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• Condoleezza Rice: South Africa must pressure Mugabe to quit

  Dec 5 2008:

  The US secretary of state claims Robert Mugabe's power-sharing government has devastated Zimbabwe

• Hebron evictions: Jewish settlers shoot Palestinians

  Video (1min 17sec), Dec 5 2008:

  Israeli human rights group B'Tselem releases graphic footage of shooting after yesterday's forced evictions

• Bushier than Bush

  Dec 5 2008:

  Heather Mallick: Canada's Stephen Harper has got a little time out to cobble together a slightly less objectionable budget

• Fry reveals interest in Honda buyout

  Dec 5 2008:

  Honda CEO Nick Fry says a trio of prospective buyers have already made clear their interest in taking over the team

• DNA decision: 'Across Europe this has implications, such as in France'

  Audio (2min 13sec), Dec 5 2008:

  Implications of the European court decision on DNA database

• DNA decision: 'Any interference with privacy has to be for solving crime'

  Audio (3min 29sec), Dec 5 2008:

  Afua Hirsch on European court order restricting use of British DNA database

• Guardian Daily: EU court rules against DNA database

  Audio (26min 57sec), Dec 5 2008:

  Database breaches human rights; record-low interest rates; and Karen Matthews guilty, in our daily show

• Hallé/Elder

  Dec 5 2008:

  Bridgewater Hall, Manchester

  The project's seven composers combine to produce a 50-minute choral suite of surprising coherence, says Alfred Hickling

• UK couple charged with sedition in the Gambia

  Dec 5 2008:

  Missionary couple accused of writing to individuals and organisations abroad to 'excite disaffection against the president'

• Mumbai slum tale wins year's best movie award

  Dec 5 2008:

  Slumdog Millionaire by the British film director Danny Boyle has been named the year's best movie at the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures. The film, about a boy from Mumbai's slums having a shot at riches through the TV quiz Who Wants to be a Millionaire, has been widely tipped for an Oscar. Recognition by the board is helpful ahead of the Academy Awards, which take place next February. London-born Dev Patel, who plays the lead role, was also recognised for his breakthrough performance. Boyle rose to prominence with low-budget films such as Shallow Grave and Trainspotting. Aidan Jones

• Big three US carmakers plead for $34bn more

  Dec 5 2008:

  Ford, Chrysler and GM pitch more detailed and costlier bail-out plan, received with wariness from Congress

• Betraying the student body?

  Dec 5 2008:

  Beauty pageants are often derided as sexist, outdated and belittling - yet top female students are flocking to take part. Emine Saner finds out why

• King's illness deepens Thai crisis

  Dec 5 2008:

  Throat infection forces monarch to miss state-of-nation speech expected to soothe country's tensions

• News in brief

  Dec 5 2008:

  More news from around the world

• America's dispossessed invited to $1m inaugural ball

  Dec 5 2008:

  Christian businessman plays Pygmalion, hosting 1000 of country's most deprived citizens at People's Ball

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