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IBTimes UK looks at child marriage on International Day for the Abolition of Slavery 2014.

On 2 December, it is the United Nations International Day for the Abolition of Slavery.

Jody Lee Hunt, 39, hunted by police after ex-partner and three others shot dead

Erdogan: There's no 'your terrorist' and 'my terrorist', 'we have a common stance [with Russia]' on Isis.

Lauten: 'After many hours of prayer, talking to my parents, I can see just how hurtful my words were.'

Obama wants cops to wear body cameras to minimise chances of "another Michael Brown"

Australian state considers using hatches to allow parents to abandon newborns 'without fear of prosecution'.

Neo-nazi Mimmo Hammer has alleged links to powerful local 'Ndrangheta boss.

Tycoon started paying for poor girls' weddings when colleague died before marrying off daughters

Carl Pistorius lifts lid on how Blade Runner is surviving in prison.

The world's worst ever industrial disaster took place 30 years ago in Bhopal, India.

Ebola response team leader says two out of three countries worst affected are treating 70% of patients.

Bahraini activist accused of assaulting a policewoman boycotted 'unfair' trial.

Israeli leader's ratings slide to 38% as fourth term becomes more and more unlikely.

Everyday Sexism founder Laura Bates talks about her book, feminism and trolling online.

The Bhopal gas tragedy on 2 December 1984 led to the deaths of 25,000 people.

Kim Kyung Hee suffered stroke during heated row over Jang Song Thaek.

Support for the Occupy Central movement and its offshoots is widely reported to be less than 20 per cent and there is no doubt that the disruption has caused very serious economic damage

Survey shows modern Germans are reluctant to turn 'informer' and blow the whistle at work due to memories of Gestapo repression.

Reports stored by England's failed bid alleged Platini was lavished with a Picasso painting.

Islamic State target authorities in al-Waleed town, killing 16 and wounding five more.

Photos of a private HIV hospice set up by a member of Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition NLD party.

Student who travelled to Iraq to join insurgence repatriates claims there is no holy war.

Israeli authorities launch search for suspect after incident near settlement of Alon in West Bank.

Twitter account apparently run by Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev broke story.

Thousands express outrage as country legalises gay unions

Cameron's mismanagement of the immigration issue has thrust EU relations further into the spotlight.

Kudimov was expelled from Britain for espionage in 1985 and was chairman of Alexander Lebedev's National Reserve Bank

Thousands of soldiers who are missing, dead or non-existent are on payroll, reveals Iraqi PM Haider al-Abadi.