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United StatesUS President Bush weighs up an increase in the size of the military to deal with the long-term fight against terrorism.
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VietnamVietnam confirms the death of some 6,000 domestic poultry from bird flu, after being free of human cases for a year.
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IndonesiaTen people are crushed to death and dozens injured in a stampede after a concert in Java, Indonesia.
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Fiji, United StatesThe US announces it is suspending economic and military aid to Fiji following the 5 December coup.
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BrazilTwo people are killed and several others are wounded in a prison riot in southern Brazil, officials say.
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IraqA suicide car bomber kills at least 11 people and injures about 30 others in Baghdad, Iraqi officials say.
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IndiaThe son of a governing party politician in India is sentenced to life imprisonment for killing a model.
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ThailandThe Thai stock market gains 10% after investment rules are eased, a day after seeing its worst slump for 16 years.
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RussiaThe world's biggest steelmaker, Arcelor Mittal, buys Mexican steel producer Sicartsa for $1.4bn.
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ChinaChina's new rules on foreign adoptions bars people who are unmarried, over 50 or obese, US agencies say.
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NigeriaA Nigerian court frees leaders of a banned ethnic vigilante group saying it has no jurisdiction to try them.
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IndiaGlobalisation could damage public services in countries like India, a Nobel-prize winning economist warns.
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North Korea, United StatesThe US offers a "concrete proposal" to end North Korea's nuclear plans, South Korea's Yonhap news agency says.
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Italy, United StatesA US clinic says it fitted ex-Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi with a pacemaker and he should be released this week.
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Somalia, 
United KingdomA suspect in a UK police murder case may have fled to Somalia dressed as a veiled Muslim woman.
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Venezuela, United StatesVenezuela's US ambassador says relations could continue to improve despite deep political differences.
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SomaliaFighting erupts between Islamist forces and the weak Somali government despite an EU peace mission.
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Aruba, 
AustraliaThe Australian government challenges pop star Pink's campaign to boycott the country's wool.
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Iraq, United StatesNajaf province is transferred to Iraqi security control as the new US defence secretary arrives in Baghdad.
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NigeriaSeven members of a Nigerian cult are sentenced to death by hanging for murdering a Muslim cleric in Lagos.
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IranModerate Muslim states should form an alliance to counter Iran and challenge its influence, Tony Blair urges.
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SpainThe Spanish government has met Eta for talks for the first time since it called a ceasefire, Spanish media say.
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JapanJapan's population is expected to fall by 30% over the next 50 years, a survey by the government says.
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SpainHundreds of passengers are still stranded at Spanish airports after the collapse of budget airline Air Madrid.
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Somalia, United KingdomA suspect in a UK police murder case may have fled to Somalia dressed as a veiled Muslim woman.
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GreeceRival groups of Greek monks clash at a monastery on Greece's Mount Athos, leaving four of them in hospital.
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SudanA UN envoy is meeting Sudanese officials in a bid to end deadlock over UN peacekeepers for Darfur.
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Iraq, United StatesUS President George W Bush says the conflict in Iraq will require "difficult choices and additional sacrifices" in 2007.
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United StatesFour Turks are acquitted of insulting "Turkishness" in translating a book by US writer Noam Chomsky.
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AustriaUK historian David Irving, jailed in Austria for denying the Holocaust, is to be released on probation.
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ZimbabweZimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe says protests against his plan to postpone elections will not be tolerated.
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IrelandThe European Commission is launching an investigation into Ryanair's bid for Ireland's national airline Aer Lingus.
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NigeriaAn opposition party selects Nigeria's vice-president as its candidate to stand in April 2007's elections.
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SomaliaSomalia's interim government and rival Islamists agree to resume peace talks and cease hostilities, an EU envoy says.
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Argentina, SpainSpain rules against trying an Argentine "dirty war" suspect, inviting Argentina to call for his extradition instead.
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United StatesFive percent of Hispanics in the US regularly go hungry, says a report by a Hispanic civil rights group.
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