South Africa: ANC 'decides Zuma must go'
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Today's Headlines February 13
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South Africa: ANC 'decides Zuma must go'
Jacob Zuma is refusing to resign so his party has decided to issue a formal demand, reports say.
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Winter Olympics: Kim Jong-un thanks South Korea for 'impressive' effort
The North Korean leader also called for further "livening up" of the relationship with the South.
Commonwealth in secret succession plans
The Commonwealth is beginning to decide who might succeed the Queen as head of the organisation.
'They were sexually exploiting the locals'
A former Oxfam employee says she told managers about alleged abuses in Haiti between 2009 and 2012.
 
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In search of surrogates, foreign couples descend on Ukraine
Demand for surrogacy in Ukraine, one of Europe's poorest nations, is soaring. But what happens to the women involved?
Sport
Conte praises fans after Chelsea win eases pressure
Eden Hazard scores twice as Chelsea return to winning ways against bottom club West Brom to help ease the pressure on boss Antonio Conte.
Winter Olympics: Japan's Kei Saito given first doping ban in Pyeongchang
Japanese speed skater Kei Saito becomes the first athlete to be excluded from the 2018 Winter Olympics for a doping violation.
Russia whistleblower says his life is in jeopardy
The whistleblower who made allegations of Russian state-sponsored doping says his "life is in jeopardy".
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Tracking down India's killer dogs
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Oxfam sex claims: Employees 'exploited locals sexually'
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Tunisia: How are they dealing with terror?
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Barack and Michelle Obama's portraits unveiled
Magazine
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'I couldn't mourn my grandmother because I had my period'
How a traditional final rites ritual exposed a generational divide.
Business
Amazon plans hundreds of layoffs
The e-commerce giant has grown rapidly in recent years but is now closing posts in Seattle and worldwide.
Island tax haven firms own 23,000 UK properties
Thousands of properties in England and Wales are owned by firms based in the British Virgin Islands.
 
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Technology
Bitcoin energy use in Iceland set to overtake homes, says local firm
Data centres mining the crypto-currency will use more electricity than homes this year, an energy firm says.
Facebook broke German privacy laws, court rules
A German regional court rules that the social network failed to obtain proper consent to some of its features.
Capital
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The man who ice skates to work
Commuting on a frozen lake when it’s -25C
 
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Why isn’t it illegal to pay women less?
What a tiny Nordic nation can teach the world about gender pay gaps
Culture
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When Nic Cage almost became Superman
No longer able to fly, the Son of Krypton would have had to fight a giant spider
 
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Fifty Shades Freed is a total disaster
‘So unarousing it could be used as therapy in a sex addiction clinic’
Earth
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The world's most extreme dog patrol
The beauty of the Arctic as seen by Greenland's elite dog sled team
 
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The wreck of the Titanic is being eaten
It takes a special kind of species to eat away a giant steel ship
Future
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A lazy way to boost your memory
It’s the perfect technique that requires no effort
 
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A game-changing new wheelchair
A student-led mobility design is breaking down boundaries
Travel
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The giant pasta designed to trick God
It was a clever creation by a Cistercian monk
 
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The tiny town that rewired history
It changed not only the way the world travels, but also the course of history
 
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