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VIDEO: Inside the US Federal Reserve

Tuesday 10th of December 2013, 0:10
related countries: United States

Simon Jack looks around the US central bank, the Federal Reserve, as it turns 100 this month.
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US Federal Reserve turns 100

Tuesday 10th of December 2013, 0:10
related countries: United States

A short history of the world's most important central bank
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McKellen 'urged not to go to Russia'

Tuesday 10th of December 2013, 0:11
related countries: Russia

Sir Ian McKellen tells the Radio Times he has been advised not to go to Russia by the Foreign Office because of the country's homosexuality laws.
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US to fly AU peacekeepers into CAR

Tuesday 10th of December 2013, 0:22
related countries: United States, Burundi, Central African Republic

The US military is to help fly African Union peacekeeping troops from Burundi into the Central African Republic, officials say.
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UK housing market 'surging ahead'

Tuesday 10th of December 2013, 0:34
related countries: United Kingdom

Chartered surveyors believe house prices are likely to continue "surging ahead", the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says.
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US Senate votes to ban plastic guns

Tuesday 10th of December 2013, 0:47
related countries: United States

The US Senate approves a 10-year extension of a ban on all-plastic guns but rejects tougher restrictions called for by gun-control advocates.
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VIDEO: Ukraine police try to regain control

Tuesday 10th of December 2013, 1:03
related countries: Ukraine
related places: Kiev

Ukrainian police have begun moving against protesters in central Kiev, with some protest camps in front of government buildings dismantled. The BBC's Steve Rosenberg reports from the protest camps.
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Bogota mayor banned from office

Tuesday 10th of December 2013, 1:21
related countries: Colombia
related places: Bogota

The mayor of the Colombian capital, Bogota, is sacked by the country's prosecutor general's office and banned from politics for 15 years.
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Financier taking on Russia’s oligarchy

Tuesday 10th of December 2013, 1:50
related countries: Russia

The financier vowing justice for his dead Russian lawyer
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Brazilian ex-president 'murdered'

Tuesday 10th of December 2013, 4:07
related countries: Brazil, Botswana

An investigative commission in Brazil says it has found evidence that the ex-president Juscelino Kubitschek was murdered by the 1970s military regime.
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VIDEO: Yellowcake stored in Libya

Tuesday 10th of December 2013, 4:22
related countries: Libya

The United Nations says nuclear inspectors will visit Libya to assess its uranium stockpiles, amid concerns about fragile security in the country.
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VIDEO: Syria fighter: 'We are all al-Qaeda'

Tuesday 10th of December 2013, 4:28
related countries: Syria, France

A 25-year-old man from France talks about being part of the biggest brigade of foreign jihadists fighting in Syria, and why he left them.
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VIDEO: Snow and freezing temperatures in US

Tuesday 10th of December 2013, 5:02
related countries: United States

A deadly winter storm has caused several deaths in the US and is keeping much of the country blanketed in ice and snow.
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Thai PM rejects resignation call

Tuesday 10th of December 2013, 5:22
related countries: Thailand

Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra rejects protesters' demands that she resign before February's snap elections.
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England trio out of ODI & T20 games

Tuesday 10th of December 2013, 7:05
related countries: Australia, United Kingdom

England rest Kevin Pietersen, James Anderson and Graeme Swann for their ODI and T20 series against Australia.
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New China data boosts recovery hopes

Tuesday 10th of December 2013, 7:15
related countries: China

China's industrial output and retail sales rise in November, the latest in a series of signs suggesting a recovery in the world's second largest economy.
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Tui Travel hit by one-off costs

Tuesday 10th of December 2013, 7:42
related countries: France

Travel company Tui, which owns Thomson and First Choice, sees profits slip thanks to weak French sales and a restructuring in its activity division.
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VIDEO: Canada embarks on North Pole claim

Tuesday 10th of December 2013, 7:56
related countries: Canada

Canada signals its intention to claim the North Pole and some of the surrounding Arctic waters on its Atlantic coast.
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S Korea says North in 'terror reign'

Tuesday 10th of December 2013, 8:07
related countries: South Korea, North Korea

South Korea's president warns ties with North Korea could become more unstable after the purge of key powerbroker Chang Song-thaek.
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England to make changes for Perth

