Meatball The Bear Saved By Online Campaign

By Greg Milam, US Correspondent A 500lb black bear, whose repeated visits to a Los Angeles neighbourhood earned him celebrity status, will be allowed to live thanks to an online campaign to save him. Meatball, named because of his habit of taking...

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Gang Rape Victim Cremated In New Delhi

The body of a woman who was gang raped on a bus in New Delhi has been cremated at a private ceremony held amid tight security. The 23-year-old medical student was savagely beaten and raped for almost an hour before being thrown out of the moving vehicle....

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'US Can Learn From Australia's Gun Laws'

By Jonathan Samuels, Australia Correspondent When Martin Bryant massacred 35 people with semi-automatic weapons at a tourist spot in Tasmania in 1996, then-Australian prime minister John Howard reacted swiftly by pushing for tough new national gun...

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Tributes Paid To Shot New York Firefighters

Hundreds of emergency workers have paid tribute to the two upstate New York firefighters who were fatally shot on Christmas Eve in Webster. Firefighters and other first responders from across the northeast US and Canada lined up with thousands of mourners...

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Ice Lake Rescue Drama Captured On Video

What should have been a day of sledging thrills turned into a string of near-disasters in California after one person fell into an icy lake. As they overshot the edge of the ice and fell into the bitterly-cold water, flailing and waving their arms in...

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New Galaxies: Hopes To Find 700,000 In 2013

Scientists are hoping the huge radio telescope facility in Western Australia officially opened earlier this year will help them uncover 700,000 new galaxies in 2013. Two surveys named Wallaby and Dingo will scour vast regions of space to help provide...

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Fiscal Cliff: Countdown Begins For Congress

Politicians in Washington are back at work as they attempt to strike a last-minute deal to avoid huge tax hikes and spending cuts set for January 1. Economists warn the $500bn in fiscal pain due to hit in the New Year could send the country back into...

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'Seven Die' In Traffic Officer Fitness Test

Seven people are believed to have died while undergoing a fitness test used to select prospective candidates for traffic officer jobs in South Africa. The victims were among tens of thousands of applicants competing for 90 provincial traffic officer...

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Subway Murder Suspect To Be Mentally Assessed

A woman charged with murdering an Indian immigrant by pushing him off a New York City subway platform has been ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation. Erika Menendez was arraigned on Saturday night on a charge of murder as a hate crime. The judge...

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Russia Air Crash: Faulty Brakes Likely Cause

Faulty brakes may be to blame for a Russian airliner sliding off the runway and crashing into a motorway, an investigator has said, as the death toll rises to five. "After landing the pilot uses all the available brake systems on the plane, but for...

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Egypt's Constitution Gets 'Yes' Majority

Initial results show Egypt's controversial new constitution has received a 'yes' majority in the second and final round of voting. The results, posted on the Muslim Brotherhood's website, show that eight of the 25 million Egyptians eligible to vote...

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Saudi Arabian Blogger Could Face Death Penalty

A Saudi Arabian blogger is set to go on trial charged with renouncing Islam and could face the death penalty. Raif Badawi, who started the Free Saudi Liberals website to discuss the role of religion in the country, was arrested in June. He was initially...

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School Shooting: Donations And Gifts Pour In

Donations of nearly $3m (£1.85m) and tens of thousands of gifts have been sent to help those affected by the massacre at a school in Newtown, Connecticut. Earlier this month, 20 children and six staff were shot dead at Sandy Hook Elementary School by...

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North Korean Missile 'Could Have Reached US'

The long-range rocket fired by North Korea could have reached the US and eastern Europe, according to the South Korean defence ministry. The launch was effectively the test of a ballistic missile capable of flying more than 10,000km (6,200) miles with...

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Colo The Gorilla Celebrates Her 56th Birthday

The first gorilla born in a zoo has proved you are never too old to party, as she celebrated her 56th birthday. Colo, a western lowland gorilla, opened a pile of presents at her home in Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, Ohio, where she was born in 1956. Guests...

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Spuds Help Improve Boeing's In-Flight Wi-Fi

Boeing engineers have been using an unusual mix of high-tech and low-tech to improve the wireless internet connection on flights. Sacks of the humble potato were used as stand-ins for passengers while the aircraft maker's experts worked to eliminate...

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India Rape Protests: Reporter 'Shot Dead'

A journalist has been killed in violent demonstrations against sex attacks in India as police failed to contain fresh violence. A television reporter, 36, was reportedly shot dead when officers opened fire on a protest in Imphal, the capital of Manipur...

