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25 November 2011 Last updated at 11:28 ET

Italy forced to pay record ratesItalian Prime Minister Mario Monti

Italy is forced to pay record interest rates in a 10bn euro debt auction to borrow money for six months and for two years.


Mali map showing TimbuktuForeigners kidnapped in Mali

An armed gang have abducted three Europeans and killed a fourth in the ancient tourist city of Timbuktu in northern Mali, security sources say.

A passport photo of Anders Behring Breivik in 2009 Tape of Breivik phone call aired

Norwegians hear the voice of self-confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik for the first time after a TV channel broadcasts his first call to police.

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