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- Bachmann ends bid for White House
- Iowa loser Michele Bachmann ends her presidential bid, while caucus winner Mitt Romney rolls out an endorsement from Senator John McCain.
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- Live - Wednesday football
- Manchester United look to go level on points with leaders Manchester City with a win at Newcastle, while Bolton travel to Everton on another night of Premier League action.
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- Lunge with locals in Buenos Aires
- High-intensity fitness classes combine cardio and body weight exercises with the picturesque setting of Bosques de Palermo, one of the city’s most gorgeous parks.
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- Hairy crab is new ocean find
- The animal has been nicknamed "The Hoff" because of the amount of hair on its chest, and was discovered living around volcanic vents off South Georgia by UK scientists.
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- The evolution of the e-reader
- The tablet might be seeing a surge in popularity over its rival, but the e-reader is fast catching up. The BBC's Richard Taylor takes a look at the Amazon Kindle Fire and the Kobo Vox.
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- Chile battles fires
- Some of the wildfires affecting grassland and forests may have been started intentionally, the Chilean government has said, as firefighters continue to combat the intense heat and flames.
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- Counting the creatures
- Keepers at London Zoo have begun the tricky task of the annual stock take, when they tally up the many weird and wonderful animals that they care for.
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- Austria's atomic dinosaur
- The disused power plant at Zwentendorf near Vienna stands as a reminder of Austria's anti-nuclear stance, as it calls on the rest of Europe to abandon atomic power altogether.
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Notorious UK race murderers jailed
Two men convicted of the 1993 murder of a black teenager in London get life sentences for what the judge describes as a crime that "scarred the nation".
LA bishop with secret family quits
Pope Benedict XVI accepts the resignation of a Catholic bishop from Los Angeles who admits he is the father of two teenage children.
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Captain Michael Clarke bats through day two to score an unbeaten 251 as Australia take complete control of the second Test against India in Sydney.
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Scorsese to collect Bafta honour
Film-maker Martin Scorsese is to be honoured with British Academy's highest accolade, the Fellowship, at the Bafta Film Awards ceremony next month.
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'No evidence' to remove implants
A UK Government review into the rupture rate of banned PIP breast implants has, so far, found no evidence for removing them, the BBC has learned.
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Google adds further IBM patents
Google acquires an additional 217 patents from IBM as it continues to spend billions on bolstering its defences against lawsuits from its rivals.
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Spider-Man web 'nearing reality'
US researchers create silk worms that have been genetically modified to spin much stronger silk.
Travel »
- Cruising toward conservation
- Massive ships are fun and good for tourism at ports of call, but carry a heavy environmental price tag that is starting to be reduced.
- Top 10 things to do in 2012
- The anniversaries, gatherings and essential destinations to put in your diary for 2012.
- Most controversial monuments
- Prodigal spending, political disputes and divisive revolutionaries have made these historical markers stand out for more than their physical enormity.
- North Atlantic ports for foodies
- A gourmand’s itinerary that includes Halifax beer, Montreal poutine, a Quebec sugar shack and a Bar Harbor, Maine lobster crawl.
- Colorado’s annual fruitcake toss
- The 14 January event started as a competition for throwing a fruitcake as far as possible, but has evolved to include more sophisticated methods of hurling baked goods.
- Tallinn’s history of espionage
- The Estonian capital’s front as a quaint medieval town belies a history simmering with espionage and intrigue.
- How to stay well at high altitude
- Ideas to help you to prepare, train, stay healthy and reach altitudes you would never have believed possible.
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Miles de mexicanos han regresado de Estados Unidos huyendo del acoso de las leyes antiinmigrantes y la falta de empleo.
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中国官方媒体新华社周三（4日）报道，中国正在考虑取销“农民工”这一早已约定俗成的称谓。
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سلسلة من التفجيرات المتتابعة تضرب اهداف متفرقة في محافظة ديالى شمال شرقي بغداد يوم الاربعاء، تسفر عن مصرع 4 اشخاص واصابة 17 بجروح.
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دیپلمات‌ها می‌گویند که دولت‌های اروپایی در مورد منع واردات نفت خام ایران به اتحادیه اروپا به توافق اولیه دست یافته‌اند، اما هنوز در مورد زمان اعمال چنین ممنوعیتی تصمیم نگرفته‌اند.
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Mississippi blues
It is known as the poorest corner of the poorest state in America, and although the Mississippi Delta has seen some economic progress, it is not far from collapse.
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