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Iraq, 
United StatesThe leader of Iraq's Chaldean Christian community urges US forces to free ex-deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz.
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United StatesStrict safeguards will prevent the world's biggest biometric database from being abused, US authorities say.
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NepalNepal's government agrees to abolish the monarchy in a bid to persuade Maoist ex-rebels to rejoin the administration.
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IndiaIndia's BJP is to announce Narendra Modi will continue as chief minister in Gujarat after his election win.
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HaitiHaiti President Rene Preval marks Christmas with a call for gangs to end to a spate of abductions of children.
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SwitzerlandThe Swiss banking regulator is to investigate how UBS ran up billions of dollars of losses in the credit crisis.
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ThailandThailand's rival parties begin what could be protracted talks to form a governing coalition after Sunday's poll.
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United KingdomEverton reject a request from Celtic to sign Scotland striker James McFadden on loan.
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ZimbabweBanks in Zimbabwe will remain open on Christmas Day and Boxing Day to allow people to get new banknotes.
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UzbekistanForeign monitors accuse Uzbekistan of holding a presidential election without any genuine choice.
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Democratic Republic of the CongoRecent fighting in eastern DR Congo has led to a surge in child abductions by armed groups, a charity says.
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IsraelIsrael says Jewish immigration has fallen to fewer than 20,000 in the last year, the lowest figure for 20 years.
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ChinaTwo endangered Siberian tiger cubs are found dead at a Chinese zoo after an adult female is killed and beheaded.
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KenyaKenya's government dismisses as "preposterous" new allegations that it is planning to rig Thursday's polls.
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United KingdomBritish Airways is one of several airlines accused of fixing the price of fuel in its air freight business.
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ThailandThe party allied to ousted Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra claims it has enough backing to form a coalition.
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EgyptA block of flats collapses in Egypt's second city Alexandria killing at least five people, the authorities say.
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GeorgiaA top Georgian prosecutor accuses a wealthy opposition leader's campaign chief of planning a coup.
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GermanyGermany pursues 12,000 suspects in what is said to be its biggest case of internet images of child abuse.
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BangladeshPolice in Bangladesh search for two 1,500-year-old statues of Hindu god Vishnu which have been stolen.
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EthiopiaAn Ethiopian court convicts two anti-poverty activists of inciting violence after disputed polls in 2005.
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Israel, 
Gaza StripTwo members of Palestinian militant group Hamas are killed in an Israeli air strike in the Gaza Strip.
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UzbekistanUzbekistan's president wins 88% of the vote in Sunday's election, which monitors have dismissed as a sham.
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South KoreaThe captains of two vessels that triggered a massive oil spill in South Korea are charged with negligence.
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ItalyAn Italian cement firm says it is pulling out of Sicily as a sign of its refusal to submit to Mafia extortion.
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United KingdomUp to 200 passengers face spending Christmas in hotels after fog causes major flight disruption at Heathrow.
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KenyaThe top candidates in Kenya's presidential election hold final rallies in Nairobi before Thursday's vote.
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Israel, 
LebanonIsraeli military prosecutors say the use of cluster bombs last year in Lebanon was legal under international law.
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Pakistan, United StatesUS military aid to Pakistan has often failed to reach frontline units fighting Islamist militants, a report says.
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IndiaPolice kill three militants who took over a mosque in Kashmir, after their five hostages get out alive.
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Somalia, 
FranceFrench journalist Gwen Le Gouil, seized by gunmen in Somalia's breakaway Puntland state, is freed, say officials.
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France, 
MauritaniaFour members of the same French family are shot dead while on holiday in Mauritania, police say.
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Italy, United StatesProsecutors in Italy issue 140 arrest warrants over the decades-old South American plot Operation Condor.
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NigeriaA Nigerian state court orders the arrest of three Pfizer staff over a 1996 drug trial which allegedly killed 11 children.
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