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Iraq, 
United StatesVote on US troops shows Iraqi democracy at work
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IndiaIndian forces fight to clear the last gunmen from two hotels in Mumbai, more than a day after a series of attacks in the city.
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BrazilThe number of deaths following flooding and landsides in Brazil's southern state of Santa Catarina rises to 97.
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United StatesAn American woman who was the world's oldest person for a year dies at the age of 115.
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SwedenAbout 1,000 representatives of the world's leading religions are gathering in Sweden for summit on climate change - said to be the first of its kind.
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IndiaIndian forces move to retake a Mumbai Jewish centre where hostages have been held since Wednesday afternoon.
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United KingdomUK Conservative leader David Cameron criticises the decision to arrest his immigration spokesman over Home Office leaks.
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South Korea, 
North KoreaNorth Korea suspends cross-border rail links with South Korea, in a sign of worsening ties between the countries.
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China, 
Sierra LeoneFour men are killed after Sierra Leone's navy acts against a pirate attack on a Chinese fishing vessel, police say.
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Pakistan, IndiaPakistan admit the terror attacks in Mumbai have made India's Test tour of the country in January unlikely.
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NigeriaAll paracetamol-based drugs are being tested in Nigeria after the death of 29 children, officials say.
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ChinaTaxi drivers go on strike in the southern city of Chaozhou, the latest in a wave of protests across the country.
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ThailandThai opposition protesters occupying Bangkok's two main airports say they will fight any police operation "to the death".
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South AfricaSouth African guards tell how they saved 120 hostages from a Mumbai hotel seized by gunmen.
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IraqA suicide bomber kills nine people in an attack on a Shia mosque south of Baghdad during Friday prayers, Iraqi police say.
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BelgiumSending text or downloading data while abroad looks set to get cheaper as Brussels backs caps on roaming charges.
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Ireland, 
PortugalMPs in the Republic of Ireland say a second Irish referendum on the EU's hotly disputed Lisbon Treaty is feasible.
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IndiaNearly 100 people are rescued from a Mumbai hotel, while gunfire continues at another hotel and a Jewish centre.
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United StatesHow Barack Obama will use the internet as US president
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IndiaIndian shares rise as the market reopens, a day after Thursday's attacks in Mumbai, India's business capital.
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Iraq, 
Jordan, 
SyriaThe EU says it is ready to accept up to 10,000 Iraqi refugees, many of whom are living in extreme hardship in Jordan and Syria.
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CameroonCameroon creates a new national park for the Cross River gorilla, the world's rarest, ahead of a key conservation meeting.
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FranceFrench search teams sweep rough seas trying to find the bodies of five people missing after an Airbus jet crashed.
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South AfricaSouth African bodyguards tell how they rescued 120 hostages from a Mumbai hotel seized by gunmen.
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IranAn Iranian court rules that a man who blinded a woman with acid after she spurned his marriage proposals will also be blinded.
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Democratic Republic of the CongoThe UN starts to move thousands of refugees from camps near the front line in eastern DR Congo.
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New ZealandA New Zealand doctor is convicted of drink-driving, despite blaming an alcohol handwash he used in surgery.
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AfghanistanFormer high-profile spokesman for the Taleban, Mohammad Hanif, is shot dead in eastern Afghanistan, officials say.
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ThailandThailand's national police chief is demoted by the PM amid growing tensions over protests paralysing Bangkok's airports, officials say.
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ChinaChina has successfully flight tested it first home-grown commercial airliner with a 90-seat capacity.
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Ethiopia, 
SomaliaAll Ethiopian troops will leave Somalia by the end of the year, the country's foreign ministry announces.
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Russia, 
Cuba, United StatesRussian President Medvedev says Russian-Cuban ties are "especially intense", after meeting Cuban leader Raul Castro.
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MalaysiaMalaysia's deputy prime minister, Najib Razak, promises to address the grievances of minority groups when he becomes PM next year.
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South AfricaSouth African state lawyers appeal against the dismissal of graft charges against ANC leader Jacob Zuma.
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ThailandThai police say protesters occupying Bangkok's airports must leave immediately or face "appropriate measures".
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GeorgiaPresident Mikhail Saakashvili denies seeking a green light from Washington for Georgia's assault on South Ossetia.
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NigeriaA policeman is among several people killed in riots after local polls in the Nigerian city of Jos.
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GermanyPrussian palace to rise again in heart of Berlin
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QatarThe European Commission calls for more aid for developing countries as a major aid summit opens in Doha.
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Taiwan, ChinaChina executes a scientist accused of spying for Taiwan, despite appeals from his daughters for clemency.
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