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  1. South Africa blasts Copenhagen failure (AP)
  2. Rights courts condemns Guatemala in 1982 massacre (AP)
  3. (AP)
  4. Doherty re-arrested after avoiding prison term (AFP)
  5. The Eurostar Breakdown: 'Tis the Season to Be Livid (Time.com)
  6. Brazil's chief justice delays ruling on boy's fate (AP)
  7. 2 Koreas to open modernized military hot lines (AP)
  8. Police: Suicide bomber kills 2 in NW Pakistan (AP)
  9. Eurostar resumes service between Paris and London (AP)
  10. Israel gives response to Hamas prisoner swap offer (AP)
  11. Young sailor Dekker flies back to the Netherlands (AP)
  12. Economy still stuck in recession: data (AFP)
  13. Five sentenced to death in Ethiopia for assassination plot (AFP)
  14. Ahmadinejad dismisses US deadline for nuke deal (AP)
  15. OPEC holds output steady (AP)
  16. Dear President Obama: What North Korea Might Say (Time.com)
  17. Polish police probe foreign link in Auschwitz theft (Reuters)
  18. Prosecutor: Iran still investigating 3 Americans (AP)
  19. Auschwitz sign theft re-enacted for investigators (AP)
  20. Police: Body found in river missing American man (AP)
  21. Ethiopia court sentences 5 to death over terrorism (AP)
  22. Karzai orders investigation into cousin's slaying (AP)
  23. Some Romanians nostalgic 20 years after communism (AP)
  24. Reactor shutdown opens door to Russia plans (AP)
  25. Flights cancelled in new blow to Christmas travel (AFP)
  26. Pakistani court orders 2 men's noses, ears cut off (AP)
  27. Demjanjuk trial witness describes deportation (AP)
  28. Kidnapping suspect arrested in Mauritania (AP)
  29. Gunmen kill family of Mexican drug war hero (AP)
  30. Panel: Lithuanian security approved CIA prisons (AP)
  31. US to look at less-capped talent in January (AFP)
  32. Weeks of fighting Yemen rebels killed 73 Saudis (AP)
  33. Cuba lets cardinal give X-mas message on state TV (AP)
  34. Egypt says no steel Gaza wall despite Hamas fears (Reuters)
  35. US general: no court-martial for pregnant soldiers (AP)
  36. France: War possible in Guinea if Camara returns (AP)
  37. Barred Chinese activist camps out in Tokyo airport (AP)
  38. Italy's Fiat to boost output by 2011: report (AFP)
  39. Egyptian court upholds 4 years jailing of blogger (AP)
  40. Madagascar police use tear gas against protesters (AP)
  41. Report: Weapons flight heading to Iran (AP)
  42. Ship carrying 3 astronauts docks at space station (AP)
  43. Report says 225,000 Haiti children work as slaves (AP)
  44. Brazil justice rules for US dad in custody battle (AP)
  45. Ahmadinejad dismisses US deadline for nuclear deal (AP)
  46. Suicide bombing kills 3 at NW Pakistan press club (AP)
  47. Slaying of drug war hero's family shocks Mexico (AP)
  48. Hong Kong democracy activists take a gamble (AP)
  49. British priest: Shoplifting by poor sometimes OK (AP)
  50. Puerto Rico OKs one lowest drunk-driving limits (AP)
  51. Abducted Colombian state governor found dead (AP)
  52. Man United's 'Busby Babe' Scanlon dies aged 74 (AFP)
  53. Gunmen fire at Mexican eatery with US mayor inside (AP)
  54. AP Interview: Rice says NKorea is feeling pressure (AP)
  55. Leading China dissident goes on trial (AFP)
  56. China hits back after EU extends shoe taxes (AFP)
  57. Flight misses Jamaica runway; no injuries reported (AP)
  58. Plane overshoots Jamaica runway; no injury reports (AP)
  59. Weapons-carrying plane headed for Sri Lanka (AP)
  60. Brother-in-law says verdict for Liu will be Friday (AP)
  61. Correction: Congo-UN story (AP)
  62. US: Arms talks with Russia to drag into 2010 (AP)
  63. Iraqi police: Bomb targets church in Mosul (AP)
  64. Dutch court mulls removing young sailor from home (AP)
