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Pope Benedict appoints a married priest to head the first structure in the US for Anglicans converting to Roman Catholicism.
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A new effort to convince families in England that they can eat healthily on a budget is beginning.
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Colombian police kill one of the leaders of a powerful drug trafficking gang in the north of the country.
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The Scottish government is to meet with foreign diplomats and Cosla to discuss the drop in school language assistants.
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Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos has used his new year message to warn that 2012 will be "full of hardships".
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Israeli and Palestinian negotiators agree to meet in Jordan this week, after more than a year of deadlock in peace talks.
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Chinese factories get an end of year production boost as economic activity picks up around the Western and Chinese New Years.
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Hundreds of people turned out to watch six men honour an old tradition and dive from a bridge in Rome into the cold water of the River Tiber.
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An advisory body to the Arab League calls for the organisation's monitors to be withdrawn from Syria because of the continuing crackdown on protests.
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Facing the challenge of getting 1.2 billion people online
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Fiji's military ruler Frank Bainimarama says he will lift martial law to pave the way for consultations on a new constitution.
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The Korean peninsula is at a "turning point" with opportunities for change, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak says in a new year address.
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India's government will open up its stock market to individual foreign investors in an attempt to boost demand and liquidity.
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China has launched its first 3D television channel on a trial basis and aims for a full launch in the Chinese New Year.
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Hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of equipment and personal belongings have been stolen from police stations across Britain, it is revealed.
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Why the small US state of Iowa plays a big role in presidential campaigns
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Australian officials warn of a possible outbreak of Murray Valley encephalitis, a potentially deadly disease, after it is found in chickens in New South Wales.
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South Korea's K-pop music has overtaken Japanese music as the industry's most popular genre in the country.
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India's anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare recovers from bronchitis in hospital in Pune, with doctors advising him not to fast for a month.
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Mike Hussey says Australia are determined not to let Sachin Tendulkar score a historic 100th international century for India in the second Test in Sydney.
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India's central bank, which has raised interest rates 13 times in two years, tells the BBC it may ease monetary policy amid fears of a global slowdown.
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In a new year message, David Cameron acknowledges economic worries but says Britain must take advantage of the Olympics and Queen's Jubilee.
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Kenya, known for long-distance running, is now seeing a growth in the popularity of football.
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Pakistani police detain three Iranian border guards after they allegedly crossed the border killing one man and wounding another they had been pursuing, officials say.
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Fourth seed Serena Williams beats Chanelle Scheepers of South Africa 6-2 6-3 in the first round of the Brisbane International.
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Fulham snatch a dramatic late win over Arsenal after earlier victories for Chelsea, Norwich, Stoke and Swansea on a busy day of action that featured full Scottish and Football League programmes.
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The inhabitants of the Somme region in northern France pick a new name for themselves - "Samariens".
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Greek doctors and pharmacists go on strike in the country's first walkout of 2012.
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Tom Cruise's Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol tops the US box office chart for the second week running, according to studio estimates.
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Hearts beat Hibs 3-1 in the early kick-off before four games follow at 1500 GMT, including Rangers v Motherwell and Dunfermline v Celtic.
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Gaza's Hamas PM Ismail Haniya continues his tour of Turkey by visiting the Mavi Marmara aid ship, stormed by Israeli troops in 2010.
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Iran says it has successfully test-fired two more missiles, including a surface-to-sea missile, to end a 10-day naval exercise in the Gulf.
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As temperatures soared across many of the southern states of Australia, animals at Melbourne Zoo were given a hose down.
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Reports from the Ningxia region of northern China say several hundred Muslim villagers fought with riot police who tore down a mosque.
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A senior plastic surgeon advising the government wants faulty breast implants removed, following a health scare in France.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicholas Sarkozy agree their first meeting of 2012 to discuss the eurozone debt crisis.
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A US police manhunt is under way for an Iraq war veteran wanted in connection with the killing of a ranger at a national park in Washington state.
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World media's mixed expectations for 2012
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A fuel additive untested in clinical trials was used in breast implants that have since been banned, French radio station RTL reports.
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Afghanistan's national power company says it will cut the electricity supply to the central prison unless it pays its overdue bills soon.
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The Bangladeshi government approves a tough new anti-pornography law which would see offenders jailed for up to 10 years.
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Burma's government announces reductions in prison sentences, but makes no mention of the release of political detainees.
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Tens of thousands of South Sudanese flee their homes as some 6,000 fighters hunt down members of a rival ethnic group following deadly cattle raids.
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The Arab League calls for an end to shootings in Syria and warns snipers remain a threat, but says all signs of an army presence in cities have gone.
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A passenger boat capsizes off the Kenyan tourist resort of Lamu Island, killing at least six people, aid workers and officials say.
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Iran says it has test-fired three more missiles in what is being seen as a show of strength on the final day of naval exercises near the Strait of Hormuz.
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The Syrian military has withdrawn heavy weapons from residential areas but gunfire is continuing and snipers are still a threat, according to the Arab League.
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One man is killed as dozens of wildfires spread through southern and central parts of Chile during a heat wave.
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Venezuela says it will pay Exxon Mobil $255m in compensation for nationalised assets - less than a third of what was awarded to the oil giant.
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Police in Argentina are investigating the wife of a governor who died of a gunshot to the head while celebrating the new year.
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A man describing himself as "Psycho Stapleton" appears in court charged with murdering student Anuj Bidve who was shot dead on Boxing Day.
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Israeli and Palestinian negotiators are due to meet in Jordan on Tuesday, after more than 15 months of deadlock in peace talks.
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Tens of thousands of people protest against Hungary's controversial new constitution introduced by the governing centre-right Fidesz party.
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Tunisia's president promises to hand over former Libyan Prime Minister al-Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi, detained in Tunisia, if he is guaranteed a fair trial in Libya.
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Alesha Dixon leaves Strictly to join the judging panel on Britain's Got Talent.
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