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Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine are holding elections that have been denounced as illegitimate by the West.
BBC News – Europe

Labour in Scotland will pay the price “for a generation” for campaigning with the Conservatives in the independence referendum, Alex Salmond says.
BBC News – UK

The investigation into the Virgin Galactic spacecraft crash in California could take about 12 months, the US transport safety chief says.
BBC News – US & Canada

Opposition parties in Burkina Faso call for a mass rally in protest at the army takeover after the resignation of President Compaore.
BBC News – Africa

As the buzzer sounded to signal the end of the first quarter, something special happened in Chesapeake Energy Arena.
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LOS ANGELES – The odds were stacked against them but the Thunder players on the court did what Head Coach Scott Br
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British banks may have to hold more funds to guard against the risk of a future economic downturn, the Bank of England has proposed.
BBC News – Business

Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters cross the Turkish border to help defend the Syrian town of Kobane from Islamic State militants.
BBC News – Middle East

The Uruguayan government announces the start of registration for licensed cannabis growers as part of its plan to legalise the drug.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The EU is to launch a limited operation in the Mediterranean to help Italy stem the flow of migrants from North Africa.
BBC News – Europe

The use of police cautions – where those who commit minor offences are given a formal warning – is set to be scrapped in England and Wales.
BBC News – UK

At least one person is dead and another injured after Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo space tourism craft crashes in California.
BBC News – US & Canada

Burkina Faso’s President Blaise Compaore resigns following violent protests, with army chief Honore Traore taking over as head of state.
BBC News – Africa

LOS ANGELES – Every game in the NBA is a challenge, but the Thunder kicked the 2014-15 season off with quite a tough tes
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The UK housing market is showing signs of slowing down, the Nationwide says, with the annual rate of price growth slowing to 9% in October.
BBC News – Business

The Palestinian leader’s spokesman calls the closure of a disputed Jerusalem holy site after the shooting of a Jewish activist a “declaration of war”.
BBC News – Middle East

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto meets the families of 43 students who went missing more than a month ago, sparking nationwide protests.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

An investigation begins after France’s state-owned EDF power company says unidentified drones have flown over seven of its nuclear plants.
BBC News – Europe

A Libyan man can sue the UK government over claims he was illegally sent back to Libya and tortured, the Court of Appeal rules.
BBC News – UK

A US nurse who returned from treating patients in Sierra Leone defies a voluntary quarantine order, leaving her house in Maine for a bike ride.
BBC News – US & Canada