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Brazil indigenous clash in Congress
Wednesday 17th of December 2014, 0:05related countries:
Brazil, 
Botswanarelated places: Brasilia
Brazilian indigenous protesters armed with bows and arrows clash with police inside the National Congress building in Brasilia.
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Mercedes rivalry set to continue
Wednesday 17th of December 2014, 0:05related countries:
BermudaMercedes plan to let team-mates Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg battle it out for the title again next season.
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Bill Cosby will not face LA charges
Wednesday 17th of December 2014, 0:12related countries:
United StatesCharges will not be filed against comedian Bill Cosby over allegations that he sexually assaulted a teenage girl in 1974, US prosecutors say.
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The strange normality of life in the middle of Syria's war
Wednesday 17th of December 2014, 0:39related countries:
SyriaHow everyday life continues despite Syrian civil war
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Erdogan battles 'parallel state' in Turkey
Wednesday 17th of December 2014, 1:02related countries:
Turkeyrelated places: Erdogan
Turkey's Erdogan in battle with 'parallel state'
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Greek vote could spark political turmoil
Wednesday 17th of December 2014, 1:05related countries:
GreeceReturn to political turmoil looms ahead of presidential vote
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Made in Ghana, bass-ed in London
Wednesday 17th of December 2014, 1:21related countries:
Ghana, 
United Kingdomrelated places: London
Remixing Ghanaian rhythms for UK dance floors
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Food giant offered 'unreasonable' deal
Wednesday 17th of December 2014, 1:29related countries:
United KingdomUK food manufacturer 2 Sisters is setting "beyond unreasonable" terms in proposed contract agreements, one of its suppliers tells the BBC.
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Violence at fresh Haiti protest
Wednesday 17th of December 2014, 2:07related countries:
HaitiHundreds of Haitians take part in a march demanding the resignation of President Martelly two days after Prime Minister Lamothe stepped down.
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VIDEO: US shooting suspect found dead
Wednesday 17th of December 2014, 4:03related countries:
United Statesrelated places: Pennsylvania
Police in Pennsylvania have found the body of a former marine accused of killing his ex-wife and some of her relatives.
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California's water woes quantified
Wednesday 17th of December 2014, 4:13related countries:
United Statesrelated places: California
Scientists assess the scale of the epic California drought and say it will require more than 40 cubic km of water to return the US state to normal.
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Vietnam tunnel collapse traps 12 men
Wednesday 17th of December 2014, 4:32related countries:
VietnamRescuers in central Vietnam are trying to reach 12 workers trapped underground after a section of a tunnel collapsed.
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VIDEO: Millionaire sues ski slope chippy
Wednesday 17th of December 2014, 5:04related countries:
FranceA former chief executive of one of the world's biggest cosmetics firms is suing a fast food stall near his holiday home in the French Alps.
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Turbulence hits US-bound plane
Wednesday 17th of December 2014, 5:40related countries:
Japan, United Statesrelated places: Tokyo
A US-bound passenger plane is forced to make an emergency landing in Tokyo after several people were injured by severe turbulence.
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Abbott pledges Sydney attacker review
Wednesday 17th of December 2014, 6:45related countries:
ArubaAustralian PM Tony Abbott announces a far-reaching review into how gunman Man Haron Monis claimed asylum, benefits and a gun licence.
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India SpiceJet planes 'grounded'
Wednesday 17th of December 2014, 7:04related countries:
IndiaIndia's troubled airline SpiceJet grounds all flights after oil companies refuse to refuel any of its planes, media reports say.
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Vijay century helps India dominate
Wednesday 17th of December 2014, 8:36related countries:
India, 
Australiarelated places: Brisbane
Murali Vijay's century puts India in a commanding position on day one of the second Test against Australia in Brisbane.
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Dixons Carphone sees strong trading
Wednesday 17th of December 2014, 8:36related countries:
Ireland, United KingdomNewly merged Dixons Carphone says it saw a "barnstorming performance" in the UK and Ireland, but "tougher" conditions in its smaller European business.
