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NigeriaNigeria's main opposition party selects a former military ruler as its candidate in April's polls.
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LibyaA Libyan court is to deliver its verdict in the retrial of six foreign medics accused of infecting children with HIV.
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VenezuelaVenezuelan President Hugo Chavez wants to merge his coalition partners into a single party.
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North Korea, 
United StatesThere was no progress on the first day of talks on North Korea's nuclear programme, the US chief negotiator says.
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United StatesRobert Gates warns that failure in Iraq would be a "calamity" as he is sworn in as the new US defence chief.
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AustraliaAustralia stick with the same squad for the fourth Ashes Test, with Glenn McGrath saying a 5-0 sweep would be a "fitting result".
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ChinaChina's Guangzhou city may limit migrant workers because of "social problems" they bring, state media said.
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JapanThe Bank of Japan keeps interest rates on hold at 0.25%, after weak consumption and prices data.
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PeruPeru's president urges MPs to impose the death penalty, after an attack by suspected rebels kills eight people.
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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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LibyaSix foreign medics are sentenced to death in Libya for deliberately infecting hundreds of children with HIV.
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SpainEfforts are being made to help up to 100,000 passengers stranded by the collapse of budget Spanish airline Air Madrid.
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IndiaIndia's economy grew at an annual rate of 9.1% in the six months to September, the government says.
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Senegal, SpainAt least 100 people are feared drowned trying to reach Spain's Canary Islands from Senegal in a boat.
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IndiaA court in India extends Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt's bail by two days.
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LibyaSix foreign medics are sentenced to death in Libya for deliberately infecting hundreds of children with HIV.
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TurkeyTurkish author Ipek Calislar is acquitted of insulting modern Turkey's founder, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.
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Gaza StripNew clashes in Gaza between Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah put more pressure on a fragile truce.
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AustriaThe Austrian teenager kidnapped and held captive for eight years says she is struggling to adjust to her new life.
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IraqAttacks against troops and civilians in Iraq are at their highest level since 2004, a Pentagon report says.
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ChadAlmost 40 people are killed after a Janjaweed raid in eastern Chad in the past few days, say officials.
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IndiaOfficials in India's Andhra Pradesh state say an HIV test will soon be compulsory before marriage.
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KyrgyzstanKyrgyz President Bakiyev accepts his government's resignation, paving the way for parliamentary elections.
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KenyaUp to 30% of girls in some tourist resorts in Kenya are involved in the sex industry, a UN report says.
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NigeriaNigeria's president denies claims by his deputy that he awarded contracts to his favourite aides and ministers.
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LibyaSix foreign medics are sentenced to death in Libya for deliberately infecting hundreds of children with HIV.
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ThailandThailand looks again at measures to prevent rises in the value of the baht after stocks plunge.
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Sri LankaTamil Tiger rebels in Sri Lanka admit kidnapping at least 21 students in the east of the country.
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KuwaitKuwait's parliament rejects a bill that would have seen the government write off its citizens' private debts.
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FranceExperts say asphyxiation probably caused the deaths of 4,000 chickens at a farm in north-eastern France.
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Afghanistan, 
PakistanPresident Karzai's office in Afghanistan says a Pakistani spy who worked with al-Qaeda has been arrested.
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Canada, United StatesCarbon monoxide fumes kill eight people in the US and Canada after a storm leaves thousands without power.
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Sri LankaSri Lankan tea unions call off a two week strike which officials say brought the industry to a virtual standstill.
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LibyaLibya rejects criticism over death sentences passed on a group of foreign medics for infecting children with HIV.
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United StatesDonald Trump allows Miss USA to keep her title despite a series of accusations about her private life.
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ZimbabweLiving conditions in Zimbabwe will worsen unless the government takes urgent action to stabilise the economy, the IMF says.
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BelgiumEU officials table a compromise to cut cod catches by 25% but allow boats to spend longer at sea.
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RussiaThree more people test positive for the substance said to have killed ex-Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko.
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IraqOutgoing UN chief Kofi Annan says the death of his envoy to Iraq hit him almost as much as the loss of his twin sister.
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ColombiaColombian right-wing paramilitary commander Salvatore Mancuso testifies before a special tribunal.
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ChileA group of right-wing politicians in Chile proposes building monuments to former leader Augusto Pinochet.
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NepalNepal's Maoist rebels call a two-day strike for the end of the year in protest at key government appointments.
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United StatesDelta Air Lines officially rejects an $8bn (£4.05bn) merger with US Airways proposed last month.
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