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For Boston bombing victims, death penalty decision a 'step forward'

Giant boulders plough through Italian farm - PHOTO

Tunisia's Ennahda and Ettakattol women MPs celebrate

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad 'lookalike' banned from acting

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Ukraine army decay checks Egypt-style option as rift widens

US prosecutors seek execution of Tsarnaev

Help wanted: Obama calls on CEOs to help fix jobless problem

Israel diary: Cyber diplomacy

Ukraine activist says he was abducted and tortured

Syrian government demolished thousands of homes

Cycling Scotland advert banned over health and safety concerns

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Vodka blamed for high death rates in Russia

Nymphomaniac's 'orgasm' posters result of von Trier's Hitler comments

South African traditional leaders attack graphic male circumcision website

California home found packed with pythons

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IOC policy puts athletes at the bottom of Vladimir Putin's Olympic pile

Scots light torches to celebrate their Norse heritage - PHOTO

300-year-old house causing millions of pounds of damages

Are cruise ships floating petri dishes?

Pictures capture eerily deserted early morning London Underground - PHOTO

It's -50C in Yakutsk, Russia, the coldest place on Earth - PHOTO

Skydiver plummets to the ground unconscious - VIDEO

China becomes biggest market for red wine

Ukraine president Viktor Yanukovych takes sick leave as protests continue

Russian 'kills friend in argument over whether poetry or prose is better'

Syrian refugees flood into Jordan - PHOTO

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