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United StatesTexas firefighters battle a fire at a high-rise building in the city of Houston housing elderly people.
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ColombiaVenezuela's Hugo Chavez freezes ties with Colombia, after his mediation role in a hostage dispute is ended.
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United StatesThe US, Israeli and Palestinian leaders express guarded optimism in a conference on restarting a peace process.
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South AfricaSouth Africa's former Deputy President Jacob Zuma leads the race to become the ANC's next leader.
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EthiopiaA high-level UN official is set to visit the Ogaden in south-east Ethiopia, a cut-off region hit by an army-rebel conflict.
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PeruPeru's top court sentences 10 members from then President Fujimori's government for their part in a 1992 power grab.
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AfghanistanA suicide car bomb targeting a foreign military convoy in the Afghan capital, Kabul, kills two civilians.
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EcuadorAt least two people are reported dead and many injured after an explosion in a gold mine in Ecuador.
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South Korea, 
North KoreaSouth Korea's defence minister holds rare talks with his Northern counterpart to try to cut border tensions.
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IndiaFootage of a tribal woman being stripped and assaulted in India's north-eastern state of Assam cause outrage.
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South AfricaSouth African miners plan a nationwide one-day strike on 4 December in protest at poor safety in the country's mines.
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PakistanPresident Musharraf says farewell to troops a day before he is due to resign as head of Pakistan's army.
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ChadChad's army says it has killed several hundred rebels, in fighting which shattered a month-long ceasefire.
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South AfricaThe Women's League joins other ANC branches in backing Jacob Zuma's bid to lead South Africa's ruling party.
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PakistanPakistani troops say they have recaptured a strategic mountain peak in fighting in Swat district.
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Nigeria, 
United KingdomThe UK is to help Nigeria train its police force - which is accused of routinely torturing and killing suspects.
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Iraq, United StatesFour civilians are reported to have died in Baghdad when US troops fired at a minibus taking them to work.
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South KoreaSouth Korea's Roh Moo-hyun approves an independent probe into alleged corruption at Samsung.
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BoliviaOpposition leaders in six of Bolivia's nine provinces call a strike for Wednesday over a new draft constitution.
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France, 
ChinaChina must play its role in framing a new global deal on climate change, France's President Sarkozy says.
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ChinaThe EU is expected to this week pressure China to allow its currency to strengthen more quickly.
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IranIranian nuclear official Hossein Mousavian is cleared of spying, but found guilty of anti-government propaganda.
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CanadaCanada's border agency vows to change its operations after the death of a man stunned with a Taser.
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FranceNearly 80 police officers are injured in a second night of clashes with youths in the suburbs of Paris.
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MalaysiaThe authorities in Malaysia may use strict security laws to quell street protests, the prime minister says.
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United StatesSean Taylor, a star player from the NFL in the US, dies after being shot by intruders during an apparent burglary.
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SomaliaEthiopia's Prime Minister Meles Zenawi says his troops cannot withdraw from the conflict in Somalia.
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United KingdomBritish 400m runner Christine Ohuruogu is free to run at future Olympic Games after successfully appealing against a lifetime ban.
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ZimbabweGordon Brown says he will not go to an EU-Africa summit after Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe confirms he will attend.
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United StatesThe wife of missing American adventurer Steve Fossett files a court petition to have him declared legally dead.
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KenyaKenya Muslim leaders dismiss charges that they signed a deal with an opposition party for Sharia to be introduced.
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IndiaThree firms pay 27.9bn rupees for six acres in Mumbai, in what is India's biggest commercial land deal.
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Antarctica, United Kingdom, United StatesUS and UK scientists use satellite imagery to produce the most detailed map yet of Antarctica.
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Israel, 
Gaza StripTens of thousands of people demonstrate in Gaza against the Middle East conference in Annapolis.
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IndiaIndia's first woman police officer, Kiran Bedi, announces that she is retiring after 35 years in the job.
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ZimbabweZimbabwe's chief statistician says he cannot work out the rate of inflation because of the lack of goods in shops.
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Sri LankaTamil rebels say children are among 20 civilians killed in two attacks by the military in northern Sri Lanka.
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Canada, IranIran's top court orders a new probe into the death of the Iranian-Canadian journalist, Zahra Kazemi, in 2003.
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FranceThe French prime minister calls rioters criminals, after two nights of clashes in the Paris suburbs.
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Iraq, 
SyriaA convoy of hundreds of Iraqi refugees starts the journey home from Syria, amid improved conditions in Iraq.
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PortugalCristiano Ronaldo's injury-time winner sinks Sporting Lisbon to ensure Man Utd top Champions League Group F.
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United StatesTexas oilman Oscar Wyatt, 83, is sentenced to a year in prison over the UN oil-for-food corruption scandal.
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NetherlandsTwenty-eight school students will face charges in Amsterdam, following violent street protests.
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United StatesUS mortgage guarantor Freddie Mac is selling $6bn of shares to cover further bad debt losses.
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Venezuela, ColombiaCaracas recalls its ambassador to Colombia for consultations after a dispute between the two presidents.
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United KingdomThe UK teacher arrested for allowing a teddy to be named Muhammad could be released soon, Sudanese officials say.
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