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• 2013-05-24: Toilet paper shortage ends in Venezuela ("Easier")
• 2013-05-22: Religious intolerance on the rise ("Harder")
• 2013-05-20: China Vice Premier asks tourists to behave ("Easier")
• 2013-05-18: Sad music helps mend broken hearts ("Harder")
• 2013-05-16: United Nations asks us to eat insects ("Easier")
• 2013-05-14: New coronavirus can spread among humans ("Harder")
• 2013-05-12: Carbon dioxide at record high level ("Easier")
• 2013-05-10: Sir Alex Ferguson retires as Manchester United coach ("Harder")
• 2013-05-08: Quarter of Brits walk an hour a week ("Easier")
• 2013-05-06: Survey reveals management pet hates ("Harder")
• 2013-05-04: Mount Fuji to be World Heritage site ("Easier")
• 2013-05-02: Eye-tracking software will look at you shop ("Harder")
• 2013-04-30: Menu shows exercise needed to lose weight ("Easier")
• 2013-04-28: Thousands protest Bangladesh deaths ("Harder")
• 2013-04-26: Angry teachers in Mexico go on a riot ("Easier")
• 2013-04-24: Economic woes shrink Spain's population ("Harder")
• 2013-04-22: Boston bombings: Czech Republic is not Chechnya ("Easier")
• 2013-04-20: First woman to conduct oldest music festival ("Harder")
• 2013-04-18: Owning a car costs $9,000 a year ("Easier")
• 2013-04-16: Global military spending falls ("Harder")
• 2013-04-14: China teen makes history at U.S. Masters ("Easier")
• 2013-04-12: Pass-thoughts to replace passwords ("Harder")
• 2013-04-10: Margaret Thatcher dies, aged 87 ("Easier")
• 2013-04-08: Scientists say they can read dreams ("Harder")
• 2013-04-06: U.K. now has 7 social classes ("Easier")
• 2013-04-04: Airline to charge passengers by weight ("Harder")
• 2013-04-02: Private newspapers return to Burma ("Easier")
• 2013-03-31: The Louvre is most visited art gallery ("Harder")
• 2013-03-29: Pesticides stop bees learning ("Easier")
• 2013-03-27: Teenager makes millions with news app ("Harder")
• 2013-03-25: Children worrying about their body image ("Easier")
• 2013-03-23: South Korea 'bans' miniskirts ("Harder")
• 2013-03-21: Star Wars Jedi Knights to perform marriages ("Easier")
• 2013-03-19: Soccer player banned for life for Nazi salute ("Harder")
• 2013-03-17: Study shows money makes us worry ("Easier")
• 2013-03-15: Catholic Church chooses Argentinian Pope ("Harder")
• 2013-03-13: EU bans sale of all animal-tested cosmetics ("Easier")
• 2013-03-11: Cash rewards help people lose weight ("Harder")
• 2013-03-09: N. Korea angry after U.N. penalties ("Easier")
• 2013-03-07: Venezuela's Hugo Chavez dies at 58 ("Harder")
• 2013-03-05: Cycling is bad for the environment ("Easier")
• 2013-03-03: Asia has most of the world's billionaires ("Harder")
• 2013-03-01: Technology superstars ask kids to code ("Easier")
• 2013-02-27: Daniel Day-Lewis wins record third Oscar ("Harder")
• 2013-02-25: Speaking English may make you poorer ("Easier")
• 2013-02-23: Women talk three times more than men ("Harder")
• 2013-02-21: City living makes it harder to concentrate ("Easier")
• 2013-02-19: Gunmen kidnap eight foreigners in Nigeria ("Harder")
• 2013-02-17: Meteorite hits Russia, thousands injured ("Easier")
• 2013-02-15: EU and US free trade talks launched ("Harder")
• 2013-02-13: Pope Benedict XVI resigns ("Easier")
• 2013-02-11: 30 million bathe in Ganges for Kumbh Mela ("Harder")
