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Giant waves hit the pier in Socoa, near Saint-Jean-de-Luz, south-western France
European storm death toll mounts
The fiercest storm to hit Spain and south-western France in a decade kills 12 people, including four children.
Spanish sports hall roof collapse
In pictures: European storm
Storms hit southern France

President Barack Obama Obama issues US recovery pledge
US President Barack Obama says his administration will be held accountable for his economic recovery plan.

Pope Benedict in Rome on 21/1/09 Pope move ignites Holocaust row
The Pope rehabilitates four breakaway bishops, one of whom denies the Nazis murdered Jews by gassing during the Holocaust.


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Palestinian children Inside a Gaza school as it reopens

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Lara Children of war
The scars left behind when the carnage ceases
Barack Obama in White House press room Obama diary
BBC Washington reporters track the first 100 days
People celebrate during the inauguration of Barack Obama Week in pictures
Some striking images from around the world

AROUND THE WORLD

AFRICA
Somali capital bombing kills 16
Kenyan school strike 'to spread'

AMERICAS
Mexican 'dissolved 300 bodies'
Obama lifts ban on abortion funds

ASIA-PACIFIC
Thailand defies UN over migrants
Cambodian slum dwellers evicted

EUROPE
EU gives boost to dairy exports
Britons 'bored but happy' - study

MIDDLE EAST
Falluja car bomb blast 'kills 13'
BBC in Gaza appeal media row

SOUTH ASIA
Afghanistan raid leaves 15 dead
India film smoking ban is lifted

FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT
Australia's thrill for the grill
The national hero dividing Germans


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Evo Morales in a file photo from 16 June 2008 Bolivia vote
Morales set to get his way but more conflict likely
A plane at an airport Surgery safety
The operating techniques learned from pilots
Student Asmita Gaikwad In pictures
Indians react to Slumdog Millionaire

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Belgian charged over creche attack
Brazil model dies from infection
Migrants escape on Italian island
UN reopens schools in Gaza Strip
New SA party promises reforms
Indian PM 'stable' after heart op
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