Chavez Suffers New Setback After Cancer Op

Hugo Chavez has suffered "new complications" following his cancer surgery in Cuba and his condition is "delicate", Venezuela's Vice President Nicolas Maduro has said. In a televised address from Havana, Mr Maduro said: "We have been informed of new...

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Parents Appeal For Couple Missing In Afghanistan

The family of a pregnant woman who vanished in Afghanistan with her husband have appealed for the couple's safe return. Caitlan Coleman, 27, is due to give birth in January and needs urgent medical attention for a liver condition, according to her father...

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Newtown Gunman's Body Claimed For Burial

The body of the man who killed 26 people at a Connecticut school has been claimed for burial. Connecticut medical examiner Wayne Carver told the Hartford Courant that Adam Lanza's remains were taken several days ago by someone who wanted to remain anonymous....

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Sydney Welcomes In The New Year With A Bang

Sydney is the second major city to welcome 2013, with one of the most impressive fireworks displays. Some 1.5 million people were expected to turn out to watch the event centred on the Sydney Harbour Bridge with more than 100,000 firework patterns,...

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Russia Plane Crash: Video Of Moment Of Impact

Video footage shows the moment a passenger aircraft crashed into a motorway in Russia after it overshot the runway. The footage, captured from a vehicle on the motorway, shows luggage and other debris flying from the aircraft and hitting other cars...

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Gang Rape Victim Cremated In New Delhi

The body of a woman who was gang raped on a bus in New Delhi has been cremated at a private ceremony held amid tight security. The 23-year-old medical student was savagely beaten and raped for almost an hour before being thrown out of the moving vehicle....

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'US Can Learn From Australia's Gun Laws'

By Jonathan Samuels, Australia Correspondent When Martin Bryant massacred 35 people with semi-automatic weapons at a tourist spot in Tasmania in 1996, then-Australian prime minister John Howard reacted swiftly by pushing for tough new national gun...

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Ice Lake Rescue Drama Captured On Video

What should have been a day of sledging thrills turned into a string of near-disasters in California after one person fell into an icy lake. As they overshot the edge of the ice and fell into the bitterly-cold water, flailing and waving their arms in...

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India Rape Death: Six Charged With Murder

Indian police have charged six men with murder, hours after a woman who was gang raped on a bus in New Delhi died in hospital. The men could face the death penalty if convicted, in a case that has triggered protests across India. The 23-year-old victim...

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Gang-Rape In India: Teen Victim Kills Herself

A 17-year-old Indian girl who was allegedly gang-raped killed herself after police pressured her to drop the case and marry one of her attackers, police and a relative said on Thursday. It comes as the 23-year-old Indian medical student who was gang-raped...

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Fiscal Cliff: Obama 'Optimistic' After Talks

Barack Obama has called for "immediate action" to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff after urgent talks with Congressional leaders. He urged politicians to agree a deal, saying: "The hour for immediate action is here. It is now." He said he remained...

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Plane In Flames After Overshooting Runway

A passenger plane has overshot an airport runway after landing in Russia and caught fire. ...

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General Norman Schwarzkopf Dies Aged 78

General Norman Schwarzkopf, who commanded the US-led coalition that drove Saddam Hussein's forces out of Kuwait in the 1991 Gulf War, has died. The 78-year-old died on Thursday at his home in Tampa, Florida, where he retired after his last military...

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Gang-Raped Indian Teenager Kills Herself

A 17-year-old Indian girl who was gang-raped killed herself after police pressured her to drop the case and marry one of her attackers, police and a relative said on Thursday. It comes as the 23-year-old Indian medical student who was gang-raped on...

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India Gang-Rape Victim 'Struggling Against Odds'

An Indian woman who was gang-raped on a bus in New Delhi suffered "significant" brain damage and is fighting for her life. The 23-year-old woman was flown to Singapore for treatment at Mount Elizabeth hospital on Thursday. The unnamed victim had already...

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Silvio Berlusconi: Ex-Wife To Get £82k A Day

By Nick Pisa, Sky News Reporter Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has been ordered to pay his ex-wife maintenance of 100,000 euros (£82,000) a day as part of their divorce settlement. Mr Berlusconi, 76, will be able to keep the family...

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Netflix Blames Amazon For Xmas Eve Outage

The online film streaming service Netflix is blaming Amazon after millions of people were unable to access its service on Christmas Eve. Netflix says a problem at Amazon Web Services (AWS), which rents out computing power in data centres in the internet...

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George HW Bush: Condition Worsens In Hospital

The health of former US President George HW Bush has worsened and he is in intensive care with a "stubborn fever". Mr Bush was admitted to the intensive care unit on Sunday and has been put on a liquids-only diet. He has been battling bronchitis for...

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US Snow Storm Heads East After Hitting Midwest

A severe US snow storm is threatening more devastation as it heads east after pounding the Midwest, killing six people. Up to 18 inches of snow is forecast inland on Thursday, from western New York to Maine, before tapering off into a mix of rain and...

