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- US admits to air strike mistakes
- The US military admits bearing significant responsibility for last month's air strike on the Afghan border that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers.
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- Suarez to appeal against race ban
- Liverpool striker Luis Suarez will appeal against his eight-match FA ban for racially abusing Patrice Evra, according to his lawyer.
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- Shanghai’s sharpest rooms
- Find the most fabulous accommodations in the city, from five-star stunners housed in towering skyscrapers to beautifully renovated pre-war villas.
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- What really caused the eurozone crisis?
- As European governments hammer out new rules to limit borrowing, are they missing the point entirely?
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- 2011: The technology year
- At the end of a year of riots, revolutions, natural disasters and economic crises, Rory Cellan-Jones looks back at the part technology played in these stories - and the headlines it made itself.
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- 52 weeks, 52 questions
- IMF chief Christine Lagarde is clearly a woman of many talents - but little-known is her youthful success in which sport? The answer is in part two of our annual quiz.
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- 'Bad girls go everywhere'
- 50 years ago Helen Gurlry Brown's Sex and the Single Girl encouraged single women to use everything at their disposal to survive and succeed. Karen Krizanovich assesses the impact of a landmark publication.
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- All I want for Christmas is...
- The ghost of Christmas 100 years past has arrived early for one man, after he discovered a letter his late mother wrote to Father Christmas. The note was found hidden inside a chimney at her childhood home.
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Multiple Iraq blasts kill dozens
A wave of apparently co-ordinated bomb attacks in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, kills at least 63 people and injures around 185, say officials.
US economic growth revised down
The US economy grew at an annual pace of 1.8% between July and September, figures show, slower than previously estimated.
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Sportsday Live - featuring reaction to Wednesday night's Premier League action, plus all the build up to the Sports Personality of the year.
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Diana Ross set for Grammy tribute
Singer Diana Ross, country legend Glen Campbell and late Apple founder Steve Jobs are to honoured for their contributions to the music industry at February's Grammy Awards.
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Morning flu jabs 'better for men'
Flu jabs can be made more effective by changing the time of day they are given - mornings for men and afternoons for women are best - scientists believe.
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Facebook's 'most popular' game
Facebook names Playdom's Gardens of Times as its most popular game of 2011, beating Zynga's Cityville.
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New route to lowest temperature
Researchers develop a method that could lead to the lowest temperatures ever achieved on Earth - and may help in future quantum computers.
Travel »
- A guide to hotel loyalty programmes
- Since airline awards are increasingly difficulty to redeem, frequent travellers might be more satisfied investing their loyalty with hotels, where awards are more plentiful.
- Shanghai after the World Expo
- Costing a reported $40 billion and drawing 73 million visitors, the 2010 World Expo left an indelible mark on Shanghai – and the improvements are still benefitting travellers today.
- Seasonal cheer in Philadelphia
- Philadelphia’s holiday season is the perfect combination of old traditions and new celebrations.
- On and off Kentucky’s Bourbon Trail
- Local food and culture, chased by drams of American whiskey.
- Sydney’s Christmas fish market
- The Sydney Fish Market, the largest in the Southern Hemisphere, will open for 36 consecutive hours to help the 100,000 expected shoppers festively feed their friends and family.
- A pilgrimage to Nebraska’s Carhenge
- In Alliance, vintage cars replace standing stones in a piece-by-piece replica of the ancient English site of Stonehenge.
- Corsica, by beautiful, bumpy train
- The French island’s beaches and mountains are best explored by a narrow gauge railway built in the 1850s.
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