Mali: French Air Strikes Drive Back Militants

Mali's army has driven back Islamist rebels from a strategic central town after France intervened with air strikes to stop militants controlling the country's desert north from advancing. One French pilot has been killed in the military action and hundreds...

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China Landslide Leaves Dozens Dead

A landslide sweeping through a village in the snow-dusted mountains of southern China has killed 46 people, including many children. The last three bodies were pulled out of the debris on Saturday morning, after a night of rescue efforts by more than...

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Costa Concordia To Be Removed By September

The stricken ship Costa Concordia will be removed from the Italian coast between June and September, officials have said. The vessel has been resting on its side off the Tuscan coast since it capsized last year killing 32 people. Franco Gabrielli,...

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Somalia Hostage Raid: French Agent 'Killed'

France has said one of its soldiers and an intelligence agent have been killed in a failed hostage rescue attempt in Somalia. The agent, who is code-named Denis Allex and was captured by militants in 2009, died in the fighting with Islamists overnight,...

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Batman Cinema Shootings Suspect To Face Trial

A judge has ordered that the man suspected of killing 12 people in a cinema shooting in Aurora, Colorado, should stand trial. Judge William Sylvester found that prosecutors had established there was "probable cause" to believe James Holmes committed...

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Japan Ups Defence Spending Over China Tension

Japan has announced plans to increase its defence budget for the first time in a decade as tensions with China continue to increase. As part of a broad stimulus package announced by Shinzo Abe, Japan's new prime minister, the military budget will be...

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Japan Unveils Huge Economic Stimulus Package

Japan Increases Defence Spending Updated: 10:54am UK, Friday 11 January 2013 By Mark Stone, China Correspondent Japan has announced plans to increase its defence budget for the first time in a decade as tensions with China continue to increase....

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Dreamliner Hit By Fifth Fault This Week

A fifth Boeing Dreamliner fault has been discovered in as many days, raising more fears over the aircraft's safety. Oil was discovered leaking from the left engine of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner flight operated by All Nippon Airways (ANA) on Friday. An...

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Saudi Arabia Beheads Young Sri Lankan Maid

A young Sri Lankan housemaid has been beheaded in Saudi Arabia for killing a baby who was in her care. Rizana Nafeek had denied strangling the four-month-old baby in 2005 and the execution came despite global appeals to call it off because she was only...

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Half Of All Food Produced Is 'Thrown Away'

As much as half of all the food produced in the world - two billion tonnes worth - ends up being thrown away, a new report claims. The waste is caused by poor infrastructure and storage facilities, over-strict sell-by dates, "get-one-free" offers, and...

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Sandusky To Argue He Did Not Get Fair Trial

Lawyers for Jerry Sandusky are due to argue he did not get a fair trial ahead of his sentencing to 30 years in prison. The former Penn State assistant football coach contends his defence team did not have enough time to prepare for the case in June...

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India Gang Rape: Men 'Beaten For Confessions'

A lawyer for three of the men charged with murdering and gang-raping a student in Delhi has accused the police of brutality. Speaking before a hearing at the city's Saket District Court, ML Sharma claimed the men had been beaten while in custody....

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Four Children Die In Georgia House Fire

Four children, including a baby, have been killed in a house fire in the Atlanta area of Georgia. The other victims were aged three, five and seven. The fire broke out late on Tuesday night on the second floor of a duplex in Conyers.  Police...

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Wedding Balloon Crash Captured On Video

A sunset wedding ceremony on board a hot air balloon ended in terror after a gust of wind forced the pilot to make a crash landing. One of the 14 people in the balloon suffered a minor back injury after it was dragged over a wall and into the garden...

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Bobcat In Garage Mauling Had Rabies

The bobcat that attacked a man and his nephew in their garage had rabies, officials in Massachusetts have confirmed. "The bobcat has been proven to be rabid," announced Stephen Comtois, Brookfield town board chairman. He warned local people to be "on...

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Kashmir: Pakistan Troops 'Behead' Indian Soldier

One of the two Indian soldiers killed in a clash along the disputed Kashmir border was beheaded by Pakistani troops who then carried away his head, India's chief military spokesman has claimed. "We can confirm that one of the Indian soldiers was beheaded...

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Australian Bushfires: 'Catastrophic' Conditions

The Australian state of New South Wales is experiencing one of the highest-risk fire days in its history, with temperatures climbing above 40C. Firefighters are battling over 100 wildfires raging across the southeast of the country, with more than 20...

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Afghanistan: Green On Blue Attacks Rising

The central role of the foreign forces deployed in Afghanistan is to train the national army and police to a level so they can maintain order in the country and counter the threat of the Taliban when Nato withdraws by the end of 2014. Given the scale...

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Ivory Poachers Kill Elephant Family In Kenya

A family of 11 elephants has been killed by poachers in Kenya in what officials describe as the biggest single mass shooting of the animals on record in the country. A gang of about 10 attackers hacked off the elephants' tusks in Tsavo East National...

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British Soldier Shot Dead In Afghanistan

Green On Blue Attacks Worsening Updated: 12:19pm UK, Tuesday 08 January 2013 By Stuart Ramsay, Chief Correspondent The central role of the foreign forces deployed in Afghanistan is to train the national army and police to a level so they can maintain...

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Costa Concordia: 'Stupid' Tourists Rescued

By Nick Pisa, Sky News Reporter Coastguards have criticised five German cruise ship passengers who hired an inflatable boat to get a close-up look at the wrecked Costa Concordia liner. The group, including two children, had to be rescued after...

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Shanghai Market Fire Kills Six People

Six people have been killed after a fire tore through a wholesale market in Shanghai. The blaze broke out at around 8.30pm on Sunday, but firefighters were unable to control it for several hours. Rescuers are still searching for casualties inside the...

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China Journalists On Strike Over Censorship

By Mark Stone, China Correspondent in Beijing More than 100 journalists at one of China's most respected newspapers have gone on strike in a rare protest against censorship. The strike has won huge support on Weibo, the Chinese version of Twitter...

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India Gang Rape: Five Appear In Delhi Court

An Indian court hearing the case of five men accused of gang-raping and murdering a 23-year-old student was cleared as chaotic scenes forced the hearing to be held behind closed doors. The suspects were being presented for the first time since the attack...

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South Africa: Women Drinking To Harm Babies

By Alex Crawford in Port Elizabeth, Nelson Mandela Bay in the Eastern Cape Mothers in one of South Africa's poorest areas are drinking heavily to deliberately damage their unborn babies - just so they can claim disability benefit. Life is so tough...

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Gerard Depardieu Receives Russian Passport

The French actor Gerard Depardieu has received his passport after being granted Russian citizenship, saying he was leaving France to avoid proposed tax increases. "There was a short meeting and Depardieu was handed his passport," Putin's spokesman Dmitry...

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iPhone Thief Caught In Dating Sting

A New York musician who had his iPhone stolen on New Year's Eve created a fake dating profile and arranged a romantic rendezvous with the thief.  trombonist trombonist trombonist TromTomTTTrombonist Nadav Nirenberg, 27, accidentally left his phone...

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Syrian President Assad Gives Live TV Address

Syria's president has blamed Islamic extremists and "outside forces" for orchestrating the conflict in his country in a rare public address to the nation. The embattled leader, who appeared before cheering crowds at an opera house in the capital Damascus,...

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