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IraqSaddam Hussein was attacked by two court clerks while undergoing questioning for his trial, Iraqi television reports.
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Spain, 
United StatesWashington says Madrid raised the issue of secret CIA flights using Spanish airports with US officials.
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ItalyThree Algerians are arrested in Italy, after being found actively planning a terrorist attack, police say.
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South Korea, 
North Korea, United StatesThe US and S Korean leaders call for a Korean peace treaty and say a nuclear-armed North will not be tolerated.
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Afghanistan, United StatesTwo US soldiers charged with assaulting two detainees in Afghanistan will face court martial, the US military says.
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AustraliaAustralia reach 60-0 in the second Test in Hobart after skittling West Indies for 149.
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Cambodia, United StatesNixon told his military leaders to lie to the public about operations in Cambodia, newly released US files show.
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Iraq, United StatesThe US vice-president slams claims the White House misled on Iraq as Democrats question his credibility.
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IsraelIsraeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Labour leader Amir Peretz agree to hold elections early next year.
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PakistanPakistan bowlers Shabbir Ahmed and Shoaib Malik have their actions reported to the ICC.
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TunisiaA $100 wind-up laptop for the world's poorest children makes its debut at the UN internet summit in Tunis.
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IndonesiaA masked man, believed to be wanted militant Noordin Mohammad Top, appears in a video threatening the West.
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Poland, United StatesThe US has held talks with Poland and other countries on setting up a missile defence base in Europe.
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France, 
Algeria, 
United KingdomAn Algerian man, wanted in connection with bombings in Paris, can be extradited to France, a UK court decides.
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Turkey, 
SwitzerlandFifa announces an inquiry into violence at the Switzerland-Turkey World Cup play-off tie.
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ChileChile's former leader, Augusto Pinochet, is fit to stand trial on human rights charges, a prosecutor says.
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FrancePolice in France say "a normal situation" has returned across the country following three weeks of urban rioting.
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Iraq, United StatesA US businessman is charged with fraud relating to contracts for reconstruction in Iraq, the New York Times reports.
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ColombiaColombia's right-wing paramilitaries have agreed to resume disarmament, the interior minister says.
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UgandaThe US calls for a fair and speedy trial for Ugandan opposition leader Dr Kizza Besigye to prevent polls being affected.
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GermanyReferee Robert Hoyzer is sentenced to more than two years in jail for his part in Germany's biggest match-fixing scandal.
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IsraelIsraeli President Moshe Katsav makes the first official visit of any Israeli head of state to the Vatican.
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Israel, 
West BankTwo Palestinian militants die in a suspected Israeli ambush near the West Bank city of Jenin, say witnesses.
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ChileChile's four presidential candidates take part in the final televised debate before the election on 11 December.
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TunisiaThe host of the UN net summit, Tunisia, has come under fire for the way it restricts access to websites.
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Indonesia, 
ChinaIndonesia confirms two more people have died from bird flu, a day after China announced its first human cases.
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United StatesThe US Federal Bureau of Investigation issues a list citing what it calls the top 10 art crimes worldwide.
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ChinaMost Chinese internet users are wary of buying goods online, a survey of Chinese internet habits reveals.
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Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia is criticised by Human Rights Watch for sentencing a teacher to prison and 750 lashes for mocking Islam.
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Portugal, United KingdomEngland's Luke Donald and David Howell fire 59 in the fourballs to lead after round one of the WGC-World Cup in Portugal.
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IraqIraq's interior minister says claims of prisoner abuse are exaggerated, and the problem is not widespread.
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Sri LankaThe votes are counted in Sri Lanka's presidential election marked by a near total boycott in minority Tamil areas.
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ChinaSir Matthew Pinsent says he was disturbed by the treatment of young gymnasts in Beijing ahead of the 2008 Olympics.
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Iraq, United StatesA senior Democrat who backed the Iraq war calls for the immediate pullout of US forces.
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Italy, 
RussiaRussia, Turkey and Italy officially open a major Black Sea gas pipeline after surmounting disputes.
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EgyptEgypt's ruling NDP wins most seats in first-round voting amid surging support for the barred Muslim Brotherhood.
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United StatesA growing number of Americans believe the US "should mind its own business" internationally, a new poll shows.
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NetherlandsA Dutch MP forced into hiding for working with director Theo van Gogh is to make a new film about Islam and homosexuals.
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North KoreaA UN General Assembly panel voices serious concern about alleged human rights abuses in North Korea.
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Austria, United KingdomBritish revisionist historian David Irving is detained in Austria on charges of denying the Nazi Holocaust.
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United StatesAnti-war protester Cindy Sheehan is fined for demonstrating without a permit outside the White House.
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HaitiThe twice-postponed elections in Haiti will be held on 27 December, the interim prime minister announces.
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SudanA special court in Sudan sentences two soldiers to death for torturing and killing a civilian in the Darfur region.
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IraqSome 3,000 foreigners may be fighting in Iraq, a new report says, three times more than previous Pentagon estimates.
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