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Kevin Rudd, far right, at CHOGM
Commonwealth backs climate fund
Commonwealth leaders pledge backing for a multi-billion-dollar fund to help developing nations cope with climate change
Q&A: Copenhagen summit
Copenhagen in graphics
Rudd urges climate action

Honduras prepares to elect new president
Presidential elections are due to be held in Honduras, with neither the ousted president nor interim president as candidates.
Golfer Woods delays police questioning for second day
World number one golfer Tiger Woods delays giving an interview to police about a car accident for a second day.

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Paddy fields seen from the train 'Jungle railway'
Local treats on the Singapore to Bangkok train
Roulette table Georgian roulette
Is there a link between drugs and gambling?
Children in Auschwitz Auschwitz witness
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ENTERTAINMENT

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HEALTH

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SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT

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AFRICA

Congo boat sinking leaves 73 dead

Second day of polling in Namibia

AMERICAS

Colombia ministers 'snub' summit

Gatecrashers met Obama at banquet

ASIA-PACIFIC

Tainted milk case in China court

Three dead in China plane crash

EUROPE

Swedish 'murder' committed by elk

France gets key EU Commission job

MIDDLE EAST

Iran rebuked by UN nuclear body

Tehran denies seizing Nobel medal

SOUTH ASIA

Ferry sinks in south Bangladesh

Zardari hands over nuclear powers

NEWS FROM THE UK

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Drop independence plan, SNP urged

'More pain' for Scottish economy
Yarl's Wood Child migrant detention attacked
MPs attack the practice of holding children in immigration detention centres, saying many are kept in them for too long.

Tribute concert for singer Gately

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Alan Johnston on his return to tense West Bank
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Eye-catching images from around the world this week

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