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Summary.     Click for More > Young Australian hanged Face transplant woman thanks team Senior al Qaeda leader killed Witness at Hussein trial describes torture 5 die in suicide blast 110 killed in plane crash  The air force C-130 -- carrying more than 90 people has crashed near Tehran after hitting a 10-story apartment building Croatian fugitive general seized Ahmadinejad: Move Israel to Europe Jet crashes in flames. 100 killed Fuel depot blasts injure dozens   New Hariri report 'blames Syria'  UN Secretary General has received the second report into the killing of former Lebanese Prime Minister Beirut blast kills anti-Syria MP Nobel nominated gang leader executed 'High turnout' in election  Voting was extended by an hour in some areas because of the high turnout   WTO seals farms deal  Ministers from 149 states saved long-running talks with an interim deal to end farm export subsidies by 2013 Sharon hospitalized after mild stroke Leftist Morales poised to lead Strike shuts down NYC transit system Cloning research was fake  Research into cloning stem cells, hailed as a breakthrough earlier this year, was fabricated Nour jailed for 5 years 'HIV medics' sentence lifted Siren's wail marks tsunami moment Row deepens over Danish cartoons Soldiers kill 20 Sudanese refugees  Soldiers were trying to herd refugees aboard buses for evacuation from an upper-class Cairo neighborhood Ex-VP: Assad threatened Lebanese PM  Former Syrian Vice President Abdul-Halim Khaddam said that Rafik Hariri was threatened by Syria

Dec.1   Singapore
 Global  Controversy clouds World Aids Day
 North Carolina  US carries out 1,000th execution
Dec.2   France
 Sunni Triangle  10 Marines killed near Falluja
 China  Mine flood traps 42 miners
Dec.3   West Pakistan
 Lebanon  20 bodies found in grave
Dec.4  Iraq  Allawi chased from mosque
 Ivory Coast  African leaders name Konan Banny as PM
 Slovakia  Ancic win gives Croatia Davis Cup
 Kazakhstan  Massive victory for President Nazarbayev
Dec.5   Baghdad
  Israel
 Berlin  Rice visits Germany amid CIA row
Dec.6   Iran  
 Baghdad  Suicide bombers kill 36
 Baghdad  Saddam witness tells of abuse
Dec.7  Florida  Man killed after bomb claim at airport
 Northern China  Mine blast leaves 74 dead
Dec.8   Spain
 Baghdad  Bomber kills 30 on bus
  Iran
 Chicago  Jet skids off runway
Dec.10   Nigeria
 Canada  Deal reached at climate conference
Dec.11   England
  Syria  
 Chile  Leaders face poll run-off
Dec.12   Beirut
 Sydney  Second night of riots
 Afghanistan  Large quake hits Hindu Kush region
Dec.13   San Francisco Bay Area
 European Union  CIA abduction claims 'credible'
Dec.15  Sunni Triangle  Polls open in historic election
  Iraq  
Dec.16  Washington  Secret U.S. spy powers sparks anger
 Belgium  EU leaders agree 7-year budget
Dec.17  Hong Kong  Police clash with anti-WTO protesters
Dec.18   Hong Kong  
  Jerusalem
  Bolivia
 Washington  Bush hails Iraqi anti-terror role
Dec.19  Kabul  Cheney attends parliament ceremony
 Florida  Seaplane crashes off Miami Beach
 Jerusalem  Likud picked Netanyahu as its new leader
 Spain  Ronaldinho Fifa's World Player of the Year
Dec.20   New York
 Washington  'Intelligent design' teaching ban
Dec.21  Baghdad  Hussein says he was beaten in custody
 Vietnam  Bird flu shows resistance to Tamiflu
Dec.22  Baghdad  Hussein: 'White House lies'
  South Korea  
 Sunni Triangle  US to make Iraq troop level cuts
 U.S. Congress  Bush suffers Patriot Act defeat
Dec.23  Netherlands  15 years for chemicals-to-Iraq man
 Azerbaijan  Plane crash along Caspian shore kills 23
Dec.24   Egypt
 West Bank  Holiday spirit returns to Bethlehem
 Vatican  Pope leads his first Christmas service
Dec.25   Libya
 Northern Japan  Deadly train derailment
Dec.26   Aceh
 Sydney  Media magnate Kerry Packer dies
Dec.27  Iraq  Ukrainian, Bulgarian troops left Iraq
 Moscow  Illarionov, outspoken Putin aide, to quit
Dec.28  Southern India  Professor dies in gun raid
 Gaza  Israel bombards no-go zone
Dec.29   Arab Countries
 Baghdad  International team to review elections
 Northern Iraq  Death threats cut oil flow
 West Pakistan  Many killed in avalanche
Dec.30   Egypt  
 Gaza  British hostages freed, say Palestinians
  Lebanon  
Dec.31  Yemen  Landslide toll climbs to 56

