Silvio Berlusconi: Ex-Wife To Get £82k A Day

By Nick Pisa, Sky News Reporter Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has been ordered to pay his ex-wife maintenance of 100,000 euros (£82,000) a day as part of their divorce settlement. Mr Berlusconi, 76, will be able to keep the family...

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Russia: Putin Signs American Adoption Ban

Vladimir Putin has signed a law banning Americans from adopting Russian children. The controversial bill is part of a harsh response to a US law targeting Russians deemed to be human rights violators. Mr Putin signed it less than 24 hours after receiving...

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Gang-Rape In India: Teen Victim Kills Herself

A 17-year-old Indian girl who was allegedly gang-raped killed herself after police pressured her to drop the case and marry one of her attackers, police and a relative said on Thursday. It comes as the 23-year-old Indian medical student who was gang-raped...

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Fiscal Cliff: Obama 'Optimistic' After Talks

Barack Obama has called for "immediate action" to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff after urgent talks with Congressional leaders. He urged politicians to agree a deal, saying: "The hour for immediate action is here. It is now." He said he remained...

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Ex-England Cricket Captain Tony Greig Dies

Former England cricket captain and television commentator Tony Greig has died at the age of 66 after being diagnosed with lung cancer earlier this year. South Africa-born Greig, who played 58 Tests for England, initially developed bronchitis, with further...

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Harry Carey: Western Movie Veteran Dies At 91

Character actor Harry Carey Jr, who appeared in nine of Hollywood director John Ford's classic Westerns, has died at the age of 91. He died peacefully of natural causes in the seaside town of Santa Barbara, California, surrounded by family members,...

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Firefighter Ambush Deaths: Charge Over Guns

A 24-year-old woman has been charged in connection with two weapons used by William Spengler when he killed two firefighters responding to a house fire in New York state. New York State Police Senior Investigator James Sewell said Dawn Nguyen, of Rochester,...

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India Rape Death: Six Charged With Murder

Indian police have charged six men with murder, hours after a woman who was gang raped on a bus in New Delhi died in hospital. The men could face the death penalty if convicted, in a case that has triggered protests across India. The 23-year-old victim...

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Survivor's Family Sue Over Sandy Hook Massacre

Lawyers for a six-year-old who survived the Sandy Hook massacre are seeking permission to sue the state of Connecticut for $100m (£62m) for failing to protect its schoolchildren. The legal notice was filed earlier this week with the claims commissioner,...

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Russia Plane Crash: Four People Killed

Four people have died after a passenger plane overshot an airport runway as it landed in Russia. The Red Wing Airlines aircraft burst through a perimeter fence onto a motorway next to Moscow's Vnukovo airport. Officials said the Tu-204 plane...

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Music School Helping Soweto Children At Risk

By Alex Crawford, Special Correspondent A South African music school set up by a British woman to help the poorest children in Soweto is in danger of closing down because of lack of funds. Buskaid, a charity, has helped thousands of poor children...

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School Shooting: Tributes To British Victim

The family of a six-year-old British boy killed in the Sandy Hook shootings have paid tribute to their "joyous" son at his funeral. Dylan Hockley was one of 20 children shot dead by gunman Adam Lanza at the elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut,...

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Gun Control: Celebrities 'Demand A Plan'

Beyonce, Jennifer Aniston, Jamie Foxx and other celebrities are asking American leaders to stop gun violence in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. Among the entertainers making an appearance in the minute-and-a-half-long Public...

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India: Tear Gas Fired At Gang Rape Protesters

Indian police fired tear gas and water cannon at protesters who were demanding justice and safety for women following the brutal gang rape of a student on a bus. Thousands of demonstrators in New Delhi surged towards the president's palace chanting...

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British Boy Dies Hiking In Australian Bush

A 14-year-old Scottish boy has reportedly died from heat exhaustion after collapsing during a hike with his father in Western Australia. Local news reports have quoted police as saying the two were hiking in the Cape Range National Park, south of Exmouth,...

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Gavin Mooney: British Economist Beaten To Death

An eminent British economist and his wife have been murdered at their home in Australia. Professor Gavin Mooney, 69, and Dr Delys Weston, 62, were found at the property in Tasmania on Wednesday and are thought to have been bludgeoned to death. The...

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Pennsylvania Shootings: Gunman Kills Three

Police in Pennsylvania are investigating why a man shot dead three people, including a woman decorating a church hall for a children's Christmas party. The gunman opened fire on a rural road in Frankstown Township on Friday and was killed in a shoot-out...

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Vatican Leaks: Pope Pardons Jailed Butler

Pope Benedict XVI has granted a Christmas pardon to his former butler, who was convicted and jailed in the VatiLeaks scandal. The Pope visited Paolo Gabriele in the Vatican police barracks to tell him personally of the pardon, the Vatican said. Gabriele,...

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Egypt: Polls Open In Vote On New Constitution

Egyptians have begun voting in the second and final phase of a referendum on an Islamist-backed constitution. Supporters of President Mohamed Morsi say the constitution is vital to restoring stability and moving the country towards democracy two years...

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Winter Storm Kills Eight And Disrupts Travel

A winter storm has killed eight people and caused travel misery as it sweeps across the United States. The powerful weather system, which dumped more than half a metre of snow in parts of Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska, Illinois and Missouri earlier this...

