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A watchmaker's paradise
Wednesday 23rd of December 2015, 0:06related countries:
SwitzerlandHow a Swiss valley became a watchmaker's paradise
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Why is one county handing down one in six US death sentences?
Wednesday 23rd of December 2015, 0:10related countries:
United Statesrelated places: Why
Why did a single county issue one in six US death sentences?
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VIDEO: Trailer carrying piglets crashes
Wednesday 23rd of December 2015, 0:24related countries:
United StatesA trailer carrying piglets in the US state of North Carolina crashes, as a result of which many of the animals escape from the vehicle.
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Ukraine water fight video exposes government breakdown
Wednesday 23rd of December 2015, 0:26related countries:
UkraineUkraine water fight video exposes a government breakdown
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Places of rape in India: 'Ladies Park', school bus, mall
Wednesday 23rd of December 2015, 0:28related countries:
IndiaPlaces where women have been raped in India
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DR Congo president unlikely to give up power
Wednesday 23rd of December 2015, 0:34related countries:
Democratic Republic of the Congorelated places: Kabila
Kabila unlikely to give up power in DR Congo
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Dying man's family get Australia visas
Wednesday 23rd of December 2015, 3:52related countries:
Pakistan, 
Australiarelated places: Melbourne
Australian's immigration minister confirms that visas for the family of dying Pakistani student Hassan Asif are approved.
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VIDEO: Amnesty says Russia attacking civilians
Wednesday 23rd of December 2015, 4:43related countries:
Syria, 
RussiaAmnesty International has shown evidence suggesting that Russian air strikes in Syria have killed hundreds of civilians.
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VIDEO: Polish President: We are 'Euro-realists'
Wednesday 23rd of December 2015, 5:00related countries:
PolandPolish President Andrzej Duda insists his party are "Euro-realists" not Eurosceptics.
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Kim Dotcom loses extradition case
Wednesday 23rd of December 2015, 6:55related countries:
New Zealand, United StatesA New Zealand court rules that internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom is eligible to be extradited to the United States to face charges of copyright infringement.
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Warning of EU 'crisis' if UK leaves
Wednesday 23rd of December 2015, 7:37related countries:
Poland, 
United KingdomPolish President Andrzej Duda tells the BBC that a UK exit from the European Union would cause a "very serious crisis".
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VIDEO: Survivor pulled from Shenzhen rubble
Wednesday 23rd of December 2015, 9:15related countries:
Chinarelated places: Shenzhen
A man is pulled alive from rubble more than 60 hours after a landslide in the Chinese city of Shenzhen.
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Frenchman who beheaded boss found dead
Wednesday 23rd of December 2015, 9:30related countries:
FranceYassin Salhi, a French terror suspect who decapitated his boss and tried to blow up a gas plant in June, is found dead in prison.
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Missing HK brokerage chief back at work
Wednesday 23rd of December 2015, 10:21related countries:
China, 
Hong KongHong Kong based firm Guotai Junan Securities says its missing chairman Yim Fung is back at work after "assisting in certain investigations" in mainland China.
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Skier Hirscher almost hit by drone
Wednesday 23rd of December 2015, 10:42related countries:
Austria, 
ItalyAustrian skier Marcel Hirscher is nearly hit by a falling drone camera at the Alpine Skiing World Cup in Italy.
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VIDEO: How is Paris coping one month on?
Wednesday 23rd of December 2015, 10:45related countries:
Francerelated places: Paris
The BBC's Anna Holligan looks at the impact the attacks in Paris have had on a city that's usually full of tourists.
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French forces 'neutralise' Mali militants
Wednesday 23rd of December 2015, 10:49related countries:
France, 
MaliFrance says its forces in Mali have killed or captured 10 members of an Islamist group which claimed responsibility for a hotel massacre last month.
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Iraqi forces push into IS-held Ramadi
Wednesday 23rd of December 2015, 10:58related countries:
IraqIraqi forces try to move further into the centre of Ramadi, on the second day of an assault to drive Islamic State militants from the city.
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Software bug releases convicts early
Wednesday 23rd of December 2015, 11:37related countries:
United Statesrelated places: Washington
It emerges that more than 3,200 US prisoners in Washington state were released early because of a software bug.
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Somalia bans Christmas celebrations
Wednesday 23rd of December 2015, 11:56related countries:
SomaliaSomalia's government bans the celebration of Christmas, warning that such Christian festivities could threaten the nation's Muslim faith.
