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Tank in Syria France raises Syria use of force

France says the UN Security Council should consider the use of force in Syria if a UN-backed peace plan fails to stop violence in the country.

Ichiro Ozawa, in file image from 6 August 2011 Japan clears top politician Ozawa

Influential Japanese politician and backroom power-broker Ichiro Ozawa is found not guilty in a funding scandal.

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Still from The Hobbit Jackson presents Hobbit footage

Director Peter Jackson unveils 10 minutes of footage of The Hobbit to a mixed reaction at the CinemaCon convention in the US.

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Woman using mobile phone 'No evidence' of harm by mobiles

There is still no evidence mobile phones harm human health, says a major safety review for the UK's Health Protection Agency.

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Lock symbol on keyboard UK's data breach fines dissected

A freedom of information request suggests public sector bodies are more likely to attract data breach fines than private firms.

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Hand on parched ground Population and consumption 'key'

Over-consumption in rich countries and rapid population growth in the poorest both need to be tackled to put humanity on a sustainable path, a report says.

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Cómo hacer para que los jóvenes no vean pornografía en internet

Padres, especialistas y gobiernos están preocupados por el fácil acceso de los chicos a material pornográfico en línea. ¿Se puede evitar con más regulación estatal?

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薄熙来被指窃听胡锦涛电话

中国内部文件显示,薄熙来为强化自己党内地位,曾对中共高层官员展开大规模的窃听活动。

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سوريا: فرنسا تحذر من فشل خطة عنان وتلمح الى امكانية لجوء مجلس الامن للقوة العسكرية

قال وزير الخارجية الفرنسي آلان جوبيه إن مجلس الامن الدولي قد يضطر الى دراسة اتخاذ إجراءات مدعومة بالقوة العسكرية في سوريا في حال فشل خطة السلام الحالية. وطالب جوبيه بنشر 300 مراقب تابعين للامم المتحدة في أسرع وقت ممكن.

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فرانسه از شورای امنیت خواست اقدام نظامی علیه سوریه را بررسی کند

فرانسه می گوید در صورتی که سوریه طرح صلح سازمان ملل برای توقف خشونت ها در این کشور را نپذیرد شورای امنیت سازمان ملل باید اقدام نظامی علیه سوریه را بررسی کند. علیرغم طرح صلح کوفی عنان که نماینده جامعه بین الملل است خشونت ها در سوریه ادامه دارد.

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Salton Sea in California Death of a miracle

It was hailed 'an oasis in the desert'. Today, California's Salton Sea is an ecological disaster. Saving it could be costly, but can the Golden State afford to lose it?

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