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VietnamVietnam will join the World Trade Organization becoming the body's 150th member after a 12-year wait.
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NicaraguaLeftist Daniel Ortega is inaugurated as president of Nicaragua after a 17-year absence from power.
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PhilippinesDelegates arrive in the Philippines for a regional summit, a day after a series of bombs rock the country.
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BurmaFive prominent Burmese activists, detained since late September, are freed by the military government.
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ArubaAndy Murray is seeded for the first time at the Australian Open while Roger Federer and Maria Sharapova take the top rankings in Melbourne.
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Sri LankaSri Lanka's military says five soldiers are wounded in attacks by Tamil Tiger rebels.
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EthiopiaExiled former Ethiopian ruler Mengistu Haile Mariam is sentenced to life in prison on genocide charges.
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IndiaIndia's Supreme Court issues a landmark ruling opening more than 200 controversial laws to judicial review.
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GermanyThe German economy, Europe's largest, grew at its fastest pace in six years during 2006, figures show.
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Aruba, 
United StatesGuantanamo Bay prosecutor says the US has a strong case against Australian detainee David Hicks.
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France, 
RwandaRwanda urges France to arrest former President Juvenal Habyarimana's wife on genocide charges.
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ChinaChina tells the US stop meddling in its trade affairs with Iran, after concerns are raised over a gas deal.
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Iraq, United StatesPresident Bush orders thousands of extra US troops on to Baghdad's streets as part of a new Iraq strategy.
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RussiaRussian police arrest a businessman on suspicion of ordering the death of one of the country's top bankers.
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IndonesiaA piece of an Indonesian plane which disappeared 10 days ago with 102 people aboard is found by fishermen.
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IndiaPolice in the northern Indian state of Punjab say four children found dead on Tuesday were strangled.
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BangladeshThe UN and EU suspend election observer missions in Bangladesh after weeks of political crisis.
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Uganda, 
MozambiqueMozambique's former President Joaquim Chissano hopes to bolster peace talks between Uganda and LRA rebels.
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Kenya, 
Somalia, United StatesThe US air strikes in Somalia failed to kill the three al-Qaeda suspects targeted, a top US official says.
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Colombia, 
EcuadorEcuador says it has reached a deal with Colombia over the aerial fumigation of coca crops along the border.
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IndiaFormer Indian cricketer and MP, Navjot Sidhu, is sent to prison for killing a man in a parking dispute.
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Bosnia and HerzegovinaAn ex-commander of Bosnian Serb troops who besieged Sarajevo in the early 1990s goes on trial in The Hague.
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SpainDavid Beckham will leave Real Madrid and join Major League Soccer side LA Galaxy at the end of the season.
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SpainDavid Beckham will leave Real Madrid and join Major League Soccer side LA Galaxy at the end of the season.
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France, 
Democratic Republic of the CongoCongo's President Sassou condemns a French court decision to reopen an investigation into an alleged massacre in 1999.
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NigeriaA Nigerian preacher is sentenced to death by hanging after setting fire to members of his congregation.
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Afghanistan, United StatesAn Afghan rebel leader says he helped Osama Bin Laden escape a 2001 US-led hunt in eastern Afghanistan.
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Iraq, United StatesThe US secretary of state says the US will take action against any country seeking to destabilise Iraq.
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Belarus, RussiaRussia restarts pumping crude oil to Europe via Belarus, after a three-day halt in supplies because of a row over taxes.
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South Africa, 
PakistanWicket-keeper Mark Boucher claims a record 367th career catch as South Africa peg back Pakistan in the first Test.
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CubaCuban dissident Miguel Valdes Tamayo dies of a heart attack in Havana at the age of 50.
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West BankThousands of Palestinian Fatah supporters rally in the West Bank in a show of strength amid factional rivalry.
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Iraq, Iran, United StatesUS forces seize six people said to be Iranians in the northern Iraqi town of Irbil, prompting a diplomatic incident.
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Afghanistan, PakistanUp to 150 Taleban militants are killed in a battle near Afghanistan's border with Pakistan, Nato says.
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BangladeshBangladesh's president resigns as interim leader and declares a state of emergency as disputed polls are put back.
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Iraq, United StatesThe US secretary of state says the Iraqi PM is living "on borrowed time", but she trusts him to deliver security.
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United StatesThe House of Representatives in the US backs embryonic stem cell research, in a major challenge to President Bush.
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United StatesProtesters demand the closure of the US jail at Guantanamo on the fifth anniversary of the first detentions.
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United StatesOil prices fall beneath the $52-a-barrel mark for the first time since May 2005 as the US enjoys a mild winter.
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United StatesDavid Beckham says he is moving to LA Galaxy to "take soccer in the US to another level", not to make money.
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United StatesAn insurance company must pay for damage caused to a couple's home by Hurricane Katrina, a US judge rules.
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Israel, ChinaIsraeli PM Ehud Olmert says talks with China's president were "beyond expectation", at the end of his trip to Beijing.
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