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Swiss vote on halting freedom of movement
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Kazakhstan's president has suggested changing the country's name, by removing the "stan" at the end.
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The 16th annual stag competition has taken place in Dortmund, Germany.
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At least 18 people are killed near the Argentine city of Mendoza when a lorry driving on the wrong side of the motorway hits a bus.
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Swiss voters are going to the polls on Sunday in a nationwide referendum on immigration which is being watched closely right across Europe.
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The Philippines commissions billboards in some of the world's prime advertising sites to thank people for their help after Typhoon Haiyan.
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The number of civilians killed and wounded in Afghanistan rose 14% in 2013, with women and children particularly badly affected, the UN says.
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The International Cricket Council approves plans to give more control to the 'Big Three' of England, India and Australia.
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American bobsledder Johnny Quinn smashes through a jammed bathroom door inside the Sochi 2014 athletes' village.
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Russia's Vladimir Putin meets his embattled Ukrainian counterpart at the Winter Olympics as Ukraine's crisis shows no sign of resolution.
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Spain's Princess Cristina arrives at court in Mallorca to be questioned in connection with a corruption scandal involving her husband's business dealings.
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Shakhtar Donetsk striker Maicon Pereira de Oliveira has died in a car crash at the age of 25, the Ukrainian club say.
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The Japanese authorities have issued a severe storm warning for Tokyo after the city was hit by heavy snow
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Dozens of people have been injured in the Bosnian capital Sarajevo and in towns across the country due to economic unrest.
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Campaigners are mounting a last-ditch campaign to save Marius, an 18-month-old giraffe, from extermination at Copenhagen Zoo.
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McDonald's - often considered a symbol of US capitalism - has opened its first restaurant in communist-controlled Vietnam.
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Spain's Princess Cristina is being questioned in court over a corruption scandal involving her husband, a historic first for Spain's royal family.
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Ireland inflict a first away Six Nations defeat on Wales since 2011 with a comprehensive victory over the defending champions in Dublin.
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Two people die and at least nine are injured when a falling boulder derails a tourist train in the southern French Alps.
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Wales skipper Sam Warburton says Ireland deserved win but believes his side can still retain Six Nations crown.
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Iraq is hoping to attract tourists to a new $95m ski resort in Kurdistan - but will security concerns scare them off?
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A severe snow storm warning is issued in the Japanese capital, Tokyo, with transport disrupted and residents urged to stay indoors.
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There are proportionally more female tech entrepreneurs in the Middle East than anywhere else in the world, according to a recent US study.
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Coach Warren Gatland criticises Wales' discipline and forward play following the Six Nations defeat by Ireland.
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Tries from Luther Burrell and Mike Brown help England to a comfortable win over a disappointing Scotland at Murrayfield.
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The clean-up has begun in Bosnia-Hercegovina after days of unrest during which government buildings in several cities were set alight.
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Turkish riot police fire water cannon and tear gas at hundreds of demonstrators marching in Istanbul in protest at new laws tightening government control of the internet.
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Turkish riot police have fired water cannon and tear gas at hundreds of demonstrators marching in Istanbul in protest at new laws tightening government control of the internet.
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Canadian sisters Justine Dufour-Lapointe and Chloe Dufour-Lapointe win Winter Olympic gold and silver in the women's moguls.
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Norway's Ole Einar Bjoerndalen wins the biathlon 10km sprint to equal the record for most medals won at the Winter Olympics.
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Discovering how much Jews and the Chinese have in common
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Reflections on a fellow reporter's murder in Sri Lanka
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Mexican vigilantes in Michoacan state enter a city stronghold of the Knights Templar drugs cartel, a month after beginning their offensive.
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Immigration minister Mark Harper resigns from the government after it emerges his cleaner did not have permission to work in the UK.
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An aid convoy bringing supplies into a besieged district of the Syrian city of Homs is trapped for several hours after coming under fire.
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Gusts as high as 80mph hit southern and western parts of the UK as all rail routes to south-west England are cut off.
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Animal rights campaigners in Denmark have spoken out against plans to destroy a healthy young giraffe at Copenhagen Zoo.
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Voters in Tokyo go to the polls on Sunday to elect a new governor in a race seen as a popular verdict on the use of nuclear power.
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