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Dec.1  European Union  ECB ignores fears to raise rates
 Egypt  Violence mars elections
  Singapore  
  Singapore hanged young drug smuggler Tuong Van Nguyen, despite widespread condemnation in Australia
  Global Controversy clouds World Aids Day   North Carolina   US carries out 1,000th execution   Kenneth Boyd was put to death in 1,000th execution since capital punishment was reintroduced in 1976  Chicago  Former media baron pleads not guilty

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Dec.2   France   Face transplant woman thanks team
  The woman thanked her doctors when she awoke 24 hours after her surgery
  Sunni Triangle   10 Marines killed near Falluja  A roadside bomb, fashioned from several large artillery shells, killed 10 Marines while they were on foot patrol  Pakistan  Winter warning over quake tents   China Mine flood traps 42 miners  CIA  Civil rights group to sue CIA

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Dec.3   West Pakistan   Senior al Qaeda leader killed
  Abu Hamza Rabia, al Qaeda operations chief, died in an explosion in a home in the North Waziristan
  Lebanon   20 bodies found in grave  The remains have been found in a grave near the former headquarters of the Syrian army intelligence  Iraq  11 Iraqi soldiers killed in ambush

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Dec.4   Iraq Allawi chased from mosque   Ivory Coast   African leaders name Konan Banny as PM  The mediators have named an interim prime minister - Central Bank of West African States governor   Slovakia Ancic win gives Croatia Davis Cup  Spain  Real Madrid sack coach Luxemburgo   Kazakhstan   Massive victory for President Nazarbayev  Nursultan Nazarbayev had polled 91% of the vote, according to preliminary results  Baghdad  Saddam trial judge to step down

December 5 ... more > Top ^

Dec.5   Baghdad     Witness at Hussein trial describes torture
  The witness is describing the torture of man from a Shiite village in 1982: 'They broke all his body parts'
  Israel     5 die in suicide blast
  A Palestinian bomber has killed 5 and injured dozens in the coastal town of Netanya at the Sharon shopping center
 Washington  Rice defends U.S. terrorism policy  Congo  Deaths, injuries reported in quake   Berlin Rice visits Germany amid CIA row

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Dec.6   Iran   110 killed in plane crash
  The air force C-130 -- carrying more than 90 people has crashed near Tehran after hitting a 10-story apartment building
  Baghdad     Suicide bombers kill 36  2 bombers attacked a police academy, killing at least police officers and academy students   Baghdad Saddam witness tells of abuse  Germany  World Cup top 8 seeds unveiled  Baghdad  Saddam threatens to boycott trial  Beijing  Beijing vows to punish polluters

December 7 ... more > Top ^

Dec.7  Canada  UN climate talks enter key phase  Baghdad  Hussein trial adjourns for 2 weeks   Florida   Man killed after bomb claim at airport  A 44-year-old U.S. citizen was shot and killed when air marshals opened fire on a boarding bridge in Miami  Eritrea  UN demands halt to Eritrea order  Egypt  Poll clashes leave six dead   Northern China Mine blast leaves 74 dead  Iraq  Hostage deadline is extended

