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SwedenWikileaks founder Julian Assange files an appeal with Sweden's Supreme Court against an arrest warrant for questioning on rape allegations.
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Egypt, 
United StatesThe US says it is "dismayed" by reports of interference and intimidation in voting in parliamentary polls in Egypt, a key ally.
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KazakhstanKazakhstan seeks image boost from OSCE summit
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PortugalEuro crisis gives EU Lisbon Treaty a bumpy first year
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ArubaSome UFO sightings could be explained by ball lightning and other atmospheric phenomena, says an Australian astrophysicist who studied a fireball event over Brisbane.
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RussiaRussia's World Cup bid brings both a buzz and concerns
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United KingdomSnow contnues to fall across much of the UK, bringing disruption to roads and airports, and closing hundreds of schools.
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United StatesAllowing gay troops to serve openly in the US military would carry only a low risk of hindering fighting ability, a Pentagon study finds.
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United StatesA Pentagon report has concluded the ban on openly gay people in the US military could be lifted, even in time of war, without harming military readiness.
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Cuba, United StatesSecret cables released by Wikileaks reveal US concerns over the activities of Cuban intelligence agents in Venezuela.
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United StatesPrison surveillance cameras in Idaho have captured footage of one inmate beating another prisoner, while guards watched, AP news agency reports.
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France, United StatesNicolas Sarkozy was left chasing a rabbit while meeting the US ambassador before he became French president, leaked US diplomatic cables reveal.
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United KingdomJenny Tinmouth, one of the UK's fastest female superbike riders, shows Newsbeat around Motorcycle Live 2010 in Birmingham.
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Pakistan, United Kingdom, United StatesUS and UK diplomats feared Pakistan's nuclear material could fall into the hands of terrorists, classified US cables revealed by Wikileaks show.
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EcuadorThe international police agency, Interpol, has issued a "Red Notice" for the founder of the whistle-blowing website Wikileaks, Julian Assange.
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EcuadorCan no-drilling pledge conserve oil-rich park in Ecuador?
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Aruba, 
AustraliaAustralia's economic growth slowed between July and September as the high value of its currency hit export earnings.
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North Korea, United StatesSouth Korea says it plans more military drills with the United States, despite China's disapproval and tensions over North Korea's nuclear programme.
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United KingdomThe third film in the Chronicles Of Narnia series has a chilly premiere in London's Leicester Square, attended by the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh.
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FranceFrench first lady Carla Bruni thanks Pope Benedict for saying the use of condoms to prevent HIV/Aids may be justified.
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ChinaChina's manufacturing picked up in November, state figures suggest, with strong domestic demand offsetting weakness elsewhere.
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Afghanistan, KazakhstanUS Secretary of State Hilary Clinton calls on the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe to play a greater role in Afghanistan.
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Australia, United KingdomJonathan Trott says England will put their record-breaking performance against Australia in Brisbane to one side ahead of the second Ashes Test starting in Adelaide on Friday.
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United StatesThe coffin which used to contain the body of Lee Harvey Oswald - the suspected killer of US president John F Kennedy - is going up for auction in Los Angeles next week.
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United Kingdom, United StatesThe latest batch of leaked US diplomatic cables suggest the Bank of England's governor had "great concern" about David Cameron and George Osborne's "lack of experience".
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UgandaA Ugandan court acquits 18 people charged in connection with World Cup bomb attacks that killed more than 70 in the capital, Kampala, in July.
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United KingdomThe UK's manufacturing sector grew at its fastest rate for 16 years in November, a closely-watched survey suggests.
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IndiaA separatist leader from the north-east Indian of state of Manipur, whose arrest was reported in October, appears in a court in the country.
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United KingdomSir Elton John has been handed editorial duties at the Independent for a special edition to mark World Aids Day.
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Hong KongOne in four people in Hong Kong would like to leave the territory because of its worsening air pollution, a new survey suggests.
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IranIran declares a two-day holiday in Tehran because of air pollution - the second time in a week pollution has forced a shutdown.
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United KingdomThe creation of classic album London Calling by punk band The Clash is to form the basis of a new music biopic.
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South Korea, North KoreaSouth Korea's intelligence chief says North Korea is very likely to attack it again, a week after an artillery strike on an island.
