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A WORLD record price for a bull has been paid by an Eden farmer.

The World Bank should consider appointing a non-American as its next president, a leading voice from the developing world tells the BBC.

London World Cup had real edge as Olympic rehearsal, says BBC pundit

The inaugural edition of India's Premier League Soccer has been postponed because of a lack of venues, organisers told Reuters on Wednesday.

The story behind the winning World Press Photo

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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Austria's Marcel Hirscher seized a narrow lead in the Alpine skiing World Cup standings on Tuesday despite being beaten by final winner Alexis Pinturault in the quarter-finals of the parallel slalom in Moscow.

The deepest-dwelling land animal in the world has been found almost 2 kilometres underground

1 March is World Book Day. Now in it's 15th year, it's time to start planning for the biggest World Book Day celebration yet.

Germany's Olympic giant slalom champion Viktoria Rebensburg will miss this weekend's World Cup races at the Bulgarian resort of Bansko.

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