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Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani girl who was shot in the head by the Taliban, has been discharged from Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham as an inpatient

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Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani girl who was shot in the head by the Taliban, has been discharged from Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham as...
HBO is being sued by Barbara Casey who claims she was unfairly dismissed from horseracing drama Luck

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TV network HBO is being sued by Barbara Casey who claims she was unfairly dismissed from horseracing drama Luck. Luck, which starred Dustin Hoffman, was...
The US Senate Intelligence Committee has demanded more information about contacts between the CIA and the makers of Osama Bin Laden film Zero Dark Thirty

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The US Senate Intelligence Committee has demanded more information about contacts between the CIA and the makers of Osama Bin Laden film Zero Dark...
Scientists say that a dark lump of rock, nicknamed Black Beauty, found in the Moroccan desert in 2011, is a new type of Martian meteorite

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Scientists have discovered that a dark lump of rock found in the Moroccan desert in 2011 is a new type of Martian meteorite. Weighing 320 g,...
Google has agreed to give advertisers access to more information about their campaigns and has agreed not to use other providers' material such as product reviews in its search results

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The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has decided not to take legal action against Google at the end of a 19-month investigation into the...
The Sun has taken out an advert in an English-language paper in Argentina defending Britain's right to govern the Falkland Islands

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UK’s newspaper The Sun has taken out an advert in an English-language paper in Argentina defending Britain's right to govern the Falkland Islands. The advert...
Wegelin, Switzerland's oldest bank, is to close permanently after pleading guilty in a New York court to helping Americans evade their taxes

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Wegelin & Co., Switzerland's oldest bank, is to close permanently after pleading guilty in a New York court to helping Americans evade their taxes. Wegelin,...
Hugo Chavez is suffering from complications brought on by a severe lung infection which developed after surgery

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Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez is suffering from "complications" brought on by a "severe lung infection" which developed after surgery, officials say. Hugo Chavez, 58, had...
Rapper The Game tweeted a before and after picture showing off his progress 30 days into his 60-day fitness regimen

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Rapper The Game has vowed to get the body he's “always wanted” in time for Valentine's Day and he tweeted a before/after picture Tuesday...
David Letterman has opened up about his indiscretions with female employees and how they rocked television in a tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey

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David Letterman has opened up about his indiscretions with female employees and how they rocked television - and his marriage - in a tell-all...
Speculation is growing that Ri Sol-Ju, wife of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-Un, has given birth in recent weeks, continuing the family dynasty into a fourth generation

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Speculation is growing that Ri Sol-Ju, wife of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-Un, has given birth in recent weeks, continuing the family dynasty into...
Vast numbers of cells that can attack cancer and HIV have been grown in the lab, and could potentially be used to fight disease

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Vast numbers of cells that can attack cancer and HIV have been grown in the lab, and could potentially be used to fight disease. The...
Gerard Depardieu has obtained Russian citizenship, according to a brief statement posted on the Kremlin website

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Gerard Depardieu has obtained Russian citizenship, according to a brief statement posted on the Kremlin website Gerard Depardieu has obtained Russian citizenship, according to...
Senior Pakistani militant leader Mullah Nazir has been killed by a US drone strike

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Senior Pakistani militant leader Mullah Nazir has been killed by a US drone strike, security officials say. Mullah Nazir died with at least five fighters...
Chris Guerra, the photographer run over and killed while taking pictures of Justin Bieber's sports car, believed he had spotted the singer smoking marijuana while driving earlier in the day

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Chris Guerra, the photographer run over and killed while taking pictures of Justin Bieber's sports car, believed he had spotted the singer smoking marijuana...
Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has called on the UK government to hand over the Falkland Islands, in an open letter printed in British newspapers

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Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has called on the UK government to hand over the Falkland Islands, in an open letter printed in...
General Ismail Hakki Karadayi, former Turkish army chief, has been detained over a military intervention that ousted a pro-Islamist government in 1997

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General Ismail Hakki Karadayi, former Turkish army chief, has been detained over a military intervention that ousted a pro-Islamist government in 1997. Ismail Hakki Karadayi...
Three people are dead and two others are injured after a gunman has opened fire in Daillon village in Switzerland

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Three people are dead and two others are injured after a gunman has opened fire in a village in Switzerland, police say. The attack happened...
Five men are to be charged with the kidnap, gang-rape and murder of an Indian woman on a Delhi bus last month

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Five men are to be charged with the kidnap, gang-rape and murder of an Indian woman on a Delhi bus last month. The 23-year-old medical...
The Venezuelan main opposition movement has called on the government to tell the whole truth about the health of President Hugo Chavez

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The Venezuelan main opposition movement has called on the government to "tell the whole truth" about the health of President Hugo Chavez. Hugo Chavez has...
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has been discharged from hospital after treatment on a blood clot between her skull and brain

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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has been discharged from hospital after treatment on a blood clot between her skull and brain. Her medical team said...
Children from Sandy Hook Elementary School are to start the new term at Chalk Hill, a disused middle school in nearby Monroe

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Children from Sandy Hook Elementary School, where a gunman killed 26 people last month, are to start the new term at what police say...
Sergiu Nicolaescu, Romanian filmmaker, actor and politician, has died in Bucharest aged 82

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Sergiu Nicolaescu, Romanian filmmaker, actor and politician, has died in Bucharest aged 82. The filmmaker suffered from heart and lung complications following surgery on his...
Singer Patti Page, one of the most popular artists of the 1950s, has died at the age of 85

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Singer Patti Page, one of the most popular artists of the 1950s, has died at the age of 85. She recorded four number-one hits, including...
Kourtney Kardashian is back in a bikini six months after welcoming her second child

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Kourtney Kardashian is back in a bikini six months after welcoming her second child, baby girl Penelope. Kourtney Kardashian, 33, posed by the pool in...