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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (18 Dec 2009)

Ahmadinejad denies trigger claim

President Ahmadinejad tells US TV that papers apparently showing Iran plans to test a nuclear trigger are a forgery.

Trigger claim 'fabricated'

US threatens tough sanctions

Q&A: Iran's nuclear programme

China rejects climate allegations

Beijing dismisses claims by UK Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband that it blocked progress at the Copenhagen talks.

Mexico City backs gay marriage

Lawmakers in Mexico City become the first in Latin America to pass a bill legalising gay marriage, despite Church opposition.

VIDEO NEWS

Obama hails health vote 'victory'

'Don't bring a gun to a snowball fight'

Separated twins return home

Is this the world's most handsome man?

FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS

Testing limits

The bloggers who challenge the Azeri state with satire

House divided?

Fears sleaze ruling has left Pakistan more polarised

Lingering scars

What became of Romania's neglected orphans?

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BUSINESS

Sweden in crisis talks over Saab

Raj Rajaratnam pleads not guilty

Ford offers packages to cut staff

TECHNOLOGY

Super-fast broadband for Olympics

Vodafone announces UK iPhone date

India firms 'count Facebook cost'

ENTERTAINMENT

Family tribute to 'shining star' Murphy

Cameron's Avatar tops box office

HEALTH

Fears over child fitness levels

SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT

'Bumper year' for botanical finds

Desperate bid to save rare rhinos

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AFRICA

Guinea junta should be tried - UN

Mortar attack on MPs in Somalia

AMERICAS

Obama hails health vote 'victory'

Colombia rebels kidnap governor

ASIA-PACIFIC

Social unrest 'rising in China'

Mayon volcano 'may erupt within days'

EUROPE

Auschwitz thieves 'not Neo-Nazis'

EU adopts bigger budget for 2010

MIDDLE EAST

'Clashes' as Iran cleric buried

'Dozens killed' in Yemen strike

SOUTH ASIA

UN presses Sri Lanka on killings

Taliban gunmen storm Afghan town

NEWS FROM THE UK

Severe weather strands thousands

Snow and ice traps thousands of motorists in grid-locked traffic, with parts of south-east England worst hit.

No leaders' debate place for SNP

Public sector 'expect pay rises''

Decision on bank fees test case

The OFT will reveal if it is going to continue with its legal test case against UK banks over the fairness of overdraft charges.

Michael Howard's father exhumed

Court backs tests of minute DNA

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Grand Ayatollah Hoseyn Ali Montazeri in Qom in May 2005

Cleric dilemma

Reformist's death a major challenge for Tehran

Amsterdam tram workers freeing rails from ice and snow

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Striking images from Europe's deadly cold snap

Train to nowhere

Our man in Brussels struggles to get back to Belgium

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