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Afghan forces 'reinforce Sangin'
Wednesday 23rd of December 2015, 12:02related countries:
Afghanistanrelated places: Sangin
Military reinforcements arrive in the Afghan district of Sangin to support forces besieged by the Taliban, the Helmand deputy governor tells the BBC.
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VIDEO: Inside China's elderly orphanage
Wednesday 23rd of December 2015, 12:25related countries:
ChinaChina has a lot of orphanages for children. But the Ji Xiang temple has an entirely different purpose - it's an orphanage for the elderly.
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Saudi Arabia 'spares Sri Lankan maid'
Wednesday 23rd of December 2015, 12:33related countries:
Saudi Arabia, 
Sri LankaThe life of a Sri Lankan maid due to be stoned to death in Saudi Arabia for adultery has been spared, Sri Lanka's foreign ministry says.
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Man found alive after China landslide
Wednesday 23rd of December 2015, 13:03related countries:
Chinarelated places: Shenzhen
A man buried in rubble for almost three days after a landslide hit the south Chinese city of Shenzhen is pulled out alive.
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Spain's Socialists reject Rajoy as PM
Wednesday 23rd of December 2015, 14:44related countries:
SpainSpanish Socialist leader Pedro Sanchez refuses to back a government led by the conservative Popular Party (PP), after inconclusive elections.
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India beef lynching suspects charged
Wednesday 23rd of December 2015, 15:53related countries:
IndiaPolice in India file charges against 15 suspects, including a juvenile, over the lynching of a Muslim man accused by Hindus of eating beef.
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VIDEO: Colombia's manicures for men
Wednesday 23rd of December 2015, 16:06related countries:
ColombiaWhy do so many Colombian men like getting manicures?
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Russia 'killed 200 civilians in Syria'
Wednesday 23rd of December 2015, 16:11related countries:
Syria, RussiaAmnesty International says at least 200 civilians died in the first two months of Russian air strikes in Syria and war crimes may have been committed.
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Cleaner killed in Turkish airport blast
Wednesday 23rd of December 2015, 16:14related countries:
Turkeyrelated places: Istanbul
An explosion on the tarmac at an Istanbul airport kills a woman cleaner on a plane, and police are investigating whether it was caused by a bomb.
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Russia orders arrest of exiled tycoon
Wednesday 23rd of December 2015, 17:02related countries:
RussiaA Russian court puts ex-oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky on an international wanted list over the 1990s murder of a Siberian mayor.
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VIDEO: Fireball filmed over Nevada and California
Wednesday 23rd of December 2015, 19:15related countries:
Russia, United Statesrelated places: Nevada, California
US defence officials confirm a streaking fireball over the skies of Nevada and California was Russian space debris.
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Russian ex-tycoon may seek UK asylum
Wednesday 23rd of December 2015, 20:10related countries:
Russia, United KingdomFormer Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a fierce critic of President Putin, says he is considering asking for political asylum in the UK.
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VIDEO: Taliban claim Helmand province gains
Wednesday 23rd of December 2015, 20:17related countries:
Afghanistanrelated places: Sangin
Afghan government forces have lost control of the centre of the town of Sangin in Helmand province, reports suggest.
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VIDEO: Exiled tycoon: 'Russia will see regime change'
Wednesday 23rd of December 2015, 20:21related countries:
RussiaExiled Russian tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky has said Russia will see a change in regime within ten years.
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Afghan Taliban 'overrun Sangin area'
Wednesday 23rd of December 2015, 21:20related countries:
Afghanistanrelated places: Sangin
Latest reports from southern Afghanistan suggest that the district of Sangin in Helmand province is now almost entirely under Taliban control.
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Migrant wins stake in Spain lottery
Wednesday 23rd of December 2015, 22:20related countries:
Senegal, SpainA migrant from Senegal who travelled to Europe by boat wins a stake of some €400,000 in Spain's Christmas lottery.
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Child 'locked in hidden drug den'
Wednesday 23rd of December 2015, 23:34related countries:
ArubaAustralian police charge three people after a child was allegedly locked inside an elaborate underground drugs compound north of Sydney.
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Russia brushes off Syria allegations
Wednesday 23rd of December 2015, 23:41related countries:
Syria, RussiaRussia's defence ministry says an Amnesty International report accusing Moscow of indiscriminate air strikes in Syria is "total lies".
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Indian women who are fighting to stop genital mutilation
Wednesday 23rd of December 2015, 23:55related countries:
IndiaThe Indian women fighting to stop female genital mutilation
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