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United KingdomCan a windswept corner of the UK be a tourist hotspot?
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ChinaJeremy Paxman's portrait of the new China
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ChinaFireworks have lit up the skies of Beijing to welcome the lunar new year.
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Kazakhstan, 
ArubaAndy Murray reaches the Australian Open quarter-finals after Mikhail Kukushkin of Kazakhstan retires while trailing 6-1 6-1 1-0.
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ChinaMany couples in China are keen to have a baby in the auspicious Year of the Dragon - but could this put public services under pressure?
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New ZealandThe founder of file-sharing website Megaupload appears in a New Zealand court to seek bail, but the prosecution argue he is a flight risk.
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SyriaThe Arab League has called for a national unity government in Syria, aimed at ending the bloodshed in the country.
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Kazakhstan, ArubaAndy Murray reaches the Australian Open quarter-finals for a third successive year after Mikhail Kukushkin retires trailing 6-1 6-1 1-0.
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SyriaThe Arab League calls on Syria to start a genuine political dialogue with the opposition and form a national unity government within two months, amid continuing violence.
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IndiaAuthor Salman Rushdie accuses authorities in the Indian state of Rajasthan of giving false intelligence information of a threat to his life, saying he is "outraged".
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New ZealandA group of 90 pilot whales beach on a spit at the northern tip of New Zealand's South Island - the second incident in the area this month.
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LibyaLibyan authorities have been given until the end of Monday to answer questions over the health and legal status of Col Muammar Gaddafi's son, Saif al-Islam.
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ChinaFive people were killed in China when a man set off explosives strapped to his body during a New Year family meal over a land row, state media said.
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United States, ChinaUS billionaire investor Warren Buffett recorded a performance for China's Spring Festival Gala, a five-hour variety show on CCTV.
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JapanShares of Japanese camera company Olympus jump 8%, after it was allowed to continue trading on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE).
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India, United StatesIndia condemns an "objectionable" comment by US comedian Jay Leno on the holiest Sikh shrine, the Golden Temple of Amritsar.
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GreeceEurozone finance ministers will meet later, with the Greek debt crisis likely to dominate proceedings.
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Pakistan, United StatesA drone attack in a volatile tribal region of north-west Pakistan kills at least five suspected militants, officials say.
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Brazil, 
BotswanaBrazilian police move in to evict squatters
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North Korea, United StatesThe story of North Korea's prize catch - the USS Pueblo
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IndiaAn Indian minister pledges to wear only slip-on shoes after a young man is shown tying his laces at a public event.
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ChinaFireworks unleashed sound and colour across China at the start of the Lunar New Year, but also something else - pollution.
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Greenland, 
NorwayOil explorer Cairn Energy sells off a 30% stake in one of its Greenland exploration licences to Norwegian group Statoil.
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GreeceHaggling over new Greek bailout intensifies
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ArubaSportsday Live featuring the latest from the Championship clash between Southampton and Leicester, all the news from the Africa Cup of Nations, football transfer news and more.
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Arctic Ocean, United KingdomUK scientists use radar satellites to measure a huge dome of freshwater that is developing in the western Arctic Ocean.
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ChinaWhat's the hidden meaning behind Chinese dishes?
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IranThe prospect of tighter sanctions against Iran from Europe and America has pushed up the price of oil.
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Equatorial GuineaThere was jubilation in Equatorial Guinea as the country's football team won its opening match in the African Cup of Nations at the weekend.
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United StatesNovelist Jeffrey Eugenides and the late historian Manning Marable are among the nominees for the US National Book Critics Circle awards.
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NigeriaBoth Muslim and Christian residents of Kano, the northern Nigerian city where at least 160 people were killed in a series of attacks on Friday, are urged to heed a day of prayer.
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Equatorial Guinea, 
NigerGabon get their African Nations Cup campaign underway on Monday, aiming to emulate fellow co-hosts Equatorial Guinea by winning their opening match.
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MaldivesThe Maldives has asked the UN to help resolve what it calls a "judicial crisis", one week after the detention of a senior criminal court judge.
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IranThe BBC's James Reynolds visits Dubai where many people export goods to Iran
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South AfricaSouth African youth leader Julius Malema appeals against the ruling ANC's decision to suspend him after being found guilty of bringing the party into disrepute.
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GermanyAnti-Jewish feeling is "significantly" anchored in German society, according to a report by experts appointed by parliament.
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BurmaEuropean foreign ministers agree to suspend visa bans on leading politicians in Burma, including the president and cabinet members.
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India, NorwayDelhi says it will try to seek an "amicable" solution to a controversial child custody case in Norway that has caused anger in India.
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Antarctica, United KingdomBriton Felicity Aston has become the first woman to cross Antarctica alone.
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NigerHunger-hit Niger raises call costs to pay for maiden tournament
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United StatesCan new thinking get more Americans to the polls?
