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Iraq, 
Afghanistan, 
United StatesThe US Congress backs a huge federal budget, bowing to President Bush's call for extra Afghan and Iraq funds.
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CanadaCanadian police charge a retailer with claiming a C$5.7m lottery prize, which customers had won.
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IraqThe mayor of Falluja tells the BBC that Iraq's central authorities are starving the town of vital resources.
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United StatesA fire causes damage to Vice-President Dick Cheney's ceremonial office in Washington DC.
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Solomon IslandsSolomon Islands lawmakers elect Derek Sikua prime minister, replacing ousted leader Manasseh Sogavare.
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South AfricaNew ANC leader Jacob Zuma is to set out his vision for South Africa on the final day of his party's conference.
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Sri LankaSri Lanka's military says Tamil Tiger leader Velupillai Prabhakaran was injured in an air force raid last month.
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India, 
ChinaIndia and China begin a joint military exercise, the first of its kind between the two countries' armies.
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RussiaIran's Bushehr nuclear plant will not be operational until late 2008 at the earliest, Russian officials say.
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Ethiopia, 
SomaliaEthiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi blames the UN for playing a damaging role in the Somali crisis.
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PhilippinesThe Philippines armed forces chief says 53 officers who mutinied in 2003 are set to be freed from custody.
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IndiaTwo of India's airlines unveil plans to merge in a bid to boost profitability amid rising costs and falling air fares.
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India, 
AustraliaIndia are boosted by the return of Sachin Tendulkar and Mahendra Dhoni ahead of the Boxing Day Test against Australia in Melbourne.
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United StatesThe US Congress approves the first major gun legislation since 1994, a response to April's Virginia Tech shootings.
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Somalia, 
YemenThe UNHCR starts a campaign to dissuade migrants from making the perilous journey from Somalia to Yemen.
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ZimbabweZimbabwe issues new banknotes in an effort to tackle the cash shortages afflicting the country.
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PakistanPakistani officials lower the death toll in the massive train derailment in the south of the country on Wednesday.
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GeorgiaGeorgia is accused by a rights group of "excessive force" in its crackdown on November's opposition protests.
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Sri LankaEngland end day three of the third Test needing 416 to avoid an innings defeat to Sri Lanka.
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UgandaUganda's president gives the northern LRA rebels an ultimatum of 31 January 2008 to conclude a peace deal.
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Sri LankaEngland need 416 to avoid an innings defeat against Sri Lanka in Galle after collapsing to 81 all out on day three.
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Kazakhstan, RussiaRussia, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan will build a gas pipeline around the Caspian Sea, in a setback for the EU.
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Russia, 
United KingdomRussia cancels a major exhibition of art in London, accusing Britain of failing to guarantee its return.
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United StatesUS regulators approve Google's $3.1bn takeover of online advertising firm Doubleclick.
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IraqA suicide bomber kills 13 Iraqis and US soldier at a recruiting centre for Sunni militias north of Baghdad.
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United Kingdom, 
SpainA UK resident released from Guantanamo Bay is bailed after appearing in court on a Spanish extradition warrant.
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United StatesA US military judge says Osama Bin Laden's former driver, a detainee at Guantanamo, can be tried by a military tribunal.
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KyrgyzstanThe main opposition party in Kyrgyzstan wins no seats in parliament, despite gaining 8% of the vote.
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South KoreaGeorge W Bush congratulates South Korea's president-elect Lee Myung-bak on his election victory.
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BrazilThieves in Brazil steal two paintings said to be worth $100m (£50m), including a work by Pablo Picasso.
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United KingdomRFU elite rugby director Rob Andrew reveals England coach Brian Ashton has been awarded an "indefinite" length contract.
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Syria, United StatesUS President Bush says he has lost patience with Syria's President Assad, and rules out opening a dialogue with him.
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RussiaRussia's prosecutors study a complaint accusing Coca-Cola of insulting Orthodox Christian beliefs in an advertising campaign.
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Israel, 
Gaza StripSeven Palestinian militants are killed and three Israeli soldiers wounded in clashes near a Gaza refugee camp.
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Iraq, United StatesUS forces discover a "torture complex" in an al-Qaeda safe haven in Iraq's Diyala province, the US military says.
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