Will Australians be going outside the flags in 2009?

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Receiving a mass apology by text message

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Workers discuss how financial crisis is affecting them

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Burmese are pessimistic one year after protests

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The effect of Deng Xiaoping's reforms on modern China

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Tajik women fearful for their husbands, working abroad

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Toyota reports a 21.8% fall in gloabl vehicle sales in November, its worst decline since it began tracking such data.

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Japan's stock market had its worst year on record in 2008, with the Nikkei share index losing 42% of its value.

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How much can you remember of what happened in 2008?

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China and Vietnam say they have resolved a decades-long border dispute, just hours before a deadline.

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Chinese researchers have unearthed what they believe is the largest collection of dinosaur bones ever found.

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Chinese officials distributed the answers to a survey on public well-being so residents could give the "correct" responses, reports say.

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Where the acquittal of a top spy leaves Indonesia

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Police investigate the cause of a fire in a Bangkok nightclub that killed 59 people, amid reports that fireworks were to blame.

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North Korea new year message calls for a stronger military, but hints at possibilities of progress in talks with the US.

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Burma releases 19 North Korean refugees at the border with Thailand, a South Korean diplomat says.

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Revellers around the world welcome 2009 in style, with lavish celebrations from Sydney to New York.

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A South Korean fried chicken business finds success in North Korea despite government troubles.

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Bangkok nightclub fire highlights need for improved safety

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Chinese dairy firms involved in the tainted milk scandal beg for forgiveness in a New Year text message to millions.

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Top Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, not heard from since being detained early last month, is reportedly under house arrest.

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The authorities in Vietnam have sacked the editors of the country's largest two pro-reform newspapers.

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South Africa restrict Australia to 267-6 on day one of the final Test in Sydney as they seek to end the hosts' reign as the world's number one team.

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Chinese graduates will struggle to find jobs this year

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Vietnam press says surprisingly little on China border deal

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At least four people are killed and dozens are injured after powerful earthquakes rock eastern Indonesia, officials say.

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The Australian government turns down a US request to help resettle former detainees from its Guantanamo Bay military prison.

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South Korea's opposition lawmakers scuffle with security guards, who have tried to end their blockade of parliament.

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Growth of corals in the Great Barrier Reef has slowed to the most sluggish rate in 400 years, researchers say.

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Police say they will charge the owner of a Bangkok nightclub where a fire killed 62 people celebrating New Year's Eve.

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China's manufacturing output falls for a third consecutive month as the economic slowdown continued to hit its economy.

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Bets are off on gambling boom in China's Macau

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