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The United Nation is to withdraw a quarter of its international staff from Pakistan as the country descends further into violence.

Australian researchers have cracked the genetic code of the deadly facial tumour that is threatening to wipe out Tasmanian devils, taking scientists a step further to curing the disease.

A US judge has dismissed all the charges against five Blackwater security guards accused of fatally shooting 14 people in Baghdad in September 2007, and accused the U.S. government of “recklessly” violating the defendants’ constitutional rights.

North Korea issues a New Year message calling for an end to hostile relations with the US, and peace on the Korean peninsula.

Thousands of people around the world hold celebrations and fireworks displays to welcome the 2010 new year.

US President Obama is briefed on security lapses that allegedly allowed a Nigerian man to smuggle a bomb onto a plane.

A new free trade area incorporating China and the six founding Asean members is coming into effect.

A US judge dismisses all charges against five guards from US security firm Blackwater over the killing of 17 Iraqis in 2007.

The Supreme Court in the US state of Montana rules that doctor-assisted suicide does not clash with state law.

Freed Briton Peter Moore says he was roughly treated after being kidnapped in Iraq but conditions improved in the last few months.