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South KoreaThe first regular rail service for more than 50 years begins operating between North and South Korea.
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PhilippinesTroops line the streets of Manila as soldiers who led a failed mutiny last month return to court.
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IndiaIndia's opposition BJP announces that LK Advani will be its candidate for PM in the next general elections.
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PakistanPakistan says it has tested a Hatf-VII cruise missile capable of carrying nuclear weapons.
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BurmaPaulo Pinheiro is to brief the UN rights council on his visit to Burma, following September's crackdown.
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ChinaChinese consumer inflation reached 6.9% in November, the highest rate for 11 years, official figures show.
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IraqA suicide bomber detonates a car in Baghdad near the office of Iraqi former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi.
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AfghanistanAfghan President Hamid Karzai seeks more foreign help to build up his country's armed forces.
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United StatesUS police investigating fatal shootings at two religious sites in Colorado believe the incidents are linked.
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EgyptHuman Rights Watch says Egypt used torture to fabricate a high-profile terrorism case.
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Poland, 
GermanyPoland's new PM Donald Tusk visits Germany, hoping to improve ties that have soured in the past year.
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NigeriaPoor Nigerians are to be given loans and grants, if they send their children to school and get them immunised.
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CubaCuba says it will sign key UN human rights agreements, as opposition activists are shouted down in Havana.
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United Kingdom, 
Sierra LeoneSierra Leone footballer Al Bangura could be deported from the UK after losing his immigration appeal.
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BangladeshFour Bangladesh university professors appear in a Dhaka court charged with inciting students to riot in August.
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Denmark, 
PortugalThe Danish prime minister announces there will not be a referendum on the EU Reform Treaty.
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IndiaIndia's Ishant Sharma takes 5-118 but the Test against Bangalore is heading for a draw.
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Sri Lanka, United KingdomSkipper Mahela Jayawardene hits an unbeaten 167 as Sri Lanka move 28 runs ahead of England after three days of the second Test.
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Israel, 
Gaza StripIsraeli tanks move deep into the southern Gaza Strip in the biggest incursion into the territory in months.
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IndiaIndia's Gujarat state holds elections which will decide the fate of controversial chief minister Narendra Modi.
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Sudan, ChinaA Darfur rebel group says it has attacked and taken over a Chinese-run oil field in central Sudan.
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South AfricaSouth Africa's ruling party says attempts have been made to buy votes ahead of the ANC leadership contest.
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United StatesAn ice storm sweeping the central US leaves at least 15 dead amid warnings of more freezing weather to come.
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United States, ChinaChina accuses the US of protectionism as talk on trade and currency issues start in Beijing.
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KenyaA Kenya pilot found alive after a crash says he survived for eight days on leaves and his military training.
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SyriaSyrian police are expected to release the final members of a leading human rights group.
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UkraineUkrainian MPs narrowly reject the bid of Orange Revolution leader Yulia Tymoshenko for the post of prime minister.
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IndiaA boy is shot dead by two fellow students at a school near the Indian capital, Delhi, police say.
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AfghanistanThe Afghan government admits it was wrong to have claimed to have captured two senior Taleban this week.
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ArubaTop Australian lawyers appeal against a judge's decision to free nine Aborigine males who raped a young girl.
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Democratic Republic of the CongoRebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo retake territory lost last week in a major setback for the army.
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AlgeriaDozens are feared dead as two bombs rock the Algerian capital, hitting a UN building and a bus full of students.
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RussiaRussia's President Putin should become prime minister next year, his chosen successor Dmitry Medvedev says.
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United StatesUp to 800,000 people are without power as an ice storm sweeps the central US, amid warnings of more freezing weather to come.
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Israel, 
IranIsrael's PM insists Iran's nuclear programme remains dangerous, and calls for unity against it.
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United StatesThe US Federal Reserve cuts interest rates 0.25% to 4.25%, trying to steer the US away from a recession.
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