New Year Knees Up Around The World

Major cities, including Sydney, Shanghai, Dubai and Berlin have marked the start of 2013 with large fireworks displays. Among the most spectacular celebrations were ones in Sydney, which centred on the harbour bridge, and Dubai, where the world's tallest...

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Mexican Olympic Silver Medallist Shot In Head

A Mexican race walker who won silver at the 2000 Sydney Olympics has lost his left eye after being shot in the head in a bar, according to reports. Noe Hernandez, 34, was in a serious but stable condition after being shot at the Queen of Kings nightclub...

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Last-Minute Deal Reached On US Fiscal Cliff

The US Senate has approved legislation aimed at averting the so-called fiscal cliff by stopping most tax hikes and across-the-board spending cuts that had been due to begin with the New Year. The legislation was approved with an overwhelming 89-8 vote,...

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Newtown Gunman's Body Claimed For Burial

The body of the man who killed 26 people at a Connecticut school has been claimed for burial. A spokesman for Adam Lanza's family said on Monday that his father Peter Lanza claimed the remains. He added that there were private arrangements over the...

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Benghazi Deaths: Report Finds Woeful Security

A Congressional report on the Benghazi attack has been highly critical of the handling of security at the US consulate. The document, produced by the Senate homeland security committee and released to media ahead of publication, faults the State Department...

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Chavez Suffers New Setback After Cancer Op

Hugo Chavez has suffered "new complications" following his cancer surgery in Cuba and his condition is "delicate", Venezuela's Vice President Nicolas Maduro has said. In a televised address from Havana, Mr Maduro said: "We have been informed of new...

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Delhi Gang Rape Suspect To Undergo Bone Tests

One of six suspects held over the gang rape and murder of a student in India is to undergo bone tests to determine whether he is old enough to answer for the crime. Murder convictions carry the death penalty in India. However, only those aged 18 or...

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Seven Die In Gun Ambush In Northern Pakistan

Gunmen have ambushed and shot dead six female aid workers and a male doctor who were travelling in a van in northern Pakistan. The group's vehicle was raked with gunfire as they returned home from a children's community centre run by the Pakistani charity...

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Ivory Coast Stadium Stampede Kills 61

Sixty-one people have died and dozens of others have been injured in a New Year's Eve stampede at a stadium in Abidjan in Ivory Coast. It happened at around 2am local time after crowds gathered to watch a fireworks display. Officials said 61 people...

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Pakistan Bomb Blast: Explosion In Karachi

A bomb planted on a motorbike in a crowded area of Karachi has killed at least two people, according to Sky sources. More than 30 people were injured in the explosion, which damaged six buses and four motorbikes. The target of the attack appeared to...

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