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TOP STORIES
	British deaths 'likely to be 200' Almost 200 Britons are "highly likely" to have been killed in the Asian tsunami disaster, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw says.
	Tsunami relief gathers momentum Efforts to help victims of the Asian tsunamis accelerate, as millions remain at risk from hunger and disease.
	NHS fear over 24-hour drink plans Plans to allow 24-hour drinking will raise the cost to the NHS of alcohol-fuelled harm, a top medical group says.
	Reporters' log: Asia disaster The BBC's correspondents report on the devastation caused by last week's tsunamis across the Indian Ocean.
	At-a-glance: Countries hit A round-up of the death tolls and state of affairs in countries hit by the 26 December earthquake and tsunami.

AMERICAS
	Peru rebels 'to give up weapons' The man who led a bloody occupation of a police station in Peru says his followers will surrender on Monday.
	Canada confirms mad cow case Canada confirms that a cow from the province of Alberta has tested positive for mad cow disease.
	Protests in Argentina over blaze Relatives of some of the 177 people killed in a nightclub fire in Buenos Aires hold protests outside a morgue.

EUROPE
	Germans plan mass welfare rallies Nationwide protests are set to take place in Germany as cuts in unemployment benefit take effect.
	Croatia poll goes to run-off Croatia's President Stipe Mesic just fails to attract enough votes to avoid a run-off in his re-election bid.
	Scarred Beslan offers tsunami aid The Russian town of Beslan - scene of a bloody school siege last year - pledges aid for tsunami victims.

ON THIS DAY NEWS FROM THE BBC ARCHIVES
	1980: Afghan leader defends Soviet invasion The new president of Afghanistan¸ Babrak Karmal¸ is making his first public appearance since the Soviet-backed coup last week.
	1993: US and Russia halve nuclear warheads US President George Bush and Russian President Boris Yeltsin sign the Start II arms reduction treaty in Moscow.
	1991: Britain expels Iraqi diplomats The Foreign Office is expelling eight Iraqi embassy officials from the UK following threats of attacks on Western targets.

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