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ChinaMigrant workers make an early start home for the Lunar New Year as China's economic slowdown leaves many jobless.
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United KingdomPlaying the computer puzzle game Tetris might help reduce the effects of traumatic stress, say UK researchers.
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Israel, 
VenezuelaThe Israeli ambassador to Caracas and several other staff are ordered to leave Venezuela in protest over violence in Gaza.
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IndonesiaAnother strong earthquake hits Indonesia's West Papua province with no immediate reports of any casualties or damage.
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United StatesThe US aluminium maker Alcoa has said it is cutting 13,500 jobs, or 13% of its workforce, due to the global economic slowdown.
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IraqIraqi authorities close a major Shia shrine in Baghdad to women amid security concerns as the rite of Ashura reaches its climax.
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United KingdomThe UK and several other countries still have high measles rates, dashing hopes of world eradication by 2010.
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ChinaThree Chinese search engines apologise for linking to pornography sites after criticism from the government.
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MaliWho wins the booby prize in Mali cattle crossings?
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ChinaChinese officials investigate the death of a baby boy soon after he was fed baby milk powder.
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PakistanSuspected Taleban militants kill three policemen and kidnap three others in north-western Pakistan, officials say.
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South Africa, 
AustraliaAustralia dismiss South Africa for 272 with 10 balls remaining to win the third and final Test by 103 runs in Sydney.
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IsraelInternational pressure builds for Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas to accept a UN-backed truce.
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United StatesActor Patrick Swayze, who has pancreatic cancer, admits in a US TV interview he may survive only two years.
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GuatemalaRescuers in Guatemala call off their search for bodies and any survivors of a massive landslide that killed at least 34 people.
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MexicoMasked gunmen fire shots at a TV station in Monterrey, northern Mexico, as it broadcasts its main news programme.
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Nigeria, 
FranceNine crew members of a French ship taken hostage at the weekend off the coast of Nigeria have been released.
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NorwayA Norwegian broadcaster cancels plans to put the Beatles' entire back catalogue on a series of free podcasts.
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SomaliaAn African Union peacekeeper is killed in the Somali capital as a UN worker is shot dead in a separate attack.
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GermanyGerman unemployment levels rose for the first time in nearly three years in December, according to government figures.
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IndiaPrices of fruit and vegetables start to rise in some Indian cities as a nationwide strike by lorry drivers enters a third day.
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ZimbabweThe reopening of Zimbabwe's schools is delayed, officially to mark exams, but many teachers are refusing to work.
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ChinaChina's once extravagant young learn to economise
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ChinaChinese authorities shut down and clean poultry markets in Hebei province, after the first human death in nearly a year.
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Israel, 
Gaza StripIsrael halts military operations in Gaza for three hours in the first of planned daily suspensions, it says, as ceasefire calls mount.
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AfghanistanThe family of a 14-year-old Afghan rape victim are accused of removing her foetus using a razor without anaesthetic.
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Ukraine, 
RussiaExports of Russian gas to Europe via Ukraine stop altogether with both countries accusing each other of turning off the tap.
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TurkeyMore than 30 people are detained in Turkey in a widening inquiry into an alleged ultra-nationalist coup plot.
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United StatesThe Congressional Budget Office says the the federal government deficit will exceed $1 trillion next year, the largest on record.
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Russia, 
BulgariaRussian gas cut hits Bulgarian homes and businesses
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GhanaJohn Atta Mills is sworn in as Ghana's new president amid celebrations in the capital, Accra, after his narrow election victory.
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United StatesA skier was left dangling from a chairlift at an American resort after he became stuck upside-down with his trousers round his ankles.
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GuineaGuinea's military junta has made a series of arrests, including some senior officers, army sources say.
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FrancePresident Sarkozy plans to scrap investigative magistrates, bringing French justice closer to the English-speaking world.
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United StatesHow the outgoing US president tied his tongue in knots
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United KingdomKevin Pietersen resigns from his position as England captain and will be succeeded by Andrew Strauss, as coach Peter Moores is sacked.
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Pakistan, IndiaPakistan finally confirms Indian claims that the only surviving gunman from the Mumbai attacks is a Pakistani citizen.
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Afghanistan, United StatesCoalition forces say they have killed about 50 insurgents in Afghanistan, amid reports of dozens of civilian casualties.
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RussiaArsenal's attempt to sign Andrei Arshavin from Zenit St Petersburg is being held up by the Russian club's demands, according to the player's agent.
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ChinaChinese Uighur's search for safety after Guantanamo
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Israel, 
EgyptIsrael says it accepts the principles of a truce plan for Gaza but its military offensive against Hamas has resumed.
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United StatesSenate leaders are expected to allow Roland Burris to take up Barack Obama's vacant seat in the US Senate.
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South Africa, AustraliaMatthew Hayden left out of Australia's one-day international and Twenty20 squads to face South Africa.
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