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IsraelVeteran Israeli politician Shimon Peres quits his Labour Party to support Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.
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BrazilBrazil says it plans to distribute a billion free condoms next year, as part of the country's fight against HIV and Aids.
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Malaysia, 
ChinaBeijing summons Malaysia's envoy to protest about the treatment of ethnic Chinese in Malaysia.
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United StatesLord Black is due to appear in a US court on Thursday to answer fraud charges, having been indicted last month.
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ChinaTwo Chinese coal mine officials are arrested following an explosion that killed at least 164 miners.
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IndonesiaIndonesian prosecutors want a man charged with poisoning rights campaigner Munir to serve a life sentence.
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FranceThree of France's largest mobile phone firms are fined a total of 534m euros for distorting competition.
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United KingdomAn expert disputes claims that CCTV footage shows the man accused of killing UK backpacker Peter Falconio.
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BangladeshOne person is killed and many others are injured after a second bomb blast in the Bangladesh town of Gazipur.
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PakistanFive suspected Islamic militants die in a blast in a tribal area in north-west Pakistan, officials say.
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UkraineThe European Union grants Ukraine market economy status - seen as a key step to boost trade ties.
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AfghanistanThe UN says there is an growing risk of HIV, the virus that causes Aids, spreading across Afghanistan.
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East Timor, 
AustraliaAustralia and East Timor resolve a long-running dispute on how to share energy resources in the Timor Sea.
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South AfricaSouth Africa's highest court rules in favour of same-sex marriages, which are banned under current legislation.
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United KingdomBritish PM Tony Blair is to hold talks with seven new EU members in a bid to reach a deal on the 2007-13 budget.
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VenezuelaA fourth Venezuelan party withdraws from Sunday's election amid a row over electronic voting machines.
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Pakistan, United KingdomMohammad Yousuf and Kamran Akmal score centuries as Pakistan take a lead of 158 over England in the third Test.
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ItalyItalian town centres have changed with the times, but Martin Buckley says that the neighbourhood food shop continues to prosper.
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BotswanaThe Brazilian president's former chief of staff is expelled from Congress over a corruption scandal.
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Pakistan, United KingdomDuncan Fletcher admits England have blown their chance to win the final Test against Pakistan but feels they can get a draw.
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SwazilandSwaziland, which has the world's highest HIV infection rate, cancels World Aids Day events, shocking activists.
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Iraq, United StatesReports say insurgents have launched an attack on Ramadi, but the US military plays down the incident.
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IsraelOrla Guerin revisits the home of two young Palestinians five years after they said they were willing to kill in the struggle against Israel.
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Mexico, United StatesThe Mexican government says it opposes a US plan to build more fences along the border to control illegal immigration.
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JordanJordanian prosecutors say four alleged Islamists are to stand trial for plotting to kill Americans in the kingdom.
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United Arab EmiratesThe president of the United Arab Emirates announces plans for the country's first elections.
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IraqNews that a foreign firm is drilling for oil in Iraq's Kurdish north raises new Sunni concerns over the unity of the country.
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SyriaThe head of a UN inquiry into the killing of Rafik Hariri accuses Syria of using propaganda against him.
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IndiaPrime Minister Manmohan Singh asks Indians to start talking openly about safe sex to check the spread of HIV.
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NigeriaNigeria's anti-corruption body moves against a governor in a special court, which can strip elected officials of immunity.
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Iraq, United StatesThe US military in Iraq implicitly acknowledges it is running a campaign to plant articles in Iraqi papers.
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SwedenAn independent commission castigates the Swedish government for its slow response to the Asian tsunami.
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ChinaFive Tibetan monks are arrested for opposing a Chinese political campaign, a pro-democracy campaign group says.
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HondurasInterim results in Honduras show the opposition slightly ahead in the presidential poll, but final results are still awaited.
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Iraq, United StatesThe White House expresses concern over reports that the US military is paying Iraqi papers to run positive stories.
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EgyptEgyptian opposition activists and police clash at polling stations in the last round of key parliamentary elections.
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United KingdomThe government signals it may give up part of the UK's £4bn EU rebate to get a budget deal at a summit next month.
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NepalHostilities could resume in Nepal if the government does not join the rebel truce, says the UN's human rights chief.
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FranceA French appeals court acquits six people who had been wrongly convicted of child sex abuse in 2004.
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United KingdomNew EU members resist a proposed budget deal which would reportedly cut their aid and trim the UK rebate.
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United StatesPress tycoon Conrad Black appears in a US court to deny charges that he defrauded his former media group.
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