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Danish police officers wait to stop and search potential protestors as they make their way across a bridge into the centre of Copenhagen, 12 Dec 2009
Copenhagen Braces for Massive March
Environmental activists descend on city to pressure world leaders to do more to combat climate change
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pakistan_Yousuf Raza Gilani
Pakistani PM: Anti-Taliban Offensive in South Waziristan is Over 
Gilani says the military is now focusing on the nearby Orakzai tribal region
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Representatives of the consortium led by Russia are seen during the second round of bids for oil licenses to develop some of Iraq's massive oil fields, at a meeting in Baghdad, 12 Dec 2009
Iraq Awards More Oil Field Contracts to Foreign Companies
Russia's Lukoil and Norway's Statoil to develop Iraq's gigantic West Qurna Phase Two oil field
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (file photo)
Clinton Cautions Latin American States About Iranian Influence 
Remarks were some of the strongest by an Obama administration official to date about increasing Iranian activity in region
- Hours After Obama Oslo Speech, US UN Ambassador Talks of Genocide Prevention
- Gates Predicts Stronger Sanctions on Iran, Unless Nuclear Policy Changes
- Gates Cites Arab-Kurd Progress in Iraq
- UN Envoy: Climate Change Talks Moving Forward
- N. Korean Assessment of US Visit Seen as Positive in S. Korea
- US: Top al-Qaida Leader Killed in Pakistan
- Gates Says US Air Force May Remain in Iraq Beyond 2011
- Britain Reviews Plans for 'Green Investment Bank'
- World Court Judges Adjourn to Consider Legality of Kosovo Independence
- US House Approves Historic Financial System Reforms
- Woods to Take Indefinite Hiatus From Golf
- Turkey Bans Pro-Kurdish Party
 |  | It would have been right to remove Saddam Hussein even without proof of weapons of mass destruction, says Tony Blair. |
Blair on Saddam choice | Philippines to lift martial law Philippines President Gloria Arroyo is to lift martial law in a southern province where 57 people were killed in political violence. | | Woods takes break from golf US golfer Tiger Woods says he is taking an indefinite break from the sport, after publicly admitting his "infidelity" for the first time. |
| British govt launches innovative Burma campaign Dec 11, 2009 (DVB)–The British government has teamed up with two prominent rights groups to highlight the story of Burma’s political prisoners in a bid to pressure the ruling junta as it prepares for elections next year. - more |
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| Two farmers handed 7-year sentence Dec 11, 2009 (DVB)–Two farmers involved in a land dispute in Burma which was taken up by the International Labour Organisation were yesterday given seven-year prison sentences. - more |
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| US citizen was ‘visiting cancer sick mother’ Dec 11, 2009 (DVB)–The Burmese-born US citizen standing trial in Burma on charges of fraud had flown to the country to visit his mother, who is sick with cancer, his wife wrote today in The Nation newspaper. - more |
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A non-violent movement could not have halted Hitler's armies. Negotiations cannot convince al Qaeda's leaders to lay down their arms.
