27 December 2005 (Tuesday)

• Indonesia's Free Aceh Movement formally disbands its armed wing. (Reuters)
• Andrei Illarionov, an adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin quits, saying Russia is "no longer free". (Washington Post)
• The government of Poland announces it will keep troops in Iraq until the end of 2006, longer than previously planned. (Al jazeera)
• A mass grave is discovered in the predominantly Shia city of Karbala south of Baghdad, Iraqi police said. (BBC)
• The serial rape suspect accused of terrorizing two South Florida neighborhoods with attacks on victims ranging from elderly women to an 11-year-old girl was back in custody Tuesday, a week since his brazen jail escape, after a tipster recognized his face and called police. (AP via Yahoo! News)
• Rebels in Colombia kill 24 soldiers guarding coca eradication workers. (BBC)
• The Ugandan army kills seven civilians who had been protesting over the killing of a 15 year old boy. Sixteen others are injured. (BBC)