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TurkeyThe Turkish Red Crescent says 17 lorries carrying aid for survivors of Sunday's deadly earthquake have been looted.
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TurkeyTurkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has admitted there have been failures in the distribution of aid supplies during the first 24 hours after Sunday's earthquake.
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GreeceEU leaders have agreed a "three-pronged" deal to tackle the eurozone debt crisis, including the writing-off of 50% of Greek debts.
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United StatesThe wife of jailed US financial swindler Bernard Madoff has said the couple attempted suicide after his $65bn (£41bn) fraud scheme was exposed.
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United StatesOccupy protesters in Atlanta and Oakland face police crackdowns, as data shows confidence in government and economic equality falling.
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South KoreaSouth Korea's economic growth slows to 0.7%, due to less corporate investment in sectors such as semiconductors.
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Iran, United StatesUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton tells the BBC efforts to reach out to Iran have been hurt by confusion over who is ultimately running the country.
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South AfricaPoliticians in South Africa are being urged to elect Lindiwe Mazibuko to be the first black leader of the official opposition in Parliament.
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ArubaThe Australian Securities Exchange restarts trading after a technical glitch forced a four-hour halt earlier in the day.
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IndiaSome of the parents of 12 children who died over the last two days in a hospital in the Indian city of Calcutta accuse it of negligence.
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ColombiaThe Colombians living in the middle of fighting
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ArgentinaArgentine ex-naval officer Alfredo Astiz - known as the "Blond Angel of Death" - and 11 others are jailed for life for torture and murder during military rule.
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Sweden, 
JapanJapanese tech giant Sony buys full control of mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson from its Swedish partner.
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GreeceWhy is Greece so reliant on international help to pay its bills?
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Israel, 
EgyptIsrael-Egypt prisoner swap boosts Cairo's new rulers
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United KingdomMore than 5,000 foreign criminals who should have been deported remain in the UK, including almost 4,000 who are not in custody, says a report
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JapanThe Bank of Japan expands its asset purchase programme by 5tn yen ($66bn; £40bn) in a bid to boost growth.
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TurkeyThe number of people who died in Sunday's earthquake in Turkey rises to 523 as a teenager is pulled alive after being trapped for over 90 hours.
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United KingdomWe Need To Talk About Kevin, a film about a mother's troubled relationship with her son, has won best movie at the BFI London Film Festival awards.
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ThailandBangkok residents crowd buses and clog roads as they flee flooding predicted for the weekend, as Thailand battles its worst flooding in decades.
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New ZealandNew Zealand's World Cup-winning coach Graham Henry says he would be interested in working with the Rugby Football Union.
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GreeceEU leaders agree a deal to ease the eurozone crisis, including losses for banks holding Greek debts, and European shares jump following the news.
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UruguayUruguay's Congress votes after a tense debate to revoke an amnesty that shielded officers during military rule from prosecution.
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GhanaNine people are killed in heavy floods in Ghana's capital, Accra, as President John Atta Mills visits affected areas, officials say.
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Pakistan, United StatesA US drone strike in north-west Pakistan kills two top commanders of one of Pakistan's most influential Taliban groups, officials say.
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Germany, United KingdomBritish bobsleigher Serita Shone fractures her back during a serious training crash in Germany.
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AustraliaAustralia unveils the world's largest gold coin, weighing one tonne, in time for Queen Elizabeth's visit to Perth for the Commonwealth summit.
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BrazilBrazil's Senate approves a truth commission to examine human rights abuses, including those committed during the 1964-85 military government.
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United KingdomPlans for mandatory life sentences for crimes other than murder in England and Wales are set out by the government.
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TunisiaEurope awards its Sakharov prize to Mohamed Bouazizi, whose self-immolation triggered Tunisia's uprising, and four other Arab Spring activists.
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AfghanistanA small group of militants is attacking a compound that houses Western officials and military personnel in the Afghan city of Kandahar.
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TaiwanTaiwan's defence ministry is to pay compensation to the relatives of an air force private who was executed in 1997 for a murder he did not commit.
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AustraliaThe Queen has experienced some traditional Aboriginal culture on the latest leg of her tour of Australia.
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ChinaChinese state media says three people have been arrested for "spreading false rumours" online, warning authorities will quash all such activity.
