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EU says gas deal struck with Russia

Thousands of families across Balkans and Europe face a freezing weekend without heating if pact fails
- Putin tells journalists it's not the Kremlin's fault
- Russia-Ukraine gas dispute
Ugandan rebels leave scores dead

Attacks by Lord's Resistance army fighters follow raids that left up to 500 people dead
US plans to contain Mexico drug violence

Homeland security chief says plans drawn to deploy aircraft, armoured vehicles and special teams
Obama issues do-or-die crisis warning

President-elect sets out apocalyptic vision as he warns Congress to expedite stimulus package for recession
- Richard Adams on the economic plans
Billions face food shortages, study warns

Higher temperatures in tropics may ruin farming of staple food crops such as rice and maize by 2100
Inquiry into Spain's missing children

Fate of children kidnapped from leftwing families by Franco's henchmen investigated
Muslims sorry for cathedral prayers

Italy's efence minister proposes prime minister's coalition should 'reply' with mass on same spot

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US launches anti-piracy naval force to combat hijackings off Somalia

9 Jan 2009: Warships from 23 countries will contribute to Combined Task Force 151
UN speaking loud and clear on Gaza ceasefire, says David Miliband

9 Jan 2009:
Foreign secretary hails UN resolution calling for an immediate cessation of hostilities
What we can learn from the Greek riots

9 Jan 2009:
Costas Douzinas: It's time to understand the insurrection as the response of those who feel invisible to the political system
Guardian Daily: Interest rates hit all-time low

Audio (26min 25sec), 9 Jan 2009:
Cost of borrowing slashed; Gaza diplomacy stalls; and Rachida Dati's maternity leave, in our daily audio show with Jon Dennis
US immigrants facing deportation have 'no right to an effective attorney'

9 Jan 2009:
Immigration lawyers describe move by attorney general as a last-minute evisceration of a constitutional right
US recycling: 'I don't even think we have an industry'

9 Jan 2009: Collapse in demand for packaging in China hits US processors and exporters of recyclable material
Beirut warned over rocket fire

9 Jan 2009:
An unidentified group fired four Katyusha rockets across the border into Israel
Governor closer to impeachment after key vote

9 Jan 2009:
Rod Blagojevich's impeachment likely as the Illinois state legislature committee votes for his removal

Skiwatch

9 Jan 2009:
Stephen Lee: The Alps have stayed cold (down to -22C) and sunny, with some useful snowfalls in France
Bank of Ireland cuts back UK mortgages and axes 600 jobs

9 Jan 2009:
Bristol & West brand to close after 150 years in further blow to UK housing market
The outcry is muted, but the food crisis is getting worse

9 Jan 2009:
Jayati Ghosh: The financial debacle has drowned out coverage of food shortages. Where are the billion-dollar bailouts for the hungry?
Russian oligarch in bid to buy London's Evening Standard

9 Jan 2009:
Attempts by billionaire Alexander Lebedev to buy newspaper are believed to have been vetoed
This is bad for her and bad for us too

9 Jan 2009:
Madeleine Bunting: When people say that what Dati does is entirely her own business and no one else's, they are wrong
Turkish government holds crisis talks as former generals arrested

9 Jan 2009:
Police detain 37 people, including three retired generals, over alleged coup plot
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