Monday January 01
Prosecutors in Thailand have indicted 19 members of the anti-government Red Shirt movement on terrorism charges.
Australia has recorded three cases of a new class of superbug, the most resistant to antibiotics yet seen, which is on the rise in the UK.
A suspected car bomb has exploded in the north of Colombia's capital Bogota outside a main radio station, slightly injuring six people and blowing out windows in a rare urban attack.
The Czech Republic may allow North Korea to repay its debt with ginseng roots.
A cargo ship believed to be carrying hundreds of Sri Lankan asylum seekers is now in Canadian waters off the west coast.
The Opposition has declared it will have its election policies tested by a third party and publicly released next week if a Treasury leak is not resolved.
Police on Queensland's Gold Coast are searching for two thieves who have been stealing dough of a different kind.
Iraq's most senior army officer says the country is not ready for US troops to begin withdrawing by the end of this month.