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- Syria troops step up Homs bombing
- Heavy artillery fire rocks the restive Syrian city of Homs, in what anti-government activists are calling one of the fiercest assaults yet.
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- Pakistan seal England whitewash
- England slump to a 71-run defeat in the third Test in Dubai to suffer a series whitewash by Pakistan for the first time.
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- Paris’ independent jewellers
- Boutique jewellers in the City of Light are creating unique, hand crafted and authentically French pieces that cannot be found anywhere else in the world.
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- The moment a princess became a queen
- On 6 February 1952, Princess Elizabeth found out that her father, King George VI, had died. The BBC's Will Ross reports from Kenya, where she heard the news.
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- Portrait of the artist
- As a major Lucian Freud retrospective goes on show in London, David Dawson - the painter's assistant, model and friend of 20 years - gives a unique insight into the artist's life and work.
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- Sting like a she
- Thaddine Swift Eagle Johnson is a self-taught artist whose work deals with themes of gender, race and politics - but she is also a boxer who has won three amateur Golden Gloves championships.
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- Europe freezes
- The death toll continues to climb across the continent as people struggle to cope with frigid conditions, reports Tom Esslemont.
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- Madonna's Super Bowl 'shot of brass'
- Reviewers give a thumbs-up to the singer's half-time performance.
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Giants' Manning silences critics
Eli Manning praises his team-mates after leading the New York Giants to their second Super Bowl win over the New England Patriots.
Abbas to head interim government
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas says he will head a unity government between Hamas and Fatah ahead of elections in the West Bank and Gaza.
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Fabio Capello says he disagrees with the decision of his employers to remove John Terry as England captain.
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Phil Spector death case settled
The mother of the actress Phil Spector murdered has settled a wrongful death case against the music producer, according to her lawyer.
Health
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'Birth defect risk' for diabetics
The risk of birth defects increases four-fold if the pregnant mother has diabetes, a study of 400,000 pregnancies in England suggests.
Technology
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Ofcom wants Openreach price cut
Telecoms regulator Ofcom tells BT Group to cut the wholesale prices it charges for use of its lines
Science & Environment
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Mars cooperation near collapse
US space agency officials let their European counterparts know that it is now highly unlikely that America will participate in joint missions to the Red Planet in 2016 and 2018.
Travel
- Belize’s lessons in eco-tourism
- While it is never easy to balance tourism with conservation, the small Central American country has long recognized that ignoring the latter means betraying the former.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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…
- Fishing for cod in the Atlantic
- Feel a bit of history and strenuously satisfying sport while bobbing off the coast of New England.
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Tanques y artillería pesada repliegan al bastión de la oposición siria después del brutal ataque del fin de semana que dejó cerca de 300 muertos. La ciudad, caracterizada históricamente por su espíritu combativo, resiste en medio del terror.
Chinese
针对西方批评中国否决联合国叙利亚决议，中国官媒辨称中国投否决票恰是对叙利亚人民负责。
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حمص تتعرض لقصف ثقيل بالمدفعية منذ ساعة مبكرة من صباح الإثنين.
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محمود عباس، رییس تشکیلات خود گردان فلسطینی، بعد از دیدار خود با خالد مشعل، رهبر جنبش اسلامگرای حماس، اعلام کرده است که ریاست دولت وحدت ملی فلسطینیان را بر عهده خواهد گرفت.
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Wrong move
Roaming professionals who relocate for work face many challenges - and the pressures of a big move can lead to disaster for an unlucky few.
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