Tuesday 10th of December 2013, 8:10
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Perth

Coach Andy Flower says England will make changes for Friday's third Ashes Test as they bid to overturn a 2-0 deficit.
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Garth Brooks to go on world tour

Tuesday 10th of December 2013, 9:39
related countries: United States

US country singer Garth Brooks is to embark on a world tour, more than 10 years after he last hit the road.
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India activist in new hunger strike

Tuesday 10th of December 2013, 9:40
related countries: India

Indian anti-corruption campaigner Anna Hazare begins a fresh hunger strike to renew his demands for parliament to pass tough anti-corruption laws.
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US urges China to release Liu Xiaobo

Tuesday 10th of December 2013, 10:02
related countries: United States, China

US Secretary of State John Kerry urges China to release Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo, five years after the activist was detained.
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Deadly Argentina looting spreads

Tuesday 10th of December 2013, 11:08
related countries: Argentina

Five people are killed in widespread looting in Argentina after police in 17 provinces go on strike to demand higher salaries to match rising inflation.
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China hackers 'hit EU ministries'

Tuesday 10th of December 2013, 12:08
related countries: China

Chinese hackers targeted five European foreign ministries over the summer, a security company has said.
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Lack of exercise is 'child neglect'

Tuesday 10th of December 2013, 12:28
related countries: United Kingdom

Lack of a proper national policy to get UK children to do more exercise amounts to mass "child neglect", the British Journal of Sports Medicine says.
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Ikea wolf becomes HK protest symbol

Tuesday 10th of December 2013, 12:42
related countries: Sweden, Hong Kong
related places: A

A stuffed toy wolf stocked by Swedish furniture giant Ikea sells out in in Hong Kong, after it appears to have become an unlikely symbol of protest.
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Singapore charges 24 over riot

Tuesday 10th of December 2013, 13:13
related countries: India, Singapore

Police in Singapore charge 24 Indian nationals with rioting after violent protests on Sunday night over the death of a migrant worker.
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Abu Qatada denies terror charges

Tuesday 10th of December 2013, 13:25
related countries: Jordan, United Kingdom

Radical cleric Abu Qatada denies terror charges at a Jordanian court, and complains the presence of a military judge means he is being denied a fair trial.
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General Motors names new woman boss

Tuesday 10th of December 2013, 14:35
related countries: United States

US car giant General Motors says Mary Barra, formerly product development chief, is its new chief executive, the first female boss for the company.
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Jail sentence for PIP implant boss

Tuesday 10th of December 2013, 15:29
related countries: France

The founder of French company PIP, which distributed defective breast implants, is sentenced to four years in prison for fraud.
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Bradley Wiggins knighted by Queen

Tuesday 10th of December 2013, 16:03
related countries: France

Tour de France winner Sir Bradley Wiggins is knighted at Buckingham Palace for services to cycling.
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Obama takes selfie at Mandela event

Tuesday 10th of December 2013, 17:01
related countries: Denmark, United Kingdom, United States

US President Barack Obama, UK Prime Minister David Cameron, and Denmark's PM Helle Thorning-Schmidt take an impromptu "selfie" at the memorial for Nelson Mandela
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Indian general's attackers jailed

Tuesday 10th of December 2013, 17:18
related countries: India

A Sikh gang convicted of slashing a retired Indian general's throat in a revenge attack for a military operation in India is jailed.
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Madagascar village 'hit by plague'

Tuesday 10th of December 2013, 17:24
related countries: Madagascar

A village in Madagascar has been hit by a deadly outbreak of the bubonic plague, medical experts on the island confirm.
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Spanish journalists seized in Syria

Tuesday 10th of December 2013, 17:41
related countries: Syria, Spain

Two Spanish journalists have been kidnapped in Syria by a radical Islamist group linked to al-Qaeda, the newspaper El Mundo says.
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VIDEO: Award for Dhaka factory cameramen

Tuesday 10th of December 2013, 17:50
related countries: Bangladesh
related places: Dhaka

Two Bangladeshi cameramen, who gained access to leather factories near Dhaka to reveal squalid working conditions, have been awarded the Rory Peck award for examining humanitarian or social issues.
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'Giant of history' Mandela honoured

