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VIDEO: Cosmonaut Padalka: 'Reaching orbit is intense'

Monday 14th of December 2015, 0:00
related countries: Russia

Sarah Rainsford speaks to Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, who spent a record 879 days in orbit.
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Two jailed over Mexico bar murders

Monday 14th of December 2015, 1:06
related countries: Mexico

A judge in Mexico City sentences two men to 520 years in prison for the kidnap and murder of 13 young people at a bar in the city two years ago.
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Facebook group seeks justice for a man tortured to death by police

Monday 14th of December 2015, 1:44
related countries: Egypt

Egyptian city rallies behind man tortured to death by police
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What has Rwanda genocide tribunal achieved?

Monday 14th of December 2015, 2:14
related countries: Rwanda

The successes and failures of the Rwanda tribunal
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Alibaba to pay $266m for SCMP

Monday 14th of December 2015, 3:11
related countries: China, Hong Kong

Chinese internet giant Alibaba will pay HK$2.06bn ($266m; £175m) to acquire Hong Kong newspaper South China Morning Post.
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VIDEO: BBC reporter pushed away at Beijing trial

Monday 14th of December 2015, 3:23
related countries: China
related places: Beijing

The BBC's John Sudworth has been pushed away by security officials outside the court where one of China's most prominent human rights lawyers went on trial.
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Fosun founder makes public appearance

Monday 14th of December 2015, 4:51
related countries: China

Guo Guangchang, the high-profile Chinese tycoon, makes an appearance at his company's annual meeting in Shanghai, days after being detained by police.
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VIDEO: The place where people get shut in coffins

Monday 14th of December 2015, 6:56
related countries: South Korea

In order to make people appreciate life, some companies in South Korea are making employees take part in their own pretend funerals.
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Scuffles at China rights lawyer trial

Monday 14th of December 2015, 7:45
related countries: China

There are scuffles outside the trial in Beijing of one of China's top human rights lawyers, which his family says has ended with no verdict announced.
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Australian teen admits terror charge

Monday 14th of December 2015, 8:10
related countries: Aruba

An Australian teenager, detained during raids in Melbourne in May, pleads guilty to a terror-related charge.
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VIDEO: Rent help plan for stranded migrants

Monday 14th of December 2015, 9:53
related countries: Greece
related places: Athens

A scheme to provide subsidised rent for 20,000 migrants "stranded in Athens" is expected to be launched on Monday.
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Turkey withdraws troops from Iraq camp

Monday 14th of December 2015, 10:22
related countries: Iraq, Turkey
related places: Mosul, Baghdad

Turkey reportedly withdraws some of its troops from a camp near the Islamic State-held city of Mosul in Iraq, following complaints from Baghdad.
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US joins protest over pro-Nazi statue

Monday 14th of December 2015, 10:27
related countries: Hungary, United States

Diplomats join a protest in Hungary against a planned statue honouring a pro-Nazi minister who targeted the country's Jews in the 1930s.
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Dozens held in child sex abuse raids

Monday 14th of December 2015, 10:57
related countries: Spain

Sixty people are arrested in 12 countries in the Americas and Spain in a raid targeting an alleged child pornography ring.
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SA gets third finance chief in a week

Monday 14th of December 2015, 11:06
related countries: South Africa

South African President Jacob Zuma drops his newly appointed finance minister and names Pravin Gordhan as his successor in a surprise announcement.
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'No evidence of terror' in Sinai crash

Monday 14th of December 2015, 11:29
related countries: Egypt, Russia

Egypt says it has not yet found evidence that terrorists caused a Russian jet to crash in Sinai in October, killing all those on board.
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China diners charged 'clean air fee'

Monday 14th of December 2015, 11:35
related countries: China

Restaurant in eastern China charges extra for providing clean air to customers.
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Chinese court cuts Gu Kailai sentence

Monday 14th of December 2015, 12:07
related countries: China
related places: Beijing

A Beijing court commutes the death sentence for Gu Kailai, wife of disgraced former Chinese Politburo member Bo Xilai, to life in prison.
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VIDEO: What is Tim's Christmas space plan?

