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China and Asean trade deal begins

Friday 1st of January 2010, 0:33
related countries: China China

A new free trade area incorporating China and the six founding Asean members is coming into effect.
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French online piracy law in force

Friday 1st of January 2010, 0:45
related countries: France France

The first effects of France's controversial new law against internet piracy will begin to be felt as the new year starts.
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N Korea urges 'end to hostility'

Friday 1st of January 2010, 1:23
related countries: North Korea North Korea, United States United States
related places: New Year

North Korea issues a New Year message calling for an end to hostile relations with the US, and peace on the Korean peninsula.
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2010 starts with good news for Tasmanian devils

Friday 1st of January 2010, 3:05
related countries: Australia Australia

Scientists fighting a cancer that threatens to wipe out Australia's Tasmanian devils say they have made a breakthrough
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Cambodia in Rainsy arrest warrant

Friday 1st of January 2010, 4:13
related countries: Cambodia Cambodia

The Cambodian government issues an arrest warrant against opposition leader Sam Rainsy over a border dispute.
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Russia sets minimum vodka price

Friday 1st of January 2010, 5:11
related countries: Russia Russia

Russia imposes a minimum price for the sale of vodka as part of a national campaign to reduce alcoholism.
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Tibetan 'living Buddha' jailed

Friday 1st of January 2010, 5:24
related countries: China China

A revered Tibetan lama is jailed for eight years by China on ammunitions and embezzlement charges, which he denies.
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Deadly drone attack in Pakistan

Friday 1st of January 2010, 7:37
related countries: Pakistan Pakistan, United States United States

Missiles fired from a US drone aircraft have killed at least three people in north-west Pakistan, officials say.
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Obama lauds CIA after bomb strike

Friday 1st of January 2010, 7:40
related countries: Afghanistan Afghanistan

Barack Obama rallies the CIA after seven staff were killed by an Afghan bomber - one of the worst attacks in its history.
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Russian resolution

Friday 1st of January 2010, 8:33
related countries: Russia Russia
related places: Moscow

Moscow raises vodka prices in bid to cut alcoholism
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Bus crash kills 18 in Bangladesh

Friday 1st of January 2010, 9:49
related countries: Bangladesh Bangladesh
related places: Faridpur

At least 18 people are killed and dozens injured as a bus skids off a road in heavy fog in Faridpur district, Bangladesh.
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Pavlyuchenko can go for right fee

Friday 1st of January 2010, 11:24
related countries: Russia Russia

Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp is willing to sell disenchanted striker Roman Pavlyuchenko if the club receive a suitable offer for the Russian.
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Iraq hostage to return to Britain

Friday 1st of January 2010, 12:12
related countries: United Kingdom United Kingdom

Freed British hostage Peter Moore is likely to leave Baghdad later to return to the UK, the Foreign Office says.
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CIA bomber 'courted as informant'

Friday 1st of January 2010, 13:15
related countries: Afghanistan Afghanistan

The bomber who killed seven CIA employees in Afghanistan was invited to the base as a potential informant, officials say.
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Brazilian Jo suspended by Everton

Friday 1st of January 2010, 14:01
related countries: Botswana Botswana

Everton suspend on-loan striker Jo for a breach of discipline after he returned to South America without permission over Christmas.
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Iraq 'regrets Blackwater move'

Friday 1st of January 2010, 14:25
related countries: Iraq Iraq, United States United States
related places: Blackwater

Iraq angrily criticises the dismissal of charges against five guards from US security firm Blackwater accused of killing 17 civilians.
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Cartoon pokes fun at Putin and Medvedev

Friday 1st of January 2010, 15:29
related countries: Russia Russia
related places: Medvedev

Moscow's leading men are gently lampooned in a New Year's special cartoon broadcast on Russian television.
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Iraq civilian death toll 'down'

Friday 1st of January 2010, 15:41
related countries: Iraq Iraq

Violence against civilians in Iraq dropped dramatically in 2009, a report by an independent monitoring group says.
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US 'bomber' began trip in Ghana

Friday 1st of January 2010, 15:54
related countries: Ghana Ghana, United States United States
related places: Lagos

The man accused of attempting to blow up an airliner on Christmas Day began his journey in Ghana not Lagos, Nigeria says.
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Finland killer 'targeted victims'

Friday 1st of January 2010, 16:21
related countries: Finland Finland

The man who shot dead five people on New Year's Eve in Finland seems to have targeted his victims, police say.
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Iraq hostage arrives back in UK

Friday 1st of January 2010, 18:26
related countries: Iraq Iraq, United Kingdom United Kingdom

Freed British hostage Peter Moore arrives at RAF Brize Norton following his two-and-a-half year kidnap ordeal in Iraq.
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Mousavi 'ready to die' for reform

Friday 1st of January 2010, 18:45
related countries: Iran Iran

Opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi says he is ready to die for Iranian reform, days after his nephew was killed in protests.
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UK PM calls global summit on Yemen

Friday 1st of January 2010, 19:04
related countries: Yemen Yemen, United States United States
related places: Detroit

Gordon Brown calls a summit to discuss radicalisation in Yemen in the wake of the alleged bomb plot on a US plane over Detroit.
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Scores killed at Pakistan match

Friday 1st of January 2010, 21:10
related countries: Pakistan Pakistan

A suicide bomber strikes at a volleyball court in north-west Pakistan, killing at least 88 people, a local police chief says.
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US radio star's health scare over

Friday 1st of January 2010, 22:20
related countries: United States United States

Right-wing US talk show host Rush Limbaugh says tests taken after a health scare show nothing wrong with his heart.
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French seized near Kabul 'alive'

Friday 1st of January 2010, 22:30
related countries: Afghanistan Afghanistan, France France
related places: Kabul

Two French journalists kidnapped in Afghanistan earlier this week are alive and in good health, French media report.
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Colombia rebels die in air strike

Friday 1st of January 2010, 23:59
related countries: Colombia Colombia

An air strike by Colombian forces kills at least 18 Farc rebels as they hold a New Year's party in a jungle camp. officials say.
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