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ChinaSixty years after the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Chinese writers and academics call for greater freedoms.
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ThailandThailand's opposition Democrats say they have the support of enough members of parliament to form a government.
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United StatesUS clinic treats addicted women
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AustraliaAfghans are among at least 15 participants in the homeless football tournament in Australia to seek asylum, media say.
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ZimbabweStepping through sewage as farmers attempt to sell their wares - reports from a country stricken by cholera and starvation
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Iraq, 
United KingdomBritish forces are expected to start pulling out of Iraq by March 2009, according to a senior UK defence source.
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Pakistan, 
IndiaIndia urges the UN to ban a Pakistan-based Islamic charity, seen as a front for a group being blamed for the Mumbai attacks.
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United StatesA US military F-18 fighter jet crashes into a residential neighbourhood of San Diego, killing four, officials say.
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IndiaThe death toll in a bus fire in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh rises to 63, the police said.
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PakistanPakistan's prime minister confirms two members of the Lashkar-e-Taiba group are being questioned over the Mumbai attacks.
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South AfricaA breakaway faction of South Africa's ruling ANC faces its first electoral test in a municipal by-election.
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ArgentinaThe remains of hundreds of people killed during the rule of Argentina's military government between 1976 and 1983 are found in a pit.
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GhanaGhana's electoral commission is due to announce poll results in what looks like a tight race for the presidency.
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Colombia, 
FranceA deserter from Colombia's rebel Farc group arrives in France with former hostage Ingrid Betancourt to begin a new life.
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ChinaPolice in Beijing detain dozens of human rights protesters on the anniversary of the UN Declaration of Human Rights.
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KenyaAbout 600 electoral commission staff in Kenya say they are on hunger strike over a bill that could cost them their jobs.
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Papua New GuineaMore than 400 people have been made homeless by huge tidal waves which hit Papua New Guinea, reports say.
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Afghanistan, United StatesSix Afghan policemen and a civilian are killed in 'friendly-fire' air strikes in southern Zabul province, officials say.
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Syria, 
LebanonThe militant Islamist group Fatah al-Islam says its leader, who fled from Lebanon last year, has been killed or captured in Syria.
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IsraelThe UN special rapporteur on Palestinian human rights says Israeli policies in Gaza amount to a crime against humanity.
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United KingdomEchoes of an earlier British campaign in Mesopotamia
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RomaniaEx-World Bank economist Theodor Stolojan is asked to form Romania's new government after inconclusive polls.
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North Korea, ChinaA senior US envoy says talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear weapons programme have failed to make progress.
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Portugal, FranceSarkozy wants EU deals on climate package and Lisbon
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ChinaLocked away in China for 'daring to complain'
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India, 
South KoreaA court in South Korea overturns an earlier ruling and jails an Indian captain and chief officer over the nation's worst oil spill.
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SomaliaOne of Somalia's main Islamist leaders returned to the Somali capital two years after being driven from power.
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FinlandEx-Finnish president Martti Ahtisaari calls for greater efforts to resolve the Mid-East conflict, as he accepts the peace prize.
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NigeriaThe Nigerian president calls for the rules that protect top politicians from prosecution to be scrapped.
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KenyaKenya's government withdraws an electoral reform bill after MPs threaten to shoot it down.
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BangladeshBangladesh's army-backed interim government announces it will lift a state of emergency next week ahead of elections.
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GreeceWhy early polls are unlikely in Greece despite unrest
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ChinaChina reports a fall in exports for the first time in seven years, as the global downturn starts to hurt its economy.
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IndiaEngland select Graeme Swann and Matt Prior for the first Test against India on Thursday, as Mohali is confirmed as the second Test venue.
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ZimbabweA High Court judge in Zimbabwe orders police to search for a missing human rights activist who was abducted last week.
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GhanaGhana's presidential election must be decided in a second-round vote, the electoral commission announces.
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Germany, United KingdomThe German finance minister attacks the UK government's plans to help pull Britain out of the economic downturn.
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CanadaMichael Ignatieff, a former Harvard academic, is appointed interim leader of Canada's main opposition Liberal Party.
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CroatiaPolice in Croatia launch raids targeting suspected organised crime figures, amid pressure to curb violence.
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GreeceA general strike causes disruption across Greece as the government acts to end riots over a police shooting.
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United StatesPresident-elect Barack Obama calls on Rod Blagojevich to quit after he is charged with trying to sell Mr Obama's Senate seat.
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ArgentinaThe Argentine Football Association is to introduce an aerosol spray to stop defenders creeping closer to the ball during a free kick.
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United StatesCampaigners urge US homosexuals to stay away from work for a day in protest at state bans on gay marriage.
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