Monday 14th of December 2015, 12:09
related countries: United Kingdom

British astronaut Tim Peake told reporters how he would be spending Christmas on the International Space Station
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French far right defeated in key vote

Monday 14th of December 2015, 12:09
related countries: France

France's far-right National Front fails to win a single region, despite leading in nearly half in the first round of voting.
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Burundi 'coup plotters' go on trial

Monday 14th of December 2015, 12:37
related countries: Burundi

The trial begins in Burundi for 28 people accused over May's failed attempt to oust President Pierre Nkurunziza.
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Le Pen condemns 'campaign of lies'

Monday 14th of December 2015, 12:55
related countries: France

Marine Le Pen, the leader of France's National Front, condemns opponents for colluding to prevent it from winning a single region in elections.
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Nurofen maker defends banned packs

Monday 14th of December 2015, 13:26
related countries: Aruba, United Kingdom

The UK maker of the Nurofen specific pain range of products defends their packaging, after an Australian court orders the products off shelves there.
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Police killed in Argentina bridge crash

Monday 14th of December 2015, 14:54
related countries: Argentina

At least 41 people, most of them police officers, are killed after a bus falls off a bridge in north-west Salta province.
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Merkel: Migrant crisis 'historic test'

Monday 14th of December 2015, 15:14
related countries: Germany

German Chancellor Angela Merkel describes the migrant crisis as a "historic test" for Europe as she addresses her party colleagues.
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Man 'shouts IS' in French school attack

Monday 14th of December 2015, 15:48
related countries: France
related places: Paris

A man shouting "this is for Islamic State" stabs a teacher in a preschool class in a suburb of the French capital, Paris, police say.
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S Africa state firms not 'personal toys'

Monday 14th of December 2015, 15:54
related countries: South Africa

South Africa's new finance minister warns that state-owned companies should not be used as "personal toys" in his first statement since being appointed.
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US killer's social media 'not checked'

Monday 14th of December 2015, 16:04
related countries: United States
related places: San Bernardino

US officials failed to detect jihadist social media posts on one of the San Bernardino killer's accounts, during background checks when she moved to the US.
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Migrant crisis: Athens shelter for some, despair for others

Monday 14th of December 2015, 16:20
related countries: Greece
related places: Athens

EU aid is little comfort for migrants in Athens
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Russia and Turkey's tit-for-tat tale

Monday 14th of December 2015, 16:21
related countries: Turkey, Russia

Tomatoes, footballers and oil rigs suffer as Russia and Turkey bicker
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French teacher invented school attack

Monday 14th of December 2015, 17:20
related countries: France

A teacher at a French school who said he had been stabbed by a man shouting "Islamic State" made the story up, prosecutors say.
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Two dead in Turkey Kurdish protests

Monday 14th of December 2015, 18:06
related countries: Turkey
related places: Diyarbakir

Two protesters die in the south-eastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir in a clash between police and Kurdish demonstrators over a security crackdown.
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Syrian army retakes Damascus airbase

Monday 14th of December 2015, 18:14
related countries: Syria
related places: Damascus

Syrian government forces have regained control of a military airbase on the eastern outskirts of Damascus, activists and military sources say.
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Palin's 'crush' on Marechal-Le Pen

Monday 14th of December 2015, 18:29
related countries: France, United States

Former US vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin says she has "political crush" on young French National Front candidate Marion Marechal-Le Pen.
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Colombia-Farc pact on war reparation

Monday 14th of December 2015, 18:45
related countries: Colombia

The government of Colombia and Farc rebels have announced that they have reached a deal on reparations for war victims.
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Nigerian aide charged with fraud

Monday 14th of December 2015, 18:45
related countries: Nigeria

Nigeria's former national security adviser is charged on 19 counts of fraud, money laundering and criminal breach of trust worth a total of $68m.
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US hitting IS harder than ever - Obama

Monday 14th of December 2015, 18:49
related countries: United States

The US is hitting so-called Islamic State harder than ever, President Barack Obama says in a rare speech at the Pentagon.
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VIDEO: 'We are hitting IS harder than ever'

Monday 14th of December 2015, 19:04
related countries: United States

The United States is hitting so-called Islamic State (IS) harder than ever, President Barack Obama has said in a speech at the Pentagon.
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VIDEO: Who is to blame for Sinai plane crash?

Monday 14th of December 2015, 19:41
related countries: Egypt, Russia

Egyptian investigators say they have so far found no evidence that terrorism caused a Russian jet to crash in the Sinai in October, killing 224 people.
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Bergdahl to face general court-martial

Monday 14th of December 2015, 20:56
related countries: United States

Bowe Bergdahl, a US soldier who was held for five years by the Taliban, will face a general court-martial for desertion and other charges.
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Flying close to China's new islands

Monday 14th of December 2015, 22:00
related countries: China

China warns BBC reporter to fly away from its new islands
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VIDEO: China to BBC: 'Stay away from islands'

Monday 14th of December 2015, 22:26
related countries: United States, China

China is building huge artificial islands in the Spratly Island chain, which the United States and others insist are illegal.
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Argentina drops grain export taxes

Monday 14th of December 2015, 23:57
related countries: Argentina

Argentina's new President Mauricio Macri says he is signing a decree slashing the country's steep taxes on agricultural exports.
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