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Finland is the best country for mothers, report says	Far-right party protests Jewish meeting in Hungary
Iraq leader warns of a 'plague of sectarianism'	Boston bombing suspects tied to Chechnya
Hermit arrested after hiding 27 years in Maine wilderness	Reporters reveal secrets from Caribbean tax haven
North Korea 'readies rocket force'	Banking crisis threatens tax haven of Cyprus
Pope Francis rules the tiny state of Vatican City	Pope Francis heads the tiny state of Vatican City
Venezuela faces an uncertain future after 'Comandante' Chavez	Florida man swallowed by sinkhole
Robbers steal $50 million worth of diamonds in Belgium	Meteor strike injures hundreds in Russia
Connecticut buried by Northeast blizzard	Connecticut buried by Northeast blizzard
France’s president gets a hero's welcome in Mali	Nightclub fire kills scores of young people in Brazil
Army raid ends violent Islamist siege in Algeria	Canada's Hudson Bay ice shifts and frees trapped whales
U.S. tax evasion case shuts down Switzerland's oldest bank	Apple Maps called 'life-threatening' to motorists in Australia
New Zealand expects plenty of Hobbit journeys	Bangladesh fire kills 112 workers making clothes for U.S.
President seizes new power in Egypt	Gaza conflict rages with airstrikes and rocket attacks
Puerto Rico wants to become the 51st state	Puerto Rico wants to become the 51st state
New Jersey hit hard by superstorm Sandy	China blocks newspaper website over report about prime minister
Agreement sets vote on independence for Scotland	Taliban shooting of schoolgirl outrages Pakistan
Police send crime victims to extremist 'protectors' in Greece	Jesus Christ Superstar banned in Russian city
Court convicts 330 military officers in Turkey	U.S. ambassador slain in Libya as violence sweeps Muslim world
Slaughter of Vietnam's elephants nearly complete	Slaughter of Vietnam's elephants nearly complete
Pirates free oil tanker in the Gulf of Guinea	Arctic sea ice shrinking to a record low
Ecuador gives political asylum to Wikileaks founder	Curiosity rover lands on Mars
Power failure hits half of India	Satellites reveal sudden Greenland ice melt
London hosts the 2012 Summer Olympics	Clinton makes historic visit to Laos
Israel torn by debate over draft exemptions for ultra-Orthodox	Mexico's presidential candidates vow change in drug war
Saudi Arabia loses another crown prince	165-ton Japanese dock washes up in Oregon
Liberia's former president sentenced to 50 years in jail for war crimes	UN condemns shelling in Syria massacre
Quebec shuts some universities to curb student protests	New jetliner crashes in Indonesia during demonstration flight
Obama signs agreement in Afghanistan	Dissident's daring escape sparks round-up in China
Church plans to build cardboard cathedral in New Zealand	Malaysia moves to end indefinite imprisonment without trial
Mali rebels hold historic city of Timbuktu	Workers strike as Spain makes big budget cuts
Voyage to the bottom of the sea in the Mariana Trench	Before the pope's visit, Vatican condemns U.S. embargo of Cuba
Few in Uganda can see viral Kony 2012 video	Deadly tornadoes rip through the Midwest and South
Ghana coach blames witchcraft in team's defeat	Ghana coach blames witchcraft for team's woes
Most Honduras prison fire victims had not been convicted	Russians go through 2 miles of ice to reach Antarctic lake
Argentina angry over Prince William's posting to the Falklands	Indiana hosts Super Bowl XLVI
Teen sails round world after fight to leave Netherlands	Population boom threatens Lake Titicaca on border of Peru and Bolivia
New prime minister wants to cut Jamaica's links with queen	GOP presidential candidates compete in Iowa
Last U.S. troops leave Iraq	Russia sees biggest protest since fall of USSR
Clerics and conservatives oppose bill to protect women in Lebanon	South Korean lawmaker fights trade deal with tear gas
'Flickers of progress' in Myanmar	U.N. agency finds evidence of Iran work on nuclear bomb
Philippine workers banned from 41 countries	Facebook chooses Sweden for its weather
Qaddafi killed after 40-year reign in Libya	'Occupy' protests go worldwide - and turn violent in Italy
South Africa blocks visit by Dalai Lama	Drone attack kills al-Qaeda leader in Yemen
Uzbekistan pressured to stop child labor	People and elephants compete for water in Kenya's drought
Floodwaters wash through Pennsylvania	Vietnam embraces an old enemy
Irene sweeps through New York	Shark attacks shock Russians
Rioting sweeps through England's cities	Students demand education reform in Chile
Islamists deny famine and block food aid in Somalia	Terrorist stuns peaceful Norway
Harry Potter's final chapter	World's newest nation is born - South Sudan
Public distrusts call for austerity in Greece	Women defy driving ban in Saudi Arabia

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