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Mayan calendar is believed to predict the end of the world on 21 December, 2012. So how real is Doomsday?

German development minister Dirk Niebel says debt relief delayed till democracy gets back on track.

Tired of turkey? Give your Christmas lunch an exotic twist this year with some IBTimes UK inspiration.

Iran angry over deployment of Patriot missiles on Turkey-Syria border.

Nancy Lanza's sister-in-law says mother of gunman who carried out America's worst school massacre was preparing for disaster.

Hundreds of people gathered at central Syntagma Square in Athens to protest against the wave of racism in Greece

After Japan's LDP party won the Japanese elections by a landslide, the next Prime Minister if the country Shinzo Abe has vowed to take a hard line with China over current territorial disputes.

Abe, considered a hawk on China, says he will 'stop challenge'.

Girls aged between nine and 13 killed while collecting firewood.

US President Barack Obama visited the grieving relatives of the 26 people killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School last Friday, saying that more must be done to prevent such tragedies happening in the future.

Obama says America must 'change' to protect its children but refuses to address gun control debate.

Deflation, rising currency and perceived threats to national security have driven disillusioned voters to the conservative LDP.

Celebrities express support for grieving families and friends of the Connecticut school massacre victims.

Taliban claims responsibility for suicide and rocket attack on airport in Peshawar, northwest Pakistan.

Peter Lanza is an employee of the General Electric

All victims were shot multiple times and rifle was main weapon, leaving wounds described as 'the worst ever seen'.

The gunman has forced his way to the school and not voluntarily let in, say the police.

The family of Jacintha Saldanha, the nurse who took her own life after falling victim to a telephone hoax, remembers a 'kind-hearted, generous' woman.

Investigators examine computer and phone records of Adam Lanza's brother for any clue to motive.

Second round of polling on 22 December

Gunman killed his mother at home before heading to school

Shockwave from incident spreads across the United States and the world.

Latest tragedy revives gun control debate as hope hinges on Obama.

President expresses profound grief over school slaughter and promises action to prevent similar tragedies.

Police said that many of the shootings took place in a kindergarten classroom.The gunman is reported dead.

Gunmen, children and principal among 27 feared dead in 'shooting spree' at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

Sandy Hook School scene of number of injuries in shooting spree as neighbouring schools go in to lockdown.

BREAKING: Head of ultranationalist Yisrael Beiteinu party to stand down before elections.

North Korea leader appears ecstatic after successul mission to send Unha-3 rocket into space.