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India

Asian tsunami survivors return to disaster scene on 10th anniversary

All around the Indian Ocean, other survivors and relatives of the tsunami victims have been returning to the scene of the disaster to mark the tenth anniversary.

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Pakistan's Christians commemorate victims of Taliban school attack

World News

Australia mourns the victims of the Sydney Siege

A country in mourning – Australia pays tribute to the victims of siege in Sydney. Two of the 17 hostages died alongside the gunman when heavily armed

Latvia

Polish drama Ida sweeps the board at European Film Awards in Riga

The big winner at this year’s European Film Awards was Polish drama Ida which beat Leviathan, Nymphomaniac and Winter Sleep to get best film. The

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South Africa

Graca Machel leads Mandela commemoration on first anniversary of South African President's death

Nelson Mandela’s widow, Graca Machel, has led a commemorative march for her late husband in Pretoria, South Africa. Hundreds gathered at Freedom

Iraq

Tight security as millions of Shiite Muslim pilgrims stream into Kerbala, Iraq

Millions of Shiite Muslim pilgrims from across Iraq, Iran and neighbouring countries have streamed into Iraq’s holy city of Kerbala over the past

Norway

Nobel Peace prizewinners Malala and Satyarthi call for action on children's rights

Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi have received their Nobel Peace Prizes at a ceremony in Oslo

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Thailand: Macaques feast during Lopburi Monkey Festival

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Philippines marks 5-year anniversary of Maguindanao massacre

Philippines

Philippines remembers 2009 Maguindanao massacre

Ukraine

Ukraine famine anniversary takes on special meaning

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Traditional Haka welcome for China’s president in New Zealand

Burkina Faso

Burkino Faso president sworn in

France

British soldiers reinterred 100 years after their deaths

USA

Game of Thrones leads Emmy nominations

World

D-Day: 'We are all 70'

France

D-Day: 89-year-old veteran repeats parachute jump into Normandy

France

D-Day 70th anniversary as it happened

World

Sochi Winter Olympics: "There is a festive atmosphere everywhere"

South Africa

Mandela sign interpreter had ‘schizophrenic episode’