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Philippines declares state of calamity over Typhoon Haiyan
Philippine President Benigno Aquino has declared a state of national calamity to speed relief efforts for victims of Typhoon Haiyan.
In a statement, he said the two worst affected provinces, Leyte and Samar, had suffered massive destruction and loss of life.
Thousands of survivors are still desperately waiting for the aid effort to reach them.
At least 10,000 people are feared to have been killed.
Tacloban is one of the worst affected cities. The BBC's Jon Donnison, who is there, says there does not yet seem to be an effective operation to get help to those in need.
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UK remembers on Armistice Day
The anniversary of the World War One armistice - signed 95 years ago - has been marked in the UK with a two-minute silence.
Ceremonies have taken place at military bases, town halls, churches, schools, and at the National Memorial Arboretum in Alrewas, Staffordshire.
The Royal British Legion held its own event in London' s Trafalgar Square.
Meanwhile, the Duke of Edinburgh has visited Belgium, scene of some of World War One's deadliest battles.
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John Kerry says Iran backed out of nuclear deal
US Secretary of State John Kerry has said Iran backed out of a deal on its nuclear programme during talks with world powers in Geneva on Saturday.
Amid reports that France's reservations scuppered an agreement, Mr Kerry told reporters in Abu Dhabi: "The French signed off on it; we signed off on it."
Iran had been unable to accept the deal "at that particular moment", he added.
Mr Kerry said he hoped in the next few months they could "find an agreement that meets everyone's standards".
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100 Somalis killed in Puntland
A tropical cyclone that hit the north-eastern Somali region of Puntland over the weekend killed up to 100 people, the regional leader has told the BBC.
Puntland's President Abdirahman Farole said thousands of livestock had also died and hundreds of homes had been destroyed.
The semi-autonomous region was hit by strong winds, heavy rains and flash floods on Saturday and Sunday.
Some fishermen have also been reported missing.
The tropical cyclone, known as 03A, hit the Eyl, Beyla, Dangorayo and Hafun districts along the eastern coast and across to Alula at the tip of the Horn of Africa.
Blown away
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Trade deal resumed between EU and US
The EU and US have begun a second round of negotiations towards creating the world's biggest free-trade deal.
Talks on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) had been set for October, but were postponed because of the US government shutdown.
Relations have become strained after claims that the US listened to German leader Angela Merkel's mobile calls.
US Secretary of State John Kerry last week urged European leaders not to allow the row to disrupt the talks.
Together the US and EU account for about $30 trillion (£18.7tn) of annual output - almost half the world's total.
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Russia jails four over Domodedovo airport bombing of 2011
A Moscow court has given life sentences to three men for a suicide bombing at the Russian capital's Domodedovo international airport, which killed 37 people in January 2011.
The men will be sent to labour camps. A fourth man was jailed for 10 years.
They helped the bomber get to Moscow from the North Caucasus, housed him and gave him explosives, the court ruled.
Chechen warlord Doku Umarov said he had ordered the bombing, carried out by a 20-year-old man from Ingushetia.
Doku Umarov - a fugitive wanted by Russia - runs an Islamist group called the Caucasus Emirate movement.
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French MP is stabbed at Armistice Day event in Provence
An unknown attacker has stabbed a member of France's parliament in a small town near Marseille at an Armistice Day event, French media say.
Bernard Reynes, an MP in the Bouches-de-Rhone region, was attacked in front of the town cemetery in Chateaurenard, of which he is mayor.
Two other politicians were also hurt before the attacker was detained.
Neither the UMP conservative opposition MP nor the others are believed to have life-threatening injuries.
Like other countries, France marked the 95th anniversary of the end of World War One on Monday with solemn commemorations of its war dead.
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Mexico mayor killed for standing up to drugs cartel
Mexico's local authorities' association say a mayor allegedly threatened by drug gangs in the western state of Michoacan has been killed.
Ygnacio Lopez Mendoza, who headed the small town of Santa Ana Maya, was found dead in his car on Thursday.
He had been speaking out about the Knights Templar cartel and had recently ended an 18-day hunger strike demanding more funds for his municipality.
On Twitter, the former President Felipe Calderon demanded a full investigation.
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Syrian National Coalition agrees position on Geneva talks
Syria's main opposition alliance says it will attend planned peace talks, if a number of conditions are met.
After a vote early on Monday, the National Coalition reiterated that President Bashar al-Assad would "have no role in the transitional period".
Before any meeting, relief agencies had to be given access to besieged areas and all detainees, particularly women and children, had to be freed, it said.
The Syrian government has rejected any preconditions for the Geneva talks.
The UN, US and Russia had been trying to convene the meeting by the end of November.
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New type of invisibility cloak designed
A new "broadband" invisibility cloak which hides objects over a wide range of frequencies has been devised.
Despite the hype about Harry Potter-style cloaks, our best current designs can only conceal objects at specific wavelengths of light or microwaves.
At other frequencies, invisibility cloaks actually make things more visible, not less, US physicists found.
Their solution is a new ultrathin, electronic system, which they describe in Physical Review Letters.
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