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US Missiles And Troops To Protect Turkey

The US is deploying two Patriot missile units along with 400 troops to Turkey as part of a Nato force to protect Turkish territory from potential Syrian attack. US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta signed a deployment order on Friday on his way to Turkey...

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Russia Journalist Murder: Ex-Policeman Jailed

A former policeman has been jailed for 11 years in a prison camp over the murder of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya. Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov admitted tracking Ms Politkovskaya so that she could be assassinated in 2006 and providing the gun to shoot...

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School Shooting: Calls For Stricter Gun Laws

The husband of the US politician Gabrielle Giffords, who was shot in Arizona, has called for action on America's gun laws following the latest mass shooting. As America deals with the aftermath of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, Captain...

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Egyptians Vote In Constitution Referendum

Queues have formed at polling stations in Egypt as the country votes on a constitution many hope will lead to long-term stability. The referendum, which is taking place over two days, asks Egyptians to accept or reject the charter, which must be in...

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Emotional Obama Responds To School Shooting

Barack Obama wept as he addressed the nation in the aftermath of the school shootings in Connecticut. And a day after the shooting, the US President used his weekly address to call for solidarity in the wake of the massacre, where 20 children and seven...

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Immigrants Killed As Boat Capsizes Off Greece

By Anthee Carassava, in Athens Greek coastguards have retrieved the bodies of at least 18 immigrants who drowned in the northeast Aegean Sea after their boat capsized in choppy waters. Their rubber raft had set off from Turkey's western shores,...

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Newtown Principal Dawn Hochsprung Among Dead

A headteacher and a school psychologist went to the aid of their pupils after hearing gunshots at a Connecticut school, according to reports. Therapist Diane Day was in a meeting with head Dawn Hochsprung and the school psychologist at Sandy Hook Elementary...

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Golden Dawn Party: Protests Held In Athens

By Anthee Carassava, in Athens Activists from 20 countries are preparing to pour onto the streets of Athens to demonstrate against rising attacks by a neo-Nazi movement critics call the most dangerous in Europe. The protest is backed by scores...

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Mandela Recovering After Gallstones Removed

Nelson Mandela is recovering from a successful operation to have gallstones removed, the South African government has confirmed. The 94-year-old former president, who has been in hospital for a week with a lung infection, had the procedure this morning....

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US Shooting: Gunman Forced His Way Into School

The gunman who massacred 26 children and adults in America's worst school shooting forced his way into the building, police say. Lieutenant Paul Vance told a news conference that the suspect was not voluntarily let into Sandy Hook Elementary School...

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Gangnam Style Singer Sorry For Anti-US Songs

The South Korean rapper behind the viral smash hit Gangnam Style has apologised for using anti-American lyrics, ahead of a performance to be attended by President Barack Obama. Psy issued the apology after reports surfaced in the US about his participation...

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Obama Asks Congress For $60.4bn In Sandy Aid

President Barack Obama has asked Congress for $60.4bn (£37.7bn) in federal aid for New York, New Jersey and other states hit by Superstorm Sandy. Mr Obama's request is lower than the more than $80bn estimated price tag associated with damage caused...

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Eight People Killed In Cambodia Market Fire

Eight people, including four children, have been killed in a fire that tore through a popular night market in the Cambodian tourist town of Siem Reap. Two others were seriously injured in the blaze, which raged for about two hours early on Saturday,...

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Thailand: Two English Teachers Found Dead

Two English teachers have been found dead sitting side-by-side in the living room of an apartment on the outskirts of Bangkok, according to Thai police. The men - an American aged 40 and a 35-year-old from Britain - were discovered in the early hours...

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Pregnant Kate: Radio Station Faces Backlash

Two DJs are being offered counselling after the nurse duped by their prank call to the Duchess of Cambridge's hospital died in a suspected suicide. Nurse Jacintha Saldanha was found dead days after taking the hoax call and putting it through to a nurse...

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Egyptian Protesters Keep Up Pressure

Tens of thousands of protesters have demonstrated overnight outside Egypt's presidential palace, calling on President Mohamed Morsi to step down. The peaceful night-time demonstration followed a tense day in which Mr Morsi's opponents broke through...

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Gaza Marks Hamas Anniversary With Huge Rally

Tens of thousands of Palestinians are gathering in Gaza City for a rally marking the 25th anniversary of the militant group Hamas. Leader Khaled Meshaal is due to address the crowd, a day after receiving a hero's welcome in his first ever trip to Gaza,...

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Syria: Rebel Prisoners On Their Religious War

Interviewing people who, under different circumstances, might kill you, is a strange experience. To the soundtrack of multiple rocket launchers and small arms fire, I met six men who the Syrian authorities told us were jihadist rebel fighters captured...

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Italy's Silvio Berlusconi Says He Will Run For PM

Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has said he will run for PM again in a general election next year. "I'm returning sadly to public service," the leader of the right-wing People of Freedom party said, speaking near the northern city of...

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Nelson Mandela Admitted To Hospital

Former South African president Nelson Mandela has been admitted to hospital for tests. The South African Government said 94-year-old Mandela had been taken to hospital in Pretoria for routine tests, adding that there was no cause for alarm. The anti-apartheid...

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Gold Bullion Heist From Boat In Curacao

Thieves dressed in jackets emblazoned with the word "police" boarded a fishing boat and stole 70 gold bars worth an estimated $11.5m (£7m), officials on the Caribbean island of Curacao have said. The boat's captain was hit on the head in the early-morning...

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