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ItalyAt Christmas midnight Mass in Rome, the Pope delivers a sermon focusing on children who are suffering.
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Ethiopia, 
SomaliaEthiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi gives a televised address in which he admits sending troops into Somalia.
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United StatesA man is shot dead in a crowded shopping mall in Boynton Beach, Florida, on Christmas Eve.
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Sri Lanka, 
GermanyGermany says it has frozen aid to Sri Lanka because of the continuing violence in the country.
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JapanFour prisoners on death row in Japan have been executed, the country's justice ministry says.
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IndiaAuthorities in Assam in India's north-east are set to deploy troops in the capital after a series of blasts.
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Iraq, 
United KingdomBritish forces in Basra storm an Iraqi police base, fearing 178 prisoners would be killed, a military spokesman says.
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TurkeyGeorgia plans to buy 800 million cubic metres of gas from Turkey next year, almost half of its needs.
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Sri LankaOne policeman has died in a grenade attack near a church in north-western Sri Lanka, the defence ministry says.
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Jordan, Sri LankaTamil Tiger rebels hand over the crew of a Jordanian ship captured in their stronghold in northern Sri Lanka.
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RussiaRussian forces storm an apartment in the southern town of Cherkessk where gunmen were holed up.
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Israel, 
West BankIsrael says it will ease travel restrictions on Palestinians, including removing roadblocks in the West Bank.
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IraqTen civilians are killed in a car bombing in a shopping area in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.
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Cuba, 
SpainA leading Spanish surgeon is in Havana to examine ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro, Spain confirms.
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IndonesiaA big rescue operation is under way in Indonesia to help survivors of flash floods in northern Sumatra.
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SomaliaEthiopian jets strike two of Somalia's airports in a widening operation against Islamist forces.
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EgyptAn 15-year-old girl in Egypt dies of bird flu, the ninth person in the country to die of the illness .
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Iraq, United KingdomBritish forces in Basra storm an Iraqi police base to rescue prisoners they feared would be killed.
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JordanPalestinian PM Ismail Haniya has accepted an invitation to meet President Mahmoud Abbas in Jordan.
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Iraq, United StatesIran protests at the arrest by US forces of two Iranians in Iraq, saying the men are diplomats.
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United KingdomEngland are 44-2 at the end of the first day of the fourth Test after bowling England out for 159.
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Kazakhstan, 
FranceThe French-led Corot mission is due to launch from Kazakhstan on a quest to find planets outside our Solar System.
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