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IraqIraq begins inquiries into footage of Saddam Hussein's execution, as a witness says events were nearly halted.
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Sudan, 
United KingdomThe UN says it will investigate allegations in a UK newspaper that peacekeepers in southern Sudan have abused children.
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IndiaA Hindu religious festival billed as one of the world's largest gatherings of people begins in northern India.
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United States, 
MexicoMexico deploys 3,000 troops and police to Tijuana on the US border to fight drug trafficking and gang violence.
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ChinaChina's Henan province bans the sale of abortion drugs to try to stop the illegal practise of gender selection.
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AustraliaEngland are all out for 291 before Australia end day two on 188-4 at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
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NepalDozens of rare one-horned rhinos have gone missing in south-western Nepal in recent years, say conservationists.
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IraqIraq's Baath Party declares Saddam Hussein's deputy, Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, as its new leader.
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PeruPalestinian police continue searching for a Peruvian photographer, two days after his abduction in Gaza.
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North KoreaNorth Korea's Foreign Minister Paek Nam-sun has died, according to the country's official media.
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IsraelAn Israeli woman jailed for three years for aiding Palestinian militants is freed nearly a year early.
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UgandaGrowing numbers of Ugandan men are being circumcised, after medical research showed it can cut HIV infection rates.
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ChinaThe Olympic flame is to be taken to the top of Mount Everest ahead of the 2008 Games in Beijing.
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ZimbabweA Zimbabwe pro-democracy coalition condemns what it says was an assassination attempt on its chairman.
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IndiaAn investigation is launched into the deaths of at least 17 people, many of them children, in India.
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BangladeshBangladesh's main opposition party and its allies say they will boycott the upcoming parliamentary election.
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ArubaMark Philippoussis is to undergo surgery after a knee injury rules him out of the Australian Open.
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Germany, United StatesGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel wants to see "ever-closer economic co-operation" between the EU and the US.
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Denmark, United Kingdom, United StatesA UK Muslim accused of calling for the murder of US and Danish people says chants against them were "just slogans".
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ThailandThailand's stock index falls by 3% as investors react to the New Year's Eve bombings in Bangkok.
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IraqIraq's PM Nouri Maliki rules out seeking a second term in office and says he wishes his tenure was over.
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SpainDavid Beckham will hold talks with Real Madrid next week over a new two-year contract, BBC Sport learns.
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Kenya, 
SomaliaKenya shuts its border with Somalia and says it will not allow any refugees fleeing conflict to enter the country.
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FranceRyanair takes legal action against France, saying its new working laws are illegal.
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IndonesiaIndonesia's military searches for a passenger plane amid relatives' anger at incorrect reports it had been found.
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AfghanistanNato says its biggest mistake in Afghanistan in 2006 was killing civilians, and promises a shift in tactics.
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FranceThe French government plans to make housing a legally enforceable right, as homeless people camp out in Paris.
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SpainSpanish police arrest five men who may have helped two key suspects in the Madrid train bombings escape.
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IndiaSeveral million Hindus take a holy dip on the first day of a huge religious festival in northern India.
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United StatesThe US president urges Democrats to work with the White House, a day before a new session of Congress opens.
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IsraelA senior aide to Israeli PM Ehud Olmert is placed under house arrest as part of a growing corruption scandal.
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NigeriaNigeria's reclusive ruling party presidential contender tells the BBC he will crack down on corruption if elected.
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Antigua and Barbuda, United KingdomA British 14-year-old arrives in Antigua to become the youngest person to cross the Atlantic single-handed.
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PakistanArmed men seriously assault a Pakistani man who married a woman without the consent of her family, police say.
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SpainA Basque official close to Eta says peace talks with Spain's government are not over, despite a bomb blast.
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IraqA guard at Saddam Hussein's execution is being questioned over unofficial filming of his hanging, Iraqi officials say.
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United StatesA high school student is killed when a gunman thought to be a fellow student opens fire in Washington state.
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United StatesUS carmakers reveal a further drop in annual sales, as Asian rivals continue to build up their US market share.
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ChileFraud charges are dropped against the widow of Chile's Gen Pinochet, his daughter and daughter-in-law.
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Gaza StripFive Palestinians are killed during the day as factional tensions boil over in Gaza, straining a fragile truce.
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United StatesFormer US President Gerald Ford is buried in his home town in Michigan after a final funeral service in a local church.
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Belarus, 
RussiaBelarus imposes a $45 per tonne tax on Russian oil pumped through its territory to European customers.
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