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IsraelIsrael says it will resume regular fuel supplies to Gaza, halted in response to rocket attacks, in a week's time.
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Venezuela, 
United StatesVenezuela's President Chavez invites regional countries to form a military alliance against the United States.
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South Korea, 
North KoreaSouth Korea's President-elect Lee Myung-bak picks political veteran Han Seung-soo to be his prime minister.
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IndiaA officer of the Indian army dies fighting separatist rebels in Assam state, a day after being decorated.
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IndiaThe bird flu epidemic spreads further in the Indian state of West Bengal with 13 of 19 districts affected.
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India, 
AustraliaAdam Gilchrist's final Test ends in a draw as Australia secure a 2-1 series victory over India.
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Sri LankaFighting between Sri Lankan troops and Tamil Tiger rebels killed at least 55 over the weekend, the army says.
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GreeceThe head of the Greek Orthodox Church, Archbishop Christodoulos, dies, aged 69, after a battle with cancer.
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IndiaPolice in India seek a Delhi doctor who is alleged to be involved in the illegal trade of human organs.
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GermanyAngela Merkel's Christian Democrats suffer a dramatic setback in regional elections in the German state of Hesse.
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ThailandThai MPs elect Samak Sundaravej prime minister, 16 months after the army ousted ally Thaksin Shinawatra.
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United KingdomDaniel Day-Lewis and Julie Christie win Screen Actors Guild awards, with No Country for Old Men taking best film.
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GuyanaAngry villagers blockade Guyana's main east-west highway in response to a weekend rampage by gunmen.
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LebanonLebanon's army is on high alert a day after bloody clashes between troops and Shia demonstrators.
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India, AustraliaAustralia's Adam Gilchrist reveals a dropped catch against India made him feel it was time to retire.
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ChinaOrganisers of the Beijing Olympics open the spectacular National Aquatics Centre.
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ChinaSevere winter weather leaves hundreds of thousands stranded in China ahead of New Year celebrations.
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EgyptEgypt cuts off supplies to its border zone with Gaza to discourage Palestinians from pouring into the area.
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Iraq, United StatesThe economy and Iraq are expected to dominate the US president's final State of the Union address.
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Egypt, 
IranIran says it is close to restoring diplomatic ties with Egypt, ending a 30-year freeze in relations.
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South AfricaSome South African coal mines resume production but gold mines remain closed because of power cuts.
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IndonesiaFormer Indonesian President Suharto, who died on Sunday at the age of 86, is buried in a state funeral.
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ChinaBeijing says six workers have been killed since 2003 on construction for the Olympic Games in August.
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PakistanUK Prime Minister Gordon Brown tells Pakistan's President Musharraf "credible elections" are "essential".
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KenyaPolice struggle to impose order in Kenya as violence continues in the wake of disputed presidential polls.
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IndonesiaThe human death toll from bird flu in Indonesia has risen to 100 - almost half of the total worldwide fatalities.
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PakistanArmed men hold children and teachers hostage in a school near the Pakistani district of North Waziristan.
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United KingdomFive men are convicted of kidnap, robbery and firearms charges over the £53m raid at a Securitas depot in Kent.
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JordanPalestinian leftist leader George Habash, who founded the PFLP in the 1960s, is buried in Jordan.
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Chad, 
Central African RepublicEU foreign ministers approve a peacekeeping force for Chad and the Central African Republic.
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TurkeyA Turkish professor gets a 15-month suspended jail term for "insulting" state founder Kemal Ataturk.
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Iraq, United StatesFive US soldiers are killed when their patrol is hit by a roadside bomb in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul.
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France, ChadA French court sentences six aid workers to eight years in prison for trying to kidnap 103 children from Chad last year.
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Serbia and MontenegroThe European Union invites Serbia to sign a political deal after the presidential elections are complete.
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SomaliaFive people including two foreign aid workers are killed by a roadside bomb in the Somali port of Kismayo.
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United StatesDerby's new American owners believe they can turn the club into one which will thrive in the Premier League.
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GermanyA retired German engineer admits some blame for faults that led to the collapse of an ice rink roof in 2006, killing 15 people.
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FranceThe trader at the centre of a banking scandal in France is placed under investigation and freed on bail.
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Japan, 
Hong KongUS shares make headway, while in Europe trading is mixed on continued fears about the US economy.
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RussiaRussia will limit foreign election monitors at its March presidential poll to 400, half the observers in 2004.
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