California Suffers Worst Drought Since 1970s

By Greg Milam, US Correspondent While most of the United States has been gripped by the polar vortex, one part of the country is suffering a very different weather extreme. California, the most populous state in America, is experiencing its worst...

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Ariel Sharon Dead: Israel's Ex-PM Dies

Former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon has died following a long illness. The 85-year-old's son was quoted as saying he had died, eight years since a stroke at the height of his powers left him in a coma. Gilad Sharon said: "He has gone. He went...

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Ex-Miss Venezuela: Funeral For Murdered Model

The funerals are taking place of a former Miss Venezuela beauty queen and her British ex-husband who were murdered as they returned from holiday. Monica Spear and Thomas Henry Berry are being laid to rest a day after their families held a private wake...

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Ukraine Protests: Ex-Minister Among 10 Injured

Ten people have been injured in early morning clashes between riot police and protesters outside a courthouse in Ukraine's capital, witnesses said. Police used tear gas and batons to control the crowd of several hundred people who were protesting in...

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Cockroach Burrows Into Sleeping Man's Ear

A man in Australia had to be rushed to hospital in terrible pain after a large cockroach crawled into his ear as he slept, and an attempt to suck it out with a vacuum cleaner failed. Medical treatment initially only caused the inch-long insect to burrow...

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Indian Diplomat's Family Slam 'Inhuman' US

The family of an Indian envoy whose arrest in the US has sparked a diplomatic crisis have slammed her "inhuman" treatment. Uttam Khobragade, father of Devyani Khobragade, hit out after his daughter was strip-searched when arrested over allegations...

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Costa Concordia May Be Towed To Middlesbrough

The team leading the Costa Concordia salvage operation has revealed they will begin removing the stricken cruise liner from near the Italian island of Giglio in June - before it is demolished later this year. Exactly where the wreck will be towed to...

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CAR President And Prime Minister Resign

The president of the Central African Republic has resigned over violence that has killed more than 1,000 people in the country. Michel Djotodia agreed to step down alongside his prime minister, Nicolas Tiengaye. The country has seen spiralling violence...

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Brazil: Girl Dies After Bus Fire Attack

By Karine Mayer, Senior News Editor in Rio de Janeiro Inmates of Brazil's most notorious jail are being blamed by police after a six-year-old girl was killed by a gang who torched a packed bus. Ana Clara Santos Souza died three days after suffering...

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Ex-SS Soldier, 88, Charged Over Nazi Massacre

An 88-year-old former member of Hitler's SS has been charged with taking part in a massacre of hundreds of French villagers. It is nearly 70 years since one of the most infamous Nazi atrocities, in which Waffen-SS men took the small French village...

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Japan Chemical Plant Blast Kills Five

At least five people have been killed in an explosion at a chemical factory in central Japan, according to reports. Twelve others were injured in the blast at the Mitsubishi Materials complex in Yokkaichi City, police said. Ranko Hirai, a spokeswoman...

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Man-Eating Tiger Hunted In India After Deaths

A search is on for a tiger who is believed to have killed four villagers in northern India over the past 12 days. The beast attacked and killed a 40-year-old woman on Wednesday in a village in the state of Uttar Pradesh, its fourth victim since it is...

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Former New York City Cops Held Over 9/11 Fraud

Former New York police officers and firefighters, who falsely claimed they were disabled as a result of the September 11 attacks, have been arrested in a sweeping fraud investigation. They are among more than 100 people charged over the "massive" social...

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Polar Vortex: Deep Freeze Strikes East And South

The record-breaking polar air blast affecting more than half the US population has spread to the East and South, sending the mercury plunging into the single digits. The polar vortex that started in the Midwest over the weekend covered about half of...

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Qatar World Cup Will Not Be In Summer Months

By Paul Kelso, Sport Correspondent The 2022 World Cup will not be played in Qatar during June and July, Fifa Secretary General Jerome Valcke has said. Speaking to French radio, Valcke ruled out holding the controversial tournament in the heat of...

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Schumacher Ski Accident Off 'Well-Marked' Slope

Prosecutors investigating Michael Schumacher's ski accident said examination of his helmet camera showed he had left a properly marked out trail at the time of his fall. Albertville prosecutor Patrick Quincy said the two-minute film from the...

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Iraq Gets US Military Boost Amid Rising Unrest

Iraq Violence Was 'Waiting Powder Keg' Updated: 1:10pm UK, Monday 06 January 2014 By Tim Marshall, Diplomatic Editor The fighting in the Iraqi cities of Fallujah and Ramadi threatens to hasten the disintegration of a country in chaos. The upsurge...

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Spain: King Juan Carlos' Daughter In Court

The youngest daughter of Spain's King Juan Carlos has been ordered to appear in court for questioning as part of an investigation into alleged tax fraud and money laundering. Palma de Mallorca court judge Jose Castro ordered 48-year-old Infanta Cristina...

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Polar Vortex: 187 Million Hit By Big Freeze

More than half the US population is under a wind chill warning as a blast of freezing Arctic air sweeps south and east across the country, bringing the coldest temperatures for decades. The whirlpool of dense air known as the "polar vortex" has caused...

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Senkaku Islands: Japan Sends Jets in China Row

Japan has scrambled fighter jets to head off a Chinese government plane flying towards islands that are the source of tension between the two countries. The Chinese Y-12 propeller plane went into Japan's air defence identification zone around 99 miles...

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Polar Vortex: NFL Fans Brave -26C Wind Chill

Diehard fans have braved freezing temperatures and a wind chill of -26C (-14F) to watch an NFL playoff match in Wisconsin. The Green Bay Packers took on the San Francisco 49ers at their home field on Sunday night, in one of the coldest American football...

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Bangladesh Election 'Won' By Ruling Party

Bangladesh's ruling party has been declared the winner of parliamentary elections that have been marred by killings, an opposition boycott, and low turnout. At least 18 people died in political violence on polling day alone, in a vote which saw fewer...

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Iraq: Militants Pledge To Fight Government

Al Qaeda-linked militants and tribal fighters who have taken over parts of the strategic Iraqi city of Fallujah have pledged to fight the government. An unnamed commander of the anti-government Fallujah military council said: "The revolutionaries of...

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Angela Merkel Injured In Skiing Accident

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been injured during a cross-country skiing accident in Switzerland. Mrs Merkel's spokesman Steffen Seibert said the Chancellor suffered a fractured pelvis and must rest as much as possible over the next three weeks....

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Ashes: Australia Thrash England In 5-0 Sweep

England's cricket captain has apologised after Australia crushed England by 281 runs to claim a 5-0 Ashes series whitewash on the third day of the final Test in Sydney. Mitchell Johnson (L) takes the wicket of England's Gary Ballance Alistair Cook...

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