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Whitehall wins top comedy award again
Wednesday 17th of December 2014, 8:49related countries:
United KingdomComedian and Bad Education star Jack Whitehall is named 'king of comedy' at the British Comedy Awards for the third year in succession.
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UK Iraq abuse inquiry to report
Wednesday 17th of December 2014, 9:22related countries:
Iraq, United KingdomA long-running public inquiry into alleged abuse carried out by British soldiers in Iraq is due to report later.
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Big Red Dog creator Bridwell dies
Wednesday 17th of December 2014, 9:25related countries:
United Statesrelated places: Clifford
US illustrator Norman Bridwell, creator of the Clifford the Big Red Dog books, dies at the age of 86.
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VIDEO: Greece at crossroads as decision looms
Wednesday 17th of December 2014, 9:56related countries:
GreeceA snap election is in the offing and the party that is currently ahead in the opinion polls, Syriza, wants a large chunk of Greece's international debt simply written off
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VIDEO: New footage shows Sydney cafe raid
Wednesday 17th of December 2014, 10:00related countries:
Australiarelated places: Sydney
As new footage emerges of the Sydney cafe siege Australia's prime minister announces a review into how and why the attack happened.
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Fatal tourist balloon crash in Turkey
Wednesday 17th of December 2014, 10:01related countries:
Turkey, 
Malaysia, 
ChinaA Chinese tourist is killed and nine other people, thought to be Chinese and Malaysian, are injured in a hot air balloon crash in Turkey.
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Dude, Bueller and Wonka join registry
Wednesday 17th of December 2014, 10:08related countries:
United StatesThe Big Lebowski, Ferris Bueller's Day Off and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory are among 25 new additions to the US National Film Registry.
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VIDEO: Season of cheer for US economy?
Wednesday 17th of December 2014, 10:21related countries:
United StatesAfter two days of discussion the Federal Reserve may acknowledge the US economy is finally doing better, but will this mean they are ready to raise interest rates?
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Fishermen criticise 'ramshackle' ban
Wednesday 17th of December 2014, 11:01related countries:
Belgium, United Kingdomrelated places: Brussels
The Scottish Fishermen's Federation criticise a ban on discarding unwanted fish into the sea as being "without a sensible legal platform".
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VIDEO: A look back at Turkey's turbulent year
Wednesday 17th of December 2014, 11:01related countries:
TurkeyThe BBC's Mark Lowen looks back at a turbulent year in Turkish politics and what it means for democracy in the country.
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Tanzania AG quits amid fraud claims
Wednesday 17th of December 2014, 11:16related countries:
TanzaniaTanzania's Attorney General Frederick Werema resigns, making him the first casualty of a major corruption scandal that has rocked the government.
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Church appoints first female bishop
Wednesday 17th of December 2014, 11:28related countries:
United KingdomThe first female bishop for the Church of England has been announced as vicar Reverend Libby Lane, just a month after the historic change to canon law.
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Pakistan mourns its school dead
Wednesday 17th of December 2014, 11:39related countries:
Pakistanrelated places: Taliban, Peshawar
Funerals are being held in Peshawar after Pakistan's deadliest Taliban attack left 132 children and nine staff dead at a school.
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Sony movie's NY premiere cancelled
Wednesday 17th of December 2014, 11:47related countries:
United StatesThe New York premiere of The Interview, a comedy about the assassination of North Korea's president, is cancelled amid threats from hackers.
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Mexico vigilantes in deadly clash
Wednesday 17th of December 2014, 12:18related countries:
Mexicorelated places: Michoacan
At least 11 people are killed in a shoot-out between rival vigilante groups in the western Mexican state of Michoacan.
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VIDEO: Clove price hits Tanzanian farmers
Wednesday 17th of December 2014, 12:23related countries:
TanzaniaFollowing dramatic price falls, clove farmers in Tanzania are calling for more government help to sustain a crop they have been farming for generations.
