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Storms cause travel chaos
At least four people have died, thousands of homes are without power, and the transport network is in chaos, as storms batter the UK.
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Pussy Riot members released from Russian jail
Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, members of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot, walk free from jail under an amnesty allowing their early release.
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Standing tall: giraffes prepare for zoo opening
A family of giraffes, left behind when a Paris zoo closed its gates for refurbishment five years ago, will finally be joined by other animals, when zoo keepers re-open its doors in April 2014.
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Freed Khodorkovsky vows to stay out of Russia politics
Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky says he intends to stay out of Russian politics and will only return home if certain he can leave again, after being whisked to Germany following a decade in jail.
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Drugs claims a ‘ridiculous sideshow’ to trial, says Nigella
Nigella Lawson says she is “disappointed but not surprised” that her former assistants were cleared of fraud, after what she called a “campaign … to destroy my reputation” during the trial.
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Putin opponent Khodorkovsky leaves Russian jail after pardon
Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a former tycoon and opponent of Vladimir Putin, is released from prison in north western Russia after ten years inside.
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Secret CIA testimony identifies real Lockerbie mastermind
New documents reveal that both high-level Syrian officials and the CIA independently stated that a Syrian-based Palestinian group, not Libya, was responsible for the Lockerbie bombing.
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Give poor children vouchers for extra tuition – think-tank
The government should give means-tested vouchers to working class families to help them buy their children some of the advantages that more affluent families can afford, the Sutton Trust suggests.
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Key questions: Why didn’t the recession curb personal debt?
The national economy might be showing signs of recovery, but personal debt has climbed steadily in the last five years. So why are more and more people are putting Christmas on credit?
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Burma hosts SEA Games – with a little help from its friends
For the first time since 1969, Burma is hosting the South East Asia Games and hopes it can show off its reforms, but the nation still remains reliant on China, writes Aung Zaw Min.
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Vodafone cuts its tax bill by a fifth
Vodafone paid no corporation tax and reduced its UK tax bill by a fifth last year. The company defends its arrangements in a 3,600 word statement that Channel 4 News hears is “smoke and mirrors”.
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Christmas on credit – the unwanted gift of debt
Millions of people will borrow money on credit to help them fund their festive family celebrations this year. Some are still paying off the last. Jackie Long reports.
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Greenwald: UK poses ‘primary threat’ to EU citizens’ privacy
Journalist Glenn Greenwald tells an EU inquiry that the UK’s collection of metadata is the “primary threat” to EU privacy, as the White House publishes a review of the NSA’s surveillance.
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What is happening in Ukraine? The key questions
As President Yanukovich travels to the Kremlin to talk trade deals, Kiev is awash with protesters calling for him loosen the country’s ties with Russia. Channel 4 News asks key questions on Ukraine.
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Woolwich trial: ‘soldier of Allah’ evidence not a defence
As the trial of two men accused of killing British soldier Lee Rigby nears its close, the judge tells the jury that a charge of conspiracy to murder a police officer has been dropped.