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The UN Security Council votes to send 3,000 more troops to DR Congo following renewed fighting in the east of the country.

US carmakers are given a deadline to produce a viable recovery plan if they want a $25bn government bail-out.

Talks between Somali pirates and owners of a Saudi tanker are being conducted by specialists, shipping sources tell the BBC.

China has increased computer espionage attacks on US government and business interests, Congress is warned.

Jewish settlers protesting against an eviction order in Hebron spray an insult to the Prophet Muhammad on a mosque wall.

Five Algerians held at Guantanamo Bay for almost seven years must be freed, a US judge rules.

Thieves have stolen the remains of a billionaire who died in 2006 from his vault in southern Austria, police say.

A Syrian-born arms dealer is convicted by a US court of conspiring to sell weapons to left-wing Colombian rebels.

Polish researchers say they have solved an ancient mystery and identified the remains of astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus.

Underwear model Karolina Kurkova has no belly button. Is a barely-there navel for cosmetic or medical reasons?