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NetherlandsHigher gas and oil prices push up profits at ExxonMobil and Royal Dutch Shell during the third quarter.
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United StatesThe US economy grew at an annualised rate of 2.5% in the third quarter of this year, according to figures from the US Commerce Department.
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South AfricaSouth Africa's main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance, elects its first black parliamentary leader.
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Afghanistan, PakistanThe Taliban in Afghanistan issue an unprecedented condolence statement on the death of a top right-wing Pakistani politician.
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United StatesFacebook is locating its first non-US data centre in a place with an inhabitant even more famous than Mark Zuckerberg.
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Malaysia, 
ItalyThe small east Italian town of Coriano swells with mourners for the funeral of MotoGP rider Marco Simoncelli, killed at the Malaysian Grand Prix.
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South AfricaSouth Africa's main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance, have elected a new leader - the first black leader of the official opposition.
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South AfricaThousands of protesters in South Africa's main city, Johannesburg, demand greater economic power for black people, including nationalisation.
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MexicoHurricane Rina is downgraded to a tropical storm as it approaches Mexico's Caribbean coast, where resorts are braced for its arrival.
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TurkeyRescue workers on Thursday pulled a man alive from the rubble more than 100 hours after an earthquake in eastern Turkey.
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United Kingdom, 
SpainA previously unknown portrait by Spanish artist Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velazquez is unveiled in London.
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Afghanistan, Pakistan, United StatesUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton tells Congress the US has made significant progress in Afghanistan and Pakistan, but warns that challenges remain.
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Kenya, 
SomaliaArmed men launch a rocket-propelled grenade attack on a vehicle near Kenya's border with Somalia, killing four people, reports say.
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ChinaHundreds of business owners clash with riot police in the eastern Chinese city of Huzhou after a row over taxation, official media say.
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IrelandSeveral candidates in the Irish presidential election cast their vote in the poll to choose the country's ninth head of state.
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Israel, United StatesUS-Israeli citizen Ilan Grapel, who was detained by Egypt on spying charges, arrives in Israel after being freed as part of a prisoner exchange.
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United KingdomThe Church of England should do nothing which could "lead to violence" against anti-capitalism protesters, the canon chancellor of St Paul's Cathedral says after resigning from his post.
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IraqTwin bomb blasts kill 18 people in Baghdad, amid a resurgence of attacks in the Iraqi capital.
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United StatesThe US chocolate maker Hershey, which makes Reece's chocolates, has forecast low growth and sales in 2012.
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United StatesOccupy Oakland calls for a general strike after a man is critically injured, as several cities around the US march in solidarity with the California protesters.
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PolandPolish authorities reopen investigations into crimes committed at Auschwitz and its satellite Nazi death camps during World War II.
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Afghanistan, PakistanThe Pakistan army strongly denies claims made in a BBC documentary that it is secretly backing the Taliban in the war in Afghanistan.
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United StatesShares in the US join Europe's market rally after eurozone leaders agree a deal to help resolve the debt crisis.
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LibyaThe UN Security Council votes to end seven months of international military action in Libya, carried out under a mandate to protect civilians.
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UruguayUruguay's Congress has voted to revoke an amnesty law that protected officers from prosecution for crimes committed during military rule from 1975 to 1983.
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Mexico, South Korea, 
North Korea, United StatesThe United States puts preliminary anti-dumping duties on some fridge freezers from South Korea and Mexico.
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Greece, 
FranceFrench President Nicolas Sarkozy says allowing Greece into the eurozone was a "mistake" at the time, while Athens denies causing the debt crisis.
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Turkey, 
SeychellesCaroline Wozniacki fails to qualify for the semi-finals of the year-ending WTA Championships in Turkey but Petra Kvitova and Victoria Azarenka go through.
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TunisiaTunisia's moderate Islamist Ennahda party has won the country's post-Arab Spring elections, say officials, but protests break out in Sidi Bouzid.
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United KingdomPay for directors of the UK's top businesses rose 50% over the past year, a report suggests.
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BrazilIndigenous rights activists in Brazil occupy the site of what is set to become the world's third largest hydro-electric dam project.
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United KingdomThe number of new cancer cases in the UK could rise by 45% by 2030 to more than 430,000 a year, research suggests.
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Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia names long-time interior minister Prince Nayef as the heir to the throne of King Abdullah, following his brother's death last week.
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