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LebanonThe UN Security Council votes to extend the inquiry into the killing of Lebanon's Rafik Hariri by six months.
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NepalA Nepalese soldier kills at least 11 civilians after opening fire on a crowd at a temple near Kathmandu, police say.
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Belgium, 
United KingdomUK Prime Minister Tony Blair admits that bridging divisions between EU leaders in Brussels will be difficult.
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ArgentinaArgentina says it will pay its $10bn foreign debt to the International Monetary Fund three years early.
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ChinaPatients are forced to jump from a burning hospital in north-eastern China, after a fire kills at least 39 people.
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Iraq, 
United StatesCounting, which could last weeks, gets under way in Iraq after an election declared a success by many.
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IndiaA gun battle in Indian-administered Kashmir claims two militants and a soldier, the police say.
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NepalA strike called in protest against the killing of 12 people by a soldier paralyses life in Kathmandu.
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IndiaIndia's cabinet approves the purchase of 68 Boeing aircraft by Air India at a deal valued at $8bn.
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CanadaLeaders of Canada's four main political parties take part in a televised debate ahead of the January elections.
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North KoreaCloning expert Hwang Woo-suk stands by his apparently breakthrough research, after claims results were faked.
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IndiaThe exclusion of cricket star Sourav Ganguly from the national team provokes a public outcry in India.
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EritreaThe UN peacekeeping head warns of a "crisis" in the Horn of Africa, as western UN troops leave Eritrea.
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United StatesPresident Bush says he will now support a new law banning the torture of terrorist suspects.
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ZimbabweZimbabwe police arrest three journalists in a raid on an independent radio station.
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South Africa, 
AustraliaMakhaya Ntini takes 5-64 as South Africa bowl out Australia for 258 in the first Test in Perth.
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Sri LankaSri Lanka invites the Tamil Tigers to restart peace talks and agrees to a rebel demand they be held overseas.
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Nigeria, IndiaPlans by India's state-owned energy company ONGC to buy a Nigerian oil and gas field are blocked by the government.
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West BankStrong wins for Palestinian militant group Hamas in municipal elections in the West Bank.
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IraqIraqi police captured and released militant leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi last year, an Iraqi minister says.
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South AfricaArchbishop Tutu says South Africa should have prosecuted apartheid human rights violators who did not confess.
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ChinaA local Chinese Party official and 26 others go on trial for their role in a bloody riot over land rights.
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Russia, ChinaA toxic river spill from a chemical explosion in China reaches Russian waters, Moscow says.
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Bolivia, United StatesThe leftist front-runner in Bolivia's poll, Evo Morales, ends his campaign saying his movement is "a nightmare for the US".
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TurkeyA large blast has hit a building in the Turkish city of Istanbul, injuring several people, reports say.
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KenyaKenya cancels the just-ended police recruitment drive, after allegations of widespread corruption.
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United KingdomA UK inquest into the death of a UN relief worker concludes he was unlawfully killed.
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United KingdomUK officials struggle to come up with an acceptable new proposal on the EU budget before a leaders meeting.
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IraqIraqi police captured and released militant leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi last year, an Iraqi minister says.
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IndiaIndia's parliament is evacuated following fears of a breach in security.
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Israel, West BankAn Israeli settler is killed and two others are wounded when gunmen opened fire on their car in the West Bank.
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Hong KongMore than 100 developing countries join forces at world trade talks in Hong Kong to press for greater access to the markets of rich nations.
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LiberiaLiberia's electoral commission dismisses charges of electoral fraud brought by football star George Weah.
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United StatesPresident Bush has let agents spy on people in the US without court approval after 9/11, a newspaper reports.
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IraqBulgaria begins withdrawing its troops from Iraq, saying its mission has concluded successfully.
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Democratic Republic of the CongoVoters in DR Congo are set to vote on a new constitution on Sunday but many complain they do not know what it contains.
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United KingdomA veteran Sinn Fein figure is expelled by the party which accused him of being a "British agent".
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AfghanistanA bomb explodes in a car near Kabul's new parliament building, killing a suspected suicide bomber.
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TurkeyThe trial of novelist Orhan Pamuk, accused of insulting Turkey, is halted just after he first appears in court.
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RussiaProsecutors investigate the discovery of "catastrophic" levels of radioactivity at a factory in Chechnya.
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MoroccoMorocco's truth commission - the first in the Arab world - delivers its final report on 40 years of human rights abuse.
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United StatesSenators react angrily to a report that George Bush authorised spying on US citizens without court orders.
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ItalyBank of Italy governor Antonio Fazio faces increasing pressure to quit over a banking takeover scandal.
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United KingdomA veteran Sinn Fein figure expelled from the party says he worked as a paid British agent for two decades.
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IraqIraq's landmark parliamentary elections generally met international standards, observers say.
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