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Sri Lankan civilians in a camp in Vavuniya, 21 November 2009

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Pope Benedict XVI Vatican talks over Anglican plan
The Archbishop of Canterbury is meeting the Pope amid tensions over an offer to welcome some Anglicans into the Catholic fold.

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The Large Hadron Collider experiment, designed to shed light on the cosmos, restarts after 14 months of repairs.

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The family of a British couple seized by pirates appeals for their release after seeing footage of them with gunmen.
DUP 'cannot guarantee assembly'
Police urged to visit all victims

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A man dies and another man is injured in a double shooting at a nightclub in Wolverhampton in the early hours.
Fallen soldiers honoured by town
Children in Need hits £20.3m mark

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MIDDLE EAST UN condemns Iran on human rights
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