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Party leaders in Greece's ruling coalition end talks on details for a crucial 130bn-euro EU rescue plan without agreement.

Soldiers patrol the streets in the Brazilian state of Bahia where a police strike has caused the crime rate to soar.

Motorists are urged to take extra care in icy conditions as Heathrow Airport cancels half of its flights.

Egypt says it is to try 43 people - including Americans and other foreigners - over the alleged illegal funding of non-governmental organisations.

Manchester United climb off the canvas to snatch a point at Chelsea as Javier Hernandez's header crowned a superb comeback from 3-0 adrift.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton deplores as a 'travesty' Russia and China's veto of a UN resolution condemning Syria's violent crackdown on protesters.

Gerard Depardieu is to star in a movie about the sex scandal that caused IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn to resign.

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Wales stage a thrilling late comeback to launch their Six Nations campaign with a stunning victory over Ireland in Dublin.

Suspected militants say they have attacked an oil pipeline in Nigeria, in what would be the first such attack since 2010.

All the action from the quarter-finals at the Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.

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The death toll from freezing weather across Europe continues to climb, with transport links also badly affected.

Charles Dickens biographer Claire Tomalin says children are not being taught to read with the attention span necessary to appreciate the novelist's works.

At least nine people are killed in a car bomb attack on police headquarters in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, officials say.

Dundee United knock Rangers out of the Scottish Cup with a deserved fifth-round victory at Ibrox.

In Australia thousands of people living in the state of Queensland have been ordered to abandon their homes because of rising floodwaters.

Prince William's deployment to the Falkland Islands, along with that of a warship, is "entirely routine", the UK foreign secretary says.

The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh attend a church service on the eve of the Diamond Jubilee anniversary of her accession to the throne.