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Ukraine, 
GeorgiaNato is not ready to take in Ukraine and post-war Georgia
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United StatesThe former aide to the jailed ex-mayor of Detroit pleads guilty to lying under oath to cover up their affair.
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Russia, United StatesThe Venezuelan and Russian navies begin joint exercises in the Caribbean Sea, close to US territorial waters.
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Iraq, United StatesOutgoing US President George Bush says his biggest regret is the intelligence failure over Iraqi weapons.
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ThailandA blast kills at least one Thai anti-government protester and wounds 20 others at Bangkok's Don Mueang airport.
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PakistanPakistani villagers deny knowledge of Mumbai 'terrorist'
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ThailandThailand's constitutional court dissolves the party of PM Somchai Wongsawat, amid an escalating political crisis.
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IndiaA bomb has exploded on a passenger train in India's north-eastern state of Assam, killing at least three people.
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PhilippinesBoth fighters and civilians in the Philippines express concern about the withdrawal of international peace monitors.
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LiberiaMore than 100 inmates escape from Liberia's only maximum security prison in the capital.
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EthiopiaEthiopia sets up a high-tech system to trade coffee on a national exchange.
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United KingdomRadical preacher Abu Qatada is returned to a British jail after breaching the terms of his bail.
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United StatesThe pound remains steady against the US dollar after suffering the largest percentage drop since 1992 on Monday.
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ThailandThailand's top court rules that PM Somchai Wongsawat must step down over electoral fraud, as a political crisis escalates.
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KenyaKenya's government has been urged to cut maize costs even more, after announcing a drastic reduction in the price of the staple food.
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MexicoThe police chief in the Mexican border city of Tijuana is replaced following weekend violence in which 37 people died.
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SomaliaA cruise ship carrying 650 passengers has been targeted by Somali pirates, officials say.
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IraqAn Iraqi court sentences Ali Hassan al-Majid, known as Chemical Ali, to death for his role in crushing a 1991 Shia uprising.
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RwandaOne of Rwanda's most famous singers is jailed for 15 years for inciting the 1994 genocide.
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FranceFrance's former world champion athlete Eunice Barber is fined for resisting arrest and biting a policeman.
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CanadaCanada's opposition parties join forces to try to topple PM Stephen Harper and his minority Conservative government.
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SomaliaWhy Ethiopia is pulling its troops out of Somalia
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ThailandAirport protests have damaged Thailand's economy
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IndiaAttacks in Mumbai highlight Indian security failings
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ChinaEleven girls die of carbon monoxide poisoning in northern China, state media report, after lighting a fire to keep warm.
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Pakistan, IndiaIndia asks Pakistan to hand over 20 fugitives who it believes are settled in Pakistan, as tensions rise over the Mumbai attacks.
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PakistanLife in the Pakistani city of Karachi returns to normal following three days of violence which killed at least 35 people, police say.
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ChinaChina's dairy exports have all but ground to a halt following the scandal earlier this year when milk was tainted with melamine.
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West BankJewish settlers riot in the West Bank city of Hebron, clashing with Israeli troops who normally protect them.
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ThailandThai anti-government protesters agree to end their occupation of Bangkok's airports, letting thousands of tourists leave.
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Israel, IndiaThousands of people attend funerals in Israel for Jewish and Israeli victims of the Mumbai attacks.
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Georgia, United StatesThe US state of Georgia votes in a run-off for one of two unresolved races that could seal Democrat control of the Senate.
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United StatesAn American footballer who scored the Super Bowl's winning touchdown faces criminal charges for shooting himself in the leg.
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ZimbabweA cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe has killed at least 484 people between August and the end of November, the UN says.
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BangladeshMore than a dozen protesters angry at being "dropped" from the civil service are detained in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka.
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GermanyGermany's male inmates must have equal rights with female convicts to spend money on cosmetics, a court rules.
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SomaliaAn ambulance service starts in the Somali capital for the first time in nearly two decades.
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SomaliaThe UN extends authorisation for countries to enter Somali waters to stop acts of piracy.
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BotswanaA leading Brazilian banker, Daniel Dantas, is sentenced to 10 years in prison for offering police a $1m bribe.
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India, United KingdomAt least five England players have told former Test bowler Dominic Cork they will not go back to India for the Test series after the Mumbai terror attacks.
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United StatesWho will fill the new political vacancies in the US?
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LebanonThe UN body investigating the killing of Lebanese ex-Prime Minister Rafik Hariri says fresh evidence could help identify new suspects.
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