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Japan's cabinet approves a joint missile defence programme with the US, as concerns about N Korea grow.
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India recall former captain Sourav Ganguly to the squad to tour Pakistan next month.
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Authorities have secretly been monitoring radiation levels at Muslim sites in the US, the government confirms.
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The Indian state of Maharashtra is to create 100 new villages to rehabilitate floods victims.
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Thick fog in the Indian capital, Delhi, delays flights and trains affecting thousands of holidaymakers.
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On the edge of the Arctic Circle, Emma Simpson braves freezing temperatures to visit the Russian gas workers keeping Europe warm.
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All 23 passengers and crew are thought to have died when an Azerbaijan Airlines plane crashed after take off.
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The family of Iraq hostage Norman Kember are making a new plea for his release in radio and newspaper adverts.
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Ratko Mladic and Radovan Karadzic's freedom is an obstacle to Bosnia, the UN High Representative says.
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Digs in Mauritius unearth a huge haul of well-preserved dodo bones, raising hopes of understanding the extinct bird.
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Documentary film March of The Penguins is branded a "moment of significance" by a US movie body.
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Egyptian opposition leader Ayman Nour receives a five-year jail term after being found guilty of fraud.
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The UK's third richest man the Duke of Westminster adds two Paris flea markets to his portfolio.
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Iraq's main Shia coalition party calls on Sunni Arabs to end demands for a re-run of the parliamentary poll.
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Ceremonies in memory of the tens of thousands of victims of last year's tsunami begin in Thailand.
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An operation involving UN and Congolese troops captures a key rebel town in eastern DR Congo, the UN says.
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Singer Mariah Carey has this year's American Christmas number one single, the 17th of her career.
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The oil giant Shell is facing contempt of court litigation as a result of flaring gas from its Nigerian oil wells.
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The US, a key ally of Egypt, demands the release of an opposition leader hours after he is jailed.
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A meeting between foreign backers of Sri Lanka's peace process and rebel leaders ends with no breakthrough.
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Remembrance services for UK victims of last year's Boxing Day tsunami have been held in Phuket, Thailand.
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Twenty-seven people are feared dead in northern China after a bus plunges into the Yellow River.
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A new message said to be from Bin Laden's deputy claims the Taleban still control large parts of Afghanistan.
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Israel's top Roman Catholic says Bethlehem has become a prison since the erection of Israel's West Bank barrier.
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