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Avalanches around a mountain tunnel in Afghanistan kill at least 28 people and leave hundreds more stranded, officials say.
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US President Barack Obama says the US and allies are developing "significant sanctions" against Iran over its nuclear programme.
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Malawian gay-rights activists must be more open, say officials, even though homosexuality is illegal in the country.
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A second Iranian opposition leader is jailed in as many days over unrest following June's disputed presidential election.
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Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa dissolves parliament to set up early elections, a day after his main rival was arrested.
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A Saudi Arabian court upholds a sentence of five years in jail and 1,000 lashes for a man who boasted on TV of his sex life, reports say.
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The status of a coal deal between Australian mining firm Roadhouse and a Chinese energy firm is thrown into question
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Somali officials say their soldiers have killed a "senior Jordanian al-Qaeda fighter" who also belonged to the al-Shabab group.
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Both houses of Nigeria's National Assembly pass a motion for sick President Yar'Adua to hand power to his deputy.
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What's behind Tehran's plans for further enrichment?
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Dozens of people including pro-government militia try to attack the Italian embassy in Iran, Italy's foreign minister says.
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An activist who questioned why so many died in a huge quake in China in 2008 is jailed for five years for subversion.
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Coca Cola sees sales and profits rise following a strong performance in developing markets, including Brazil.
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Fire destroys an orphanage in South African town of Newcastle killing 15 people including 12 children, officials say.
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Toyota recalls thousands of Prius cars worldwide because of braking problems, in a new blow to the world's largest car maker.
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Ronaldinho could miss out on the World Cup after failing to be selected for Brazil's final warm-up friendly.
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The journalist Muhammad al-Maqalih, missing since September, has appeared in a court in the Yemeni capital Sanaa.
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India defers the cultivation of what would have been its first genetically modified vegetable crop because of safety concerns.
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The wife of arrested former presidential candidate Gen Sarath Fonseka pleads with Sri Lanka's government to release him.
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Greece's government intends to raise the pension age and ban early retirement as it tackles its budget crisis.
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Supporters of defeated Ukrainian election candidate Yulia Tymoshenko say they want to challenge the results in court.
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Rock band The White Stripes take on the US Air Force, complaining it used one of their songs in a TV advert without permission.
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Italy's government is to consider new laws to jail skiers and snowboarders who trigger deadly avalanches.
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Iran has begun the process of enriching uranium to 20% at its plant at Natanz in defiance of the West, state media says.
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President Hugo Chavez says emergency measures are needed to help tackle Venezuela's power shortages.
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A Kazakhstan court overturns a ruling banning the media from criticising President Nursultan Nazarbayev's son-in-law.
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A former governor and 196 other people are charged with murder over an election-linked massacre in the Philippines.
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Protesters calling for the release of captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit block Palestinian visitors to an Israeli jail.
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Newcomers to France will have to sign a declaration of values as part of a campaign to define national identity.
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Dale Steyn secures match figures of 10-108 as South Africa beat India by an innings and six runs in the first Test in Nagpur.
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Hector Sants, chief executive of the Financial Services Authority, announces he is to step down as head of the City regulator.
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The New Orleans Saints' victory over Indianapolis in the Super Bowl is the most-watched programme in US TV history, early figures show.
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Mexico police arrest two suspected drug gang leaders in the border city of Tijuana.
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Japanese carmaker Nissan has reported a return to profit for the last three months of 2009.
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An alumina refinery in east India run by a UK-based firm causes pollution threatening the health of locals, a rights group says.
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More than 20 people are arrested in Colombia in what the authorities say is the biggest anti-drug operation in a decade.
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North Korea tells China it is committed to a non-nuclear peninsula, say reports, as a top UN envoy heads to Pyongyang.
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A senior Pakistani politician survives an attempt on his life after gunmen fire at him in the city of Rawalpindi.
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Ukraine is waiting for Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko to either contest results from the presidential election, or quit.
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The campaign for presidential and senatorial candidates begins in the Philippines ahead of May's elections.
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The family of a Haitian man says he has survived four weeks under rubble since the devastating quake hit of 12 January.
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A US soldier is arrested after allegedly punishing his four-year-old daughter with water for not reciting the alphabet.
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