UN upgrades Palestinians' status

30 November 2012 Last updated at 02:45 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. There was applause as the result of the vote was confirmed The UN General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly to recognise...

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Sixty-day bread could cut waste

30 November 2012 Last updated at 05:00 ET By Matt McGrath Environment correspondent, BBC News An American company has developed a technique that they say can make bread stay mould-free for 60 days. The bread is zapped in a sophisticated microwave...

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UK stops £21m payment to Rwanda

30 November 2012 Last updated at 05:46 ET The UK has suspended aid to Rwanda, amid concerns about the country's role in the conflict in Democratic Republic of Congo. Ministers said the UK would not now release a payment worth £21m. An aid...

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Eurozone jobless rate at new high

30 November 2012 Last updated at 05:52 ET The eurozone's unemployment rate hit a new record high in October, while consumer price rises slowed sharply. The jobless rate in the recessionary euro area rose to 11.7%. Inflation fell from 2.5% to...

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UN court clears Kosovo's ex-PM

29 November 2012 Last updated at 05:45 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Judge Bakone Moloto: "The chamber finds you not guilty on all counts in the indictment" A UN tribunal has cleared Kosovo's...

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Rush to finish Egypt constitution

29 November 2012 Last updated at 06:17 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. President Mursi's decree has sparked huge protests across Egypt The assembly writing a new Egyptian constitution says it hopes...

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Burma targets copper mine protest

29 November 2012 Last updated at 05:56 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. The BBC's Jonathan Head in Burma: "It's become a test case for how old injustices will be addressed" Police in Burma have...

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Court bans Pussy Riot video clips

29 November 2012 Last updated at 05:58 ET A Moscow court has ruled that websites must remove video clips of the Pussy Riot female punk band, two of whose members are in jail. The clips include a crude anti-Kremlin song which they performed in...

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Overhaul of Spain banks approved

28 November 2012 Last updated at 05:40 ET The European Commission has given the go-ahead to Spanish government's plans to restructure four troubled banks. Bankia, Banco de Valencia, NCG and Catalunya Banc were nationalised after experiencing...

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Poland outlaws ritual slaughter

28 November 2012 Last updated at 05:47 ET Poland's top court has outlawed the ritual slaughter of animals weeks before the EU is due to allow the practice on religious grounds. The Constitutional Tribunal said it was against Polish law to allow...

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Twin blasts shake Damascus suburb

28 November 2012 Last updated at 05:49 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. The BBC's Lina Sinjab says no group has claimed responsibility for the blasts At least 34 people have been killed and many...

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Egyptian protesters vow defiance

28 November 2012 Last updated at 05:50 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. The BBC's Bethany Bell says Mr Mursi has tried to defuse the crisis by promising his new powers would be limited in scope ...

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Mursi tries to ease Egypt crisis

26 November 2012 Last updated at 18:06 ET Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi has sought to defuse a crisis over efforts to extend his own powers, during talks with senior judges. Mr Mursi told them that a decree banning challenges to his decisions...

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Eurozone deal on Greece bailout

27 November 2012 Last updated at 04:51 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Olli Rehn: "Greece has kept its commitments" Eurozone finance ministers and the IMF have reached a deal on an urgently needed...

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Congo rebels 'agree to withdraw'

27 November 2012 Last updated at 05:56 ET Rebel forces have reportedly agreed to withdraw from the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo city of Goma, which they captured last week. However, there are also reports of new fighting in the area....

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Yasser Arafat's remains exhumed

27 November 2012 Last updated at 06:03 ET The remains of Yasser Arafat have been exhumed as part of an investigation into how the Palestinian leader died. Swiss, French and Russian experts were given samples to establish whether his death in...

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Israeli minister Barak to quit

26 November 2012 Last updated at 05:22 ET The Israeli Defence Minister, Ehud Barak, has announced he will quit politics after the general election next January. Mr Barak, who was Israel's prime minister between 1999 and 2001, said he would...

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Egypt's Mursi meets top judges

26 November 2012 Last updated at 05:37 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. The BBC's Jon Leyne in Cairo says it seems that President Mursi is now "reaching out for a compromise" Egyptian President...

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Gunmen attack Nigeria police HQ

26 November 2012 Last updated at 05:59 ET Unknown gunmen have attacked a Nigerian police base in the capital, Abuja, where Boko Haram Islamist militants are often held, police say. A police spokesman said the attack was repelled. Unconfirmed...

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Syrian attack 'kills 10 children'

26 November 2012 Last updated at 06:16 ET Activists in Syria say a government jet has dropped a cluster bomb on a playground, leaving 10 children dead. Video posted on the internet showed children's bodies on the ground with their mothers grieving...

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Catalonia votes in key elections

25 November 2012 Last updated at 02:21 ET The Spanish region of Catalonia is holding important regional elections, after a campaign that has focused on the issue of independence. Catalan nationalists want to hold a referendum on whether the...

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Egypt crisis prompts shares dive

25 November 2012 Last updated at 05:51 ET Shares on Egypt's stock market plunged almost 10% on Sunday, days after President Mohammed Mursi granted himself sweeping new powers. Protests against the president's decision have continued in Cairo,...

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Second bomb targets Pakistan city

25 November 2012 Last updated at 06:13 ET Five people were killed and dozens more wounded when a bomb exploded near a Shia Muslim procession in north-west Pakistan. It was the second bombing in the city of Dera Ismail Khan in as many days....

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More than 100 dead in Dhaka fire

25 November 2012 Last updated at 06:17 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Firefighters took several hours to bring the fire under control More than 100 people are now known to have died in a fire...

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