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Editor's Choice
A selection of our best photos from the past 24 hours. Launch Slideshow
Best of the Berlinale film fest
Highlights from photocalls and film screenings at the 59th Berlinale film festival.
Profile: Kim Jong-il
North Korea marks the 67th birthday of leader Kim Jong-il, with mounting concerns of his health after he suffered a suspected stroke last August.
End of Soviet Afghanistan
February 15th marks 20 years since the last Soviet troops withdrew from Afghanistan. Moscow's forces pulled out of the country in 1989 after a decade of war in which thousands of Soviet soldiers and many more Afghans died.More Picture Slideshows
