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The UN Security Council holds a rare debate on the situation in Burma, in a move prompted by the US.
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The UK prime minister makes a final EU budget offer which cuts Britain's rebate by a further 2.5bn euros (£1.7bn).
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Delegates to world trade talks in Hong Kong are battling to reach some kind of deal, amid EU pessimism.
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Colombian rebel and government officials begin talks in Cuba hosted by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
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Mexico criticises the US over a tough bill on immigration passed by the US House of Representatives.
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At least 41 people have been killed by floods and landslides in central Vietnam in recent weeks, officials say.
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More than 1,500 Australian police patrol beaches around Sydney to try to avert more racial violence.
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South Africa are dismissed for 296 before Australia end day two of the first Test in Perth on 38-1.
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World trade talks fail to reach a deal on a firm date for ending farm subsidies, as protesters clash with police.
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The UK agrees a bigger cut in its rebate to close the deal on the EU's next budget at the Brussels summit.
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Monitors accuse the Tamil Tigers of a "gross violation" of Sri Lanka's ceasefire as the rebels reject a talks offer.
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As the BBC's Caroline Hawley leaves Iraq, she reflects on times of violence, turmoil and - recently - hope.
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There are some signs of liberalisation in a country which bans women drivers, but Saudi Arabia will not transform overnight.
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Unionists in NI call for a public inquiry after an expelled Sinn Fein official admits he was a British agent.
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A human rights group says Morocco's report on 40 years of human rights abuse does not go far enough.
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President Bush denies infringing civil liberties, after claims he authorised bugging in the US without a warrant.
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Andrew Flintoff says England are determined to end their tour of Pakistan and the year on a high note.
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Bangladeshi police say they have seized a large store of bomb-making equipment and arrested four suspected Islamic militants in the city of Rajshahi.
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Russian ex-PM Mikhail Kasyanov fails to win the leadership of a liberal party and accuses the Kremlin of using dirty tricks.
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A leading Sunni politician vows to work towards a government that will protect the rights of all Iraqis.
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Nine hundred anti-WTO protesters are "rounded up" in Hong Kong after the worst unrest there for 16 years.
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Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticises the EU for interfering in the trial of novelist Orhan Pamuk.
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Cypriot President Tassos Papadopoulos criticises Cherie Blair's decision to get involved in a property row.
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The ex-US secretary of state criticises European countries which deny knowledge of rendition of terror suspects.
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Ethiopia's jailed opposition leaders are charged with treason as a UK minister visits to encourage dialogue.
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Jakaya Kikwete of Tanzania's governing party has a huge lead in the race to be the country's next president.
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Libya reschedules a ruling on whether six foreign medics will be put to death for infecting children with HIV.
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