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Australia lands first jet on ice runway in Antarctica

U.S. takes back last Taliban stronghold in Afghanistan

France worried about tension between Israel, Iran

Swiss drugs firm Novartis is to shed 2,500 jobs from its global workforce as part of a massive savings drive.

British drama Atonement leads the race for the 2008 Golden Globe Awards with seven nominations.

Some 26,000 people have fled their homes after heavy rains and overflowing rivers flooded towns and villages in eastern Malaysia, authorities said. The floods have claimed at least 10 lives. (Dec 13)

Friends say a Canadian teen was killed for refusing to wear a Muslim headscarf. CNN's Carol Costello reports.

Leaders of the 27-nation European Union signed a landmark treaty Thursday to revitalise EU decision-making. A summary of the changes proposed in the treaty, which is to come into force in 2009, but only after all members have ratified it. A voiced report.

China has held ceremonies to remember the 300,000 victims killed in the Nanjing massacre 70 years ago.

A French store employs interesting tactics to sell menswear.

As environmental ministers and green activists wrangle at the UN conference in Bali over a framework to tackle climate change, the world --- and in particular the developing world -- is already reeling from the effects of global warming. In India, rising sea levels have already swallowed two islands in the famed Sunderbans mangrove region, with dozens more under threat.

EU states are engaged in a row with the US over binding carbon targets at UN climate talks in Bali.

The US is not ready to engage with N Korea, despite warming relations, Condoleezza Rice says.

European leaders on Thursday signed a landmark EU reform treaty to replace the failed constitution and revitalise the expanded bloc.The signing ceremony, at a Lisbon monastery, will launch a ratification process by the 27 member states which the leaders hope will not torpedo the treaty, as 'no' votes at French and Dutch referendums did to the constitution in 2005.

Border talks between the two Koreas came to a halt when northern and southern soldiers scuffled over a projector.

Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore says climate change will come if there is political will, adding "political will is a renewable resource." (Dec. 13)

Muslims in western India are bracing themselves for more sectarian violence as Gujarat state seems set to re-elect a controversial Hindu nationalist leader. Narendra Modi is accused of fuelling Hindu-Muslim riots in 2002 which claimed at least 2,000 mostly Muslim lives. Voting in Gujarat began Tuesday and continues through Sunday. Poll results will be released on December 23. With Modi¿s poll victory almost certain, local Muslims say they fear for their safety.

Tropical storm Olga has killed several people in the Dominican Republic.

A former Greek judge has gone on hunger strike to try to force the government to reinstate her.

A truck driver has been critically injured after his rig slammed into the Indian Pacific passenger train on a level crossing.

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Swiss MPs have forced right-wing politician Christop Blocher from his cabinet seat, causing discord.

It's the end of an era in Australian television tonight, with Kate Ritchie filming her final scene on 'Home and Away'.

A passenger jet has made the first flight from Australia to Antarctica. The Airbus made a successful touch-down on the ice of the newly constructed Wilkins runway.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will send the Navy to the Southern Ocean to gather evidence against Japanese whalers.

Federal and State Police have admitted to being staggered by their incredible drug haul from an international crime gang.

The EU's new charter is to be signed in Lisbon, with the bloc looking for a bigger role in global affairs.

A London exhibition displays what we know about sleeping and dreaming.

Mother of a 15-year-old rape victim seeks justice after guilty verdicts for the assailants. CNN's Wilf Dinnick reports.