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Taiwan elects first female president

Pro-independence opposition candidate Tsai Ing-wen is elected Taiwan's first female president, setting an uncertain course for future relations with China.

• 51 minutes ago
 
• From the sectionAsia

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Burkina Faso hotel siege declared over

At least 23 people of 18 different nationalities are now known to have died after Islamist militants attacked a hotel in Burkina Faso, in West Africa.

• 58 minutes ago
 
• From the sectionAfrica

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Ninety given French problem trial drug

Ninety people took the drug in a clinical trial in France that has left one person brain-dead and another five in hospital, it is revealed.

• 15 January 2016
 
• From the sectionEurope

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Migrant men banned from German pool

• 15 January 2016
• From the sectionEurope

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Iran expects sanctions to be lifted

• 1 hour ago
 
• From the sectionEurope

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Slide in share markets continues

• 15 January 2016
• From the sectionBusiness
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