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Culture minister Gregory Campbell is planning to submit a paper to the executive in the new year on a strategy for minority languages.

President George W Bush's choice for attorney general, ex-judge Michael Mukasey, is an independent conservative, analysts say.

On the relationship between ministers and the civil service, and why Westminster's Northern Ireland affairs committee travelled to Stormont.

As political parties in Zimbabwe try to negotiate on power-sharing, Kenya's foreign minister tells the BBC what lessons Zimbabwe can learn from Kenya's post-poll crisis.

A young Zimbabwean professional, living and working in Harare, recounts her challenges trying to lead a normal life.

Briefing notes from a meeting between Environment Minister Phil Woolas and biotechnology industry members has been handed to the BBC.

An independent review has recommended a new way to deal with contentious parades in Northern Ireland.

Cubans still look to Che Guevara's revolutionary example 40 years after his death says the BBC's Michael Voss in Havana.

Bangladesh's student demonstrations may have been the opening shots in another long battle, writes the BBC's Sabir Mostafa.

China's People's Liberation Army is a very different force from the one that began 80 years ago, the BBC's Michael Bristow reports.

The current role of the attorney general is "not sustainable" and needs changing, MPs say.

Four in 10 people do not believe the NHS has got better under Labour, a poll suggests.

Lord Goldsmith's decision to step down after six years as attorney general has come as little surprise, says the BBC's Nick Assinder.

The public think politicians should not meddle day-to-day with the health service, a key body claims.

President Putin wants Russia to step up talks with the EU to resolve a row over meat imports from Poland.

Ecuador's president orders the World Bank's representative in the country to pack his bags, sources say.

President Rafael Correa says Ecuador has voted "yes to the future" in a referendum on political reform.

Exit polls in Ecuador suggest voters have backed President Rafael Correa's plan for a political overhaul.

Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams says people are demanding local politicians "face up to our responsibilites".

Policing should not just be left to unionists, Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams tells republicans in County Antrim.

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