December 8 ... more > Top ^

Dec.8   Spain   Croatian fugitive general seized
  Ante Gotovina, the third most-wanted suspect from the 1990s Balkan wars, was arrested in the Canary Islands
  Baghdad Bomber kills 30 on bus  Belgium  Rice allays CIA prison row fears   Iran     Ahmadinejad: Move Israel to Europe
  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has expressed doubt that the Holocaust occurred
 Washington  U.S. considers reducing troops in Iraq  Washington  US blocks ICRC access to suspects   Chicago Jet skids off runway

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Dec.9  Canada  UN poised for new climate talks  Syria  Hamas to end truce with Israel  Germany  Brazil will face Croatia in opener

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Dec.10  Canada  US 'close to climate agreement'  Netherlands  Croatian war suspect flown to Hague   Nigeria   Jet crashes in flames. 100 killed
  A passenger jet crashed on landing at the airport in the city of Port Harcourt. At least 56 people were killed
  Canada   Deal reached at climate conference  More than 150 nations agreed to launch formal talks on reductions in greenhouse gases, excluding the US  Iraq  Deadline passes; no word on hostages  Beijing  China confirms it shot protesters

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Dec.11   England   Fuel depot blasts injure dozens
  Several large explosions are lighting up the predawn sky, injuring 43 people and sparking a massive blaze
 Nigeria  Families seek crash dead  Pakistan  Wedding inferno kills 40   Syria     New Hariri report 'blames Syria'
  UN Secretary General has received the second report into the killing of former Lebanese Prime Minister
 Iraq  Borders shut down ahead of election  Chile  Socialist female candidate leads   Chile Leaders face poll run-off

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Dec.12   Beirut     Beirut blast kills anti-Syria MP
  Gebran Tueni, a journalist, was killed when a massive car bomb exploded in an eastern Beirut suburb
  Sydney   Second night of riots  Violence triggered by race tensions has hit Sydney for a 2nd night, with youths damaging cars and shops  Iraq  Report: 'Severe torture' at second jail   Afghanistan Large quake hits Hindu Kush region  California  Ex-gang boss denied clemency  Syria  Syria faces more Lebanon pressure  Lebanon  International probe seeked into killings

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Dec.13   San Francisco Bay Area   Nobel nominated gang leader executed
  Convicted killer and Crips gang co-founder Stanley Tookie Williams executed at the state prison
  European Union CIA abduction claims 'credible'  Nigeria  Parents mourn 50 crash children  Nigeria  2 airlines grounded  Colombia  Colombia open to hostage talks

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Dec.14  Washington  Bush takes on Iraqi war critics  Beirut  Anger in Beirut as editor buried

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Dec.15   Sunni Triangle Polls open in historic election   Iraq   'High turnout' in election
  Voting was extended by an hour in some areas because of the high turnout
 Iraq  Vote counting began  U.S. Congress  McCain, Bush agree on torture ban  St. Petersburg  Explosion at nuclear plant

December 16 ... more > Top ^

Dec.16   Washington   Secret U.S. spy powers sparks anger  President Bush defended his actions and won't confirm report NSA spied on Americans  Belgium  UK making final EU budget offer   Belgium   EU leaders agree 7-year budget  The leaders agreed on a spending plan for the bloc seen as key to shaping the future of an enlarged EU

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Dec.17   Hong Kong Police clash with anti-WTO protesters  Belgium  EU leaders hail new budget deal  Washington  Bush admits he authorised spying  Hong Kong  WTO nears deal amid protests

