Chinese police have begun questioning writers, artists and intellectuals who dared to sign a new charter demanding political reforms. It is a move that sets the mood for the year in which the Communist Party will mark the 60th anniversary of its rule.
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Fighting intensified on the northern outskirts of Gaza City yesterday as a Hamas leader warned that the Islamists would kill Jewish children anywhere in the world in revenge for Israel’s devastating assault.
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Israeli forces reportedly widen their ground assault in the Gaza Strip to include Khan Younis in the south, after fierce clashes around Gaza City.
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A British journalist seized by kidnappers in Somalia and held for 40 days has spoken of how he feared for his life.
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GAZA (Reuters) - Israel moved forces into a southern Gaza town on Tuesday and demanded Hamas be prevented from rearming as a main condition for a ceasefire in an 11-day-old conflict in which hundreds of Palestinians have been killed.
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AP - Europe's services sector continued to contract sharply in December while the jobs outlook looked increasingly bleak, closely watched surveys showed Tuesday.
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Next and Debenhams see sales fall over the Christmas period, as a survey puts UK consumer confidence at a new low.
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Next and Debenhams see sales fall over the Christmas period, as a survey puts UK consumer confidence at a new low.
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Next and Debenhams see sales fall over the Christmas period, as a survey puts UK consumer confidence at a new low.
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Rebels in eastern DR Congo hold urgent talks after claims they had ousted their leader, Gen Nkunda.
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Inflation in the eurozone falls more than expected to 1.6% in December, which is the lowest level for 26 months.
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Several European countries report major disruption to their gas supplies from Russia following Moscow's row with Ukraine.
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Several European countries report major disruption to their gas supplies from Russia following Moscow's row with Ukraine.
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Venezuela's US-based oil subsidiary is halting a programme to provide cheap heating oil to low-income communities in the US.
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Reuters - Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) is to halt production at its Japanese plants for 11 days in February and March as a sharp slide in U.S. sales has left dealers' lots full of unsold cars.

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FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Shares in Volkswagen traded higher on Tuesday, pacing European auto stocks, following news late on Monday that Porsche SE raised its voting stake in the world's third-largest carmaker to a majority.
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(Reuters) - Stock futures pointed to a firmer Wall Street start on Tuesday, with futures for the Dow Jones industrial average, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq 100 up 0.4 to 0.5 percent at 5:20 a.m. EST.
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Reuters - Stock futures pointed to a firmer Wall Street start on Tuesday, with futures for the Dow Jones industrial average, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq 100 up 0.4 to 0.5 percent at 5:20 a.m. EST.

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AP - A table piled with donated clothes is being eyed as the potential origin of a fire that killed five people at a Texas homeless shelter, forcing some residents to flee into the cold streets barefoot and coatless.

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AP - The European Union calls the sudden and substantial cuts in Russian gas supplies to some member states "completely unacceptable."
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One of the co-founders of tGerman electronic group Kraftwerk has left the band, according to its official fan website.
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AP - Hong Kong shares fell modestly Tuesday, as investors sold Chinese telecom companies that had gained recently after Beijing approved next-generation mobile licenses.
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Hour-long delays are expected for passengers using the London to Scotland rail route following three separate incidents on the West Coast main line.
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