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Cuba, 
United StatesCuban officials tell visiting US congressmen that ailing leader Fidel Castro does not have a terminal illness.
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United KingdomAustralia regain the Ashes after bowling England out for 350 on the final day of the third Test in Perth.
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IraqThe International Red Cross calls for the release of 20 aid workers, seized from the Red Crescent's Baghdad offices.
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Iraq, United StatesFormer US Secretary of State Colin Powell says overstretched US troops are losing the conflict in Iraq.
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PeruFive policeman and two state coca workers are killed in an ambush in the coca-growing region of Peru.
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United KingdomAustralia recapture the Ashes after a 206-run win over England in the Perth Test.
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IndiaThe Indian army says one soldier has shot himself dead in Indian-administered Kashmir.
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IndiaA court in India acquits railway minister Laloo Prasad Yadav in a long-running corruption case.
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United Arab EmiratesThe second stage of voting begins in the UAE, where less than 1% of the population are allowed to vote.
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ArubaThirteen men appear in a Melbourne court to deny charges they helped plot an attack on Australian soil.
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Italy, United StatesItaly's ex-PM Silvio Berlusconi has gone to the US for medical tests, after collapsing last month.
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NigeriaNigeria's governing party chooses a little known Muslim governor as its candidate for next April's polls.
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NorwayNorwegian energy giants Statoil and Norsk Hydro unveil plans to merge their offshore oil and natural gas operations.
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KenyaThree people die and at least four are wounded in clashes involving police in Kenya's largest slum.
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Japan, United StatesA senior Japanese politician says the US atomic bombing of Nagasaki in 1945 was inexcusable and a crime.
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BelarusRussia and Belarus are no closer to resolving a dispute over demands that the latter pays more for gas imports.
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VietnamVietnam marks the 20th anniversary of the Communist Party's decision to gradually abandon state socialism.
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SudanFormer foreign ministers call for tough sanctions on Sudan unless it accepts international peacekeepers.
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IraqEx-Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein appears in court as his genocide trial over the killing of Kurds resumes.
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North Korea, United StatesNorth Korea will not halt its nuclear programme unless UN sanctions are lifted, it tells key six-nation talks.
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Israel, United KingdomPalestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas tells British PM Tony Blair he will push ahead with early elections.
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IndiaOil firm Cairn Energy says the flotation of its Indian business next year will raise about £666m.
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IraqThe Iraqi Red Crescent suspends operations in Baghdad a day after almost 30 people are kidnapped.
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IndiaA top Indian woman athlete who won a silver medal at a recent regional championship fails a gender test.
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NigeriaNigeria's main opposition party meets to choose its candidate to challenge the PDP's Umara Yar'Adua in April's polls.
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United StatesRobert Gates is sworn in as US defence secretary in a private event at the White House.
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HaitiThe UN appeals for $98m (£50.26m) to help Haiti recover from years of turmoil and meet humanitarian needs.
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RussiaShell's boss will have talks in Moscow with Russia's energy minister over the $22bn Sakhalin-2 energy project.
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UgandaUganda's army and LRA rebels sign a new ceasefire extension deal, boosting the peace process in the north.
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ArgentinaUruguay accuses Argentina of turning a blind eye to protests over a planned pulp mill which are "strangling" its economy.
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BahrainOne of the most prominent Shia clerics in Bahrain, Abdul Amir al-Jamri, dies at the age of 69.
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IranPartial results from key polls in Iran suggest a setback for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
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IndiaThe son of a governing party politician in India is convicted of murdering a model in a case which sparked outrage.
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Russia, United KingdomBritish detectives investigating the murder of ex-KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko are said to be preparing to leave Moscow.
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BotswanaBotswana's government will not appeal against a court ruling allowing bushmen to return to the Kalahari desert.
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Iran, United StatesIran is to move its foreign currency reserves from dollars to euros as the US continues to press for sanctions against Tehran.
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RomaniaUp to two million people were killed or persecuted by the communists in Romania, an official report says.
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India, United StatesPresident Bush signs into law a historic agreement allowing the US to export civilian nuclear fuel to India.
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SomaliaBoth sides in the Somali conflict play down the significance of a deadline by Islamists for an attack.
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IraqA former Iraqi cabinet minister escapes from a prison where he was serving a two-year sentence for corruption.
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FranceFrench authorities say they cannot rule out bird flu as they test samples from 4,000 chickens that died on a farm.
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ItalyItaly's World Cup-winning captain Fabio Cannavaro is named Fifa World Player of the Year.
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GermanyThe German Opera's controversial production of Mozart's Idomeneo goes ahead despite protest fears.
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MexicoMexican police say they have captured a high-profile drugs lord - Ugly Poncho - in the western state of Michoacan.
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United StatesJoseph Barbera, one half of the team that created The Flintstones and Scooby-Doo cartoons, dies, aged 95.
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