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A body found in a Brussels canal is that of a Rwandan ex-minister suspected of genocide, officials say.
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A presidential task force calls for a referendum on Puerto Rico's status as a US commonwealth.
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Nathan Astle and Craig McMillan are left out for New Zealand's first two one-dayers against Sri Lanka.
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The first Roman Catholic UK ambassador to the Vatican since the Reformation takes his post.
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The US Congress only extends anti-terror legislation for one month, in a setback for President Bush.
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Chinese officials say a toxic spill has been stopped by a dam, ensuring clean water downstream.
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A senior Indian official and US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice discuss nuclear cooperation.
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A gas explosion at a construction site in south-west China kills at least 42 people.
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Brazil announces another early repayment of international debt - this time to the Paris Club of creditor nations.
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A senior Olympic figure tells the BBC that London only won the 2012 Olympic Games because of a misplaced vote.
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China's court upholds the life sentence of a US-based Chinese dissident on terror charges, state media say.
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Japan's Emperor Akihito marks his 72nd birthday by asking his people to better understand their history.
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Research by South Korean cloning expert Hwang Woo-suk was "fabricated", says an academic panel.
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The Indian cabinet clears the way for the state funding of elections pending discussions with political parties.
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Senegal's president says he will not sue a journalist who published a book linking him to a murder.
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China takes action against more than 200 officials in connection with six major coal mining accidents.
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Russian MPs pass a controversial bill to tighten state control over non-governmental organisations.
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Nigeria tells the USA to mind its own business over speculation the president may stand for a third term.
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The US Defence Secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, says that US combat troop levels in Iraq will fall next year.
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A US judge has blocked a law that made it illegal to sell or rent violent games to children.
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Twelve Iraqis are killed in two separate attacks by insurgents near the city of Baquba.
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Drugs giant Roche licenses an Indian firm to make a version of key anti-bird flu treatment Tamiflu for poorer nations.
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Ethiopia and Eritrea appear unlikely to meet a Friday deadline to pull back their troops from the border.
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Poland's new conservative President Lech Kaczynski is sworn in and says politics must be cleaned up.
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A court in London rules that the former vice-president of oil giant Yukos cannot be extradited to Russia.
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Bulgaria agrees a fund for Libya's HIV children ahead of an appeal by five nurses accused of infecting them.
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At least 13 sailors die in an attack on a convoy in Sri Lanka, officials say, but Tamil Tigers deny involvement.
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A Dutch court rules that the killing of thousands of Kurds in Iraq in the 1980s was an act of genocide.
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Chad's government accuses Sudan of being the enemy of the people after a rebel attack on its eastern border.
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India's parliament throws out 11 of its MPs over a cash-for-questions scandal after an unprecedented vote.
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Israel says it will impose an "aerial siege" along its border with Gaza to stop militants firing rockets into Israel.
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Nigeria will provide all HIV drugs free of charge within two weeks, a government health official says.
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China is to prosecute a New York Times researcher on charges of leaking state secrets, his lawyer says.
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A charity run by a far-right group in Nice causes anger by serving the homeless pork soup, which Muslims and Jews do not eat.
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The IMF backs a new $685m (£395m) loan for Iraq, indicating growing faith in its handling of the economy.
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Italy issues European arrest warrants for 22 suspected CIA agents for the alleged kidnap of a Muslim cleric.
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Cuba's leader says Condoleezza Rice is "mad", amid US moves to promote change on the island.
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An Azerbaijan Airlines plane crashes shortly after take-off, killing all 23 people on board, officials say.
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Peru approves charges on which to seek the extradition of former President Alberto Fujimori from Chile.
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