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Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki (file photo)
Iran Gives West One Month to Accept Nuclear Deal
Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki delivers ultimatum on Iranian state television
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Afghan MPs reject Karzai names
Afghan MPs reject more than half of President Hamid Karzai's 24 nominees for his new cabinet, including a former warlord.
Teen depression 'linked to sleep'
Rescue workers retrieve three bodies from the wreck of a car struck by a train, as authorities appealed to parents to help restrain young and reckless motorcyclists.
PM's appeal
Citizens should share the same goal of progress, says Mr Abhisit, and stop support anti-government demonstrators trying to hold the nation hostage.
Community in 5 years
Vietnam is taking over from Thailand as chairman of Asean, and appears determined to carry outr the plan to turn the group into a community as planned, by 2015.
Berry bad work
An expert warns that picking berries in Finland and Sweden is no picnic, and often is just a scam that cheats trusting villagers from the Northeast.

Bright lights amid the gloom
31/12/2009 :
The year 2009 was a tough year, with social divisions, street protests, southern violence, border disputes and economic doldrums appearing in the news on an almost daily basis.