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EgyptA huge granite block thought to have once graced a temple in a palace of Cleopatra is raised from the sea in Egypt.
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AfghanistanLocals go head to head with governor in BBC debate
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ChinaThe Chinese capital Beijing is expected to pass the four million vehicle mark sometime during the next few days.
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Pacific OceanExtraordinary video is obtained in the Pacific Ocean of the deepest undersea volcano eruption ever recorded.
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Portugal, 
Atlantic OceanPortuguese scientists find a fried egg-shaped depression on the Atlantic Ocean floor they think may be an impact crater.
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CambodiaA UN-backed tribunal issues genocide charges against Khieu Samphan, the former Khmer Rouge head of state of Cambodia.
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Spain, 
Western Sahara, 
MoroccoA Western Sahara activist expelled by Morocco is allowed to return from Spain where she was on hunger strike.
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Afghanistan, 
FranceA major assault by coalition troops in Afghanistan's eastern Uzbin Valley concludes successfully, military officials say.
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IndiaFood prices in India have risen to a high of nearly 20% since last year, the highest rate in a decade.
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JapanJapan's central bank vows to beat deflation as it announced interest rates would remain at 0.1%.
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South Africa, 
United KingdomGraeme Swann hits a swashbuckling 85 to help England to 356 all out on day three of the first Test against South Africa - a deficit of 62.
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United KingdomCommuters are braced for severe travel problems as heavy snow falls in parts of eastern England, with up to 20cm possible.
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LebanonA rescue operation is under way after a ship carrying 83 people and a cargo of livestock sinks off the north Lebanese coast.
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PolandThe infamous Arbeit Macht Frei sign at the Auschwitz Nazi death camp in Poland has been stolen, officials there say.
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United StatesA US man becomes the country's longest-serving prisoner to be freed after DNA evidence proves his innocence 35 years on.
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YemenUncertainty and fear for remaining Yemen Jews
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NigeriaFormer Nigerian minister Nasir el-Rufai challenges the international arrest warrant issued last week on corruption charges.
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JapanJapanese former Formula 1 driver Ukyo Katayama is rescued from Japan's Mount Fuji, but his two companions are feared dead.
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PakistanAt least seven people die in a blast near a mosque used by police officers in north-western Pakistan, officials say.
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BurmaBurma's military rulers blame ethnic Karen rebels for a bomb that killed at least seven people, state-run media say.
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South AfricaA suggestion that South African condoms should be branded with football during the 2010 World Cup is "nuts", Cape Town's mayor says.
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PakistanA judge in Karachi summons Interior Minister Rehman Malik to appear before an anti-corruption court.
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Netherlands, 
SomaliaA group of suspected Somali pirates held on a Dutch warship will be freed because no country wants to prosecute them.
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IranIranian hackers supporting the Tehran government briefly bring down Twitter and an Iranian opposition website.
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ChinaChina is seeking international agreement to let it meter net traffic that passes through its borders.
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ZambiaThe former head of the Catholic Church in Zambia, Archbishop Emmanuel Milingo, is defrocked by the Vatican.
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IranIran's government is being kept in power by force and will not last its four-year term, one of the opposition candidates predicts.
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Brazil, United KingdomTwo British law graduates held in Brazil for insurance fraud have been acquitted on appeal, their lawyer says.
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Pakistan, United StatesThree suspected militants are killed in the third US drone strike on Pakistan's tribal region in two days, officials say.
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FranceA French court fines Google 300,000 euros and tells it to remove some titles from the archive of digital books it is creating.
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PhilippinesThe chief suspect in the massacre of 57 people in the Philippines - the country's worst political killing - appears in court.
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Germany, United KingdomGermany's Deutsche Bank is considering spreading the impact of the UK's bonus tax among staff worldwide.
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LebanonRescuers are still looking for 35 people missing after a ship carrying a cargo of livestock sank of the Lebanese coast.
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SpainA two-month dig aimed at finding the remains of Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca has yielded nothing, officials say.
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Sri LankaSri Lanka's presidential election campaign begins in earnest, with the two main candidates addressing rallies.
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South Africa, United KingdomGraeme Swann hits a magnificent 85 to rescue England on day three of an intriguingly poised first Test against South Africa at Centurion.
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PolandThe infamous Arbeit Macht Frei sign at the Auschwitz Nazi death camp in Poland has been stolen, officials there say.
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Yemen, United StatesSix Yemeni men held in the US detention centre at Guantanamo Bay will be repatriated, the Washington Post reports.
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SpainThe Catalan regional parliament votes in favour of debating a ban on bullfighting in the Spanish region.
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Denmark, United StatesUS President Barack Obama warns leaders that time is running out to strike a deal at the Copenhagen summit.
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SwedenGM says talks have broken down to sell its Swedish business Saab and it will start winding the car brand down.
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Iraq, IranA group of Iranian troops has crossed the border with Iraq and taken control of an Iraqi oil well, reports say.
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RwandaThe Rwanda genocide tribunal's mandate is extended until 2012 - a decision condemned by Rwanda's government.
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DenmarkWorld leaders are locked in talks as they attempt to deliver a last-minute deal at the Copenhagen climate summit.
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Switzerland, United StatesSwiss watch maker Tag Heuer says it is to drop troubled golfer Tiger Woods's image from its US adverts, a Swiss paper reports.
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Denmark, United StatesKey states have reached a "meaningful" deal that is a first step towards tackling climate change, a US official in Copenhagen says.
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Mexico, United StatesThe eastern United States is bracing itself for a major winter storm moving up the Atlantic coast from the Gulf of Mexico.
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Iran, United StatesThe mother of one of three US hikers detained in Iran makes a fresh appeal for their release.
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Denmark, United StatesKey states have reached a "meaningful" deal that is a first step towards tackling climate change, a US official in Copenhagen says.
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DenmarkThe UN Secretary General has welcomed a US-backed climate deal as an "essential beginning". Is it a fair deal?
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