Tuesday 10th of December 2013, 18:42
related countries: South Africa
related places: Johannesburg

Tens of thousands join world leaders at a rainswept memorial for South Africa's Nelson Mandela, with Barack Obama hailing him a "giant of history".
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Winter storm hits US east coast

Tuesday 10th of December 2013, 18:46
related countries: United States

US federal government offices in Washington DC and schools in many cities are closed as the east coast braces for a snow storm.
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Gunmen kill Kenyan police in ambush

Tuesday 10th of December 2013, 19:16
related countries: Kenya, Somalia

Gunmen kill eight Kenyans, including five policemen, after ambushing a police patrol near the border with Somalia, police say.
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Two French soldiers killed in CAR

Tuesday 10th of December 2013, 19:32
related countries: France, Central African Republic

Two French soldiers are killed in overnight fighting in the Central African Republic amid an operation to restore order to the troubled country.
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US regulators ban risky trades

Tuesday 10th of December 2013, 20:01
related countries: United States

Five US agencies pass the landmark 'Volcker rule', which is designed to curb banks' riskier trading activities.
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Bangladesh Islamist execution stayed

Tuesday 10th of December 2013, 20:21
related countries: Bangladesh

The Supreme Court in Bangladesh stays the execution of an Islamist leader, Abdul Kader Mullah, following a last-minute appeal, his lawyers say.
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US actress guilty in ricin case

Tuesday 10th of December 2013, 20:24
related countries: United States
related places: Texas

A Texas actress pleads guilty to sending ricing-laced letters in the post to President Barack Obama and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
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Obama-Castro handshake 'unplanned'

Tuesday 10th of December 2013, 20:30
related countries: Cuba, United States
related places: White House

The handshake between US President Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro at Nelson Mandela's memorial service was unplanned, the White House says.
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VIDEO: Jail term for PIP implant boss

Tuesday 10th of December 2013, 20:37
related countries: France

The boss of a French company which distributed defective breast implants around the world has been sentenced to four years in prison for fraud.
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US bank wants 'Bitcoin-like' scheme

Tuesday 10th of December 2013, 20:39
related countries: United States

US bank JP Morgan Chase files for a US patent to develop a payment system using "virtual cash", similar to emerging currency Bitcoin.
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Ortega 'could stand for fourth term'

Tuesday 10th of December 2013, 20:46
related countries: Nicaragua

A constitutional reform which would allow Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega to run for a fourth term is adopted by the National Assembly.
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VIDEO: Nobel prize winner honours Mandela

Tuesday 10th of December 2013, 21:17
related countries: Norway

Director-general of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons accepts the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of the body at the Oslo City Hall in Norway.
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Ukraine ready to resume EU talks

Tuesday 10th of December 2013, 21:37
related countries: Ukraine
related places: Kiev

The Ukrainian president says officials could visit Brussels this week to resume talks on the EU association agreement as protests in Kiev continue.
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Same-sex weddings to begin in March

Tuesday 10th of December 2013, 21:54
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: March

The first same-sex weddings in England and Wales can take place from 29 March 2014, Equalities Minister Maria Miller says.
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Kerry defends Iran nuclear deal

Tuesday 10th of December 2013, 21:56
related countries: Iran, United States

US Secretary of State John Kerry defends the six-month nuclear deal with Iran before a sceptical panel of congressmen.
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Several plead guilty to Paypal hack

Tuesday 10th of December 2013, 22:47
related countries: United States

Thirteen people plead guilty to disabling Paypal's servers in an attack that US authorities say was orchestrated by hacking collective Anonymous.
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Reports US budget agreement reached

Tuesday 10th of December 2013, 22:59
related countries: United States

An agreement is reached on the US budget to avoid another government shutdown, according to Congressional official
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Movie captures Earth-Moon 'dance'

Tuesday 10th of December 2013, 23:19
related countries: United States
related places: Earth, Moon

The US space agency releases an extraordinary new movie of Earth and the Moon moving through space together.
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VIDEO: Hollande visits CAR for talks

Tuesday 10th of December 2013, 23:37
related countries: France, Central African Republic
related places: Bangui

The President of France, Francois Hollande, has visited the Central African Republic for talks with the transitional leadership, after two French soldiers were killed in the capital Bangui.
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