December 18 ... more > Top ^

Dec.18   Hong Kong     WTO seals farms deal
  Ministers from 149 states saved long-running talks with an interim deal to end farm export subsidies by 2013
 Baghdad  Cheney visits officials, troops  Sydney  Arms seized in beach raid  Japan  Sao Paulo lift World Clubs trophy   Jerusalem     Sharon hospitalized after mild stroke
  Israeli Prime Minister was expected to remain in the hospital briefly for observation. He had difficulty speaking
  Bolivia   Leftist Morales poised to lead
  Exit polls from presidential election suggest a clear victory for Aymara Indian candidate, ahead of Jorge Quiroga
  Washington Bush hails Iraqi anti-terror role

December 19 ... more > Top ^

Dec.19   Kabul Cheney attends parliament ceremony  Washington  Bush: Secret wiretaps will continue  Baghdad  U.S. frees high-value Iraqi detainees  Jerusalem  Doctor: Sharon to make full recovery   Florida   Seaplane crashes off Miami Beach  At least 19 people have died after a seaplane crashed into water. Parts of the aircraft could be seen in waters   Jerusalem   Likud picked Netanyahu as its new leader  Likud Party picked the former Prime Minister, setting the stage for him to run against Sharon in March   Spain Ronaldinho Fifa's World Player of the Year  Central Africa  Millions of lives imperiled  Indonesia  Pilot jailed for murder

December 20 ... more > Top ^

Dec.20   New York   Strike shuts down NYC transit system
  Millions of passengers are having to find a new way of getting to work and do their holiday shopping
  Washington 'Intelligent design' teaching ban  Jerusalem  Sharon leaves hospital  Bosnia  Serbs tried over Srebrenica video  Bahamas  Crash devastates islands  Baghdad  Hussein will be in court: Lawyers

December 21 ... more > Top ^

Dec.21   Baghdad     Hussein says he was beaten in custody  Saddam Hussein charged that he has been beaten 'everywhere on my body' and has the marks to prove it   Vietnam Bird flu shows resistance to Tamiflu  European Union  EU quotas bring modest fish cuts  Washington  US dismisses Saddam torture claim

December 22 ... more > Top ^

Dec.22   Baghdad Hussein: 'White House lies'   South Korea   Cloning research was fake
  Research into cloning stem cells, hailed as a breakthrough earlier this year, was fabricated
 New York  Transport workers end strike   Sunni Triangle     US to make Iraq troop level cuts  Rumsfeld said in Falluja: President Bush has authorised cuts in US troops levels in Iraq   U.S. Congress Bush suffers Patriot Act defeat

December 23 ... more > Top ^

Dec.23   Netherlands   15 years for chemicals-to-Iraq man  A court has ruled that the killing of thousands of Kurds in the 1980s was an act of genocide   Azerbaijan Plane crash along Caspian shore kills 23  USA  Mosques checked for radiation  Ethiopia  Ethiopia troops leave tense border  UN  U.N. members reach budget deal

December 24 ... more > Top ^

Dec.24   Egypt   Nour jailed for 5 years
  A court sentenced leading government opponent for forgery at the end of a year-long judicial process
 Azerbaijan  23 dead recovered from air crash   West Bank Holiday spirit returns to Bethlehem  Washington  US wants Egypt politician freed   Vatican     Pope leads his first Christmas service  Benedict XVI began leading Midnight Mass blessing thousands of pilgrims, tourists and Romans  Libya  Libya to hear 'HIV medics' appeal

December 25 ... more > Top ^

Dec.25   Libya   'HIV medics' sentence lifted
  Supreme court has overturned death sentences on 6 foreign health workers
  Northern Japan Deadly train derailment  Aceh  Quiet ceremonies mark tsunami

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Dec.26   Aceh     Siren's wail marks tsunami moment
  A siren followed by a minute of silence marked the moment a year ago when the Indian Ocean tsunami crashed ashore
 Moscow  'No mistakes' says Beslan report   Sydney   Media magnate Kerry Packer dies  Australia's richest man has died peacefully at the age of 68 at home among his family  Japan  Inspections ordered after crash  European Union  Europe 'behind on Kyoto pledges'  Aceh  Rebels say army disbanded

