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GuineaGuinea's prime minister and about 30 other ministers submit to the leaders of a military coup.
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GuineaGuinea's military coup leaders invite foreign diplomats for talks "to reassure" the world about their intentions.
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Czech RepublicLand of the sugar cube set to steer EU affairs
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BangladeshSeven suspected militants are arrested with a large cache of explosives in Bangladesh just days before elections, police say.
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United StatesAt least eight people are known to have died after a man dressed as Santa Claus opened fire at a party near Los Angeles.
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JapanIndustrial output in Japan fell more than 8% in November, the biggest drop on record, government figures show.
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PakistanTaleban militants in the Swat valley in north-west Pakistan threaten to kill girls who attend school after 15 January.
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Taiwan, 
ChinaTaiwan's government plans to ease restrictions on spouses, mainly wives, from China married to Taiwanese citizens.
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Somalia, ChinaA Chinese naval task force embarks on China's first military operation outside the Pacific, combating Somali pirates.
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South Africa, 
AustraliaRicky Ponting hits a rapid century but a late Makahya Ntini wicket sees South Africa end the day on top against Australia in Melbourne.
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United StatesMichelle Obama setting the US fashion world alight
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NepalNepal increases the length of daily power cuts to between 12 and 14 hours because of an electricity shortage.
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Pakistan, 
IndiaThe Pakistani military has scaled down operations against militants in the north-west after tensions with India, officials say.
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ChinaSix men go on trial accused of making and selling the chemical used in tainted milk that killed and sickened babies in China.
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PhilippinesThe Philippines Communist Party marks its fourth decade with a call to achieve revolution through armed insurgency.
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EthiopiaEthiopian police in the capital Addis Ababa arrest hundreds of young Somalis ahead of an African Union summit.
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Israel, 
Gaza StripIsrael reopens cargo crossings with the Gaza Strip to allow in humanitarian supplies, amid heightened tension.
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Iraq, 
Iran, United StatesProtesters in Iran's capital throw footwear at pictures of the US leader in support of the Iraqi shoe-attack journalist.
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Serbia and MontenegroPolice in Serbia arrest 10 suspected former Kosovo Liberation Army fighters for war crimes against non-Albanians.
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AfghanistanAmerica's CIA is using the sex-enhancing drug Viagra to win over Afghan warlords, the Washington Post reports.
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IraqSix Iraqi police and seven detainees suspected of al-Qaeda links die in a bid to break out of a police station in Ramadi.
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PakistanThe US urges India and Pakistan to avoid raising tension amid reports of troop movement in the wake of the Mumbai killings.
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GuineaThousands attend the funeral in Guinea of former President Lansana Conte, whose death on Monday triggered a military coup.
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UkraineUkraine mourns the victims of a blast in a block of flats in Crimea, believed to be gas-related, that left at least 27 people dead.
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Indian Ocean, IndiaScientists report a rapid recovery in some of the coral reefs damaged by the Indian Ocean tsunami four years ago.
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PeruA Peruvian woman called Virgen Maria and her carpenter husband have a baby called Jesus on Christmas Day.
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