LOST IN THE DARK RIDE

Surgeons in Spain claim a major breakthrough by giving a woman a new windpipe with tissue grown from her own stem cells.

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South Korean firm Daewoo says it has leased a vast tract of land in Madagascar, which will produce half of its corn supply by 2023.

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Community groups in DR Congo make an impassioned plea for European troops to be sent to halt atrocities there.

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The international pressure group, Human Rights Watch (HRW), accuses police in Nepal of torturing children.

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The trial of three men over the murder of Russian reporter and Kremlin critic Anna Politkovskaya is closed to the public.

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A ceiling painting worth £15m is unveiled at the United Nations in Geneva amid controversy over how it was paid for.

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Paying for sex with prostitutes who are controlled by pimps or illegally trafficked to the UK is to be outlawed.

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Al-Qaeda deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahiri attacks US President-elect Barack Obama in a new audio message.

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The owners of a Saudi oil tanker hijacked by Somali pirates are negotiating a possible ransom, the Saudi foreign minister says.

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The Pied Piper’s services might be needed again in Hamelin, northern Germany, where the city’s famous rats have returned.

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