• 2013-02-09: Vietnam preparing for lunar new year ("Easier")
• 2013-02-07: Internet safety lessons for 5-year-olds ("Harder")
• 2013-02-05: French warplanes attack rebels in N. Mali ("Easier")
• 2013-02-03: Brazil still in shock after nightclub inferno ("Harder")
• 2013-02-01: Japan judo coach bullied female stars ("Easier")
• 2013-01-30: France shuns use of Twitter's "hashtag" ("Harder")
• 2013-01-28: Fashion brand makes perfume for babies ("Easier")
• 2013-01-26: U.S. allows women to fight in wars ("Harder")
• 2013-01-24: Gambia introduces 3-day weekend ("Easier")
• 2013-01-22: Girls and women worst hit by recession ("Harder")
• 2013-01-20: Bolshoi Ballet director in acid attack ("Easier")
• 2013-01-18: Boeing Dreamliners grounded worldwide ("Harder")
• 2013-01-16: Celebrity deaths increase suicide in Korea ("Easier")
• 2013-01-14: Secrecy behind David Bowie's new album ("Harder")
• 2013-01-12: Google boss tells N. Korea to use Internet ("Easier")
• 2013-01-10: Digital fork helps you lose weight ("Harder")
• 2013-01-08: Toyota shows video of driverless car ("Easier")
• 2013-01-06: Thousands marry on "Love You Forever Day" ("Harder")
• 2013-01-04: U.S. town bans small bottles of water ("Easier")
• 2013-01-02: 2013 to be great for English students ("Harder")
• 2012-12-31: Law says visit old relatives or pay a fine ("Easier")
• 2012-12-29: UAE gas station strips & fires worker over $2 tip ("Harder")
• 2012-12-27: China opens world's longest high-speed railway ("Easier")
• 2012-12-25: Santa makes changes for reindeer and elves ("Harder")
• 2012-12-23: American man travels a million miles in 2012 ("Easier")
• 2012-12-21: Earliest recordings of family Christmas found ("Harder")
• 2012-12-19: Will the world end on Friday? ("Easier")
• 2012-12-17: U.S. gun association silent on Newtown massacre ("Harder")
• 2012-12-15: South America soccer title won after riot ("Easier")
• 2012-12-13: Sitar legend Ravi Shankar dies ("Harder")
• 2012-12-11: India's national anthem world record bid ("Easier")
• 2012-12-09: Swaziland urges "witch doctor" tax ("Harder")
• 2012-12-07: Having children makes women live longer ("Easier")
• 2012-12-05: Text messaging turns 20 ("Harder")
• 2012-12-03: Bread that stays fresh for 60 days ("Easier")
• 2012-12-01: U.N. makes landmark decision on Palestine ("Harder")
• 2012-11-29: Finland has world's best education system ("Easier")
• 2012-11-27: Gangnam Style most-watched YouTube video ("Harder")
• 2012-11-25: Gamer beats soccer star to manager's job ("Easier")
• 2012-11-23: Most divorces due to household chores ("Harder")
• 2012-11-21: World's children care most about education ("Easier")
• 2012-11-19: Israel-Gaza conflict intensifies ("Harder")
• 2012-11-17: IKEA 'deeply regrets' forced prison labour ("Easier")
• 2012-11-15: "Omnishambles" is Word Of The Year ("Harder")
• 2012-11-13: Bamboo shortage a risk to pandas ("Easier")
• 2012-11-11: "Toilet theme park" opens in S. Korea ("Harder")
• 2012-11-09: China's leadership change begins ("Easier")
• 2012-11-08: America re-elects President Barack Obama ("Harder")
• 2012-11-07: European Union wastes billions of euros ("Easier")
• 2012-11-05: Moscow to get English radio station ("Harder")
• 2012-11-03: The elephant that can speak Korean ("Easier")
• 2012-11-01: Sandy asks new climate change questions ("Harder")

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