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Chinese journalist 'confesses' to accepting bribes

journalist Chen as he gives his confession in a detention room at the Changsha Public Security Bureau detention centre in Changsha City, Hunan Province  

Chen Yongzhou, the detained New Express reporter at centre of campaign, appears on state TV to "confess" to crimes

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Iran hangs 16 prisoners after guards killed near Pakistan border

Fourteen Iranian guards killed near border with Pakistan during overnight clashes, and Tehran retaliates by hanging 16 "rebels"

Inside Homeland's Tower of David

For Nicholas Brody in the TV series Homeland the Tower of David became a prison, but its residents see it differently  
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For Nicholas Brody in the TV series Homeland the Tower of David became a prison, but its residents see it differently

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Venezuela creates Social Happiness ministry

Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela's president, creates Vice Ministry of Supreme Social Happiness, despite chronic shortages of basic goods like toilet paper

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Saudi women filmed defying the gender driving ban

Activists have begun posting videos of women in Saudi Arabia driving cars, as their one-day campaign to defy a ban on female drivers in the conservative kingdom gets under way.  

Activists have begun posting videos of women in Saudi Arabia driving cars, as their one-day campaign to defy a ban on female drivers in the conservative kingdom gets under way.

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari to raise funds to save Mohenjodaro

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari to raise funds to save Mohenjodaro  

The son of Benazir Bhutto, Bilawal, is to raise funds to save Mohenjodaro, the 5,000-year-old centre of the Indus Civilisation

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Tito's widow Jovanka Broz receives state burial

Jovanka Broz, former First Lady of Yugoslavia and Tito's widow, is buried after dying of heart failure earlier this month  

Jovanka Broz, former First Lady of Yugoslavia and Tito's widow, is buried after dying of heart failure earlier this month

ObamaCare website has been rolling disaster

ObamaCare website has been rolling disaster barack obama  
American Way

Debut of HealthCare.gov, the website for ObamaCare, has been a major embarrassment for President Barack Obama

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Greenpeace activist hangs off Eiffel Tower

Greenpeace activist hangs off Eiffel Tower  

Greenpeace takes protest against Russia's detention of 30 members of group to Paris, with Eiffel Tower stunt.

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Quincy Jones sues Michael Jackson's estate

Michael Jackson 2009  

Quincy Jones files lawsuit seeking at least $10 million from Michael Jackson's estate and Sony Music Entertainment

Fans in Starr's Beatles' tour photo found

Six teenage fans in 1964 photograph snapped by Ringo Starr are identified as New Jersey high school friends skipping class to see their music heroes after appeal from the former Beatles drummer  

Six teenage fans in 1964 photograph snapped by Ringo Starr are identified as New Jersey high school friends skipping class

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Syria: the shots that shook the world

A Free Syrian Army sniper fires from a house in Aleppo, August 14 2012  

Five photographers who have borne witness to Syria’s civil war tell the stories behind their defining images of the conflict

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Britain forced to sign EU statement expressing 'deep concern'

US 'operates 80 listening posts worldwide, 19 in Europe, and snooped on Merkel moby 2002-2013'  

David Cameron signed common EU statement in the early hours of this morning expressing deep concern about spying

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'Pay us to fill out your benefit form’

The Polish painter who opened a can of worms

Strasbourg human rights court threatens key counter-terrorism powers

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Essex vs Kashmir at a glance

With the unlikely link between Essex and Kashmir, here is a look at how the two compare  

With the unlikely link between Essex and Kashmir, here is a look at how the two compare

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Abdullah: I tease my parent over Essex roots

New earthquake hits Fukushima

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Nigerian army kills 95 suspected Islamist militants

Suspected sect members disguised as traders invaded an open market and opened fire, killing at least 15 people in Nigeria's northeast village of Gajiram, witnesses and security operatives have said.  

Army uses bombs and ground troops to destroy Boko Haram camps in Borno and claims to have killed 95 Islamist militants in Nigeria's north east

Al-Shabaab leader 'lived in UK for a year'

Pirates kidnap two American sailors off Nigeria

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World's first venomous crustacean found

World's first venomous crustacean found in Australia: the blind remipede  

The world's first venomous crustacean - the blind remipede - has been discovered by a team from Britain's Natural History Museum

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Australian army defend starting fires

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Texas school bus crashes into house

A school bus carrying 25 children has crashed into a home at a Texas military base after its breaks apparently failed.  

A school bus carrying 25 children has crashed into a home at a Texas military base after its breaks apparently failed.

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Britain forced to sign EU statement expressing 'deep concern'

US 'operates 80 listening posts worldwide, 19 in Europe, and snooped on Merkel moby 2002-2013'  

David Cameron signed common EU statement in the early hours of this morning expressing deep concern about spying

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'Rocky' steps driver sought by police

Texas school bus crashes into house

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Saudi women get behind the wheel for driving ban protest

About 60 Saudi women defy country's ban on female drivers in biggest protest to date just days after Interior Ministry warned against any action that might disturb 'the public peace'  

About 60 Saudi women defy country's ban on female drivers in biggest protest to date just days after Interior Ministry warned against any action that might disturb 'the public peace'

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Iran could have enough enriched uranium for nuclear bomb 'within months'

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Cristina Fernandez Kirchner set to miss crucial elections

Recovering in seclusion from skull surgery, Argentine president is likely to see former loyalist emerge as frontrunner to replace her following congressional elections  

Recovering in seclusion from skull surgery, Argentine president is likely to see former loyalist emerge as frontrunner to replace her following congressional elections

Brazil World Cup stadium catches fire

Homeland: step inside the real Tower of David

British couple on running length of Latin America

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A second worker dies following explosion at Mexican factory

Explosion in Mexican factory injuries 40 with more than 20 missing  

An 18-year-old man being treated for third degree burns following an explosion inside a factory in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez becomes the second fatality of the accident

Mexico clowns laugh in the face of violence

Cuba to end dual currency as part of Castro's economic reforms

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