German Chancellor Angela Merkel will back French President Nicolas Sarkozy in his presidential re-election bid
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The ex-Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev calls for a referendum in Russia on constitutional reform to end the protest wave against the rule of Vladimir Putin
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The second most senior cleric in the Church of England condemns PM David Cameron's government consultation on same-sex civil marriage, saying that only 'dictators'tried to redefine things established in tradition and history
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Russia's labour groups organize rallies to express massive working class support for Vladimir Putin, a nationwide questioned step as it appears to be a move by the authorities to ease the PM's bid for a new Kremlin term
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Nigeria’s Islamist group Boko Haram, who is blamed for deadly attacks in the African country, says it put eyes on bringing Sharia (Islamic law) to the whole world not just Nigeria
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Hundreds turned out for an unusually large protest in Kazakhstan against the conduct of parliamentary polls that gave a landslide victory to President Nazarbayev's ruling party
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Fired rockets at Pakistan's top military academy damage its outer wall near Osama bin Laden's home at the garrison city of Abottabad; yet, no human casualties were reported
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai meets his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy after Sarkozy made the threat to withdrew French troops forces ahead of 2014 for a pullout of all US-led combat troops
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Extremist Islamist group threatens new attacks in Nigeria amid fears of the Islamist group's access to large weapons caches generated from the Libyan civil war
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US President Barack Obama defends his economic policy vigorously and admits second-guesses all the time ahead of November's presidential elections
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Twitter announces it has refined its technology so it can censor messages on a country-by-country basis due to different levels of freedom of expression around the world
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Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara to meet his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy to sign new security agreement, says without France, I. Coast would have seen massacre worse than Rwanda's
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Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan challenges militant Boko Haram to identify themselves, calls for dialogue
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Britain's PM David Cameron brands planned transaction tax 'mad' and describes eurozone as 'uncompetitive' ahead of next week's EU summit
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13 EU countries, including Spain, France and the Netherlands are not complying with legal standards of animal welfare for hens, says EU commission
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Founder of the PIP breast implant Jean-Claude Mas is arrested and taken into custody
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As violence increases in Nigeria, 200 are arrested mostly mercenaries
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Nigeria's Boko Haram apparently proves the inability of the state authorities to stop an onslaught of attacks blamed on the Islamist group that have shaken Africa's most populous nation and largest oil producer
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US and South Korea prepare for military exercises amid increased sabre-rattling from the North since Kim Jong-il's death on 17 December
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US defence secretary requests budget cut of $260 billion in military spending through 2017, coinciding with President Barack Obama's promise to maintain the 'finest military in the world'
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