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Monday, 5 January

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Hundreds of police officers turn their backs on the mayor of New York at the funeral of the second of two officers shot dead last month.

Asia Pacific

A Pakistani soldier stands near the debris of a house which was destroyed during a military operation against Taliban militants in the town of Miranshah in North Waziristan in 9 July 2014

'US drone' kills Pakistan militants

A US drone strike near the Afghan border has killed at least six militants, security officials in Pakistan say, as they pursue their own offensive.

 

Business

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Draghi comments send euro lower

The value of the euro falls to its lowest level since the middle of 2010, following comments from Mario Draghi, the president of the European Central Bank.

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Could 'salt potatoes' create revolution

A team of researchers in the Netherlands has discovered that potatoes can grow in earth fed by salty sea water prompting hopes that previously unusable land could be used for agriculture.

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Time travel

Timeline of the far future

What do we expect will happen in one thousand years time? Or one million years? Or even one billion? As BBC Future's amazing timeline shows, there may be trouble ahead.

obscure world records

Tree

The world's new tallest tree?

Tasmania's giant ash trees are usually cut down in their prime. If conditions improve, might they one day beat out the redwoods in the US?

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The Gulf state of Oman grants faiths other than Islam a surprising amount of freedom

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