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A trio of women called "Les Cocottes Codec" or "The Darling Chicks" swept to the finish line in France's high-heeled relay race. The prizes for the winners were, perhaps unsurprisingly, gift certificates for shoes. Duration: 00:51.

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Sergiev Posad is one of the most beautiful Orthodox monasteries in the Moscow region, and also the site of a special kind of school. Every year, nearly 60 students meticulously learn to paint religious icons, retracing the same brushstrokes of masters from centuries ago. Duration: 01:50.

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Record-breaking rain in U.K.; panda arrives at new home in China

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A Brazilian transsexual involved in an Italian political scandal is believed to have burned to death

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President Obama will make announcement about war in next two weeks

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In the United States, the Congress debated lifting the five-decade long travel embargo for American citizens to Cuba.

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An antique electric train, left over from the heyday of American power in Cuba, still snakes its way through Havana. But it's more than just a tourist ride. The nearly century-old Hershey train, named after the chocolate company that built it, takes Cuban commuters to work every day. 

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A notebook, number 2 pencils, and the newest essential school supply in Uruguay: a laptop. The South American nation is the first and only country to guarantee every elementary school student attending government schools a portable computer. If the incumbent left-wing president wins the run-off election on November 29, his government says it will expand the program to all students in the public education system.

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Gabon's President Ali Bongo met with his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy on Friday on his first trip to France since he succeeded his father, who had made Paris nearly a second home while leader of the oil-rich former French colony. Images and soundbites.

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Violence and instability shut it down temporarily, but Iraq's stamp collecting club is now back in business. And it's been good business, too, for the Iraqi Philatelic Society, whose best-selling items are pre-war stamps starring Saddam Hussein.

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Peruvian police arrest a criminal gang accused of killing of dozens to extract the fat from their bodies to make beauty products for cosmetics companies.

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Romania, struggling with a severe recession and reeling from political turmoil, is now set to face yet another challenge -- a presidential election. Both front-runners, including the incumbent Traian Basescu, are neck-and-neck in the polls, meaning a decisive outcome from Sunday's poll looks unlikely.

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Giant sculptures by the late surrealist Salvador Dali are installed on mountain tops in France's Courchevel ski resort.

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Swimmers who get into difficulty off the French coast may have some rather unusual rescue workers coming to their aid. Over a dozen lifeguard teams using Newfoundland terriers are now in place, with dog-handlers training their canine partners to help lead victims safely back to shore.

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Hainan island in the South China Sea is fast becoming one of Asia's finest golfing destinations, with several world-class courses and developers rushing to build dozens more. Once dependent on foreign players, the industry is now being built on the back of a new wave of Chinese golfers.

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Parent wins battle to ban homework at kids' school

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The Belgian Prime Minister will become the EU's first, but will the quiet man be able to impress on the world stage? So far opinion is divided.

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American student Amanda Knox - accused of the murder of British student Meredith Kercher - is back in court as prosecutors begin their closing arguments.

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CCTV captures the moment right wing Shiv Sena activists launch an attack on the offices of television channel IBN Lokmat in India's western Mumbai.

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U.K. flooding prompts hundreds to evacuate homes

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A nude photograph of Carla Bruni-Sarkozy taken by Michel Comte during her modelling days goes under the hammer on Friday at a Paris auction house. A similar nude shot of the wife of the French president went for 91,000 dollars -- three times more than its estimated bidding price -- in a New York sale last year. Still images.

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Italian prosecutors have begun their closing arguments in the trial of American exchange student Amanda Knox, who is accused of killing her British roommate more than two years ago. (Nov. 20)

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Leaders of the EU chose Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy as the first president of the EU and British Baroness Catherine Ashton as the EU foreign affairs chief.

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The European Union is heading into a new era with unknowns named to the bloc's new presidency and foreign policy post. Early reaction Friday seems to show EU residents taking the selection in their stride. (20 November 2009)

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Police say a gang in the Peruvian jungle has been killing people and draining fat from the corpses to sell on the black market for use in cosmetics, although medical experts say they doubt a major market for fat exists. (Nov. 20)

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Residents of Mau forest in Kenya are being evicted over government claims that illegal settlement and deforestation have already destroyed a quarter of the forest.

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A panda born in Austria is moved to native habitat in China's Sichuan province.

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Football's world ruling body FIFA on Friday officially turned down a request from the Irish to stage a replay of their controversial World Cup playoff defeat to France. Henry's handball helped set up a goal which put France through to the World Cup at Ireland's expense -- prompting government-level exchanges.  Duration: 1:30

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Robbery suspect caught with pants down in Portugal; boy's head stuck in cement wall in Thailand

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The trial of an American exchange student in Italy for murder is in closing argu

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The hijacked Spanish trawler "Alakrana" arrives in the Seychelles after the boat and crew were released. The crew were held hostage by Somali pirates for 48 days.

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Parts of northern England are underwater after massive rainfall and areas of Scotland and Wales are on flood alert.

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European leaders have chosen a low-profile pair to lead a revamped EU, prompting widespread criticism that national leaders deliberately undercut the positions in order to preserve their own influence. The pick of Belgium's premier, Herman Van Rompuy, as president and EU Commissioner Catherine Ashton, a Briton with little foreign policy experience, as the top diplomat, came at a summit of the 27 EU heads of state and government.  Duration: 02:21

There's uproar in the soccer world tonight over the handball that sent France into the World Cup.