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Unemployment up as women swell job market
The jobless total has risen by 70,000 to hit 2.56 million in the latest quarter to February this year, leading to claims that the jobs recovery is coming to an end.
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US delays missile test as North Korea tensions mount
The US postpones plans to carry out a missile test in California next week over fears it will increase tensions with North Korea, as Foreign Secretary William Hague calls for calm over the crisis.
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North Korea ‘must calm down’ says UN
North Korea’s vow to restart all its mothballed nuclear facilities is met with dismay by the United Nations, which urges leaders to end “aggressive” threats and begin talks.
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Unprecedented UN force to battle Congolese rebels
The UN authorises an unprecedented military unit to fight rebel groups, alone or with the Congolese army, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
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UN votes again to urge Sri Lanka to investigate war deaths
For the second time in two years the United Nations Human Rights Council votes to urge Sri Lanka to carry out credible investigations into killings and disappearances during its bloody civil war.
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North Korea will ‘never bow’ to UN, following nuclear test
North Korea says it will “never bow” to UN pressure to disarm following its nuclear test on Tuesday, the third in the country’s history.
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Council tax benefit cuts – the key questions
Millions of people on low incomes will be hit by increases in their council tax bills from April. How many will be affected and who will pay most?
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Blue Monday: how to bounce back
With the third Monday in January branded the most depressing day of 2013, Channel 4 News presents the ultimate experts’ guide on how to battle Blue Monday.
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Horse meat found in supermarket burgers
Tesco removes burgers from its shelves after one of its burger brands was found to contain 29 per cent horse meat in an investigation by a food safety watchdog.
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Mali: Islamists counter-attack from the west
Al-Qaeda-linked rebels in Mali launch a counter-offensive, taking the town of Diabaly, 400km from the capital Bamako, after three days of French fighter jet strikes on their desert strongholds.
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New year resolutions (in black and white)
As many of us pledge to make 2013 a year of change, Channel 4 News Picture Researcher Ian Searcey delves into the ITN archives to find out what new year resolutions we were making in the 1950s.
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Security concerns after North Korean missile launch
A North Korean missile launch receives international condemnation after US warning systems detect a rocket, with William Hague calling it a “provocative act”.
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US: Palestine UN vote ‘counterproductive’
The United States criticises the UN general assembly’s vote to upgrade the status of Palestine as “unfortunate and counterproductive”.
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Museum sleuths unearth murdered mummy’s secret
Using modern scanning techniques, experts at the British Museum have concluded that Ginger, one of the museum’s most popular Egyptian mummies, died a violent death around 5,500 years ago.
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Middle East leaders use UN platform to criticise Israel
A host of leaders from the Middle East used the platform of the UN General Assembly to criticise Israel in a series of speeches.