers, an activist says.
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A US judge orders a trial after rejecting a $285m settlement between Citigroup and financial regulator SEC over the sale of toxic mortgages.
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The Christmas tree in the Estonian capital of Tallinn has been felled for the second time in three days, after being battered by winds of 100kph (62mph).
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Ten of the UK's top sports stars have been nominated for the 2011 BBC Sports Personality of the Year award.
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Canada confirms it will not make new emission cuts under the Kyoto Protocol and may formally withdraw from the treaty, adding new troubles for the UN climate summit.
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Venezuelan forces arrest Maximiliano Bonilla Orozco, alias Valenciano, accused of leading a key drug trafficking gang in Colombia.
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Polling stations are crowded in a mostly orderly start to Egypt's first elections since President Mubarak was overthrown in February.
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President Barack Obama hosts European Union leaders at a White House summit, amid fears of a new recession in Europe and possible effects on the US.
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The Bangladeshi parliament passes a landmark bill that will enable the return of property seized from the country's Hindu minority.
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A US-based radiologist "recreates" a 307-year-old Stradivarius violin in a move that may benefit music students.
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Pakistan denies reports it opened fire first provoking the Nato air strike which killed 24 of its troops at a checkpoint on the Afghan border.
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Mike Tindall is reinstated to the England elite squad and has his fine reduced after appealing to the Rugby Football Union.
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Wall Street follows global stock markets higher on hopes that eurozone leaders will stitch together a new government spending pact.
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The mother of a 16-year-old boy arrested in Ohio over the deaths of three men responding to a Craigslist jobs advert tells US media her son is innocent.
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Vote counting is underway in the Democratic Republic of Congo after presidential and parliamentary elections marred by accusations of vote rigging.
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Lana Peters, the only daughter of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin, dies of colon cancer at a care home in the US state of Wisconsin, aged 85.
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Fitch ratings agency revises its outlook on the US from "stable" to "negative" after Congressmen fail to agree deficit cuts.
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Japanese carmakers are looking to an energy efficient future
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Kuwait's prime minister resigns along with his government, following a growing row with his parliamentary opponents about alleged corruption.
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