  65. Bethlehem gets first Christmas rock concert (AP)
  66. Ford agrees Volvo sale to China's Geely: report (AFP)
  67. Renewed Lebanese drug trade hikes Mideast tensions (AP)
  68. Vatican defends move on wartime pope (AP)
  69. Afghan member of parliament gunned down by police (AP)
  70. Swedish Christmas straw goat burns again (AP)
  71. Zimbabwe 'needs $45bln' for economy (AFP)
  72. Bin Laden daughter hides in Saudi embassy in Iran (AP)
  73. In Germany, a Disturbing Rise of Right-Wing Violence (Time.com)
  74. 'Legal high' drugs banned (AFP)
  75. Hamas: Mediator in prisoner swap enters Gaza (AP)
  76. India, China stronger from climate meet - Pachauri (Reuters)
  77. Report: Police, protesters clash in southern Iran (AP)
  78. Somali militants enforce Taliban-style dress code (AP)
  79. New Romanian government sworn in (AFP)
  80. Sudan parliament delays recess to ready Abyei vote law (AFP)
  81. UN climate chief urges avoiding blame over summit (AP)
  82. "Harassed" Nestle halts Zimbabwe operations (Reuters)
  83. BlackBerry e-mail restored for some after outage (AP)
  84. Muslims slam UK pledge to reform war crimes law (AP)
  85. US 'deeply concerned' over Sudan referendum law (AFP)
  86. Ford agrees Volvo sale to Chinese carmaker (AFP)
  87. Nestle closure in Zimbabwe an 'over-reaction': Mugabe (AFP)
  88. Michael Schumacher: Formula One Star to Return (Time.com)
  89. European travellers battle new Christmas chaos (AFP)
  90. Captain of famed Exodus refugee ship dies at 86 (AP)
  91. Mugabe sees 'tremendous improvement' in Zimbabwe (AFP)
  92. Winehouse charged over British theatre assault (AFP)
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  94. Sudan parliament to vote again on referendum law: SPLM (AFP)
  95. Venice flooded as Italy's bad weather continues (AP)
  96. Group blasts UNESCO over Equatorial Guinea link (AP)
  97. Yemen is growing front in al-Qaida battle (AP)
  98. Spain's Telefonica buys Internet phone provider Jajah (AFP)
  99. 1 dead, 2 hurt in Mexico military helicopter crash (AP)
  100. U.N. extends mandate of Congo peacekeeping force (Reuters)
  101. Colorado parents sentenced for 'balloon boy' hoax (Reuters)
  102. Israel, Hamas Wrestle Over a Prisoner Swap (Time.com)
  103. Obama ends benefits for Guinea, Madagascar, Niger (Reuters)
  104. 2 vessels collide in Philippines; 27 missing (AP)
  105. Aide: Brazilian family giving up fight for US boy (AP)
  106. Diplomats shut out of Chinese dissident's trial (AP)
  107. Queen urges Commonwealth to lead on climate change (AFP)
  108. Peru woman trampled to death at Christmas giveaway (AP)
  109. Bin Laden daughter hides in Saudi embassy in Iran (AP)
  110. Mexico: 4 held in revenge attack on hero's family (AP)
  111. Obama ends benefits for Guinea, Madagascar, Niger (Reuters)
  112. Greek parliament adopts 2010 crisis budget (AFP)
  113. British skiers warned to go easy on Christmas cheer (AFP)
  114. US removes trade benefits from Niger, Guinea, Madagascar (AFP)
  115. Postwar Gaza: Scars frozen, Mideast at an impasse (AP)
  116. British soldier killed in Afghanistan explosion (AFP)
  117. Officials: Suicide bomber kills 4 in NW Pakistan (AP)
  118. Israeli teens: We won't dismantle settlements (AP)
  119. Canadian couple attacked while hiking in S.Africa: report (AFP)
  120. Italy: court OKs extradition of US fugitive doctor (AP)
  121. Yemen claims 30 killed in raid on Qaida hide-outs (AP)
  122. Virgin Mary sighting a glimpse of hope for Egypt Christians (AFP)
  123. Queen Elizabeth II to pay tribute to UK troops (AP)
  124. Pakistan Christians celebrate Christmas in fear (AP)
  125. Threats, Ashoura bring blue Christmas in Iraq (AP)
  126. Mexico City's Revolutionary First: Gay Marriage (Time.com)
