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Japanese business confidence jumps to its highest level in six years, according to the Bank of Japan's latest Tankan survey.
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Three sequels to the movie Avatar are to be made in New Zealand, director James Cameron and the New Zealand government announce.
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England's Stuart Broad will not bowl again in the third Ashes Test, but scans reveal that he has not fractured his foot.
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Thailand's Nok Air and Singapore's Scoot plan to set up a new budget airline in Bangkok amid growing demand for low-cost travel in the region.
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At least 21 people are killed and several hurt after a bus fell off an elevated motorway onto a van in the Philippine capital Manila, officials say.
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At least 21 people have been killed and several others injured after a bus fell off an elevated motorway onto a van in the Philippine capital, Manila, officials say.
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One year after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe took charge in Japan, the BBC's Linda Yueh reports on the challenges as he faces in kick-starting the economy.
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Australia closes its main military base in Afghanistan and its last combat troops withdraw from Uruzgan province.
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A fresh hunger strike by Indian anti-corruption campaigner Anna Hazare to renew his demand for the parliament to pass tough anti-corruption laws enters its seventh day.
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Sixteen people have been killed in violence in China's restive western region of Xinjiang, a state news portal says.
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Thousands of demonstrators have spent the night in Independence Square in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, to protest against President Viktor Yanukovych's refusal to sign a landmark EU deal.
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Steve Rosenberg travels to the eastern Ukrainian city of Lugansk which favours links with nearby Russia over the EU.
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BBC Sports Personality of the Year Andy Murray wants to repay the British public with Australian Open success.
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The British and Irish Lions are named team of the year and Warren Gatland is voted top coach at the BBC Sports Personality awards.
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Katya Adler asks whether Syria is heading towards a military stalemate, where neither government forces nor rebels can win.
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An Israeli soldier is killed by shots fired by a Lebanese army sniper from across the border, the Israeli military says.
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Thousands of homes belonging to British families living in Spain are under threat of demolition.
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Ahmed Maher looks at the facts, figures and reasons for the conflict in Syria.
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A prominent Shia cleric has been shot dead in the Pakistani city of Lahore, sparking an outcry from members of the city's Shia community.
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South Korea's president convenes a meeting of security officials after the shock execution of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's uncle.
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Australia are on the verge of regaining the Ashes, needing only five England wickets on the final day of the third Test.
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The Israeli army has shot two Lebanese soldiers on the border after an Israeli soldier was killed by a Lebanese army sniper, the Israeli military says.
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The Hobbit sequel The Desolation of Smaug tops the US box office but takes less than the first Hobbit film on its opening weekend.
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Left-wing candidate Michelle Bachelet is elected Chilean president for a second time, defeating her run-off rival Evelyn Matthei by a wide margin.
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Power from the new Hinkley C nuclear generator will be too expensive, the boss of one of the UK's biggest energy consumers says.
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The number of people killed by barrel bombs dropped by helicopters in the Syrian city of Aleppo on Sunday has risen to more than 70, activists say.
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Women's groups and citizens are holding vigils across the Indian capital Delhi, a year after a student was killed in a gang rape which shocked the country.
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As unemployment forces many young adults to live with their parents, one Spanish family describes how mutual respect makes it possible for them.
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Pressure mounts on a retired Indian Supreme Court judge accused of sexual misconduct to quit his position as head of a human rights panel.
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The eurozone's recovery is continuing, a survey of businesses suggests, but there is a widening divergence in the economic performance between France and Germany.
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Employees of internet retail giant Amazon are taking strike action in Germany in a long-running pay dispute.
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Questions surround one of China's most powerful men
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Turkey and the EU sign a deal enabling EU countries to send back illegal migrants who entered the 28-nation bloc via Turkey.
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Some of the youngest lava flows on the Moon are within reach of China's Jade Rabbit rover, says a leading lunar scientist.
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A bride in the US state of Indiana sees her husband mown down after he stopped to help a stranded motorist following their wedding reception.
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Police in Italy have arrested four alleged mafia gangsters over an extortion scam involving poinsettia, a red-leaved plant popular at Christmas.
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Insurance market Lloyd's of London appoints Inga Beale as its new boss, the first female chief executive in its 325 year history.
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The president-elect of Chile, Michelle Bachelet, promises to carry out a broad programme of reforms after winning a convincing 62% of the vote.
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European countries bordering Russia's territory of Kaliningrad say they are worried at reports that Moscow has put nuclear-capable missiles there.
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French police arrest 21 people in an investigation into claims horsemeat used to develop medicines was sold illegally for human consumption.
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A Rwandan ex-mayor found guilty of genocide by a UN-back war crimes tribunal in 2011 has his sentence extended from 15 to 25 years on appeal.
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The United Nations launches its biggest ever appeal, as it warns that nearly three-quarters of Syrians will need humanitarian aid in 2014.
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Chinese doctors save a man's severed hand by grafting it to his ankle, buying time before reattaching it to his injured arm.
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The authorities in Egypt have had an unfortunate start in their attempt to publicise the referendum on a new draft constitution.
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Women's rights activists are holding vigils in the Indian capital Delhi in memory of a female student who was gang-raped and murdered on a bus.
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Portugal moves a step closer to exiting its bailout programme, after the international lenders that saved the country from bankruptcy approve a review of the economy six months early.
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Iraq suffers one of its bloodiest days in recent months as a wave of attacks kills more than 70 people, many of them pilgrims.
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Croatia defender Josip Simunic receives a 10-match ban from Fifa for leading fans in a chant with pro-Nazi connotations.
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Aged just 27, the Austrian Sebastian Kurz is now Europe's youngest foreign minister after the government was sworn in.
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The UN says more than 1,200 people have been killed in Islamist-related violence in north-east Nigeria since a state of emergency declared in May.
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Brazilian builders go on strike at the World Cup stadium in Manaus, a day after a court order halted high work following the death of a worker.
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A year after the gang rape and murder of a female student on a bus in Delhi made headlines across the world, is it any safer for women on the streets of the Indian capital?
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The Syrian government has agreed to allow UN aid into areas trapped by fighting between rebels and the regime's forces, a spokesman has told the BBC.
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The White House rules out any amnesty for Edward Snowden, as a federal judge rules US government snooping on phone calls may be unconstitutional.
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As the UN announces its biggest-ever appeal for aid money, David Miliband, the President of the International Rescue Committee, has told the BBC that he believes that Syria is facing "absolute catastrophe".
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UK troops can come home from Afghanistan in 2014 knowing that their mission has been accomplished, David Cameron says on a pre-Christmas visit to the country.
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EU foreign ministers seek to reassure Russia that a trade deal with Ukraine would not be "detrimental" to Moscow.
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World heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko gives up his WBC title in order to focus on politics in Ukraine.
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The US challenges makers of antibacterial soaps to prove they are safe, warning a chemical in such products may be harmful.
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More than 20 people, including women and children, are killed, most of them hacked to death in eastern DR Congo, UN peacekeepers say.
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British Prime Minister David Cameron has said that British troops can leave Afghanistan in 2014 with "heads held high" after a "job very well done".
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Syrians seeking refuge in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley are facing bleak living conditions, as the region is hit by one of the worst winter storms in decades.
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Real Madrid and Barcelona are among seven Spanish clubs to be investigated over alleged illegal state aid.
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Canada's industry minister apologises after his suggestion it is not the Canadian government's job to feed hungry children sparks an uproar.
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Justice Secretary Chris Grayling has met a delegation from the US, including former addict and Friends actor, Matthew Perry, who thinks drug courts are the answer to deal with reoffending.
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