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BBC News reports here: An early clinical trial of a hepatitis C vaccine has shown “promising” results, according to researchers at Oxford University.

CNN’s Richard Quest talks to economist Holger Schmieding about the world economy in 2012.

BBC News reports here:  Eating a diet rich in vitamins and fish may protect the brain from ageing while trans fats have the opposite effect, research suggests.

BBC News reports here: European leaders, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, warn of more hardship and sacrifices in 2012 as the eurozone wrestles with a debt crisis.

The Ultra-Orthodox in Israel, Spiegel Online reports here: Ultra-Orthodox Jewish groups in Israel would like to see gender separation in public, and some have stooped to harassing women — and even children — to get their way. With thousands of Israelis protesting against the growing influence of the super-religious, the rift in Israeli society is getting deeper.

BBC News reports here: The US has rejected comments by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, in which he questioned whether the US might be responsible for cancers affecting Latin American leaders.

BBC News reports here: Uruguayan senators vote to decriminalise abortion in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy, with the lower house set to debate the bill next year.

BBC News reports here: Pope Benedict XVI attacks the commercialisation of Christmas as he holds the traditional Christmas Eve Mass at St Peter’s Basilica in Rome.

BBC News reports here: France recommends that 30,000 women have faulty breast implants removed as a precaution – while the UK rules out routine removal.

And here from CNN: France to pay for breast implant removal