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Apple halts Russian online sales
Wednesday 17th of December 2014, 12:27related countries:
RussiaTechnology giant Apple says it cannot currently sell products online in Russia because the rouble's value is too volatile for it to set prices.
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Colombia to print Garcia Marquez notes
Wednesday 17th of December 2014, 12:48related countries:
ColombiaThe face of the Colombian Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez is to feature on Colombian bank notes, the country's lawmakers decide.
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Pakistan cricket to donate proceeds
Wednesday 17th of December 2014, 12:55related countries:
Pakistan, 
New Zealandrelated places: Peshawar
Pakistan donate all proceeds from Wednesday's one-day match with New Zealand to the victims of the Peshawar school massacre.
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City of Angels returns to London
Wednesday 17th of December 2014, 13:24related countries:
United Kingdomrelated places: London
Two decades after its London premiere, City of Angels returns to the stage at London's Donmar Warehouse.
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VIDEO: Can Pakistan unite against Taliban?
Wednesday 17th of December 2014, 13:53related countries:
Pakistanrelated places: Taliban, Peshawar
BBC reporter Nick Childs gauges the mood in Pakistan following the Taliban attack on a school in Peshawar and looks at the government's response.
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Asian stock markets hold steady
Wednesday 17th of December 2014, 13:57related countries:
United StatesAsian stock markets held steady on Wednesday, although nerves over the rouble crisis in Russia led to investors seeking safer assets.
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Somalis seize Yemeni fishing boats
Wednesday 17th of December 2014, 13:57related countries:
Egypt, 
YemenSomaliland seizes more than 51 Yemeni boats and an Egyptian ship for fishing illegally in its waters, a Somaliland official tells the BBC.
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UK sees pick-up in wage growth
Wednesday 17th of December 2014, 13:59related countries:
United KingdomWage growth picked up in the three months to October and outstripped the rise in the cost of living, while unemployment fell again, official figures show.
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Car smoke ban 'to start in October'
Wednesday 17th of December 2014, 14:22related countries:
United KingdomSmoking in cars with children will be banned in England, under new laws put forward by the government.
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VIDEO: Mass tango for Pope's birthday
Wednesday 17th of December 2014, 14:25related countries:
Italyrelated places: Rome
Hundreds of mainly elderly couples have performed a Tango in St Peter's Square in Rome to mark the seventy-eighth birthday of Pope Francis.
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US worker released from Cuba prison
Wednesday 17th of December 2014, 14:35related countries:
Cuba, United StatesThe US and Cuba announce a prisoner swap involving the release of American Alan Gross and three Cubans, heralding a possible major thaw in relations.
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UK army murder claims 'were lies'
Wednesday 17th of December 2014, 14:57related countries:
Iraq, United KingdomAllegations of murder and torture made against British soldiers by Iraqi detainees after a 2004 battle were "deliberate lies", the Al-Sweady Inquiry rules.
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Russian media note panic over rouble
Wednesday 17th of December 2014, 15:42related countries:
RussiaBleak predictions in Russian media as currency plunges
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Oil price forces new Nigeria budget
Wednesday 17th of December 2014, 16:06related countries:
NigeriaThe prolonged slump in the price of oil forces oil-export dependent Nigeria to revise its budget plans, prompting its currency to fall to a record low.
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Couples tango for Pope in Rome
Wednesday 17th of December 2014, 16:07related countries:
Italyrelated places: Rome
Hundreds of couples dance a mass tango in Rome's St Peter's Square in honour of Pope Francis' 78th birthday.
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Taliban kill 10 in Afghan bank raid
Wednesday 17th of December 2014, 16:12related countries:
AfghanistanTen people are killed and many more wounded as Taliban militants attack a bank in the southern Afghan province of Helmand, officials say.
