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Oprah Winfrey has announced that her powerhouse daytime television show, the foundation of a multibillion-dollar media empire with legions of fans, will end its run in 2011 after 25 seasons on the air.
21/11/2009
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The UN children's agency says one billion children around the world are still deprived of food, shelter, clean water and healthcare 20 years after the adoption of a treaty guaranteeing children's rights.
20/11/2009
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One of the Arab world's best known pop stars has sparked fury among Egypt's Nubians by releasing a song that refers to them as "monkeys".
20/11/2009
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A Russian court has effectively outlawed the death penalty in the country, ruling that a moratorium on capital punishment due to expire in January must remain in force.
19/11/2009
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Australia's prime minister, Kevin Rudd, has made an emotional apology for the abuse and neglect endured by hundreds of thousands of child migrants who were sent to Australia without their consent.
16/11/2009
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Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox Jews have demonstrated at Intel Corp's new electronic chip plant in Israel in protest against work taking place at the site on the Jewish sabbath.
15/11/2009
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The majority of the world's 26 million displaced people were often neglected because they found refuge with local communities instead of in camps, the International Committee of the Red Cross has said.
12/11/2009
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A new human-rights report claims that Chinese citizens are kidnapped and held in informal detention centres, known locally as "black jails", to prevent them from bringing complaints to the central government.
12/11/2009
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Japan's Emperor Akihito has defended his father's wartime record, claiming the country's aggression had been contrary to his wishes.
12/11/2009
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The leaders of France and Germany have held a joint ceremony commemorating the end of World War One for the first time since the end of the conflict 91 years ago.
12/11/2009
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A man who stabbed a pregnant Egyptian woman to death in a German courtroom in front of her husband and three-year-old son has been sentenced to the maximum penalty of life in jail.
11/11/2009
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World leaders have gathered in Germany's capital to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, beginning the day's events with a prayer service.
09/11/2009
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A Tunisian blogger and drama teacher, Fatma Riahi, known online as Arabicca, has been arrested by the country's police.
07/11/2009
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A Tanzanian court has sentenced four men to death by hanging for the murder of a 50-year-old albino man.
04/11/2009
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France has launched a nationwide debate on national identity, that will see members of the public discussing issues such as whether Muslim women should be allowed to wear the burqa.
02/11/2009
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