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United StatesEx-US football star OJ Simpson is jailed for up to 33 years for robbing two sports memorabilia dealers at gunpoint.
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United StatesThe biggest US monthly job loss since 1974
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BurmaUN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says he may visit Burma, but rejects calls from former world leaders to go there now.
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PakistanAt least 27 people are killed by a blast in the centre of the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar, police say.
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Iraq, United StatesUS reverses ban on Iraqi interpreters wearing masks
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North Korea, 
JapanNorth Korea says it will not recognise Japan as a member of six-nation nuclear disarmament talks due to resume on Monday.
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ThailandA spokesman for Thai politician Thaksin Shinawatra denies his ex-wife's return to Bangkok is linked to politics.
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Sri LankaThe Sri Lankan government reports heavy clashes between its forces and the Tamil Tigers in a battle for a key rebel town.
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PhilippinesAt least 16 people are killed in a shoot-out between gunmen and police in the Philippine capital Manila.
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GuineaGuinea worm may be eliminated within two years, former US president and anti-disease campaigner Jimmy Carter says.
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United StatesJustin Webb asks whether Bill and Hillary Clinton will damage the newly-minted team chosen by US President-elect Barack Obama.
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Democratic Republic of the CongoDavid Loyn visits a village in the Democratic Republic of Congo where rival armies have been snatching children to fight for them.
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United StatesBarack Obama promises the biggest investment in US infrastructure since the highways were built in the 1950s.
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IndiaIndian police arrest two men in Calcutta suspected of supplying the Mumbai attackers with mobile phone cards.
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United KingdomAll the latest action from a truncated SPL card.
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ArubaAn Australian artist creates a range of Islamic surfboards to create a greater understanding between East and West.
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ThailandThailand's main opposition Democrat Party says it has gained enough support in parliament to form a government.
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NetherlandsDutch authorities reveal details of a cleanup of Amsterdam's famous red light district, halving the number of prostitutes' windows.
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United StatesProgress is made on a multi-million dollar bail-out deal for the three big US carmakers, the White House says, as weekend crisis talks continue.
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RussiaRussia's Orthodox Church elects high-profile bishop Kiril, as its temporary leader after the death of Patriarch Alexiy II.
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FranceFrance abuzz over doctor who used drug to beat bottle
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Pakistan, IndiaPakistan feared India was planning a military strike in reprisal for the Mumbai attacks, a senior diplomat says.
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Zimbabwe, United KingdomThe UK prime minister calls for a united stand against Robert Mugabe, saying Zimbabwe's cholera crisis is an "international emergency".
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South Africa, 
BermudaSomething is killing crocodiles in South Africa's Kruger Park and local people are anxious, Hamilton Wende reports.
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FranceNicolas Sarkozy reports progress with Eastern states over an EU climate change deal, but says no deal has yet been agreed.
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Russia, 
PanamaA Russian warship becomes the first to traverse the Panama Canal since World War II, in a symbolic message to the US.
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United StatesUS heiress Martha von Bulow, who has spent almost three decades in a coma, dies aged 76 in New York.
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VenezuelaOpposition parties in Venezuela formally reject a plan by President Hugo Chavez to seek indefinite re-election.
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