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Dec.27   Iraq     Ukrainian, Bulgarian troops left Iraq  Poland would reduce troop levels in March, from nearly 1,500 to 900   Moscow Illarionov, outspoken Putin aide, to quit  Iraq  Mass grave discovered  Kazakhstan  Europe launches Galileo satellite

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Dec.28   Southern India Professor dies in gun raid  Moscow  Beslan report blames police  Baghdad  Eight dead in prison clash   Gaza   Israel bombards no-go zone  Israel has shelled a newly declared buffer zone, soon after warning Palestinians they could be shot if they entered it  Aceh  Troops withdrawal complete  USA  US to deport alleged Nazi guard

December 29 ... more > Top ^

Dec.29   Arab Countries     Row deepens over Danish cartoons
  Arab foreign ministers have condemned the failing to act against a newspaper that published cartoons of the Prophet
 Baghdad  Suicide bomb kills 4  Iraq  Shias abducted and killed   Baghdad   International team to review elections  2 Arab League representatives will join a Canadian and a European academic   Northern Iraq Death threats cut oil flow   West Pakistan   Many killed in avalanche  At least 24 people have been killed in an avalanche while digging for gemstones in a remote area of Kohistan

December 30 ... more > Top ^

Dec.30   Egypt   Soldiers kill 20 Sudanese refugees
  Soldiers were trying to herd refugees aboard buses for evacuation from an upper-class Cairo neighborhood
 Moscow  Russia says gas cut won't hit EU   Gaza British hostages freed, say Palestinians  UN  UN 'shocked' by violence in Cairo   Lebanon   Ex-VP: Assad threatened Lebanese PM
  Former Syrian Vice President Abdul-Halim Khaddam said that Rafik Hariri was threatened by Syria

December 31 ... more > Top ^

Dec.31  Moscow  Russia offers delay on gas hike  Iraq  7 killed in bombings  Syria  MPs demand exile's trial   Yemen Landslide toll climbs to 56  New York  Million in Times Square welcome in 2006

10 Marines killed near Falluja  A roadside bomb, fashioned from several large artillery shells, killed 10 Marines while they were on foot patrol Senior al Qaeda leader killed



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Dec.2   Sunni Triangle
Dec.3   West Pakistan
  Abu Hamza Rabia, al Qaeda operations chief, died in an explosion in a home in the North Waziristan
Dec.3   Lebanon 20 bodies found in grave  The remains have been found in a grave near the former headquarters of the Syrian army intelligence Dec.3  Iraq  11 Iraqi soldiers killed in ambush Dec.8   Spain Croatian fugitive general seized
  Ante Gotovina, the third most-wanted suspect from the 1990s Balkan wars, was arrested in the Canary Islands
Dec.8  Washington  U.S. considers reducing troops in Iraq Dec.10  Netherlands  Croatian war suspect flown to Hague Dec.13  Colombia  Colombia open to hostage talks Dec.14  Washington  Bush takes on Iraqi war critics Dec.19  Central Africa  Millions of lives imperiled Dec.20  Bosnia  Serbs tried over Srebrenica video Dec.22   Sunni Triangle   US to make Iraq troop level cuts  Rumsfeld said in Falluja: President Bush has authorised cuts in US troops levels in Iraq Dec.23   Netherlands 15 years for chemicals-to-Iraq man  A court has ruled that the killing of thousands of Kurds in the 1980s was an act of genocide Dec.23  Ethiopia  Ethiopia troops leave tense border Dec.26  Aceh  Rebels say army disbanded Dec.27   Iraq   Ukrainian, Bulgarian troops left Iraq  Poland would reduce troop levels in March, from nearly 1,500 to 900 Dec.27  Iraq  Mass grave discovered Dec.28