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Spider-Man Lives As Peter Parker Is Killed Off

After 50 years of spinning webs and catching master criminals, student-turned-superhero Peter Parker has been consigned to Marvel Comics history. Parker became the Amazing Spider-Man in 1962, the creation of Marvel's Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. Issue...

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Firefighter Ambush Shooting: Killer Left Note

The gunman who ambushed two firefighters as they approached his burning house left a note saying he wanted to torch the neighbourhood and "do what I like doing best, killing people". Gerald Pickering, police chief in Webster, New York state, said 62-year-old...

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China Opens World's Longest High-Speed Railway

By Mark Stone, China Correspondent, in Beijing The world's longest high speed rail route has opened in China, covering a distance of 1,427 miles (2,298km). The first passenger train departed from Beijing in the north for Guangzhou on the country's...

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Tornadoes Hit US As Christmas Storms Kill Three

At least three people have died after a major winter storm system swept through the southern US, triggering tornadoes and heavy snowfall. A driver was killed when a high winds knocked down a tree, crushing his pickup truck and a 53-year-old Louisiana...

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Government Bombing In Northern Syria Kills 20

Shelling in Syria's northern Raqqa Province has killed some 20 people, with at least eight children among the dead, activists say. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has published a video of the aftermath of the bombing. The video shows rows of...

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Mandela In Hospital: 'Looking Much Better'

South African President Jacob Zuma has visited Nelson Mandela in hospital and says the 94-year-old is "looking much better". Mr Zuma said the ex-president was in good spirits on Christmas morning. Family members, including his wife Graca Machel,...

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Manila Christmas Eve Fires Tear Through Slum

At least eight people have been killed and thousands more left homeless after two fires broke out in Manila in the Philippines. One of the blazes sparked a riot in a slum with emergency workers being showered with rocks as they drove in to help people....

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Pope Benedict Celebrates Christmas Mass

The Pope has marked Christmas with a Mass in the Vatican and asked if people still have room for children, the poor and God in their technology-driven lives. The pontiff also prayed that Israelis and Palestinians live in peace and freedom, and asked...

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Piers Unrepentant In Face Of 59,000 Petition

Piers Morgan has renewed his call for a ban on assault rifles as the number of Americans signing a petition to get him out of the country rises. More than 59,000 people have now signed the petition on the White House website, ensuring the Obama administration...

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Chile: Red Alert As Volcano Spews Ash And Gas

Chile has issued a red alert after a volcano started spewing ash and gas on the border with Argentina. Officials issued a yellow and orange alert at first but Chile's emergency office Onemi raised the alert after a mile-high cloud of ash billowed out...

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Protests: Indian PM Urges Calm Over Gang-Rape

The Indian Prime Minister has appealed for calm and vowed to protect women as police struggle to quell outrage over sex crimes following the gang-rape of a student. As authorities shut down roads in the heart of India's capital, Manmohan Singh said...

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Afghan Policewoman Kills US Adviser In Kabul

An Afghan policewoman has shot dead an American adviser outside the police headquarters in Kabul. The circumstances of the killing were not immediately clear, however the shooting could be another insider attack by Afghans against their foreign allies....

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Syria Bakery Airstrike 'Killed Dozens'

Activists say more than 60 people were killed in a government airstrike on a bakery in a rebel-held town in central Syria. The strike on the town of Halfaya on Sunday left scattered bodies and debris up and down a street, and more than a dozen dead...

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Saudi Arabian Blogger Could Face Death Penalty

A Saudi Arabian blogger is set to go on trial charged with renouncing Islam and could face the death penalty. Raif Badawi, who started the Free Saudi Liberals website to discuss the role of religion in the country, was arrested in June. He was initially...

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Kabul Fire Rips Through Cloth Market

A huge fire has swept through a market in Kabul, destroying hundreds of shops. The early morning blaze burned through a cloth market in the Afghan capital and forced the evacuation of the nearby money exchange. A fire department official told the AFP news...

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India Rape Protests: Reporter 'Shot Dead'

A journalist has been killed in violent demonstrations against sex attacks in India as police failed to contain fresh violence. A television reporter, 36, was reportedly shot dead when officers opened fire on a protest in Imphal, the capital of Manipur...

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Spuds Help Improve Boeing's In-Flight Wi-Fi

Boeing engineers have been using an unusual mix of high-tech and low-tech to improve the wireless internet connection on flights. Sacks of the humble potato were used as stand-ins for passengers while the aircraft maker's experts worked to eliminate...

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Music School Helping Soweto Children At Risk

By Alex Crawford, Special Correspondent A South African music school set up by a British woman to help the poorest children in Soweto is in danger of closing down because of lack of funds. Buskaid, a charity, has helped thousands of poor children...

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Winter Storm Kills Eight And Disrupts Travel

A winter storm has killed eight people and caused travel misery as it sweeps across the United States. The powerful weather system, which dumped more than half a metre of snow in parts of Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska, Illinois and Missouri earlier this...

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