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PakistanWhy Benazir Bhutto is sorely missed by many in Pakistan
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KenyaWhy Isaac cannot go home, a year after Kenya election
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China2008 proved to have many highs and lows for China
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ZimbabweAcute child malnutrition in parts of Zimbabwe increases by more than 60% compared with 2007, an aid charity says.
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JapanAn anti-whaling group says it has thrown "stink" bombs at a Japanese whaling ship in the Antarctic.
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ChinaTwo separate incidents - an explosion and a lift accident - claim at least 30 lives in China, state media say.
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South Africa, 
AustraliaAustralia enjoy a fine second day in the Melbourne Test to gain a clear ascendancy over South Africa, with local paceman Peter Siddle taking 3-24.
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Czech RepublicThe Eurosceptic president preparing to take the EU helm
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AustraliaThe Sydney to Hobart yacht race sees a dramatic first day after the crew of a stricken vessel is rescued by fellow competitors.
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ChinaDairy firms involved in China's tainted milk scandal are to compensate the nearly 300,000 people affected, say state media.
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United KingdomRangers look to close the gap on Celtic at the top of the Scottish Premier League table.
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IraqAt least 22 people have died in a car bomb attack in a Shia district of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, security officials say.
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ArubaA 51-year-old Australian man is missing, feared dead, after an apparent shark attack off the coast of Western Australia.
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SwedenA giant straw goat erected each Christmas in a northern Swedish town has been burned down - for the 23rd time.
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PakistanPakistan marks a year since Benazir Bhutto's killing with a two-minute silence, as thousands visit her mausoleum.
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PakistanPakistani tributes to Benazir Bhutto, killed a year ago
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Senegal, 
GuineaGuinea's coup leader says contracts for the vital mining industry will be reviewed as he pledges to stamp out corruption.
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Serbia and MontenegroThe Kosovo parliament speaker calls on Serbia to free 10 suspected former Kosovo fighters it accuses of war crimes.
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GhanaGhana rivals pull out all the stops for presidential run-off
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AfghanistanThree Afghan police and two civilians die when a suicide bomber strikes on the outskirts of the southern city of Kandahar.
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IsraelAir strikes kill at least 225 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, medics say, as Israel targets Hamas militants with the heaviest raids on Gaza for decades.
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SpainSpain says some 500,000 descendants of its civil war-era exiles now have the right to apply for Spanish citizenship.
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ItalyHundreds more migrants from Africa arrive by boat in Italy, bringing the total to about 1,700 in the last two days.
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