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IndonesiaLand clearances in Indonesia to cultivate palm oil threaten a "climate bomb", Greenpeace warns.
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ItalyAn Italian judge is deciding if three people can be kept in custody over the death of Briton Meredith Kercher.
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United StatesGeorge Ryan, the former governor of the US state of Illinois, begins a prison sentence for corruption.
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Australia, 
ChinaThe US and Australia recall Chinese-made toys containing a substance linked to date-rape drug GHB.
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GeorgiaGeorgian President Mikhail Saakashvili declares a state of emergency after police break up opposition protests.
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BangladeshA top aide of Bangladesh's ex-PM Khaleda Zia is arrested for trying to lead a street protest, police say.
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United StatesMore than 100 workers at Chicago's O'Hare airport are found to have fake security badges, with 23 arrested.
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Pakistan, United StatesUS President George W Bush tells Pakistan's leader by phone to step down as army chief and hold elections soon.
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Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), United StatesInvestment bank Morgan Stanley says it has suffered a $3.7bn loss from its US sub-prime mortgage exposure.
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Sri Lanka, AustraliaPhil Jaques hits a maiden Test hundred as Australia reach 242-3 at stumps against Sri Lanka.
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Sri Lanka, AustraliaPhil Jaques hits a maiden Test hundred as Australia reach 242-3 on day one against Sri Lanka in Brisbane.
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FinlandA national day of mourning is being held in Finland after a student shoots dead seven fellow pupils and a teacher.
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VenezuelaMasked gunmen open fire on students protesting in Caracas against planned constitutional reforms.
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PakistanIndia's Harbhajan Singh takes his second wicket to leave Pakistan in trouble in the second one-dayer.
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Russia, 
GermanyThe International Tennis Federation is investigating claims Tommy Haas was poisoned during the Davis Cup defeat by Russia.
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United Arab Emirates, 
Switzerland, 
FranceA Dubai court hears evidence against three Emirati nationals accused of raping a French-Swiss boy.
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PakistanThe party of Pakistan ex-PM Benazir Bhutto says hundreds of its members have been held ahead of a mass rally.
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GeorgiaTroops and police enforce a state of emergency in Georgia's capital after clashes with opposition protesters.
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NigerFreed oil militant Mujahid Dokubo-Asari calls for peoples of the Niger Delta to decide the oil-rich region's future.
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MongoliaThe resignation of Mongolia's leader, Miyeegombo Enkhbold, is accepted by the country's parliament.
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United KingdomA police watchdog calls for debate over the policy to shoot suspected suicide bombers in its report on the death of Jean Charles de Menezes.
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AfghanistanFunerals are held in Kabul for five Afghan MPs killed in a bombing on Tuesday in northern Baghlan province.
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New ZealandNew Zealand's solicitor-general says 12 activists held last month cannot be charged under anti-terror laws.
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Ukraine, 
YemenFighting between tribesmen and army personnel protecting a Ukrainian oil company leaves 12 dead in Yemen.
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Iraq, United StatesThe US military in Iraq releases about 500 detainees in what was described as a goodwill gesture.
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Italy, 
RomaniaItaly and Romania urge the EU to do more to help integrate migrants amid a row over deportations.
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BurmaA path to dialogue has opened between Burma's junta and the opposition, the UN says after an envoy's visit.
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MexicoTens of thousands of people hit by flooding in the state of Tabasco are at risk of disease, Mexican officials say.
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Uganda, 
SudanA southern Sudanese team is heading to Ugandan LRA camps to try to find missing deputy leader Vincent Otti.
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IsraelA senior Israeli minister calls for the sacking of Mohamed ElBaradei as head of the UN nuclear watchdog.
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IrelandThe alleged former IRA chief of staff Thomas 'Slab' Murphy appears in court charged with tax evasion.
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United StatesThe US House of Representatives passes a bill to protect gay people from discrimination in the workplace.
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FinlandPolice in Finland find a suicide note written by an 18-year-old student shortly before he shot dead eight people at his school.
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Sri Lanka, United KingdomThe UK refuses to confirm reports that Sri Lanka helped a former Tamil rebel enter the UK on a fake passport.
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United StatesUS Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke warns the US economy will slow in the last three months of 2007.
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Kenya, United KingdomA UK court orders the extradition of a Kenyan preacher who says prayer led to "miracle babies".
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Pakistan, 
MaldivesPolice in the Maldives say 10 suspects in a September bomb attack on foreign tourists are in Pakistan.
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Ethiopia, 
SomaliaEthiopian casualties are dragged through the streets of the Somali capital after heavy battles with insurgents.
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Pakistan, 
IndiaYounus Khan hits a brilliant century as Pakistan beat India by four wickets in Mohali to level their one-day series.
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PakistanPakistanis must unite and stand up for the constitution, sacked chief justice Iftikhar Chaudhry tells the BBC.
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BurmaPro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi says she is ready to co-operate with Burma's military government.
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PakistanPakistan will hold elections before 15 February, President Pervez Musharraf says after pressure from the US.
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GeorgiaGeorgia's President Mikhail Saakashvili calls a snap election, after a week of anti-government protests.
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FranceRyanair lodges a legal case against the European Commission, saying it has not stopped alleged French aid for Air France.
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United StatesThe Democratic-led US Congress has for the first time overturned a veto by President George W Bush.
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United KingdomA tidal surge along the east coast of England leads to severe flood warnings and lives could be at risk.
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PolandPolish prosecutors charge a former deputy prime minister, Andrzej Lepper, with soliciting sex from two women.
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Venezuela, 
ColombiaVenezuela's President Hugo Chavez holds talks with high level representatives of Colombia's Farc rebel group.
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