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BermudaLewis Hamilton is encouraged after his first test of the 2011 McLaren in the team's simulator.
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KenyaAs World Aids Day is marked around the globe, one orphaned woman in Kenya describes how she discovered she was HIV-positive.
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Netherlands, RussiaRussian gas monopoly Gazprom and Royal Dutch Shell agree to expand co-operation in Russia and in global energy markets.
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RomaniaPreview followed by live coverage of Thursday's game between Steaua Bucharest and Liverpool in the Europa League.
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IndonesiaHuman Rights Watch says two of the five Islamic laws used in the Indonesian province of Aceh violate rights and are implemented abusively.
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SpainSeven men are arrested in Spain and three in Thailand on suspicion of links to the Pakistani militant group blamed for the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
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ItalyTwo walls collapse at Italy's ancient city of Pompeii, the second collapse this week and the third in a month, officials say.
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SpainSpain announces plans to sell off stakes in the country's airport authority and national lottery as it seeks to raise funds.
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IndiaSales of Tata Motors' Nano, the world's cheapest car, plunged by 85% in November, the Indian carmaker says.
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BotswanaPoliticians call for Botswana to consider legalising prostitution to fight against HIV, as the country marks World Aids Day.
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EgyptEgypt's banned opposition movement the Muslim Brotherhood is withdrawing candidates from Sunday's election run-off, media reports say.
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Afghanistan, United StatesThe first of 12 US soldiers accused of being part of a group that murdered Afghan civilians for sport faces a court martial on Wednesday.
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Central African RepublicCentral African Republic's flamboyant and ruthless former President, Jean-Bedel Bokassa, is rehabilitated by presidential decree.
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RussiaRussia's Vladimir Putin is to stay away from the Fifa decision on the 2018 World Cup, saying Fifa is the victim of smears.
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AfghanistanParliamentary election results are released in the Afghan province of Ghazni, the last area to be declared.
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EgyptThree tourists are injured by a shark in three separate attacks at the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh.
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Portugal, SpainSpain and Portugal play sunshine card in bid to host World Cup
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United KingdomDavid Beckham insists he has faith in Fifa to judge England's 2018 World Cup bid on its merits ahead of Thursday's vote in Zurich.
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Sri Lanka, United KingdomA leading British debating society says that it is cancelling a talk by President Mahinda Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka because of "security concerns".
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United StatesUS regulators are set for a showdown later this month over so-called "net neutrality" rules intended to ensure an open internet.
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IranIran executes a woman found guilty of murdering the first wife of prominent footballer Nasser Mohammadkhani, state media says.
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BrazilDeforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has fallen to its lowest rate for 22 years, Brazil's government says.
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Greece, United KingdomFigures have revealed that 99% of the known illegal migrants to the European Union enter via Greece with many of them hoping to travel on to Britain.
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BotswanaA Brazilian clown elected to congress is cleared to take his seat after proving he can read and write.
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United StatesA presidential panel set up to help trim the US budget deficit calls for deep spending cuts and tax rises to save $4tn by 2020.
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ChinaChina's eye popping growth has become the envy of the world and nowhere is this march to modernity more evident than in White Horse Village.
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Portugal, United StatesWorld stock markets and the euro surged amid reports that Washington may join Europe in further support for heavily indebted countries.
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MexicoThe Obama administration says it will maintain a ban on off-shore oil and gas drilling in the eastern Gulf of Mexico and parts of the Atlantic coast.
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Pakistan, United StatesPakistan rejects fears expressed in US diplomatic cables, revealed by Wikileaks, that its nuclear material could fall into the hands of terrorists.
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United StatesUS Federal Reserve names the companies that used its emergency loan facilities during the financial crisis and reveals how much they borrowed.
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United KingdomTemperatures are set to plunge again overnight after one of the coldest starts to December in more than 20 years caused chaos across the UK.
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VenezuelaDays of heavy rain bring severe floods and landslides to northern Venezuela, killing at least 21 people.
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United StatesAn American poet is the winner of a £30,000 literary award for her collection of 21st Century poetry.
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United StatesPolygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs is arraigned in a courtroom in Texas on charges of sexual assault and bigamy, after being extradited from Utah.
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