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Toyota has agreed on a more than $1 billion compensation deal to settle a legal case involving unintended acceleration problems in its vehicles

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Toyota has agreed on a more than $1 billion compensation deal to settle a legal case involving unintended acceleration problems in its vehicles. Toyota said...
Frances Bean Cobain broke her silence to wish her mother Courtney Love well on Christmas Day

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Frances Bean Cobain has been estranged from her mother for several years, but she broke her silence to wish her mother Courtney Love well...
Whitney Houston was murdered by drug dealers and a new surveillance video proves it, claims Paul Huebl, a Hollywood private investigator

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Whitney Houston was murdered by drug dealers and a new surveillance video proves it, claims Paul Huebl, a Hollywood private investigator. Paul Huebl says he...
A 33-ton glass shark tank at the Shanghai Orient shopping centre suddenly burst leaving 15 people injured by flying shards of broken glass and a torrent of water

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This is the shocking moment a 33-ton glass shark tank at the Shanghai Orient shopping centre in China suddenly burst leaving 15 people injured...
Samsung Electronics has sought a ban on the import and sales of some Ericsson products in the US which it claims infringe its patents

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Samsung Electronics has sought a ban on the import and sales of some Ericsson products in the US which it claims infringe its patents. In...
South Korea has decided to cut its growth forecast for this year and for 2013, underlining the effect of a slowdown in its key export markets on its growth

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South Korea has decided to cut its growth forecast for this year and for 2013, underlining the effect of a slowdown in its key...
Former South Africa’s President Nelson Mandela has been discharged from hospital

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Former South Africa’s President Nelson Mandela has been discharged from hospital, the South African presidency says. Nelson Mandela, 94, will continue to receive treatment at...
Hundreds of tea plantation workers have set alight their boss's bungalow at Kunapathar in Assam state north-east India, burning to death the owner and his wife

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Hundreds of tea plantation workers have set alight their boss's bungalow at Kunapathar in Assam state north-east India, burning to death the owner and...
President Barack Obama has cut short his holidays in Hawaii and is flying to Washington to try to reach a deal to avoid the fiscal cliff

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President Barack Obama has cut short his holidays in Hawaii and is flying to Washington to try to reach a deal to avoid the...
George H. W. Bush has been in intensive care with a fever since Sunday

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George H. W. Bush has been in intensive care with a fever since Sunday, a family spokesman has revealed. Jim McGrath said he had had...
A severe winter storm that whipped up tornadoes in the southern US has brought heavy snow to the Midwest and threatens disruption in the east

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A severe winter storm that whipped up tornadoes in the southern US has brought heavy snow to the Midwest and threatens disruption in the...
Inside Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon's magical white Christmas with twins Monroe and Moroccan

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Mariah Carey seems to have a higher appreciation for the merry season now that she can share the cheer - and her lavish lifestyle...
Kate Winslet has married boyfriend Ned Rocknroll in a secret ceremony in New York

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Kate Winslet has married boyfriend Ned Rocknroll in a secret ceremony in New York. Kate Winslet, 37, was given away by her Titanic co-star Leonardo...
Janet Jackson has reportedly become engaged to Qatari billionaire Wissam Al Mana, whom she's been dating since 2010

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Janet Jackson has reportedly become engaged to Qatari billionaire Wissam Al Mana, whom she's been dating since 2010. Wissam Al Mana, 37, “gave her a...
President Francois Hollande has ordered tighter security for French embassy in the Central African Republic, after it was attacked by protesters

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France’s President Francois Hollande has ordered tighter security for his country's embassy in the Central African Republic (CAR), after it was attacked by protesters. Francois...
Abulaziz al-Shalal, commander of Syria's military police, has defected from President Bashar al-Assad's government and reportedly fled to Turkey

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Abulaziz al-Shalal, commander of Syria's military police, has defected from President Bashar al-Assad's government and reportedly fled to Turkey. Lt. Gen. Abulaziz al-Shalal is one...
Gerry Anderson, the creator of hit TV show Thunderbirds, has died aged 83

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Gerry Anderson, the creator of hit TV shows Thunderbirds, Stingray and Joe 90, has died aged 83. Gerry Anderson also created Captain Scarlet and the...
Chelsea Clinton is set to become the new face of the Clinton family political dynasty

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Chelsea Clinton, daughter of former US President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, is set to become the new face of the...
Although the iPad Mini is still fresh off the Apple's table and yet reports of a new generation iPad are already circulating on Japanese tech blog Macotakara

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Although the iPad Mini is still fresh off the Apple's table and yet reports of a new generation iPad are already circulating on Japanese...
Former US President George H.W. Bush has spent Christmas with his wife Barabara and other family members in a Houston hospital

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Former US President George H.W. Bush has spent Christmas with his wife Barabara and other family members in a Houston hospital after developing a...
The Journal News is facing significant backlash from readers after publishing a map of all of the names and addresses of every gun owner in Westchester and Rockland counties

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New York newspaper The Journal News is facing significant backlash from readers after publishing a map of all of the names and addresses of...
Kylie Jenner continued to flaunt her privileged lifestyle by posting Instagram snaps of the two expensive-looking Céline luggage-mini purses she received under the Kardashian Christmas tree

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Kylie Jenner continued to flaunt her privileged lifestyle by posting Instagram snaps of the two expensive-looking Céline luggage-mini purses she received under the Kardashian...
WALA-TV's tower camera captured the image of a large funnel cloud headed toward downtown in Mobile, Alabama

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Twisters hopscotched across the US Deep South, and, along with brutal, straight-line winds, knocked down countless trees, blew the roofs off homes and left...
Queen Elizabeth II gave her Christmas Message to the nation as her Diamond Jubilee year draws to a close

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Queen Elizabeth II gave her Christmas Message to the nation as her Diamond Jubilee year draws to a close. Since her first message in 1952,...
Baseball star Andruw Jones has been arrested for allegedly beating his wife on Christmas morning at their home in Atlanta

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Baseball star Andruw Jones has been arrested for allegedly beating his wife Nicole Derick on Christmas morning at their home in Atlanta, Georgia. Andruw Jones,...