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President-elect Francois Hollande and the new First Lady Valerie Trierweiler celebrating in Paris

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Francois Hollande has been celebrating his victory in France's presidential election. Socialist Francois Hollande - who polled just under 52% of votes in Sunday's run-off...
Advances in nutritional research are beginning to shine a light on the potentially slimming effects of some of the most sinful foods

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Advances in nutritional research are beginning to shine a light on the potentially slimming effects of some of the most sinful foods, such as...
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called for an early general election in Israel in four months' time

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called for an early general election in Israel in four months' time. The vote is expected to take place in...
French Socialist Francois Hollande has been elected as new president, according to early estimates

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French Socialist Francois Hollande has been elected as new president, according to early estimates. Francois Hollande got about 52% of votes in today's run-off, according...
Protesters against Russian President-elect Vladimir Putin have clashed with police in the capital Moscow, ahead of his inauguration on Monday for a third term

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Protesters against Russian President-elect Vladimir Putin have clashed with police in the capital Moscow, ahead of his inauguration on Monday for a third term. The...
Barack Obama targeted swing states Ohio and Virginia that are critical for his bid to remain in the White House

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It was an embarrassing start for President Barack Obama's re-election campaign yesterday as he held his first political rally of the 2012 race in...
Scientists have found that dinosaurs may be partly to blame for a change in climate because they created so much flatulence

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Scientists have found that dinosaurs may be partly to blame for a change in climate because they created so much flatulence. Professor Graeme Ruxton of...
Greek main parties have suffered dramatic losses in the parliamentary election, according to exit polls

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Greek main parties have suffered dramatic losses in the parliamentary election, according to exit polls. The latest polls put centre-right New Democracy in the lead with...
Available through U.S luxury goods firm Hammacher Schlemmer, the bright yellow amphibious and airborne vehicle features a 130 horsepower twin-cylinder, liquid-cooled engine and can hit speeds of up to 70 mph

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The ultimate millionaire's toy is a $190,000 flying hovercraft, which is able to glide over land and water and soar through the air. Available through...
Jeremy Clarkson sparked a new controversy by suggesting that long queues at airport control could be solved by “a bit of racism”

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BBC Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson sparked a new controversy by suggesting that long queues at airport control could be solved by “a bit...
The heirs of Richard Ritchie, the man who developed the formula for Pepsi-Cola in 1931, have sued giant Pepsico Inc. on Friday

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Joan Ritchie Silleck and Robert Ritchie, the heirs of Richard Ritchie, the man who developed the formula for Pepsi-Cola in 1931, have sued snack...
Los Angeles police are searching for Gavin Smith, a missing movie executive who disappeared on Tuesday

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Los Angeles police are searching for Gavin Smith, a missing movie executive who disappeared on Tuesday. Gavin Smith, 57, a longtime 20th Century Fox employee,...
Kris Humphries is pressing for a divorce trial rather than an out-of-court settlement in order to get the truth out

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Kim Kardashian's lawyer, Laura Wasser, accused Kris Humphries of attempting to prolong the proceedings to dissolve their marriage for publicity's sake during a brief...
Antipsychotic drugs are seen as the most effective treatment of psychotic episodes, but they are also recognized to have devastating side effects

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Experts say antipsychotic drugs are seen as the most effective treatment of psychotic episodes, but they are also recognized to have devastating side effects. Doctors...
Nicolas Sarkozy says he averted recession and will preserve a "strong France” while Francois Hollande contends the country is in "serious crisis" and needs change

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France is prepared for the second round of presidential election that could see a socialist winner for the first time since 1988. In the first...
Niamh Clarke-Willis joined LOCOG head Lord Sebastian Coe to hit a button which launched balloons into the sky above London Olympic Stadium for this summer's Games

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2012 Olympics stadium has been officially opened by nine-year-old Niamh Clarke-Willis at a ceremony in east London. Niamh Clarke-Willis joined LOCOG head Lord Sebastian Coe...
Supermoon has graced the skies, appearing bigger and brighter than usual, as it comes closer to the Earth

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Supermoon has graced the skies, appearing bigger and brighter than usual, as it comes closer to the Earth - and is likely to bring...
Ed Kennedy defied the military censors to report the Nazi surrender on the night of 7 May 1945 in France

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The Associated Press has apologized for sacking Ed Kennedy, a war reporter who broke the news that World War II had ended one day before...
Opinion polls show that two-thirds of Russians think the Soviet Union could have defeated Hitler without the Allies' help, and half think the West underestimates the Soviet contribution

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Sixty-seven years ago, in May 1945, the Nazi regime collapsed being squeezed ever more tightly between two fronts - the Soviet Union on one...
Kim Kardashian tweeted photographs of herself as a blonde back in 2009

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Kim Kardashian decided to tweet past sexy photos of herself when she was a blonde. Kim Kardashian, 31, wrote on her Twitter page: “I'm bored....
Researchers at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst found that by the young age the babies were already discriminating against those of different races in their ability to recognize faces and emotional expressions

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According to a study in facial recognition, white babies aged just nine-months-old show signs of racial bias. Researchers at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst...
In a statement published across all of its 19 international editions on Thursday, Vogue’s editors promised not to picture models under the age of 16 or those who they believe have an eating disorder

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Vogue magazine has been the world’s fashion bible for decades, its pages adorned with beautiful clothes – all too often modeled by painfully thin...
Research on more than 300,000 babies found those born using Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) had a significantly higher risk of developing abnormalities than those conceived naturally

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A new Australian study has found that fertility treatment used to help infertile men become fathers can raise the risk of birth defects in...
Supermoon, the nickname for a perigee full moon, closer to the Earth than usual, could cause tides to rise around the world

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Supermoon - the nickname for a perigee full moon, closer to the Earth than usual - could cause tides to rise around the world...
Violet D'Mello said she survived by "playing dead" at the Kragga Kamma Game Park in Port Elizabeth, South Africa last weekend

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Violet D'Mello, a British tourist who tried to protect a girl being mauled by captive cheetahs, has told of how the animals then turned...
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