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2The two Paremoremo Prison inmates who are holed up on a roof are communicating their grievances.

3Rescuers have found two more bodies from the capsized boatload of asylum seekers near Christmas Island, but dozens are still missing.

4Norwegian mass killer Anders Breivik has tried to justify his killing of 77 people on the final day of his two-month trial.

5Queen Elizabeth II is about to shake hands with a former commander of the Irish Republican Army (IRA).

6The Rio de Janiero Earth Summit has ended with leaders once again failing to find concrete solutions to escalating environmental crises.

7Syria has claimed responsibility for shooting down a Turkish warplane it claims was flying inside its territorial waters.

8Thousands of protestors have filled the streets across Egypt as pressure mounts on authorities to hand over results of the Presidential elections.

9Ecuador's President says Wikileaks founder Julian Assange can stay in his London embassy for as long as he wants, but his Government will take its time to decide whether or not to grant him asylum. Assange has accused Australian officials of abandoning him.

10There are concerns that Mali has become home to militants linked to Al Qaeda.

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12A meeting of leaders from Germany, France, Italy and Spain have agreed to set aside 1% of the European Union's GDP to help it grow its way out of the financial crisis. However, they could not agree on an Italian plan to stabilise Europe's banks and protect the countries under attack from the financial markets.

13The battle is heating up over Fonterra's controversial 'trading among farmers' proposal.

14Tokelau is about to become the only country in the world entirely powered by solar energy.

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