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Street scene in Conakry, Guinea on 23 December 2008
Emergency talks on Guinea crisis
African leaders meet on the crisis in Guinea, where mutinous troops say they have seized power after the death of President Conte.
Fear at army takeover
Obituary: Lansana Conte
Guinea's '50 years of poverty'

Archbishop Desmond Tutu Tutu accuses S Africa over Mugabe
Archbishop Desmond Tutu accuses South Africa of losing the moral high ground by failing to stand up to Robert Mugabe.

Cocoa pods Cocoa prices hit a 23-year-high
The price of cocoa - one of the main ingredients in chocolate - reaches its highest level since October 1985.


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Gabriel Gatehouse down a mine Inside a Ukrainian coal mine

Pandas arrive in Taiwan
Rescue Motorists rescued from flood water in US

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Inmarsat b-gan Seasons greetings
Sending Christmas messages from remote regions
Gao Hong, at home Opting out
The Chinese couple who left Shanghai to embrace rural life
Aleem Maqbool with donkey Nativity diary
Nearing Bethlehem, by way of a donkey sanctuary

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UN working to find Niger envoy
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Obama cleared by internal review
ASIA-PACIFIC
Chinese pandas arrive in Taiwan

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Putin says 'cheap gas era' ending
MIDDLE EAST
Gaza rocket fire follows shooting
SOUTH ASIA
Lahore roadside blast kills one

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