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- Syria forces 'in Homs massacre'
- Activists say Syrian forces have shelled the city of Homs and killed more than 200 people - a claim denied by the government - ahead of a key UN vote.
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- Pakistan v England
- Pakistan, in their second innings, move ahead of England on day two of the third Test in Dubai.
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- Hong Kong's biggest arts festival
- The 2012 Hong Kong Arts Festival is currently underway, with more than 170 performances over five weeks by international superstars as well as local acts.
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- Week in pictures
- Look back on eye-catching photographs from the news this week.
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- Do the living outnumber the dead?
- There are more than seven billion people living today - but how many have gone beore us? A bureau in the US has crunched the numbers.
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- 'The highest paid decorator alive'
- Artist David Choe painted Facebook's offices in 2005 and took a stock option instead of payment. Now he is set to become a multi-millionaire when the social network begins trading as a public company.
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Afghan civilian death toll rises
The number of civilians killed and injured in the Afghan conflict has risen for the fifth year in a row, a UN report reveals.
Obama urges 'keep recovery going'
President Obama challenges Congress to keep the economic recovery going as unemployment hits its lowest rate in three years.
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The Football Association prevent John Terry from leading England 'until allegations against him are resolved'.
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Poster 'threat' to Dujardin Oscar
Movie billboards in Paris featuring The Artist actor Jean Dujardin might affect his chances of winning an Academy Award, according to French press.
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Malaria toll 'is twice as high'
The number of deaths worldwide from malaria has been underestimated, according to data published in the medical journal the Lancet.
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Apple overturns Motorola's ban
Apple is granted a suspension of a sales ban imposed on some of its iPads and iPhones in Germany.
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Striking galaxy image from Hubble
The Hubble space telescope captures an image of a "barred spiral" galaxy that could help us better understand our own Milky Way.
Travel
- Philadelphia’s musical roots
- Pennsylvania’s largest city – more famously known as the birthplace of American independence – is home to a surprising mix of pioneering artists and new sounds.
- Journey into the Maya underworld
- According to Maya legend, the entrance to the underworld is located in Belize’s Chiquibul cave system, where travellers can access several ceremonial and human sacrifice sites.
- Map your adventures
- Your smartphone can do more than pinpoint your position on a GPS-powered map. It can also help you plot potential sights and record your route as you go.
- The Titanic’s final resting place
- Beneath the handsome lighthouses, sweet fishing villages and multicoloured forests of Atlantic Canada lies a wild history of pirates, ghosts and shipwrecks.
- Sweden’s winter Sami festival
- Immerse yourself in one of the world’s oldest nomadic cultures at the Sami Jokkmokk Market festival in Swedish Lapland, with folk dancing, reindeer racing and dogsledding all on…
- Sunken rum in the Cayman Islands
- Grand Cayman’s Seven Fathoms Distillery ages its local liquor in wooden barrels located seven fathoms underwater.
- Business trip: Rio de Janeiro
- Business travellers are beating a path to Brazil, and for good reason.
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Más de 200 personas murieron tras bombardeos a la ciudad de Homs, mientras la ONU se prepara para votar una resolución que podría pedir la salida de Bashar al Asad del poder.
Chinese
加拿大总理哈珀将对中国进行正式访问，预期将讨论加拿大的巨大石油储藏。
Arabic
حذر وزير الخارجية الروسي من "فضيحة" في مجلس الأمن في حال طرح مشروع القرار حول سوريا للتصويت، ومقتل أكثر من مئتي شخص نتيجة قصف مدينة حماة مساء الجمعة.
Persian
در حالی که اعضای شورای امنیت سازمان ملل برای رای دادن به قطعنامهای جهت پایان دادن به بحران سوریه آماده میشوند، از شهر حمص خبر میرسد که حدود دویست نفر در پی تهاجم گسترده ارتش جان خود را از دست دادهاند.
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Running on empty
Twelve months on from Egypt's revolution, visitor numbers have slumped and some stunning historical sites are near deserted, reports Michelle Jana Chan.
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