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Vladimir Putin’s spokesman denies further rumours over his ‘bad back’
Vladimir Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, has moved to deny speculation that Dmitry Medvedev may step in to replace the Russian president at a summit with EU leaders in December due to a bad back.
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Mapping the Great Barrier Reef: the Catlin Seaview Survey
Researchers launch an urgent bid to survey the threatened reef.
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VIDEO: Iran sanctions hit Sri Lanka Tea
Sri Lanka tea producers say the international sanctions against Iran are causing lower sales to the country that is their second biggest customer.
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Mexico Investigates Strange Movie Theater Shooting
Mexico City prosecutors investigating strange shooting death of 10-year-old at movie theater
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Pensioner John Cokeley, from Torquay, Devon, said Mark Pearce, 34, ‘picked on the wrong man’. Pearce was left with a dislocated shoulder after attacking Mr Cokeley.
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Victoria’s Secret apologises over American Indian outfit in catwalk show
Lingerie giant Victoria’s Secret will not broadcast the American Indian headdress look as modelled by Karlie Kloss after numerous complaints.
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New BBC head vows to ‘get a grip’
The acting director general of the BBC vows to “get a grip” after George Entwistle’s resignation over a Newsnight report on child abuse claims.
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Police: 4 Rockets Fired on Afghan Capital; 1 Dead
Police: At least 4 rockets fired into Afghan capital; 1 killed and 3 wounded
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Roma women: they need an education
Desperate poverty – combined with traditions such as early marriage and the belief that girls should care for younger siblings – means that many Roma girls leave school at 10. So what can be done to help them?
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Believed to be the world’s first so-called ‘fat tax’, the levy was introduced in October 2011 in an attempt to limit the population’s intake of fatty foods.
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Skyfall soars at US box office
James Bond’s Skyfall takes a record $87.8m (£55m) in its opening weekend at the North American box office.
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Art Thieves Toss Most Valuable Piece
Art thieves who apparently weren’t art lovers robbed the Pretoria Art Museum of five paintings worth more than $2 million. But they tossed a sixth work, the most valuable piece in their haul, on the ground and left it behind. “My first reaction was, ‘Oh…
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Honduras: 5 Cops Allegedly Slain by Fellow Officer
Hondurans authorities say police officer allegedly killed 5 colleagues in apparent dispute
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Clinton Arrives in Australia for Defense Meetings
US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrives in Australia ahead of defense meetings
America on the edge of a ‘fiscal cliff’? No, it’s the right peddling scare stories | Aditya Chakrabortty
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America on the edge of a ‘fiscal cliff’? No, it’s the right peddling scare stories | Aditya Chakrabortty
The economic abyss is a distortion peddled by the US right and Obama’s Democrats – just like Britain’s left – need to counter the mythThe morning after Barack Obama’s re-election, panic broke out. Radio 4 described financial markets slumping on worries over something called a “fiscal cliff”.