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India, 
Brazil, 
BotswanaBrazil is to use a plane equipped with body-heat sensors to monitor uncontacted Indian tribes in the Amazon.
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SpainSpanish surgeons claim major success as a Colombian woman is given a new windpipe with tissue grown from her own stem cells.
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United StatesThe bosses of the three biggest US carmakers, Ford, GM and Chrysler, ask Congress for a $25bn bail-out.
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ChinaChinese plants shut as global financial crisis hits
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Lebanon, 
United KingdomBritish Foreign Secretary David Miliband has met his Lebanese counterpart Fawzi Salloukh to discuss peace in the Middle East.
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New ZealandA new centre-right government takes office in New Zealand after winning a general election on 8 November.
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JapanSecurity is stepped up at homes of Japanese health officials after two people linked to the ministry are killed and a third is knifed.
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AfghanistanThe UN refugee agency is to hold talks in Afghanistan to mobilise support for the return and reintegration of Afghan refugees.
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FranceDominique de Villepin is ordered to stand trial in connection with a political smear campaign against President Nicholas Sarkozy.
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Saudi Arabia, 
Indian Ocean, 
Somalia, IndiaOperators of a hijacked Saudi oil tanker anchored off the coast of Somalia say pirates have not yet made ransom demands.
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Costa Rica, 
PanamaA powerful 6.2 magnitude earthquake shakes the city of David, Panama, close to the border with Costa Rica.
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Cuba, ChinaPresident Hu Jintao of China agrees to a range trade and investment deals during a landmark visit to Cuba.
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United KingdomPaying for sex with prostitutes who are controlled by pimps or illegally trafficked to the UK is to be outlawed.
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PakistanA former chief of Pakistan's elite military commandos is killed near the capital Islamabad, police officials say.
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Somalia, IndiaAn Indian navy warship has destroyed a Somali pirate "mother ship" that fired on it in the Gulf of Aden, officials say.
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MexicoMexico's top Interpol liaison officer is arrested amid investigations into suspected links between officials and drug gangs.
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United StatesA Texas grand jury indicts US Vice-President Dick Cheney for "organised criminal activity" related to the alleged abuse of inmates in private prisons.
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NigeriaA military court in Nigeria sentences six soldiers to life in prison for selling thousands of guns to suspected oil militants.
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Israel, 
Gaza StripUN chief Ban Ki-moon tells Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert he is deeply concerned over conditions in the blockaded Gaza Strip.
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Germany, United KingdomArsenal winger Theo Walcott could be out for up to three months after dislocating his right shoulder during England training.
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Georgia, 
RussiaRussia and Georgia open a new round of talks in Geneva aimed at restoring security after their conflict over South Ossetia.
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ChinaPolice are attacked in China's Gansu province during protests against the demolition of homes, state media report.
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IndonesiaIndonesia demands that a blogging website remove cartoons that depict the Muslim Prophet Muhammad in sexual situations.
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BurmaA team of United Nations experts condemns the trials and harsh sentences of dozens of political activists in Burma.
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United KingdomThe UK foreign secretary says next year holds opportunities for global change that could benefit the troubled Middle East.
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Democratic Republic of the CongoCommunity groups in DR Congo make an impassioned plea for European troops to be sent to halt atrocities there.
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France, GermanyRwandans protest against the expected extradition of a presidential aide from Germany to France.
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NepalThe international pressure group, Human Rights Watch (HRW), accuses police in Nepal of torturing children.
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Madagascar, 
North KoreaSouth Korean firm Daewoo says it is leasing a vast tract of land in Madagascar, which will produce half of its corn supply by 2023.
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Pakistan, United StatesA missile fired by a suspected US drone kills at least five people in north-western Pakistan, officials and locals say.
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GermanyThe Pied Piper's services might be needed again in Hamelin, northern Germany, as the town's famous rats have returned.
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KenyaKenya's vice-president condemns the beating by prison warders of inmates, after secretly-filmed footage emerges.
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Somalia, Saudi ArabiaThe owners of a Saudi oil tanker hijacked by Somali pirates are negotiating a possible ransom, the Saudi foreign minister says.
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SomaliaPirates operating off the Horn of Africa are accused of forming ties with some Somali Islamist insurgents.
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RussiaThe trial of three men over the murder of Russian reporter and Kremlin critic Anna Politkovskaya is closed to the public.
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IsraelIsraeli police removed a protest tent set up by a Palestinian family evicted from their home of 52 years in East Jerusalem.
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Somalia, Saudi ArabiaThe owners of a Saudi oil tanker hijacked by Somali pirates are negotiating a possible ransom, the Saudi foreign minister says.
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TurkeyWriters targeted as violent nationalism grips Turkey
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United StatesAl-Qaeda deputy head Ayman al-Zawahri attacks US President-elect Barack Obama in a new audio message.
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Peru, ChinaPeru hitches its wagon to China's economic motor
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AfghanistanThe challenges faced by returning Afghan refugees
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United KingdomThe British Library is among more than 1,000 cultural groups contributing to a European online library.
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Israel, 
SyriaA Syrian site bombed by Israel last year had features resembling those of a nuclear reactor site, a UN atomic watchdog report says.
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IndiaSexual exploitation of male children is on the rise in India, particularly in places of religious tourism, a report reveals.
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Argentina, Germany, United KingdomJohn Terry scores the winner as England win in Germany while Argentina beat Scotland 1-0 in Diego Maradona's first game in charge, as Wales win in Denmark but Northern Ireland are beaten.
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Sri LankaAmnesty International urges the Sri Lankan government to allow aid to reach more than 300,000 people displaced by fighting.
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Russia, United StatesA US-Russian team announces that it has sequenced most of the genome of a woolly mammoth found in Siberia.
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ZimbabweFive senior officials from Zimbabwe's ruling Zanu-PF party resign amid attempts to revive a defunct liberation movement, Zapu.
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IsraelPalestinians describe life under the Israeli blockade
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ItalyThe Italian government agrees to sell the bankrupt airline Alitalia to a business consortium, paving the way for a relaunch.
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ItalyThe Italian government agrees to sell the bankrupt airline Alitalia to a business consortium, paving the way for a relaunch.
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GermanyEngland skipper John Terry heads a late winner to earn Fabio Capello's side a fully-deserved 2-1 victory in Germany.
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Argentina, United KingdomAn early goal by Maxi Rodriguez gives Diego Maradona's Argentina victory over Scotland at Hampden.
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Democratic Republic of the CongoRebel forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo withdraw from two fronts north of Goma, as promised, to let aid in.
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United StatesUS consumer prices dropped by a record 1% in October, sending Wall Street and European markets lower on renewed recession fears.
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SudanThe UN chief ask Sudan's government and Darfur rebels to refrain from attacking each other after reports of fighting.
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United StatesBarack Obama will appoint Tom Daschle as health and human services secretary, US media report.
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United StatesWall Street plunges more than 5% on Wednesday to its lowest level in over five years on rising economic worries.
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