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IraqThe boy band from Iraq taking on the Backstreet Boys
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Israel, 
Gaza StripMilitants in the Gaza Strip fire mortars and rockets into southern Israel, in retaliation for the killing of three men on Tuesday.
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SomaliaA spokesman for Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed denies media reports he intends to resign on Saturday.
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ChinaChina says its currency can be used to settle trade in Asia, as it steps up efforts to limit damage from the global downturn.
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ChinaChinese state media say 59 people have been detained in Tibet for spreading rumours and stirring up racial hatred.
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Marshall IslandsSevere flooding in the Marshall Islands leads to a state of emergency, with hundreds of residents displaced.
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SomaliaFrom Bristol to Mogadishu, with love, brother
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South AfricaAustralia off-spinner Nathan Hauritz replaces Jason Krejza for the second Test against South Africa.
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Canada, 
United StatesHeavy snow leaves holiday travellers across the US and Canada struggling to reach their destinations.
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Egypt, IsraelIsraeli leaders issue stern warnings to Palestinian militant group Hamas to stop firing rockets into Israel.
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EgyptAn Egyptian court sentences a teacher to six years in jail for beating a pupil to death because he had not done his homework.
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EgyptAn Egyptian court sentences a teacher to six years in jail for beating a pupil to death because he had not done his homework.
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Egypt, Somalia, 
GermanyThe German navy foils an attempt by pirates off Somalia to hijack an Egyptian vessel but immediately releases them.
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PeruFive people die after a tear gas grenade is detonated in a packed night club in the southern Peruvian city of Juliaca.
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UkraineRescuers search the rubble of an apartment building in southern Ukraine, where an explosion has killed at least 22 people.
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Iran, 
United KingdomThe decision by UK TV's Channel 4 to broadcast an alternative Christmas speech by Iran's president is criticised.
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United StatesStorm warnings are posted for much of the western part of the US, where deep snow continues to hinder travel.
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United StatesAmerican singer and actress Eartha Kitt has died at the age of 81 after suffering from cancer, a family friend says.
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