- China opens world’s longest high-speed train
- Conservative Abe returns as Japan’s PM
- Instagram hit with class action lawsuit
- India orders inquiry in wake of anti-rape protests
- Killing was what NY gunman 'liked best', note says
- Head of Syrian military police defects in blow to Assad
- Russian parliament approves US adoptions ban
- Court backs firing of woman deemed ‘too attractive’
- Violent protests erupt at French embassy in Bangui
- Mislaid mobile lands Christmas thief behind bars
- Morsi calls for unity as he signs constitution into law
- Man Utd go seven points clear after seven-goal thriller
- Nelson Mandela leaves hospital
- 'Bashar al-Assad: Person of the year 2012' (Le Monde)
- 'Haiti still awaits its new life'
- Enda Kenny, Irish Prime Minister
- US gun sales spike amid expectations of tougher laws
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