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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.

Police across Australia will launch a huge anti-booze blitz next month as revellers start to head out for Christmas drinks.

Weird weather is rewriting the record books across Australia with the mercury soaring in the east and record rains battering the west.

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After a controversial election, Afghan President Hamid Karzai was sworn in for a second term on Thursday. But with public confidence at an all time low and the US ramping up pressure to rid the country of its corruption, many Afghans are concerned about the future. Duration: 02:15