West Bank Settlement Plan Blow To Peace Hopes

By Dominic Waghorn, US Correspondent Palestinians say the two-state solution to the Middle East conflict is at death's door after Israel announced it is reviving plans to build on occupied land in a controversial area of East Jerusalem. William...

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UK Eyes Oz's Tough Anti-Smoking Laws

By Jonathan Samuels, Australia Correspondent The British Government is considering following Australia's lead by stripping all branding and logos from tobacco packaging. From today, Australia becomes the first country in the world to put all tobacco...

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Chinese Home In Middle Of Road Is Torn Down

A home that was left standing in the middle of a busy new road in China after its owners refused to leave has been demolished. The couple living there, duck farmer Luo Baogen and his wife, were the lone holdouts from a neighbourhood that had been demolished...

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North Korea Unveils New Rocket Launch Plan

By Mark Stone, Asia Correspondent, in Beijing North Korea says it is to launch a long-range rocket later this month. The launch, planned for between between December 10 and December 22, has significantly increased already strained tensions with...

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Chimpanzee Attack: Victim Gets $4m Settlement

A woman who was blinded, lost both hands and underwent a face transplant after being mauled by a chimpanzee has agreed a $4m (£2.5m) settlement. Attack victim Charla Nash's family had filed a lawsuit seeking $50m (£31.2m) in damages from chimp owner...

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Palestinian Status Upgraded After UN Vote

The UN General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly in favour of upgrading the Palestinians' status to a non-member observer state, defying the wishes of Israel and the US. It marks a major diplomatic triumph for Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud...

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New York Good Cop Explains Act Of Kindness

It was meant to be a private gesture, but the New York policeman who bought a homeless man a $100 (£62) pair of boots has won international and official praise. Officer Larry DePrimo appeared before throngs of reporters and cameras on Thursday after...

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Napoleon: Coded Document Up For Auction

A document containing Napoleon's coded secret order to blow up the Kremlin is going up for auction in France. The single line of numeric code - dated October 20, 1812, and signed "Nap" in the emperor's hand - told Paris of his desperate attempt to win...

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Afghan Girl's Throat Slit Over Refusal To Wed

A 15-year-old girl in Afghanistan has been murdered after her family refused a marriage proposal. The teenager had her throat slit as she was carrying water from a river to her village home in the northern Kunduz province on Wednesday. Two men have...

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Tornado Hits Huge Steel Factory In Italy

A freak tornado has smashed into Europe's largest steel plant in the Italian city of Taranto, leaving one person missing and dozens injured. Video footage shows the storm rolling in off the sea and tearing through the port city before hitting the huge...

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China's 'Carrier Style' Takes On Gangnam

By Mark Stone, Beijing correspondent Internet users across China have begun an unlikely craze inspired by the launch of fighter jets from the country's first aircraft carrier. In what has quickly become known as 'Carrier Style', a cross-section...

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Romania: £18m Hacking Gang Smashed By Police

A gang of computer hackers in Romania has been arrested after allegedly stealing the personal details of 500,000 Australian credit card users in the biggest identity heist in the country's history. The data was used to create false identities to enable...

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Egypt: Major Protest Against President Morsi

More than 200,000 people packed Cairo's Tahrir Square to protest against Egypt's president Mohamed Morsi's new 'pharoah' powers. They accused the Islamist leader of seeking to impose a new era of autocracy after he issued a decree that expanded his...

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Alligators Found Guarding Washington Pot Crop

Detectives called to a Washington home after reports of a shooting discovered 15 marijuana plants being guarded by alligators. The reptiles were kept in a room with the plants and hissed at detectives who opened the door, according to a Thurston County...

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Syria: Deadly Car Bomb Blasts Rock Damascus

At least 50 people have been killed after two suspected car bombs exploded in the Syrian capital Damascus, according to UK-based opposition activists. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights added that more than 120 people were wounded in the blasts...

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Anti-Islam Film: Court Passes Death Sentence

A court in Egypt has sentenced to death seven Christians in absentia for taking part in an anti-Islam film released on the web. The film was released in September and has prompted violent protests in many Muslim countries. "The seven accused persons...

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Eurozone And IMF Reach Greece Debt Deal

Eurozone finance ministers and the International Monetary Fund have reached an agreement on Greek debt, which paves the way for the release of much-needed loans. After nearly 10 hours of talks, it was agreed that the country's public debt should fall...

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Arafat Poisoning Probe: Remains Tested

Timeline: Yasser Arafat Updated: 9:52am UK, Tuesday 27 November 2012 Here are some of the key dates in Mr Arafat's life. :: February 4, 1969 Mr Arafat, the fifth child of a Palestinian merchant, takes over the PLO chairmanship. He transforms it into...

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Mexico: Beauty Queen Dies In Gang Gunfight

A Mexican beauty queen has been killed in a gunfight between soldiers and a suspected gang she was travelling with. Authorities suspect that 22-year-old Maria Susana Flores Gamez, who was the Woman of Sinaloa 2012, was part of the gang and may have...

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Organ Transplant Pioneer Joseph Murray Dies

The doctor who won a Nobel Prize for performing the first ever successful organ transplant has died at the age of 93. Dr Joseph Murray died on Monday after suffering a stroke last week, at the same Boston hospital where he performed the landmark kidney...

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Brit Killed In South Africa Farm Robbery

A British man who went to South Africa to run a nature reserve has been killed in a robbery at his farm, police say. Christopher Preece had gone outside to check why the power was cut at the property when three men attacked him with machetes, according...

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Confidential Confetti: 'Police Papers Used'

Officers are investigating after hundreds of shredded police documents were apparently used as confetti during Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade in New York. The paper strips are believed to have contained social security numbers, bank account details,...

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Gas Worker's Blunder Caused Strip Club Blast

An explosion which flattened a Massachusetts strip club, injuring 21 people, was caused by a worker accidentally piercing a pipe. The blast was caused by a gas worker who accidentally punctured a pipeline The blast levelled the Scores Gentlemen's...

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Australia Apologises For Military Sex Abuse

The Australian government has made an apology to military personnel who were sexually abused or otherwise mistreated during their service. Defence Minister Stephen Smith made the apology in Parliament on behalf of the government following hundreds of...

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Egypt Judges Condemn President's 'Attack'

Egyptian judges have condemned a decree granting President Mohamed Morsi sweeping new powers, as angry protesters clashed with police for a second day. A handful of rock-throwing activists battled riot police in the streets near Tahrir Square, where...

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More Than 100 Die In Bangladesh Factory Fire

At least 112 people have been killed in a fire which tore through a clothes factory in Bangladesh, an official has said. The blaze broke out in the seven-storey building operated by Tazreen Fashions on the outskirts of the capital, Dhaka, late on Saturday....

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Catalonia Holds Vote That Could Reshape Spain

Polls have opened in Spain's wealthy region of Catalonia for an election that could determine whether it eventually breaks away from the rest of the country. The region must choose a new assembly, after a campaign dominated by the issue of independence...

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Dangling Truck Hangs From Overpass After Crash

A man crashed through a railing of an overpass in the United States and was stuck dangling over a busy motorway for an hour. The smash occurred on the Southwest Danny Road overpass over Highway 217 in Beaverton, in Oregon, on Saturday. The 38-year-old...

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