  127. Archbishop of York attacks Uganda's anti-gay bill (AP)
  128. Iran police shoot dead 2 in melee during execution (AP)
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  130. Top Roman Catholic in Holy Land prays for peace (AP)
  131. Bombings in Iraq kill 11 ahead of Shiite rite (AP)
  132. Lawyer: Adams' brother won't surrender in NIreland (AP)
  133. (AP)
  134. Violence in Somalia over land dispute kills 8 (AP)
  135. Iran bans memorials for cleric in wake of violence (AP)
  136. Russian president optimistic on arms deal with US (AP)
  137. Russia to work on new nuclear missiles: Medvedev (Reuters)
  138. Hamas: Response to Israel count-offer by next week (AP)
  139. Son: Venezuelan ex-President Caldera dead at 93 (AP)
  140. Once at war, Russia and Georgia agree to open border (Reuters)
  141. Belgian-Israeli dual nationals sue Hamas (AP)
  142. Greenpeace will keep up pressure on global warming (AP)
  143. Risky pudding: UK diners sign waiver for dessert (AP)
  144. Wenger takes pride from Arsenal's barren years (AFP)
  145. Text of letter from David Goldman (AP)
  146. Officials rap Eurostar, Eurotunnel over Channel shutdown (AFP)
  147. Officials probe American plane wreck in Jamaica (AP)
  148. African Union concerned over Sudan distrust (AFP)
  149. German Protestant leader calls for Afghan pullout (Reuters)
  150. The secret of Xmas crackers -- pull downwards (Reuters)
  151. Tsunami recovery: numbers tell the tale (AP)
  152. Anglican leader warns against rush for independent children (AFP)
  153. Nigerian ex-lawmaker asks court to put VP in charge (AFP)
  154. Pope knocked down by woman at Christmas Mass (AP)
  155. South Sudan referendum law back to parliament (AP)
  156. Peru bus crash kills 40 passengers (AP)
  157. Five killed as heavy rain, winds lash Morocco (AFP)
  158. Swedish press sceptical on Chinese takeover of Volvo (AFP)
  159. Mexico wants binding climate accord at 2010 summit (AP)
  160. Woman knocks down Pope at Christmas Eve Mass (AP)
  161. Pope knocked down by woman at Christmas Mass (AP)
  162. Boy, American dad arrive in US from Brazil (AP)
  163. Peru bus crash kills 42 passengers (AP)
  164. Venezuelan ex-President Rafael Caldera dies at 93 (AP)
  165. Yemen strikes al-Qaida chiefs in US-backed assault (AP)
  166. Crew of NKorean weapons plane jailed 12 more days (AP)
  167. China sentences Liu to 11 years for subversion (AP)
  168. Tsunami recovery: numbers tell the tale (AP)
  169. Netanyahu asks Livni to join Israeli government (AP)
  170. One year jail term for paedophile Briton in Cambodia (AFP)
  171. Taliban video claims to be of captured US soldier (AP)
  172. Gifts bring Christmas cheer to Filipino evacuees (AP)
  173. Russian nightclub death toll reaches 152 (AP)
  174. Pakistan police: Americans may face terror charges (AP)
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  176. Iran: Turkey option for nuke exchange with West (AP)
  177. Vatican's top cleric in Arabia walks a thin line (AP)
  178. 2 more Irish bishops quit over Dublin abuse report (AP)
  179. Two more Irish bishops to quit in child abuse scandal (AFP)
  180. AP Enterprise: Year after warships come, piracy up (AP)
  181. China's Harsh Christmas Warning to Political Dissidents (Time.com)
  182. Iraq police: 3 hurt as Christians, Shiites scuffle (AP)
  183. Queen calls 2009 "difficult year" (Reuters)
  184. Eurostar to run normal service on Dec 26 (AFP)
  185. AP Interview: new US policy is engaging world (AP)
  186. Five dead in Germany house fire (AFP)
  187. Jamaica: No guide lights when jet overshot runway (AP)
  188. Troops get extra time to phone home at Christmas (AFP)
  189. Hopes wane as Zimbabwe farm mayhem spreads (AP)
  190. CORRECTED: Two more Irish bishops to resign over child abuse (Reuters)