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United KingdomThe UK's lack of progress in tackling music piracy is described as "disappointing" in a report by the international recording industry.
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IndiaPlans for author Salman Rushdie to address by video the Indian literary event he withdrew from amid security concerns may be blocked, media say.
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United StatesA violent storm rushes across the south-eastern US early on Monday, killing at least two people in the state of Alabama.
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JapanThe chance of a big earthquake hitting Japan's capital in the next few years is much greater than official predictions suggest, researchers say.
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Equatorial Guinea, 
GabonAll the action as it happens from the Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon
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MexicoHundreds of farmers and indigenous Indians march for a week to the Mexican capital to draw attention to a 'devastating' drought.
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United Arab EmiratesTiger Woods has the chance to return to the world top-10 when he makes his debut in the Abu Dhabi Championship this week.
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ItalyTaxi drivers in Italy are on strike against the government's deregulation plans.
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SlovakiaSlovakian viola player Lukas Kmit reacts coolly when a mobile phone interrupts his recital at the Orthodox Synagogue in Presov, Slovakia.
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KenyaTwo presidential candidates in Kenya are to stand trial over crimes against humanity following post-poll violence in 2007, the International Criminal Court has ruled.
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EgyptEgypt's parliament elects a speaker from the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood movement at its first session since President Mubarak was deposed.
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United StatesUS crime-fighters are banned from planting GPS tracking devices on vehicles without a search warrant, in a Supreme Court ruling.
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United Kingdom, 
SpainAn alleged member of Basque separatist group Eta can be extradited to Spain over claims he plotted to target an airport with grenades, a UK judge says.
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RussiaEverton winger Diniyar Bilyaletdinov is close to returning to his homeland with a move to Russian club Spartak Moscow.
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KenyaThe International Criminal Court rules that four senior Kenyan figures, including Finance Minister Uhuru Kenyatta, are to stand trial over the 2007 post-poll violence.
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SyriaSyria rejects an Arab League plan to end months of violence that called for President Bashar al-Assad to step down and hold elections.
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RussiaRussian liberal leader Grigory Yavlinsky could be barred from the presidential election because of alleged errors in his registration.
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Belgium, IranEU foreign ministers formally agree to an oil embargo against Iran, as Western powers reinforce their naval presence in the region.
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BahrainBahrain's ministry of labour intervenes in the wake of complaints from more than 20 sacked employees of the venue for the Formula 1 Grand Prix.
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PolandA number of Polish government websites have been hit in protest against government plans to sign an international copyright treaty.
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ItalyItalian authorities say the bodies of two women have been found on the wreck on the cruise ship Costa Concordia, as fuel pumping is set to begin.
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MexicoSoldiers in Mexico arrest alleged members of the powerful Sinaloa drug cartel and kill one of its regional leaders, Luis Alberto Cabrera Sarabia.
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ChinaChinese police open fire on ethnic Tibetan protesters in Sichuan province, killing one man and injuring scores, Tibetan activists say.
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Iraq, United StatesThe final US Marine to face charges over the killing of unarmed Iraqi civilians in Haditha in 2005 pleads guilty to dereliction of duty.
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EthiopiaRebels in a remote northern region of Ethiopia blame government forces for the deaths of five European tourists in a clash last week.
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KenyaTwo presidential candidates in Kenya are to stand trial over crimes against humanity following post-election violence in 2007, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has ruled.
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BermudaLewis Hamilton is not available on the day he has been asked to testify in the trial of Adrian Sutil.
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LibyaFour people die in clashes between Libyan pro-government forces and fighters supporting ex-leader Muammar Gaddafi in the town of Bani Walid.
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IranIran says an EU ban on imports of Iranian oil is "unfair" and "doomed to fail", and will not force it to change course on its nuclear programme.
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MoroccoTunisia capitalise on a wasteful Moroccan performance to beat their North African rivals 2-1 in Group C.
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HaitiThe United Nations investigates new charges of sexual abuse against its staff in Haiti, one in the capital, Port-au-Prince, the other in Gonaives.
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ChinaFor the Chinese community across the world, today is the beginning of the New Year festival, but how will China fare in the year of the dragon?
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Turkey, 
France, 
ArmeniaThe French Senate approves a controversial bill that makes it a criminal offence to deny that Turks committed genocide against Armenians during World War I.
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SyriaSyria has rejected a plan by the Arab League for a new government of national unity to end the months of violence.
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SyriaHopes for solution to Syria crisis remains a distant prospect
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United KingdomThe government is defeated in the Lords in a vote on its plans for a £26,000-a-year household benefit cap for working age families.
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United StatesMitt Romney and Newt Gingrich attack each other ahead of a US Republican debate in Florida, days after Mr Gingrich's upset in the South Carolina primary.
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