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Appeal over 'Australian Taleban'

Tuesday 27th of December 2005, 0:28
related countries: Aruba Aruba, United Kingdom United Kingdom

Whitehall appeals against a ruling that an Australian imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay is a UK citizen.
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Attacks across Iraq leave 22 dead

Tuesday 27th of December 2005, 0:51
related countries: Iraq Iraq

Twenty-one Iraqis and a US soldier die in one of the deadliest days of violence in Iraq since the election.
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Israel fires missiles into Gaza

Tuesday 27th of December 2005, 1:39
related countries: Israel Israel, Gaza Strip Gaza Strip

Israel fires at least two missiles at targets in the Gaza Strip as it enforces a new buffer zone against militants.
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Philippines to lay US rape charge

Tuesday 27th of December 2005, 4:53
related countries: Philippines Philippines, United States United States

Philippine prosecutors are to file rape charges against four US marines over an alleged assault on a woman.
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China arrests owners of blaze bar

Tuesday 27th of December 2005, 5:32
related countries: China China
related places: Zhongshan

Four brothers who owned a bar in the Chinese city of Zhongshan where a fire killed 26 people are arrested.
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Greek newspaper names 'MI6 chief'

Tuesday 27th of December 2005, 6:17
related countries: Greece Greece, United Kingdom United Kingdom

A Greek newspaper has named what it says is a British spy chief involved in the 'abduction' of 28 Pakistanis.
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Cricket: Hussey boosts Australia

Tuesday 27th of December 2005, 7:15
related countries: Australia Australia

South Africa end day two of the second Test on 169-2 after Mike Hussey's 122 helps Australia to 355.
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Sri Lanka leader to visit India

Tuesday 27th of December 2005, 7:26
related countries: India India, Sri Lanka Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse is due in India on his first visit abroad since his election.
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Serbia 'cannot locate' fugitive

Tuesday 27th of December 2005, 7:43
related countries: Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro

Serbia denies reports the government knows the whereabouts of leading war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic.
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Kenya Christmas attack kills six

Tuesday 27th of December 2005, 8:05
related countries: Kenya Kenya

Six people die in a shooting at a Christmas party over the weekend in western Kenya.
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UN pursuing rebels in DR Congo

Tuesday 27th of December 2005, 8:47
related countries: Uganda Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo

Fighting continues in the east of DR Congo as the UN says its troops have Ugandan rebels on the run.
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UK soldier injured in Afghanistan

Tuesday 27th of December 2005, 8:56
related countries: Afghanistan Afghanistan, United Kingdom United Kingdom

A British soldier is one of two peacekeepers hurt by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan.
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Japan backs gender equality plan

Tuesday 27th of December 2005, 9:29
related countries: Japan Japan

Japan approves a strategy to put more women in leadership positions, amid a rapidly declining birth rate.
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Ugandan civilians killed by army

Tuesday 27th of December 2005, 9:53
related countries: Uganda Uganda

The Ugandan army kills civilians in a camp where they were sheltering from LRA rebel attacks.
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Kuwait sentences 'al-Qaeda' group

Tuesday 27th of December 2005, 10:01
related countries: Kuwait Kuwait

Six suspected militants from a group linked to the al-Qaeda are sentenced to death by a court in Kuwait.
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Nepal pledges polls will go ahead

Tuesday 27th of December 2005, 10:04
related countries: Nepal Nepal

Nepal says security is in place for February's municipal polls and they will go ahead despite calls for a boycott.
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Teenage girl shot dead in Toronto

Tuesday 27th of December 2005, 10:04
related countries: Canada Canada
related places: Toronto

A teenage girl is killed and six other people injured in a shooting on a busy shopping street in Toronto, Canada.
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Train death toll rises in Japan

Tuesday 27th of December 2005, 10:47
related countries: Japan Japan

The death toll in Japan's weekend train crash rises to five, as rescuers recover another body.
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Aceh rebels disband armed units

Tuesday 27th of December 2005, 11:10
related countries: Indonesia Indonesia

Rebels in the Indonesian province of Aceh disband their armed wing, in line with a peace deal.
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Mass grave unearthed in Iraq city

Tuesday 27th of December 2005, 11:35
related countries: Iraq Iraq
related places: Karbala'

The bodies of suspected Shia rebels killed by Saddam Hussein are found in a mass grave, Iraqi police say.
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Advani BJP role-switch confirmed

