IRAN
Five Britons detained after yacht strays into Iranian waters
Five British citizens have been detained in Iran after their yacht may have strayed into Iranian waters, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said on Monday.
MARKETS
UAE stocks plunge as govt says it will not guarantee Dubai World's debt
ISLAM
Kouchner criticises 'religious oppression' of Swiss minaret vote
FOOTBALL
Ireland ask to be 33rd World Cup team
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AFGHANISTAN
Brown confirms 500 more UK troops to be deployed in December
Prime Minister Gordon Brown confirmed Monday that Britain will send 500 more troops to Afghanistan beginning in early December, noting that the total British troop force in the country will then exceed 10,000.
GERMANY
Trial of suspected Nazi guard Demjanjuk opens in Munich
John Demjanjuk, an 89-year-old suspected former Nazi guard, was rolled into a Munich court in a wheelchair Monday for the start of his trial on charges of being an accessory in the deaths of nearly 28,000 Jews.
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FRANCE
Court orders eBay to pay LVMH €1.7 million for unauthorised sales
A French court ordered online auction site eBay on Monday to pay €1.7 million to luxury retailer Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy, or LVMH, for the unauthorised sale of its perfumes.
CHAD - SUDAN
Kidnappers threaten to kill French aid workers, demand talks with Paris
A group claiming to have kidnapped three French aid workers has threatened to kill them unless French authorities agree to direct negotiations on French policy in the region, specifically in Chad and Sudan.
ENERGY
CERN's atom smasher sets record energy level
The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) announced on Monday that its Large Hadron Collider had become the world's highest energy particle accelerator, smashing the world record.
WEST BANK
Israel begins enforcing limited moratorium on new buildings
Israel has begun enforcing a temporary moratorium on building new West Bank settlements. The 10-month freeze on new construction was announced by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (pictured) last week.
TENNIS
Serena Williams fined record 175,000 dollars for insulting judge
World number one Serena Williams was hit with a record fine and two years probation Monday for her outburst over a foot fault call in a US Open semi-final against Belgian Kim Clijsters.
SWITZERLAND
Referendum voters support controversial ban on minarets
More than 57% of Swiss voters have backed a proposal from the right-wing Swiss People's Party to ban the construction of minarets. The government and parliament had rejected the initiative as unconstitutional.
EQUITORIAL GUINEA
Obiang wins presidential election amid cries of poll corruption
Teodoro Obiang Nguema won 96.7 percent in the central African country's election, according to provisional results on Monday of a poll widely criticised for falling short of democratic standards.
HONDURAS
Conservative Lobo wins disputed post-coup election
Honduran opposition candidate Porfirio Lobo won Sunday's presidential election with over 55 percent of the vote according to partial results. The election could calm a political crisis triggered by an army coup last June.
URUGUAY
Ex-rebel Mujica wins presidential run-off
Former leftist rebel Jose Mujica, co-founder of the radical leftist Tupamaros movement, was declared winner of a presidential run-off election on Sunday.
NUCLEAR IRAN
Western powers slam Tehran's atomic programme expansion
Iran's government announced plans to build ten new uranium enrichment plants and said work would start within two months, prompting widespread international condemnation from the US, Britain, Germany and France.
FOOTBALL
Barcelona defeat Real Madrid in Spanish 'Clasico'
Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored the only goal for Barcelona against arch-rivals Real Madrid as the Catalans leapfrogged the "Galacticos" to take the top spot in the Spanish Liga.
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Hamas tightens grip on Gaza
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Deal or no deal over prisoner exchange?
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The battle for Afghania valley
INDIA
Security concerns remain one year on from the Mumbai attacks
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