  191. Top Russian doctor accuses brewers of spiking beer (Reuters)
  192. Journalist killed in Mexico, 12th case in 2009 (AP)
  193. Sudan-Chad ties thaw after meeting: Khartoum (AFP)
  194. British parents admit raiding children's piggy banks (AFP)
  195. Will 2010 Be the Year the World Ends -- for Mexico? (Time.com)
  196. Beasley sings praises of Rangers teammates (AFP)
  197. Pakistan's Turmoil Endangers Its Archaeological Treasures (Time.com)
  198. Eurostar says cooperating with review amid claims of 'safety' lapse (AFP)
  199. Eurotunnel says not responsible for Eurostar chaos (Reuters)
  200. Family pleas for captive US soldier's release (AP)
  201. Vatican to review security after papal knock-down (AP)
  202. 'Big Brother' targets wounded soldiers for show: report (AFP)
  203. UK paper names slain protester 'person of the year' (AFP)
  204. Radical Yemeni cleric believed unhurt in airstrike (AP)
  205. Eurostar denies safety lapses over train breakdowns (AFP)
  206. Eurostar hits back over 'safety' lapse claims (AFP)
  207. Prayers and silence mark 2004 tsunami anniversary (AP)
  208. Divers search for 24 missing from Philippine ferry (AP)
  209. Activist: US missionary crosses border into NKorea (AP)
  210. Chelsea aim to extend lead, Mancini prepares for City bow (AFP)
  211. 3 Fatah activists killed in Israeli raid (AP)
  212. Report: Iranian forces, demonstrators clash (AP)
  213. Croatia to elect president amid economic crisis (AFP)
  214. NATO: Taliban commander dies in mosque shootout (AP)
  215. S.Africa fight back after early losses in second Test (AFP)
  216. South Africa bat in second England Test (AFP)
  217. Police searches in London after US plane attack (AFP)
  218. Bomb in Iraqi pilgrims' tent kills 3, wounds 16 (AP)
  219. Pope in good shape 2 days after Xmas scare (AP)
  220. More than 40 feared dead in India bridge collapse (AP)
  221. Officials: Suspected US strikes kill 3 in Pakistan (AP)
  222. Tsunami's devastation: Numbers tell the tale (AP)
  223. Pakistan: US men had maps of nuclear power site (AP)
  224. Europe tightens security after foiled U.S. attack (Reuters)
  225. Nigeria banker fears son is alleged plane attacker (AP)
  226. Independence an uncertain draw for Khartoum southerners (AFP)
  227. US seeks global security stepup on US-bound travel (AP)
  228. US commander: Iraq must be fair to Sunnis (AP)
  229. Italy toy store opens at 4 a.m. to help frantic mother (Reuters)
  230. Measures that Chavez opponents call undemocratic (AP)
  231. Why Indie Directors Are Releasing Movies Online -- For Free (Time.com)
  232. Bomb squad searches Lufthansa jet in Iceland (Reuters)
  233. Explosion rocks Hezbollah stronghold near Beirut (AP)
  234. Wreckage probe nears end; Jamaica awaits details (AP)
  235. Trapped cavers in France found safe and well (AFP)
  236. Activists push Egypt to grant access to Gaza (AP)
  237. Bolivian leader moves to legalize small coca plots (AP)
  238. Judge tells man he's charged with blowing up plane (AP)
  239. Irish finance minister diagnosed with cancer (Reuters)
  240. Activist who denounced Mexico border killings dies (AP)
  241. Nigerian man charged in Christmas airliner attack (AP)
  242. US bomb suspect was denied British visa: source (AFP)
  243. Ferry sinks in Philippines; 3 dead, 22 missing (AP)
  244. McGinn makes Old Firm derby case (AFP)
  245. US bombing suspect is linked to Britain (AFP)
  246. Wenger relishing Gunners title challenge (AFP)
  247. Need for power coal threatens Zimbabwe national park (AFP)
  248. Family of British death row inmate come to China (AFP)
  249. Bomb kills gov't official, family in NW Pakistan (AP)
  250. Croats start voting for new head of state (Reuters)