Tuesday 27th of December 2005, 12:19
related countries: India India

LK Advani will formally step down as president of India's main opposition BJP on Saturday.
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'Mass grave' unearthed in Gujarat

Tuesday 27th of December 2005, 12:51
related countries: India India
related places: Gujarat

Remains of what are said to be Muslim victims of 2002's religious riots are found in India's Gujarat state.
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Media magnate Kerry Packer dies

Tuesday 27th of December 2005, 12:59
related countries: Aruba Aruba

Kerry Packer, the Australian tycoon who transformed cricket in the 1970s, dies aged 68.
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'Syrian held' over Beirut bombing

Tuesday 27th of December 2005, 13:30
related countries: Syria Syria, Lebanon Lebanon
related places: Beirut

Lebanon arrests a Syrian suspect in the killing of newspaper owner Gibran Tueni, judicial sources say.
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Arabs inaugurate new parliament

Tuesday 27th of December 2005, 14:29
related countries: Egypt Egypt
related places: Cairo

Egypt's President Mubarak addresses the new Arab parliament at its first meeting in Cairo.
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Life term for China land minister

Tuesday 27th of December 2005, 15:06
related countries: China China

A former China government minister is jailed for life for taking more than half a million dollars in bribes.
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Graz erases Schwarzenegger

Tuesday 27th of December 2005, 15:24
related countries: Austria Austria, United States United States

Arnold Schwarzenegger's name is deleted from his Austrian hometown's websites in a spat over the US death penalty.
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China releases village activist

Tuesday 27th of December 2005, 16:08
related countries: China China

China releases a village activist held for three months, in what is seen as an unusual concession to protesters.
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Soldiers killed in Jaffna attack

Tuesday 27th of December 2005, 16:41
related countries: Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
related places: Jaffna

At least 11 soldiers are killed in northern Sri Lanka in a landmine attack, military officials say.
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Saudi militant 'held' after clash

Tuesday 27th of December 2005, 16:41
related countries: Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia

One of Saudi Arabia's top militant suspects is captured after clashes in which five police die, the authorities say.
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Train kills two on Lapland safari

Tuesday 27th of December 2005, 17:18
related countries: Finland Finland
related places: Lapland

A train in northern Finland hits a dog sleigh at a level crossing, killing two young Italians.
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Euro MP faces Turkey insult probe

Tuesday 27th of December 2005, 18:11
related countries: Turkey Turkey

Prosecutors launch an inquiry into whether an EU lawmaker should stand trial for insulting Turkish armed forces.
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Hundreds hostage at Brazil jail

Tuesday 27th of December 2005, 18:17
related countries: Botswana Botswana

Some 200 hostages remain in the hands of inmates who seized control of a jail in Brazil on Christmas Day.
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German held over 'Chile torture'

Tuesday 27th of December 2005, 18:23
related countries: Chile Chile, Germany Germany

A German doctor is in custody after allegedly admitting she tortured at a secretive religious colony in Chile.
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Russia-Ukraine gas row heats up

Tuesday 27th of December 2005, 18:42
related countries: Ukraine Ukraine, Russia Russia

New talks are scheduled as Ukraine seeks a deal on gas prices amid a worsening row with Russia.
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Colombia rebels kill 24 soldiers

Tuesday 27th of December 2005, 19:42
related countries: Colombia Colombia

Suspected left-wing rebels ambush and kill 24 soldiers guarding coca destruction efforts in south Colombia.
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Senator criticises Saddam trial

Tuesday 27th of December 2005, 20:49
related countries: United States United States

A top US senator criticises the handling of Saddam Hussein's trial ahead of a meeting with its chief judge.
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Putin aide resigns over policies

Tuesday 27th of December 2005, 21:19
related countries: Russia Russia

The Kremlin accepts the resignation of President Putin's economic adviser in protest at curbs on freedom.
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Maradona declines comeback

Tuesday 27th of December 2005, 22:09
related countries: Argentina Argentina

Diego Maradona says he will not make a comeback with Argentine fourth division side Excursionistas.
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Poland postpones Iraq withdrawal

Tuesday 27th of December 2005, 22:43
related countries: Iraq Iraq, Poland Poland

Poland plans to keep its troops in Iraq until the end of 2006, reversing earlier withdrawal plans.
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Greek MPs press 'abductions' case

Tuesday 27th of December 2005, 23:32
related countries: Greece Greece, Pakistan Pakistan

Opposition MPs in Greece seek more information over claims Pakistani migrants were abducted by agents.
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