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The top Twitter trends of 2013
From royal babies and twerking, to boy bands and Andy Murray: Twitter reveals the hot topics of 2013.
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Blackburn striker arrested in spot-fixing probe
The Blackburn Rovers striker DJ Campbell is one of six people arrested as part of a football spot-fixing investigation, his club confirms.
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World Cup: reasons to be miserable, parts 1-10
It might not be the so-called “group of death”, but England’s draw for the World Cup is hardly a cheery prospect, writes John Anderson.
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World Cup 2014: tough draw for England
England face a tough group D in the 2014 football World Cup in Brazil after they were drawn to play Italy, Uruguay and Costa Rica. England, Italy and Uruguay have all won the tournament before.
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What is driving the protests in Kiev and Bangkok?
Unrest in Ukraine and Thailand, like recent uprisings in Brazil and Turkey, has been driven by a rising middle class in opposition to what looks like a brutal and corrupt elite.
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Gay rights to austerity: protest pictures that made 2013
As protesters in Thailand march to the ruling political party’s office in Bangkok in a bid to topple the government, Channel 4 News looks back at a year of demonstrations.
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When things get Messi: the fate of football’s child stars
Argentinian eight-year-old Claudio Gabriel Nancufil is the latest infant grabbing headlines for his amazing football skills. We wish him very well, but urge his mum to check this page.
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Russia bails three British ‘Arctic 30’ protesters
Three Britons who were arrested for a Greenpeace Arctic drilling protest by Russian officials are released on bail, alongside twelve others.
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Why Germany should be England’s footballing role model
England play Germany at Wembley on Tuesday in one of the fiercest rivalries in football. But given the Germans’ record of tournament success, should England not regard them as role models?
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Hodgson must use Chile clash to address England issues
England manager Roy Hodgson has several issues to resolve before next year’s World Cup in Brazil, and Friday’s international friendly against Chile gives him the chance to experiment.
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Paul McCartney urges Putin to free Greenpeace activists
Sir Paul McCartney has written to Vladimir Putin to calling for the release of a group of Greenpeace activists, arrested after a protest at an oil drilling rig.
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Is this the biggest wave ever surfed?
Brazilian professional surfer Carlos Burle rides a wave that onlookers in Portugal said may have been as high as 100 feet – potentially breaking the world record of 78 feet.
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Ee bah gum – Yorkshire named third best region
It’s supposed to be grim up north. But Yorkshire has been voted third best region to visit in the world by Lonely Planet, beating Victoria Falls, while Scotland is declared third best country.
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FA at 150: a brief history of English football since 1863
The foreign influence has meant a proliferation of styles in the Premier League. As the Football Association reaches 150, Jonathan Wilson looks back over the evolution of the game in England.
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Germany to quiz US ambassador over phone spying row
The German government has received information suggesting the United States may have monitored the chancellor Angela Merkel’s mobile phone and are demanding an immediate clarification.