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A watchmaker's paradise

Wednesday 23rd of December 2015, 0:06
related countries: Switzerland Switzerland

How 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, 0:10
related countries: United States United States
related 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, 0:24
related countries: United States United States

A 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, 0:26
related countries: Ukraine Ukraine

Ukraine 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, 0:28
related countries: India India

Places where women have been raped in India
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DR Congo president unlikely to give up power

Wednesday 23rd of December 2015, 0:34
related countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo
related 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, 3:52
related countries: Pakistan Pakistan, Australia Australia
related 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, 4:43
related countries: Syria Syria, Russia Russia

Amnesty 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, 5:00
related countries: Poland Poland

Polish 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, 6:55
related countries: New Zealand New Zealand, United States United States

A 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, 7:37
related countries: Poland Poland, United Kingdom United Kingdom

Polish 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, 9:15
related countries: China China
related 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, 9:30
related countries: France France

Yassin 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, 10:21
related countries: China China, Hong Kong Hong Kong

Hong 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, 10:42
related countries: Austria Austria, Italy Italy

Austrian 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, 10:45
related countries: France France
related 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, 10:49
related countries: France France, Mali Mali

France 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, 10:58
related countries: Iraq Iraq

Iraqi 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, 11:37
related countries: United States United States
related 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, 11:56
related countries: Somalia Somalia

Somalia'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, 12:02
related countries: Afghanistan Afghanistan
related 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, 12:25
related countries: China China

China 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, 12:33
related countries: Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka Sri Lanka

The 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, 13:03
related countries: China China
related 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, 14:44
related countries: Spain Spain

Spanish 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, 15:53
related countries: India India

Police 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, 16:06
related countries: Colombia Colombia

Why do so many Colombian men like getting manicures?
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Russia 'killed 200 civilians in Syria'

Wednesday 23rd of December 2015, 16:11
related countries: Syria Syria, Russia Russia

Amnesty 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, 16:14
related countries: Turkey Turkey
related 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, 17:02
related countries: Russia Russia

A 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, 19:15
related countries: Russia Russia, United States United States
related 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, 20:10
related countries: Russia Russia, United Kingdom United Kingdom

Former 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, 20:17
related countries: Afghanistan Afghanistan
related 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, 20:21
related countries: Russia Russia

Exiled 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, 21:20
related countries: Afghanistan Afghanistan
related 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, 22:20
related countries: Senegal Senegal, Spain Spain

A 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, 23:34
related countries: Aruba Aruba

Australian 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, 23:41
related countries: Syria Syria, Russia Russia

Russia'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, 23:55
related countries: India India

The Indian women fighting to stop female genital mutilation
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