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12 December 2011 Last updated at 20:32 ET

Syrian death toll 'exceeds 5,000'

More than 5,000 people are now believed to have been killed in the uprising in Syria, the UN's top human rights official says.

Canada pulls out of Kyoto accord

Canada will formally withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol on climate change, the first nation to pull out of the treaty, the environment minister has said.

US asks Iran to give back drone

President Barack Obama says the US has requested that Tehran return the surveillance drone captured by Iran's military earlier this month.

Canada bans veils at citizen oath

Canada's government introduces a ban with immediate effect on the wearing of veils while swearing the oath of citizenship.
'Good progress' for Brazil's Lula

Doctors treating Brazil's former President, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, for throat cancer say his progress is "impressive".
Pakistan ponders Nato tax scheme
Tunisian activist named president
Billionaire to run against Putin
Spain duke suspended over scandal
PNG deadlock as two claim MP role
Frenchman in 'pro-Hmong suicide'
Saudi woman executed for sorcery

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