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Israel confirms settlement plans

Sunday 23rd of December 2007, 9:37
related countries: Israel

An Israeli minister defends plans to build 740 homes in two disputed settlements in East Jerusalem.
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Falconio DNA evidence queried

Sunday 23rd of December 2007, 9:50
related countries: Aruba, United Kingdom

Australian civil libertarians call for a review of the case against the man convicted of killing a British backpacker.
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Brazil unhappy at Menezes ruling

Sunday 23rd of December 2007, 10:05
related countries: Brazil
related places: Menezes

Brazil is unhappy that no senior police officer involved Jean Charles de Menezes's will be disciplined.
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Olmert rules out truce with Hamas

Sunday 23rd of December 2007, 10:42
related countries: Israel

Israeli PM Ehud Olmert rejects calls to consider a truce with Hamas unless it recognises Israel and renounces violence.
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Argentine ballet dancer bows out

Sunday 23rd of December 2007, 10:52
related countries: Argentina
related places: Buenos Aires

Thousands of fans gather in the heart of Buenos Aires as ballet star Julio Bocca performs for the last time.
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Cricket: B'desh break NZ duck

Sunday 23rd of December 2007, 12:21
related countries: New Zealand, Bangladesh

Bangladesh beat a New Zealand XI in their Twenty20 match for their first ever win in the country.
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India's BJP wins Gujarat election

Sunday 23rd of December 2007, 12:53
related countries: India

Controversial Hindu nationalist leader Narendra Modi wins a key Indian regional election, final results show.
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Italy's Prodi visits Afghanistan

Sunday 23rd of December 2007, 12:59
related countries: Afghanistan, Italy

Italy's PM, Romano Prodi, visits Afghanistan for talks with President Karzai and an inspection of Italian troops.
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Thaksin allies 'lead Thai vote'

Sunday 23rd of December 2007, 13:37
related countries: Thailand

Exit polls in Thailand's first election since the military coup suggest a party linked to ousted PM Thaksin is ahead.
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Voting ends in Uzbekistan poll

Sunday 23rd of December 2007, 15:13
related countries: Uzbekistan

Polls close in Uzbekistan's election with incumbent president Islam Karimov widely expected to win.
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Burundi troops join AU in Somalia

Sunday 23rd of December 2007, 15:30
related countries: Somalia, Burundi
related places: Mogadishu

A Burundian army advance guard flies into Mogadishu to join the fledgling African Union peacekeeping force.
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Thaksin ally wins Thai election

Sunday 23rd of December 2007, 16:17
related countries: Thailand

The party allied to ousted PM Thaksin wins Thailand's election but falls short of a majority, initial results show.
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Parmalat in 327m euro settlement

Sunday 23rd of December 2007, 17:24
related countries: Italy

Parmalat agrees a settlement with Italian bank Intesa Sanpaolo over the bankruptcy of the dairy group in 2003.
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Belgian MPs back crisis leader

Sunday 23rd of December 2007, 17:57
related countries: Belgium

Belgium's interim PM wins a vote of confidence as he seeks to end months of political paralysis.
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Bahrain rocked by clashes

Sunday 23rd of December 2007, 18:12
related countries: Bahrain

Dozens of people are detained following demonstrations in Bahrain after the death of a protester, reports say.
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Six dead in Pakistan attack

Sunday 23rd of December 2007, 18:24
related countries: Pakistan

At least nine people die in a suicide bomb attack on a military convoy in north-west Pakistan, security forces say.
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US asset rescue scheme dropped

Sunday 23rd of December 2007, 21:36
related countries: United States

A plan by US banks to calm down rattled credit markets is dropped shortly before it was due to launch.
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Turkey 'in new Iraq air strikes'

Sunday 23rd of December 2007, 21:56
related countries: Iraq, Turkey

Turkish warplanes again bomb Kurdish rebels across the border in northern Iraq, according to local officials.
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