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Iceland, 
United KingdomGordon Brown accuses Iceland of 'unacceptable' action over British savings in collapsed banks.
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MoroccoScores are missing after a boat laden with some 50 economic migrants capsizes in rough seas off the coast of Morocco.
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Colombia, 
United StatesA US court has jailed two Colombian paramilitary leaders for 20 years, for drug-trafficking and money-laundering.
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ThailandA bus carrying university students in eastern Thailand crashes, killing at least 22 people.
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Serbia and MontenegroMontenegro and Macedonia recognise Kosovo's independence from Serbia, provoking an angry response in Belgrade.
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SpainA preliminary report into the Madrid plane crash that claimed 154 lives in August blames faulty wing flaps.
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IndiaThe Dalai Lama undergoes surgery to remove a gallstone in the Indian capital, Delhi, a spokesman says.
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Afghanistan, United KingdomThe UK government mulls a radical plan to counter growing Taleban propaganda in Afghanistan, the BBC learns.
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Switzerland, 
LibyaLibya is to withdraw an estimated $7m of assets from Swiss banks in a row over the arrest of the Libyan leader's son.
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NorwayA Norwegian politician has said she will not seek re-election after running up a £4,590 phone bill ringing fortune-tellers at parliament's expense.
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RussiaRussia's lower house of parliament, the Duma, approves a raft of measures worth $86bn (£51bn) to assist banks.
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ThailandThe leaders of the long-running anti-government protests in Thailand surrender to police, after agreeing a bail deal.
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Russia, Thailand, United StatesAlleged Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout appears in a Thai court to fight extradition to the US on terrorism charges.
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FinlandFinnish ex-President Martti Ahtisaari wins this year's Nobel Peace Prize for three decades of mediation around the world.
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YemenAbout 100 migrants are feared drowned in the Gulf of Aden after being forced overboard by smugglers, the UN says.
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India, 
AustraliaIndia reach 68-0 chasing Australia's 430 as rain ends the second day of the first Test in Bangalore.
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India, AustraliaIndia reach 68-0 in reply to Australia's 430 in the first Test at Bangalore, after Mike Hussey makes 146.
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Iraq, 
TurkeyTurkish jets bomb suspected Kurdish rebels inside Iraq, the army says, days after the policy is extended.
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IndiaIndian stocks fall again and the rupee slides to 49 to the dollar in one of the worst weeks for Indian investors in memory.
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Pakistan, IndiaPrime Minister Manmohan Singh inaugurates a dam in Indian-administered Kashmir that has been built despite protests from Pakistan.
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IranIran celebrates the global meltdown, but for how long?
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Russia, 
Georgia, 
FranceRussian forces have fully withdrawn from buffer zones adjoining Georgia's breakaway regions, the EU says.
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VenezuelaVenezuela shuts all branches of restaurant chain McDonald's for 48 hours, citing tax irregularities, officials say.
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KazakhstanEngland boss Fabio Capello admits he knows little about World Cup qualifying opponents Kazakhstan because of their recent managerial change.
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MexicoGunmen open fire in a bar in northern Mexico, killing at least 11 people and wounding several others, officials say.
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AfghanistanNato allows its troops to attack opium factories for the first time in Afghanistan to help stem the flow of funds to the Taleban.
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YemenAbout 100 Somalis are feared drowned in the Gulf of Aden after being forced overboard by smugglers, the UN says.
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United StatesUS sprinter Tim Montgomery is jailed for five years for dealing in heroin, months after being convicted of fraud.
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ThailandPolitical face-off overshadows Thai financial woes
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France, 
ChinaFrance recalls sweets and biscuits made with Chinese dairy after finding high levels of an industrial chemical.
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Democratic Republic of the CongoDR Congo's leader makes a televised appeal for people in the east to take up arms against rebel general Laurant Nkunda.
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PeruAt least 12 soldiers and seven civilians are killed by Shining Path rebels in Peru, in the worst attack in a decade.
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United StatesThe US says there is "no decision" on removing North Korea from its terror blacklist - a part of a nuclear disarmament deal.
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Afghanistan, PakistanTwenty-seven people are killed and more than 80 wounded in a suicide bombing on Pakistani tribal elders near the Afghan border.
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IraqA vehicle bomb in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, kills 13 people and injures 27 others, say police.
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IsraelJewish-Arab clashes rock mixed Israeli town
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United StatesPresident George W Bush vows to work "aggressively" to restore economic stability, as world stock markets tumble.
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India, United StatesThe US and India sign a controversial civilian nuclear co-operation accord, ending 34 years of American sanctions.
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IsraelIsrael's PM-designate urges calm as police clash with protesters in Acre on a third day of violence between Jews and Arabs.
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United StatesStock markets in London, Paris and Frankfurt again register big losses amid fears of an economic slowdown.
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Ukraine, 
SomaliaSomali pirates holding a Ukrainian cargo ship carrying military tanks threaten to blow it up if they are not paid a ransom.
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PeruPeru's President Alan Garcia accepts the government's resignation over alleged bribes for oil contracts.
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