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Iceland, 
United KingdomIceland's prime minister threatens to sue Britain
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United StatesBarack Obama names Nobel Prize winner Steven Chu as his energy secretary and tasks him with finding alternatives to fossil fuels.
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ZimbabweBan Ki-Moon says the UN can do little to help Zimbabwe because of its leaders' intransigence over outside mediation.
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Pakistan, United StatesMissiles fired from a US drone kill at least two people in north-west Pakistan, according to security officials.
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IndiaThe Indian cabinet approves the setting up of a federal investigation agency to strengthen internal security after the Mumbai attacks.
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United Kingdom, 
JapanA Japanese court convicts a Tokyo businessman of kidnapping but not killing British bar hostess Lucie Blackman.
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IndiaAuthorities in India's West Bengal state identify the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu in thousands of dead chickens.
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United Kingdom, 
BangladeshA doctor returns to the UK after being freed amid claims she was held captive by her parents in Bangladesh.
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United States, 
MexicoA US anti-kidnapping expert who has helped release dozens of hostages is abducted by gunmen in Mexico.
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ArubaAn Australian lawyer has served a debtor couple with legal papers via Facebook, in what is thought to be a first.
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South AfricaA new political party is being launched in South Africa, made up largely of defectors from the governing ANC.
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IsraelGordon Brown holds talks with Israeli PM Ehud Olmert, a day after meeting his Palestinian counterpart Salam Fayyad.
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IrelandIrish airline Aer Lingus rejects a hostile 750m euro takeover bid from its rival Ryanair.
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Canada, 
NigerThe UN's special envoy to Niger, Canadian diplomat Robert Fowler, is reported missing near the capital Niamey.
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United Kingdom, JapanA Japanese court convicts a Tokyo businessman of kidnapping but not killing British bar hostess Lucie Blackman.
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ZimbabweThe commander of Zimbabwe's air force is wounded in an alleged assassination attempt.
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ArubaActivists stage protests in several Australian cities, calling PM Kevin Rudd's plan to combat climate change a "joke".
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RussiaRussian industrial output dropped 10.8% during November, fuelling fears the economy faces a recession.
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United StatesCaroline Kennedy, daughter of the late president, aims to put her name forward as a replacement for Hillary Clinton in the US Senate.
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MadagascarOne man's prize-winning battle for Madagascar coast
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FranceFrench President Nicolas Sarkozy criticises European federalists in his final speech to Euro MPs as holder of the EU presidency.
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Afghanistan, United StatesOn the frontline with US troops in Afghanistan
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Mexico, United StatesMexican traffickers pose the biggest organised crime threat to the US, controlling much of the drug market, a US report says.
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Israel, 
West BankA Palestinian militant from Islamic Jihad is killed by Israeli troops during a raid near the northern West Bank city of Jenin.
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ThailandThe man set to become Thailand's new PM leads talks to decide a new cabinet, as police guard against more protests.
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Ireland, 
BotswanaIreland's Brazilian migrants drift back as recession bites
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United StatesThe US financial authorities are criticised for not detecting earlier the alleged $50bn fraud by US trader Bernard Madoff.
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NigeriaNigerian police accuse eight foreigners of being 'Islamists' trying to incite violence.
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FranceFive sticks of explosive are disabled in a Paris department store, police say, though they reportedly had no timer.
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NetherlandsA 105-year-old Dutch entertainer loses his libel suit over claims that he sang for Nazi guards at a concentration camp.
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SomaliaKenya imposes sanctions against Somalia's president, accusing him of being "an obstacle to peace".
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ChinaChina appears to have barred access to a number of websites unblocked during the Olympics, including the BBC Chinese site.
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BotswanaBrazilian plans to preserve traditional fishing village
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Pakistan, IndiaIndias foreign minister says there is "a pause" in the peace process with Pakistan following the Mumbai attacks.
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United StatesUS financial giant Goldman Sachs reports a $2.12bn (£1.41bn) quarterly loss, its first since it went public in 1999.
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ItalyPolice in Italy say they have arrested nearly 100 people in anti-Mafia raids in Sicily and Tuscany.
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GreeceGreek protesters briefly seize a state TV studio, calling for more mass rallies over a shooting of a teenager by police.
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Iraq, United KingdomAn Iraqi doctor living and working in Britain is convicted of car bomb attacks on London and Glasgow Airport in 2007.
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South AfricaThe leader of a new South African party says at the movement's launch that it will offer a home to all racial groups.
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United StatesInterest rate-setters are expected to cut rates from 1% and may say what other tools they now plan to use.
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Pakistan, United StatesThe Taleban in Pakistan kill five men after a "trial" finds them guilty of helping to kill al-Qaeda leader Abu Laith al-Libi.
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SudanThree ancient statues, engraved with a little-understood sub-Saharan language, are unearthed in Sudan.
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ChinaChina pays surfers to post positive web messages
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Iraq, United StatesThe Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at US President George W Bush has been beaten in custody, his brother tells the BBC.
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South AfricaSouth Africa's newest party gets an exuberant start
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IsraelA bus carrying Russian visitors plunges into a ravine near the Israeli resort of Eilat, killing at least 24 people, rescuers say.
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United StatesThe US Federal Reserve slashes its key interest rate from 1% to a range of zero to 0.25% - the lowest since records began.
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Bosnia and Herzegovina, 
Algeria, United StatesThree Algerian-born Guantanamo Bay detainees arrive in their adopted homeland of Bosnia, after a US judge ordered their release.
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SyriaExploring the exotic world of Syrian lingerie
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IsraelAn Israeli military court sentences the speaker of the Palestinian parliament to three years in prison for belonging to Hamas.
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United StatesThe first almost-total face transplant to be carried out in the US has been completed at a clinic in Cleveland, Ohio.
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IraqGeorge Bush has no hard feelings about the Iraq shoe attack, says his spokeswoman, who received a black eye in the melee.
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