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Democratic Republic of the CongoA number of classical orchestras have sprung up in the Democratic Republic of Congo, producing the kind of music which is rarely heard in the country.
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United StatesAccountants PwC are fined £1.4m by regulators for failing to audit accurately the accounts of US bank, JP Morgan.
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North KoreaThe day North Korea's Kim Jong-il gave me a Rolex
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United KingdomSome 40,000 British women with banned PIP breast implants should find out later whether the government believes they should be removed.
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United KingdomThe brain's ability to function can start to deteriorate as early as 45, suggests a study in the British Medical Journal.
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United KingdomFour out of five men confess to being unhappy about their body, suggests an online survey by the University of the West of England.
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FranceFrench efforts to deal with Roma migrants find limited success
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BrazilA dam has burst in northern Rio de Janeiro state in Brazil, forcing thousands more people to flee their homes to escape flooding.
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SyriaA BBC journalist has joined three Arab League observers on an unscheduled trip to a suburb of Damascus, where they met hundreds of ordinary Syrians keen to pass on their experiences in the past nine months of unrest.
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TaiwanWhy Taiwan is restoring architectural treasures
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MexicoPresident Felipe Calderon inaugurates the Baluarte bridge in northern Mexico, which at 403m is now the highest cable-stayed bridge in the world.
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Colombia, United StatesThe US and Colombia attempt to unravel the mystery of how a 14-year-old US runaway was deported to Colombia after giving officials a fake name.
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United StatesThe Boston Globe newspaper backs Republican outsider Jon Huntsman for the presidential nomination, as Rick Santorum is booed by New Hampshire students.
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AustraliaThe death cap mushrooms that killed two people in Australia were prepared by a chef for his co-workers, health officials say.
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PhilippinesRescue teams continue to search for up to 150 people thought to be missing after a landslide struck a mining village in the southern Philippines.
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BoliviaBolivian authorities are battling to prevent further landslides in the main city of La Paz as the rainy season gets off to a worse than usual start.
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MexicoA bridge in Mexico, officially recognised as the tallest in the world, has been inaugurated by President Felipe Calderon.
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JapanJapan Airlines plans to relist its shares on the Tokyo Stock Exchange as the next step in its recovery from bankruptcy.
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FranceThe French government has issued deportation notices to hundreds of Roma people, in what they say is an effort to crack down on gangs using children to beg and pick pockets.
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ChinaAuthorities in China agree to dissident artist Ai Weiwei's request to review a $2.4m (£1.55m) fine imposed on him for allegedly evading taxes.
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Peru, United StatesLori Berenson, the American who served 15 years in prison for aiding left-wing rebels, defies predictions and returns to Peru after a parole visit to the US.
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JapanThe ousted boss of Olympus gives up on his attempts to regain control of the Japanese camera and medical equipment maker.
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United States, ChinaWarren Buffett, the billionaire US investor, is set to sing to millions of Chinese internet users, state media claims.
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Burma, United KingdomThe UK foreign secretary says the momentum for change in Burma is real but warns against relaxing pressure, after talks with Aung San Suu Kyi.
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MalaysiaThe High Court in Malaysia rejects an attempt by citizens overseas to obtain voting rights by taking the Election Commission to court.
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United KingdomNurses will be told to do regular ward rounds and patients encouraged to carry out inspections as part of a drive to improve hospital standards in England.
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IndiaAustralia crush India by an innings and 68 runs with a day to spare at the Sydney Cricket Ground to take a 2-0 series lead.
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FranceThe French breast implant firm boss at the centre of safety fears told police in 2010 he had nothing to say to women facing surgery to remove them.
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ChinaAuthorities in the Chinese capital agree to release more detailed monitoring data on air pollution, after public complaints.
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SyriaSyrian state TV reports that an explosion in the Midan district of Damascus has killed and wounded a number of people, and blames "terrorists".
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FranceTraditional cheese makers in France plan to take their industrial-scale competitors to court in a row over who can legally call their product Camembert of Normandy.
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United KingdomThe prime minister says he will do "everything possible" to stop members of a new eurozone fiscal pact discussing the single market behind the UK's back.
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United KingdomEngland fly-half Toby Flood is expected to miss the start of the Six Nations with a knee injury.
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SomaliaEthiopia is to withdraw from areas it has captured in neighbouring Somalia with its troops to be replaced by African Union soldiers, the AU says.
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FranceFrench track cyclist Gregory Bauge, a key rival of Britons Sir Chris Hoy and Jason Kenny, loses two world titles following a suspension for drug test infringements.
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TurkeyTurkish ex-military chief Gen Ilker Basbug is arrested on suspicion of being part of a wide network which allegedly plotted against the government.
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LibyaConcern is mounting in Libya over the government's ability to rein in the various militia groups that toppled the old regime and still roam the country.
