WORLD at 1700GMT.

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HIGHLIGHTS:

Update: UKRAINE-ELECTION. Supreme Court meets over opposition appeal against results of presidential election.

Update: CONGO. Rwandan envoy denies Rwandan troops in Congo.

Update: IRAQ. Bush says election must be held in January as planned; more mortar strikes, bombings in Iraq.

New: PALESTINIANS-BARGHOUTI. Jailed uprising leader accused of endangering unity of main Fatah party.

New: UN-ANNAN UNDER FIRE. Russia, Britain, China rally to support Annan after call for his resignation.

New: CHILE-PINOCHET. Court votes to strip Pinochet of immunity in case of 1974 exile's killing.

New: FRANCE-NAPOLEONIC NEPHEW. Descendant reflects on ancestor's legacy as France marks anniversary.

New: SPAIN-CROWDED NEST. Spaniards increasingly reluctant to move out of family home.

New: EMIRATES-CAMEL JOCKEYS. Rehabilitation center opens for child camel jockeys.

New: CHINA-MISS WORLD. Miss World pageant and a Chinese beach town form happy partnership.

New: CUBA-DISSIDENTS: Cuban government frees sixth imprisoned dissident this week.

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UKRAINE: Supreme Court meets over opposition appeal against results of presidential election

KIEV, Ukraine _ Tens of thousands of upbeat opposition supporters waving Ukrainian flags and wearing orange armbands amass in the capital for the 11th straight day to await a Supreme Court ruling that could decide whether a rerun of the disputed presidential runoff is held. A grim-faced Russian President Vladimir Putin, meanwhile, tells his Ukrainian counterpart Leonid Kuchma that the new vote would be pointless. BC-EU-POL--UKRAINE-ELECTION. Developing. By Mara D. Bellaby. AP Photos. AP Graphic UKRAINE …