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HARARE December 24, 2008 (Reuters) - A Zimbabwean High Court judge ordered the immediate release on Wednesday of local human rights campaigner Jestina Mukoko and nine other activists charged with plotting to overthrow President Robert Mugabe's government.

GAZA December 24, 2008 (Reuters) - An Israeli air strike killed a Hamas gunman in the Gaza Strip after Palestinian militants fired dozens of rockets and mortars into southern Israel on Wednesday, dampening prospects for a renewed ceasefire.

KIEV December 24, 2008 (RIA Novosti) - Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko plans to declare a state of emergency in the country and cancel all elections, the country's prime minister said on Wednesday.

CONAKRY December 24, 2008 (Reuters) - Thousands of Guineans on Wednesday cheered a young army captain chosen as de facto head of state by the military junta that took over the West African country in a coup after the death of President Lansana Conte.

MOSCOW December 24, 2008 (RIA Novosti) - The press office at the U.S. embassy in Russia dismissed Russian claims on Wednesday that American mercenaries fought alongside Georgian troops in August during the military conflict in South Ossetia.

MOSCOW December 23, 2008 (AFP) - The Russian military will commission more than 70 strategic nuclear missiles in the next three years, Interfax news agency quoted the deputy head of the military-industrial committee as saying Monday.

MOSCOW December 23, 2008 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's foreign minister accused the United States on Tuesday of reneging on a promise not to allow Georgia membership in NATO if it ventured to attack breakaway South Ossetia.

December 23, 2008 (Murray Waas) - Vice President Dick Cheney, according to a still-highly confidential FBI report, admitted to federal investigators that he rewrote talking points for the press in July 2003 that made it much more likely that the role of then-covert CIA-officer Valerie Plame in sending her husband on a CIA-sponsored mission to Africa would come to light.

CONAKRY December 23, 2008 (Reuters) - Guinea faced political turmoil after the death of veteran President Lansana Conte opened a power vacuum and triggered a coup attempt by mutinous soldiers.

ISLAMABAD December 23, 2008 (Reuters) - India has given no information about last month's attacks in Mumbai to Interpol and information passed to media by Indian investigators should be shared if it is accurate, the police agency's chief said on Tuesday.