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Russia plans new action over rouble
Wednesday 17th of December 2014, 16:32related countries:
RussiaRussia says it is planning new measures to stabilise the rouble after its slump against the dollar.
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VIDEO: Why was Alan Gross jailed in Cuba?
Wednesday 17th of December 2014, 16:36related countries:
Cuba, United StatesThe US and Cuba have struck a prisoner swap deal that involves the release of American Alan Gross and three Cubans, US officials have announced.
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S Leone houses searched for Ebola
Wednesday 17th of December 2014, 17:01related countries:
Sierra Leonerelated places: Freetown
Sierra Leone starts house-to-house searches in the capital Freetown to find hidden cases of Ebola, at the same time restricting shop opening hours.
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Kenya blogger on president slur charge
Wednesday 17th of December 2014, 17:31related countries:
KenyaA popular and controversial Kenyan blogger is charged with undermining the presidency, following a tweet he posted earlier this week.
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German road toll plan gets go-ahead
Wednesday 17th of December 2014, 18:29related countries:
GermanyThe German government approves plans for a controversial road toll, including charging foreigners for using the Autobahn.
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VIDEO: Pakistan attack 'darkest day of my life'
Wednesday 17th of December 2014, 18:30related countries:
United KingdomBBC News speaks to Shah Jehan, a UK relative of two young boys who died in the Peshawar school attack.
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Sharif vow to end Pakistan terrorism
Wednesday 17th of December 2014, 18:32related countries:
Pakistanrelated places: Taliban, Peshawar
Pakistani leader Nawaz Sharif vows to rid his country of terrorism after the Taliban killed 141 people, mostly children, at a Peshawar school.
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Greece fails to elect new president
Wednesday 17th of December 2014, 19:58related countries:
GreeceThe Greek parliament fails to elect a new president in the first round of voting, with the government's candidate 40 votes short of an outright win.
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VIDEO: US navy develops 'fish' robot
Wednesday 17th of December 2014, 20:18related countries:
United StatesThe US military has been showing off its latest catch.
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Farc rebels declare unilateral truce
Wednesday 17th of December 2014, 21:50related countries:
ColombiaColombia's Farc rebels declare a unilateral ceasefire for an indefinite period of time, but the government is yet to respond to the move.
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Sony cancels The Interview release
Wednesday 17th of December 2014, 22:06related countries:
North KoreaSony Pictures cancels 25 December release of North Korea film The Interview after cinemas decide not to screen it
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Greek political crisis: Huge amount at stake
Wednesday 17th of December 2014, 22:23related countries:
GreeceGreece on knife-edge over presidential vote
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VIDEO: Russians splash out to beat rouble fall
Wednesday 17th of December 2014, 22:28related countries:
RussiaAs the Russian rouble falls in value - and prices for imported goods looks set to rise - Russians have been flocking to the stores, to spend their cash on durable goods.
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US coach banned for eight years
Wednesday 17th of December 2014, 22:33related countries:
United StatesAmerican sprinter Tyson Gay's former coach Jon Drummond has been banned for eight years for doping violations.
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'New chapter' in US-Cuba ties
Wednesday 17th of December 2014, 22:34related countries:
Cuba, United StatesThe US and Cuba announce moves to normalise relations in a major policy shift, following the release by Cuba of US contractor Alan Gross.
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Mass grave 'found in eastern Syria'
Wednesday 17th of December 2014, 23:35related countries:
SyriaThe bodies of more than 230 people thought to have been killed by Islamic State (IS) have been found in a mass grave in eastern Syria, activists say.
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US stocks surge on Fed statement
Wednesday 17th of December 2014, 23:52related countries:
United StatesThe US Federal Reserve leaves interest rates on hold and says it "can be patient" over any decision to raise them, sending stocks higher.
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Death penalty for Nigerian soldiers
Wednesday 17th of December 2014, 23:59related countries:
NigeriaA Nigerian court martial in the capital Abuja sentences 54 soldiers to death for refusing to fight Boko Haram Islamist militants.
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