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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The Met Office issues severe weather warnings as temperatures in the UK plummet as low as -10C (14F) overnight.
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The Met Office issues severe weather warnings as temperatures in the UK plummet as low as -10C (14F) overnight.
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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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AFP - Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic said preparations for his title defence were still on track despite a first-round loss Tuesday at the Brisbane International.

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Reuters - Martin Scorsese will lend his name to IFC Films' U.S. release of the Italian crime drama "Gomorra."

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The Mumbai attack must have had support from some official agencies in Pakistan, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh says.
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GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli forces pressed closer and into cities in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday despite new international calls for a ceasefire in an 11-day-old conflict in which hundreds of Palestinians have been killed.
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House prices fell by 15.9% last year, according to the latest survey by the Nationwide building society.
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House prices fell by 15.9% last year, according to the latest survey by the Nationwide building society.
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House prices fell by 15.9% last year, according to the latest survey by the Nationwide building society.
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HONG KONG (Reuters) - Asian stocks inched higher for a seventh day on Tuesday on hopes for a global economic recovery later in 2009, but the yen's gains against high-yielding currencies suggested scope for optimism was limited.
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Reuters - Asian stocks inched higher for a seventh day on Tuesday on hopes for a global economic recovery later in 2009, but the yen's gains against high-yielding currencies suggested scope for optimism was limited.

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US prosecutors call for Bernard Madoff to be put in prison until his trial after it emerges he sent jewellery and watches to friends and family.
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SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil slipped below $48 on Tuesday on mild profit-taking, after rising 5 percent overnight on fears that Israel's deepening incursion into Gaza and a spat between Russia and Ukraine over gas prices could spark severe supply disruptions.
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AP - Ukraine's gas company Naftogaz said Tuesday that Russia cut natural gas supplies to Europe by about two-thirds, raising the stakes in a spiraling dispute between the two neighbors that bodes ill for European consumers.
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House prices plunged by 15.9 per cent during 2008, the biggest annual drop on record, and are set to fall even further over the coming 12 months.
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SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has replaced five ministers in the past few months, a South Korea government agency said on Tuesday, while a leading daily newspaper said the impoverished state was shaking up its leadership team.
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Hospitals in England should consider allowing more liberal use of mobile phones, it is to be announced.
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Hospitals in England should consider allowing more liberal use of mobile phones, the Department of Health is expected to announce.
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AFP - The German luxury sportscar maker Porsche has taken over Volkswagen, the biggest European car maker, by purchasing more than 50 percent of its shares, Porsche said.

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