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Kabul Fire Rips Through Cloth Market

A huge fire has swept through a market in Kabul, destroying hundreds of shops. The early morning blaze burned through a cloth market in the Afghan capital and forced the evacuation of the nearby money exchange. A fire department official told the AFP news...

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Blackjack Worker At Bellagio Casino Injured

A female blackjack worker has allegedly been stabbed by her colleague at a luxury resort on the Las Vegas Strip. Officials say the victim, who has not yet been named, was taken to hospital for treatment to deep facial cuts suffered in the attack at...

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Syria: Air Strike 'Kills Dozens' At Bakery

Dozens of people have been killed in an air strike on a bakery in Syria's Hama province, according to activists. Activist Samer al Hamawi said: "There is no way to really know yet how many people were killed. When I got there, I could see piles of bodies...

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Mandela Recovering As ANC Chooses New Leader

By Alex Crawford, Special Correspondent, in Johnnesburg Nelson Mandela is spending his ninth day in hospital, recovering from a lung infection and gallstones, while the party he once headed meets amid widespread squabbling over who should be their...

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Royal Hoax: Nurse's Body Flown To India

The body of the nurse who apparently took her own life after being duped by a prank call has been flown to India for her funeral. Mother-of-two Jacintha Saldanha, 46, was found dead in her nurses' quarters at London's King Edward VII's Hospital by a...

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Peter Ndlovu Injured In Zimbabwe Car Crash

Former Sheffield United, Coventry City and Birmingham City striker Peter Ndlovu has been critically injured in a car accident in his native Zimbabwe. His older brother Adam, 42, died in the crash at Victoria Falls on Sunday morning. "I understand that...

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Japan Election: Ex-PM Set For Return To Power

By Mark Stone, Asia Correspondent Japan has made a political lurch to the right with exit polls in the country's general election indicating a strong win for the right-wing Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). Exit polls by several local TV broadcasters...

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Egypt Constitution: Islamists Claim First Win

Islamists backing a new constitution for Egypt have claimed victory in an initial phase of a two-stage referendum. But the opposition has alleged polling violations and said it would await the final results due in a week's time. The two sides' positions...

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US Shooting: Gunman Blasted Way Into School

The gunman in America's worst school shooting blasted his way through a locked glass door, climbed through and carried out the massacre, the Connecticut governor says. Adam Lanza, 20, opened fire inside Sandy Hook Elementary School on Friday morning,...

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Syria: Air Strike Hits Palestinian Refugee Camp

At least 25 people have been killed after Syrian fighter jets bombed a Palestinian refugee camp in the capital, Damascus. The attack on the Yarmouk camp was part of a campaign by President Bashar al Assad's military to to force back rebel forces from...

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Adam Lanza: School Gunman 'Socially Awkward'

School Shooting: The Victims Updated: 3:12pm UK, Sunday 16 December 2012 The Sandy Hook victims have been described as "beautiful", "sweet" and "angels", most of them just six or seven when they were gunned down. As police released a list of the names...

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Mousa Death: Doctor 'Acted Dishonestly'

By Mike McCarthy, North Of England correspondent A former army doctor has been found guilty of misleading and dishonest conduct following the death of an Iraqi detainee in 2003. A tribunal of medical watchdogs found Dr Derek Keilloh failed to carry...

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Victoria Soto Shot Dead After Saving Pupils

Gunman's Family Release Statements Updated: 4:22am UK, Sunday 16 December 2012 The father of and uncle of dead gunman Adam Lanza have released statements, as America comes to terms with its most deadly school massacre. Peter Lanza, who has been interviewed...

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Syria: Rebel Prisoners On Their Religious War

Interviewing people who, under different circumstances, might kill you is a strange experience. To the soundtrack of multiple rocket launchers and small arms fire, I met six men who the Syrian authorities told us were jihadist rebel fighters captured...

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Naeem Davis: 'On Drugs, Heard Voices In Head'

A homeless man accused of pushing another man in front of an oncoming subway train has reportedly said he was high on drugs and fighting voices in his head at the time of the incident. Naeem Davis, 30, was charged with second-degree murder on Wednesday...

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Italy's Silvio Berlusconi Says He Will Run For PM

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has said he will run for the office again in next year's general election. Speaking near the northern city of Milan, the leader of the right-wing People of Freedom party said: "I'm returning sadly to public...

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