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Mariah Carey's All I Want For Christmas Is You has sold its millionth copy in the UK

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Mariah Carey's Christmas track, All I Want For Christmas Is You, has sold its millionth copy in the UK, 19 years after it was...
Selena Gomez has decided to cancel her upcoming Australian concert tour, saying she needs some time to herself

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Selena Gomez has decided to cancel her upcoming Australian concert tour, saying she needs some time to herself. Selena Gomez, 21, was due to perform...
In 2010, Phil Robertson was the keynote speaker at an outreach dinner at the Berean Bible Church in Lower Pottsgrove

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A new controversy sparked Friday afternoon after three-year-old videos of Duck Dynasty’s Phil Robertson speaking at a Pennsylvania church resurfaced. Last week, Phil Robertson, 67,...
A&E Networks still remains quiet as it receives hundreds of thousands of petitions against its decision to suspend Duck Dynasty’s Phil Robertson

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A&E Networks still remains quiet as it receives hundreds of thousands of petitions against its decision to suspend Duck Dynasty’s Phil Robertson. Since its Wednesday...
Lam Kok and James Gregoire pictured with their wives while celebrating the sale of the chateau

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Chinese billionaire Lam Kok is feared dead in a helicopter crash that happened as he was surveying his newly-purchased vineyard in south-west France. The helicopter,...
Thailand's main opposition party has decided to boycott snap elections set for February

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Thailand's main opposition party has decided to boycott snap elections set for February 2, 2014. Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva told a news conference it...
The UK and the US are holding memorial services to mark the 25th anniversary of the Lockerbie bombing in which 270 people were killed

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The UK and the US are holding memorial services to mark the 25th anniversary of the Lockerbie bombing in which 270 people were killed. A...
As the Northern Hemisphere tilts 23.5 degrees away from the sun on December 21, winter will officially be here

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As the Northern Hemisphere tilts 23.5 degrees away from the sun on December 21, winter will officially be here. While the occasion might not sound...
The sons of two ministers have been charged in Turkey in connection with a huge corruption investigation

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The sons of two ministers have been charged in Turkey in connection with a huge corruption investigation. The head of the state-owned bank and at...
China is accusing Japan of using its national security as a pretext for military expansion

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China is accusing Japan of using its national security as a pretext for military expansion. China’s Defense Ministry spokesman Geng Yansheng said in a statement...
Barack Obama has suggested there may be a review of surveillance by the NSA in the wake of a series of spying revelations

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President Barack Obama has suggested at his end-of-year news conference there may be a review of surveillance by the National Security Agency (NSA) in...
Private companies will be allowed to sign contracts to drill for oil and gas with state-controlled firm Pemex, which will get a share of the profits

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Mexico’s President Enrique Pena Nieto has signed a controversial law that allows foreign companies to drill for oil for the first time since the...
Tom Cruise has decided to drop the defamation lawsuit against In Touch and Life & Style magazines after reaching a settlement of $50 million

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Tom Cruise has decided to drop the defamation lawsuit against In Touch and Life & Style magazines after reaching a settlement of $50 million. Tom...
Kanye West blamed Chicago Bulls for ending Michael Jordan’s career

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In a new song, Kanye West blamed Chicago Bulls for ending Michael Jordan’s career. At his Yeezus concert in Chicago's United Center this week, Kanye...
After Phil Robertson's suspension, Duck Dynasty clan is mulling options as Glenn Beck offers a slot on his startup network

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After Phil Robertson's suspension over controversial anti-gay comments in GQ magazine, Duck Dynasty clan is mulling options as Glenn Beck offers a slot on...
Mikhail Khodorkovsky met German ex-foreign minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher in Berlin, hours after being pardoned by President Vladimir Putin

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Mikhail Khodorkovsky flew to Berlin on board of a private jet, hours after being pardoned by Russian President Vladimir Putin and freed from a...
Edward Snowden left the US in late May, taking a large cache of top secret documents with him

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New details of people and institutions targeted by the US and UK surveillance have been published by The Guardian, The New York Times and...
Uganda's parliament has passed a bill to toughen the punishment for gay acts to include life imprisonment in some cases

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Uganda's parliament has passed a bill to toughen the punishment for gay acts to include life imprisonment in some cases. The anti-gay bill also makes...
Dennis Rodman held tryouts for North Korean team to face NBA veterans in an exhibition game on Kim Jong-un's birthday

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Dennis Rodman held tryouts Friday for a North Korean team to face a dozen NBA veterans in an exhibition game on leader Kim Jong-un's...
Nigella Lawson’s personal assistants, Francesca and Elisabetta Grillo, have been cleared of fraud

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Nigella Lawson’s personal assistants, Francesca and Elisabetta Grillo, have been cleared of fraud. The TV cook said she "disappointed but unsurprised" by the court decision. The...
Phil Robertson has been suspended from Duck Dynasty reality show over anti-gay comments in GQ magazine

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A top A & E executive revealed that the network’s management carefully considered whether to suspend Phil Robertson from Duck Dynasty reality show over...
Robin Wright got engaged to Ben Foster after almost two years of dating

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Robin Wright got engaged to Ben Foster after almost two years of dating, according to a report. Robin Wright, 47, officially ended her 14-year marriage...
US Air Force Major-General Michael Carey was sacked for conduct "unbecoming of a gentleman" during a business trip to Russia

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US Air Force Major-General Michael Carey was sacked for conduct "unbecoming of a gentleman" during a business trip to Russia in July, a report...
Mikhail Khodorkovsky has been released from jail following a pardon from Russian President Vladimir Putin

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Mikhail Khodorkovsky has been released from jail following a pardon from Russian President Vladimir Putin, his lawyers say. Vladimir Putin signed a decree earlier pardoning...
Farrah Fawcett portrait is one of a pair created by Andy Warhol in 1980

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Andy Warhol’s Farrah Fawcett portrait belongs to actor Ryan O'Neal, a California jury has decided. The University of Texas at Austin had sued Ryan O'Neal,...