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EgyptDisappointment and anger at the Egyptian revolution's failures
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AfghanistanSix children are killed in a bomb blast in the Afghan city of Tarin Kowt, while five Nato soldiers die in separate attacks in the south.
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Bosnia and HerzegovinaThe reading rooms of Bosnia-Hercegovina's National Library go unheated as a funding crisis rooted in political differences grips heritage sites.
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ArubaA car reported as stolen from an Australian car park has been reunited with its owner, after apparently parking itself in the closed garage of a nearby home.
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JapanHundreds of sumo fans and visitors have gathered at Tokyo's Meiji shrine to usher in the New Year with a performance by top sumo wrestlers.
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HungaryFitch becomes the third ratings agency to cut Hungary's credit rating to junk status as deadlock with the IMF continues.
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RussiaThe failed Russian Mars probe Phobos-Grunt is pictured moving across the sky by the Paris-based amateur astronomer Thierry Legault.
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VietnamVietnamese man Nguyen Duy Hai is in a stable condition after a 12-hour operation to remove a huge 90kg tumour.
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IndiaThe parents of Indian student Anuj Bidve speak of "this dreadful tragedy" on a visit to the scene of his Boxing Day killing in Salford.
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NigeriaAt least 10 people from southern Nigeria are killed by masked gunmen who targeted a town hall in Mubi in the north-east of the country.
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South Africa, 
Sri LankaSouth Africa secure a first home series win since 2008 with a 10-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in the third and final Test at Cape Town.
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Israel, 
JordanA Jordanian terrorist jailed for 45 years for plotting to blow up an Israeli airliner has lost a legal battle to secure his release, the BBC understands.
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United KingdomLondon 2012 temporarily suspends customers from putting Olympic tickets up for resale after several problems with the official website.
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KazakhstanResidents of an oil town in Kazakhstan where deadly riots took place last month will not be allowed to vote in parliamentary elections.
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South AfricaSouth Africa's ruling African National Congress begins a weekend of celebrations to mark 100 years since it was founded with a golf tournament.
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Ukraine, 
Czech RepublicThe husband of jailed Ukrainian former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko is granted political asylum in the Czech Republic.
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Burma, United KingdomThe UK foreign secretary says the momentum for change in Burma is real but warns against relaxing pressure, after talks with Aung San Suu Kyi.
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NorwayA call threatening a massacre in Norway was made months before Anders Behring Breivik's attacks but police were not informed, public radio says.
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United States, ChinaChina's state media warn the US against "flexing its muscles" after it unveiled a defence review switching focus to the Asia-Pacific region.
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MexicoMexican police capture the alleged mastermind of an arson attack on a casino in Monterrey last year that killed 52 people.
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PeruDutchman Joran Van der Sloot, previously arrested over the disappearance of Natalee Holloway in 2005, pleads guilty to killing a woman in Peru.
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Iran, United StatesAmerican sailors rescue 13 Iranian fishermen held hostage by pirates in the Arabian Sea for several weeks, the Pentagon says.
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Jamaica, United KingdomJamaican Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller says the time has come to abandon Queen Elizabeth as head of state and become a republic.
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Burma, United KingdomUK's Hague hails end of 'long darkness' in Burma
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NigeriaA court in Nigeria orders trades unions to call off a national strike planned for Monday against soaring petrol prices.
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New ZealandEleven people are believed to have died in a hot air balloon crash near the town of Carterton in New Zealand, according to local media reports.
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Colombia, United StatesA 15-year-old runaway mistakenly deported to Colombia without any proof of residence is returning home to Texas, US media and Colombian officials say.
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IranWill sanctions halt Iran's nuclear drive or hurt ordinary people?
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United StatesThe US economy created 200,000 jobs in December, while the unemployment rate fell to 8.5%, official figures show.
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Dominican Republic, 
DominicaConvicted fraudster and Lib Dem donor Michael Brown has been arrested in the Dominican Republic after going on the run, police say.
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United StatesThe US Supreme Court is to consider whether the use of a drug-sniffing dog outside a private home in Florida amounted to an unconstitutional search.
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United KingdomManchester United and Wayne Rooney issue a joint statement denying a newspaper report that the England international is to be sold in the January transfer window.
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SyriaSyria has warned it will "strike back with an iron fist" after a suicide attack killed at least 26 people in Damascus.
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ChinaA Tibetan protester sets himself on fire near a monastery in China's Sichuan province, the latest in a wave of self-immolations, activists say.
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BahrainProminent human rights activist Nabeel Rajab has been taken to hospital after being beaten by police in Bahrain, his lawyer and opposition activists say.
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Germany, Czech RepublicGermany and the Czech Republic advise women with potentially faulty breast implants made by France's PIP company to have them removed.
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New ZealandEleven people have died in a hot air balloon crash near the town of Carterton in New Zealand, local officials say.
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