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RussiaMixed feelings for residents of Russia's Games city
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United StatesUS President-elect Barack Obama is to keep Robert Gates as defence secretary, according to US media reports.
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Afghanistan, 
United KingdomOn patrol with the marines fighting UK's ongoing war
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Afghanistan, 
Pakistan, United StatesUS and Pakistan strategies on the Afghan frontier
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ChinaA 28-year-old man convicted of killing six policemen in Shanghai is executed, despite gaining wide public sympathy.
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Greenland, 
DenmarkA referendum shows 75% of people in Greenland favour back a new deal giving more autonomy from Denmark.
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ChinaThe family of a Chinese man condemned to death for spying criticise China's judicial system, saying his trial was flawed.
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United StatesThe US gun owners who will not give up their AK-47s
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India, United KingdomIndia close in on an easy victory as they chase down England's 270-4 in the fifth one-day international at Cuttack.
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RussiaRussia's upper house of parliament backs a bill extending presidential terms from the current four to six years.
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Somalia, India, 
ThailandThe Indian navy defends its sinking near Somalia of a "hostile" boat maritime officials confirm was a hijacked Thai trawler.
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ThailandAnti-government protesters take control of Bangkok's main airport, as part of their bid to oust the government.
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RussiaThe cost of oil rises slightly after Russia says it may join producers' cartel Opec in cutting output to support crude prices.
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Portugal, 
Czech RepublicA top Czech court says the EU's Lisbon Treaty complies with the nation's constitution, paving the way for its ratification.
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JapanRobots make their acting debut in a new play in Japan - the world's first robot and human experimental theatre production.
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Pakistan, United StatesPakistan's PM says his government is 'considering options' to counter attacks by US drones inside its territory.
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ChinaMystery of alleged detention of China's richest man
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IndiaThe Indian tourism ministry says that people weighed down by financial uncertainty should visit the country.
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United KingdomThe European Space Agency (Esa) is to open a UK research centre, to concentrate on space robotics and climate change.
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JapanPassions raised by plan to demolish Tokyo theatre
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BrazilA young person in Latin America is 30 times more likely to be murdered than in Europe, a Brazil-based research group finds.
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ChinaChina postpones a summit with the EU because of European contacts with the Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama.
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RussiaThe mayor of the capital of the Russian region of North Ossetia has been assassinated by unknown gunmen, officials say.
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ThailandThailand's army chief asks the government to call elections and protesters to leave Bangkok's main airport as a crisis mounts.
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Georgia, RussiaAn ex-Georgian ambassador sparks uproar by saying Georgia, not Russia, started the war in South Ossetia.
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GhanaAn overturned fuel tanker in the Ghanaian town of Techiman explodes, killing at least 22 people.
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NigeriaNigeria shuts down a pharmaceuticals plant after the deaths of 25 infants are linked to tainted teething syrup.
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Iraq, United StatesIraqi MPs delay a crucial vote on a plan to withdraw all US troops from the country by the end of 2011.
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SomaliaA British and Spanish journalist in Somalia covering the pirate hijackings are kidnapped, local authorities say.
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ZimbabweZimbabwe rejects calls for it to declare a state of emergency over a deadly cholera outbreak.
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United StatesUS consumer spending fell 1% in October, the largest decline since September 2001, in a further sign of the economic downturn.
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IranIran says it has launched its second space rocket this year, part of plans to put an Iranian-made satellite in orbit.
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United StatesBarack Obama names former Federal Reserve chairman Paul Volcker to chair a panel advising him on the economy.
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Russia, BrazilRussian President Dmitry Medvedev talks co-operastion and trade in Brazil as he continues his Latin America tour.
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YemenOsama Bin Laden's former driver arrives in his native Yemen to serve the rest of his jail term after being moved from Guantanamo Bay.
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North KoreaSouth Korean prosecutors demand a jail term for a popular actress who admitted breaking the country's strict adultery laws.
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IndiaEngland skipper Kevin Pietersen hits an unbeaten century but Virender Sehwag inspires India to a six-wicket win and a 5-0 lead in the one-day series.
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ThailandThai PM Somchai Wongsawat rejects calls by the country's military chief to quit, saying his government is legitimate.
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India, 
Democratic Republic of the CongoDR Congo asks the UN not to send any more Indian peacekeeping troops to the troubled east of the country.
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Sri LankaThe Sri Lankan army says its forces will soon capture the Tamil Tiger rebels' stronghold of Kilinochchi.
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United StatesUS federal authorities warn local police of a possible al-Qaeda plot to target New York's subway.
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SomaliaSomali politicians agree to double the size of parliament as part of a deal to end a long-running conflict.
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France, 
GermanyThe European Commission unveils an economic recovery plan worth 200bn euros (£170bn) in an attempt to save millions of jobs.
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ChinaA 220 million year old fossil from China shows that the ancestors of modern turtles did not have complete shells
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