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United StatesUS Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is reportedly to urge EU states to ease off over secret CIA jail claims.
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BurmaBurma resumes its constitutional talks, but only government-selected delegates are attending.
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Japan, 
ChinaJapan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi says China's decision to delay annual talks is "fine" with him.
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SpainRoy Keane's prospects of moving to Real Madrid may be hampered by the sacking of boss Wanderley Luxemburgo.
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IndiaAt least 13 people are killed and 100,000 others evacuated in heavy rains in southern India.
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ArubaThe lawyer for murder suspect Bradley Murdoch says police investigating Peter Falconio's murder may have framed him.
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India, 
Sri LankaAfter three-and-a-half days of rain, play has finally started in the first Test between India and Sri Lanka.
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AfghanistanEnemy fire forced down two US Chinook helicopters in south Afghanistan, injuring six troops, the US military says.
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Kenya, 
SomaliaThe WFP delivers food aid from Kenya to Somalia by road because ship-owners fear pirate attacks.
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NetherlandsFourteen men go on trial in the Netherlands charged with belonging to a radical Islamist terror network.
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RussiaA swimming pool roof collapses near the Russian city of Perm killing at least 14 people, officials say.
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Iraq, IndiaFormer Indian Foreign Minister Natwar Singh is under renewed pressure over the Iraq oil-for-food programme.
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IranIran's government has approved plans to build a second nuclear power plant, state media reports.
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United KingdomMore than 1,200 gay couples are set to form civil partnerships after a long-awaited change in the law.
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KazakhstanSunday's presidential poll in Kazakhstan failed to meet international standards, Europe's OSCE says.
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VenezuelaParties allied to President Hugo Chavez say they have won every seat in Venezuela's parliamentary elections.
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Iraq, 
FranceA French man working on Iraqi water treatment projects is kidnapped in Baghdad, Iraqi police say.
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ZimbabweTop UN envoy Jan Egeland finds some of the 700,000 Zimbabweans affected by slum clearances living in "very bad" conditions.
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IndiaIntel, the world's largest chipmaker, plans to invest $1bn in India over the next five years - boosting R&D.
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IraqA trial hearing for Saddam Hussein resumes in Baghdad, following chaotic scenes and a defence walkout.
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JapanThe boss of Japan's most powerful organised-crime syndicate is jailed for illegal gun possession.
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United StatesOil prices touch $60 a barrel briefly as snowstorms hit the US North East, increasing demand for heating oil.
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ChinaEuropean aircraft maker Airbus agrees to sell 150 A320 planes to China in a deal worth almost $10bn.
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SyriaUN investigators question five Syrian officials as part of their inquiry into the killing of Rafik Hariri.
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IraqThe first witness in the trial of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein gives harrowing evidence to the court.
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IsraelFive people are killed and dozens are hurt in a suicide bombing at a shopping centre in the Israeli town of Netanya.
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United KingdomProposals aimed at ending deadlock over the 2007-13 EU budget are tabled by the UK government.
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PeruThe governing party in Peru chooses businesswoman Jeanette Enmanuel as its candidate for next year's presidential vote.
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United StatesThe US is still vulnerable to terror attacks, say former members of the 11 September commission.
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IndiaUma Bharti, a senior member of India's main opposition party, is expelled for publicly disagreeing with its leaders.
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Russia, IranRussia says it is selling surface-to-air missiles to Iran and insists they are only defensive.
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Afghanistan, United KingdomKey London talks due next month on Afghanistan's future should wait until parliament convenes, an MP says.
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EgyptA judge in Egypt orders the detention of opposition leader Ayman Nour during his trial for forgery.
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United StatesThe secretary of state admits that terror suspects are flown abroad by the US, but denies they are tortured.
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United KingdomBereaved families of UK tsunami victims attack the authorities' handling of the disaster as the inquest opens.
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NetherlandsA key witness in a Islamist terror network trial in the Netherlands refuses to answer questions.
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United KingdomThe UK aims to end deadlock over the 2007-13 EU budget by offering to pay an extra 8bn euros (£5bn).
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Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia will see strong economic growth this year thanks to rocketing oil prices, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) says.
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PeruFive policemen are killed in Peru, in an ambush apparently aimed at freeing drug-trafficking suspects.
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United StatesA judge drops conspiracy charges against Bush ally Tom DeLay, but money-laundering charges stand.
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