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South AfricaHow South African convicts learn to control their anger
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BelgiumFine Brussels facades let down by urban decay
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GuineaCoup plotters in Guinea name a 32-member council, but the prime minister insists the government is still in charge.
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United StatesUS Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice tops the list of gifts received by US officials in 2007, a State Department report shows.
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JapanJapan's prime minister rules out calling a snap general election, saying the focus needs to be on the beleaguered economy.
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United KingdomLondon cocoa futures hit a 23-year-high as it proves to be the most lucrative commodity in 2008.
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ZimbabweArchbishop Desmond Tutu accuses South Africa of losing the moral high ground by failing to stand up to Robert Mugabe.
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UkraineA court in eastern Ukraine jails a man for life for the murder and rape of about 40 girls and young women over 25 years.
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LatviaThe International Monetary Fund approves a rescue plan to stabilise the troubled economy of Latvia.
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VietnamVietnam tightens restrictions on internet blogs, banning bloggers from raising subjects the government deems inappropriate.
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PakistanA bomb explodes on a main road in the Pakistani city of Lahore, killing one person and injuring four others, police say.
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South AfricaArchbishop Desmond Tutu accuses South Africa of losing the moral high ground by failing to stand up to Robert Mugabe.
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AustraliaAustralia says it will not apologise to a man wrongly detained on terrorism charges as it could affect his compensation claim.
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AfghanistanThe Nato-led International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan (Isaf) says one of its soldiers has been killed in the east of the country.
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United StatesThe US military's tradition of tracking Santa's Christmas Eve progress continues, with new web-based tools.
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TurkeyInsurers halt their support for a dam project in Turkey amid concern about its environmental and cultural impact.
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IndiaSporadic clashes break out between protesters and police in the final leg of state elections in Indian-administered Kashmir.
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AfghanistanAfghanistan seeks Nato's help in guarding mass graves which are believed to contain the remains of over 2,000 Taleban prisoners.
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NigerThe UN says it is working with several countries to help locate a missing special envoy to Niger.
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IndiaPakistan's parliament urges India to respond positively to offers of co-operation in the investigation into the Mumbai attacks.
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SomaliaA Somali official named prime minister last week resigns, saying his appointment was destabilising the government.
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Israel, United StatesUS President Bush grants a posthumous pardon to a man who broke the law to supply aircraft to the state of Israel in 1948.
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Iran, United KingdomIranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will deliver Channel 4's alternative to the Queen's Christmas Day speech this year.
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ArgentinaThe former Argentine President Nestor Kirchner is to be investigated by a court over corruption allegations.
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GuineaCoup leaders in Guinea warn army generals loyal to the government against using mercenaries to end the attempted coup.
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RussiaThe first Russian army officer to be prosecuted for killing a civilian in Chechnya is set to be freed 15 months early.
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The Gambia, United KingdomA Scottish missionary and his wife have admitted sedition charges in Gambia, the BBC has learned.
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Ukraine, RussiaRussia's Gazprom renews its threat to cut off gas to Ukraine on 1 January, saying a dispute is now at a "critical" stage.
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IsraelVisitors to Bethlehem reach a level not seen since 2000, when an uprising began against Israel, Palestinian officials say.
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Serbia and Montenegro, RussiaRussia and Serbia sign a controversial energy deal handing Russia's Gazprom control of Serbia's oil monopoly.
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ItalyItaly's anti-immigrant Northern League protests at mosques and minarets included in nativity scenes in some churches.
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RussiaA gunman complaining about impotence tablets he bought injures a saleswoman at a Moscow sex shop, reports say.
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ZimbabweA Zimbabwe rights activist missing for three weeks appears in court linked to a plot to topple the government.
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GuineaThousands go on to the streets of Guinea's capital to greet the leader of a coup that followed the president's death.
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ArubaAn Australian is arrested at Cairo airport after ancient Egyptian animal mummies are found in his luggage, reports say.
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