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The world's last running narrow-gauge passenger steam train is still going strong in mountainous rural China, but that's not necessarily a good thing for the locals.

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The day's top showbiz news and headlines including "New Moon" rules the box office, Jackson's white glove is sold, and Robbie Williams is looking for investors.

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Honduras gets ready to vote for a new president on November 29 in an election overshadowed by a military coup that toppled elected president Manuel Zelaya and plunged the impoverished nation into ...

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Thousands of students at California's top public universities staged demonstrations against a 32 percent rise in tuition fees prompted in part by the state's budget crisis during the recession.

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A herd of elephants goes on a rampage, destroying a tea garden in Doars region of India's eastern West Bengal state.

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An overloaded ferry sinks in bad weather off Indonesia's Riau islands.

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The Maersk Alabama cargo ship captured by Somali pirates in April arrives in Kenya after foiling a second attempt.

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Iranian armed forces launch air defence war games to show off the country's deterrent capabilities in the face of pressure from the West over its nuclear programme.

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Two deadly bombs hidden in bicycles explode in Nalbari town in the north east Indian state.

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Hopes are fading that more survivors will be found after China's latest mine diaster.

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Israel launches air strikes in the Gaza Strip which it says were triggered when a rocket luanched from the enclave landed on its territory.

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A sweeping healthcarereform bill passes its first U.S. Senate test, with a procedural vote to begin debate on the bill on November 30.

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The US Senate began a session on healthcare reform on Saturday (November 21), as it prepares to vote on whether to proceed with debate on the bill.

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NASA astronauts completed a spacewalk on Saturday (November 21) at the International Space Station that had been delayed after a false alarm woke the crews of the station and the visiting space ...

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Norwegian health authorities say they have discovered a mutation in the H1N1 flu strain which could cause more severe symptoms.

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Ultra-Orthodox Jews clash with Israeli police against Intel's electronic chip plant operations during the Jewish resting day.

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The government in Mali is breeding drought resistant maize to help farmers there cope with the dry weather.

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The crew of a Spanish trawler hijacked by Somali pirates off the Seychelles arrives back on home soil.

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Taipei Beef Noodle Festival kicks off amid fears over the lifting of Taiwan's ban on U.S. beef imports.

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At this year's London Film Festival, an African documentary got people talking. The movie was about ordinary people taking on the government and winning.

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Seven-times world boxing champ Manny Pacquiao arrives home to a new fight for a career in politics.

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Zimbabwe was once considered southern Africa's bread-basket until Presidents Mugabe's controversial land reforms gave white-owned farms to landless blacks.

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A rescue operation is underway for many still trapped after a gas blast at a coal mine in China.

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A Brazilian transsexual involved in an Italian political scandal is believed to have burned to death

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In the United States, the Congress debated lifting the five-decade long travel embargo for American citizens to Cuba.

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Peruvian police arrest a criminal gang accused of killing of dozens to extract the fat from their bodies to make beauty products for cosmetics companies.

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Giant sculptures by the late surrealist Salvador Dali are installed on mountain tops in France's Courchevel ski resort.

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The Belgian Prime Minister will become the EU's first, but will the quiet man be able to impress on the world stage? So far opinion is divided.

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American student Amanda Knox - accused of the murder of British student Meredith Kercher - is back in court as prosecutors begin their closing arguments.

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CCTV captures the moment right wing Shiv Sena activists launch an attack on the offices of television channel IBN Lokmat in India's western Mumbai.

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Progress toward tighter U.S. financial regulation faltered in the U.S. Congress as a House committee postponed a pivotal vote and Republicans on a key committee aired stubborn opposition, with ...

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Leaders of the EU chose Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy as the first president of the EU and British Baroness Catherine Ashton as the EU foreign affairs chief.

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Residents of Mau forest in Kenya are being evicted over government claims that illegal settlement and deforestation have already destroyed a quarter of the forest.

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A panda born in Austria is moved to native habitat in China's Sichuan province.

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Soccer star David Beckham says he and his L.A. Galaxy teammates are ready for the Major League Soccer Cup final against Real Salt Lake on Sunday (November 22).