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Democratic Republic of the Congo, 
United KingdomA British doctor volunteering in DR Congo performs a life-saving amputation using text message instructions from a colleague.
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Georgia, 
RussiaNato agrees to a "graduated re-engagement" with Moscow,four months after talks were frozen over Russia's war with Georgia.
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United StatesStruggling US carmakers General Motors, Ford and Chrysler ask for $34bn of government assistance to help them survive.
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United KingdomA recently identified ant which wipes out native species is finding new homes in northern Europe.
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India, United StatesThe US warned India about a possible threat before last week's Mumbai attacks, US media reports say.
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Georgia, United StatesUS Republican Senator Saxby Chambliss wins re-election in Georgia, dashing the Democrats' hopes of a "super-majority".
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VenezuelaVenezuela's Hugo Chavez says he expects a fresh referendum in February on a move allowing him to stand for re-election.
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United StatesLawyers for director Roman Polanski ask a US court to dismiss a 30-year-old charge of unlawful sex with a minor.
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ThailandThe first flight lands in Bangkok as anti-government protesters end an eight-day blockade of the city's main airports.
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VenezuelaProsecutors in Venezuela summon one of the main opposition leaders, Manuel Rosales, to face corruption charges.
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SpainAt least 25 people are injured in a suspected gas explosion near the Spanish city of Barcelona, officials say.
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Philippines, 
NorwayCommunist rebels in the Philippines ambushed and kill five soldiers, as informal peace efforts in Norway falter, officials say.
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GermanyThe warm feeling surrounding Germany's celebrity polar bear Knut is turning icy ahead of his second birthday, because Berlin may lose him.
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Democratic Republic of the Congo, United KingdomA British doctor volunteering in DR Congo performs a life-saving amputation using text message instructions from a colleague.
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United States, 
BangladeshDefeated US presidential candidate John McCain says elections in Bangladesh could be "the fairest" in the world.
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Somalia, 
YemenSomali pirates have freed a Yemeni cargo ship captured 10 days ago without a ransom, says a minister.
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KenyaA parliamentary team in Kenya to advise on taxing MPs' allowances after their vote to scrap the plan.
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RussiaA Moscow court finds seven skinheads guilty of 20 racially motivated murders in Russia's capital.
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CanadaGovernor General Michaelle Jean cuts short an overseas trip to return to Canada to deal with a growing political crisis.
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NorwayThe first of more than 100 countries begin signing a treaty which will ban current designs of cluster bombs.
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United StatesThe US $700bn bail-out plan is being implemented without adequate safeguards, a Congressional watchdog says.
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ChinaHong Kong's Centre for Food Safety finds more eggs from China tainted with the industrial chemical melamine.
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United StatesUS folk singer Odetta, a civil rights campaigner and major influence on Bob Dylan, dies aged 77.
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United KingdomThe Scottish Football Association could launch a bid with Wales to host the European football championship in 2016.
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South AfricaTwo South African Nobel peace laureates call for an independent inquiry into a 1999 arms deal.
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Ukraine, GeorgiaNato reiterates Ukraine and Georgia will eventually join the bloc, but does not offer them formal roadmaps.
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NigeriaThe former head of Nigeria's anti-corruption unit is reportedly receiving death threats.
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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 - but a final decision on the tour may not be made until next week.
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IndiaThe chief minister of India's Kerala state apologises for remarks about a commando killed in the Mumbai attacks.
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CroatiaCroatia's PM orders an inquiry following arrests of opposition activists who used the social networking website Facebook.
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Iraq, 
Iran, United StatesUS forces kill a suspected member of an Iranian-backed militant group and arrest two others in Baghdad.
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ThailandHow were Thai protesters able to take the airport?
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ChinaThe European Commission bans imports of Chinese soya-based food products intended to be eaten by young children.
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Afghanistan, 
FranceA French aid worker who was kidnapped in Kabul has been released, according to France's President Nicolas Sarkozy.
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ZimbabwePolice in Zimbabwe break up a march by nurses and doctors angered at the worsening cholera outbreak.
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ChinaThe European Commission bans imports of Chinese soya-based food products intended to be eaten by young children.
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NigeriaNigeria is flying in an antidote to stem the deaths of babies poisoned by a teething syrup.
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Pakistan, India, United StatesUS Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says Pakistan must "co-operate fully" to bring Mumbai's attackers to justice.
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IraqAn Iraqi journalist is jailed over a story about homosexuality which prosecutors say violated a public decency law.
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United StatesUS President-elect Barack Obama names New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson to be his commerce secretary.
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SudanThe ICC prosecutor warns the UN not to shield Sudan's president from a proposed arrest warrant.
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United Arab Emirates, India, United KingdomEngland's cricketers will fly to Abu Dhabi on Thursday ahead of resuming their tour of India - if happy with security plans.
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Israel, 
West BankTensions rise after Israel declares a building in the West Bank city of Hebron occupied by settlers to be a "closed military area".
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ZimbabweZimbabwe's government has asked for urgent help to tackle its cholera outbreak, the World Health Organisation says.
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AustriaThe Austrian city of Salzburg block plans to turn the former mansion of the von Trapp family, made famous by The Sound of Music, into a hotel.
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Syria, 
LebanonLebanese Christian leader Michel Aoun, who fought a "war of liberation" against Syrian troops, meets Syria's president.
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