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Aruba, 
SingaporeHundreds of mourners attend the Melbourne funeral of an Australian executed in Singapore for drug-smuggling.
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PakistanHuge lakes created by the October earthquake threaten more than 10,000 people, Pakistan's military says.
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MalaysiaMalaysia's opposition Islamic Pas party loses a by-election and comes close to losing control of Kelantan.
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Iraq, 
JapanJapan's ruling parties approve a plan to extend Japanese troops' deployment in Iraq, local media report.
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New Zealand, 
AustraliaAustralia dismiss New Zealand for 320 in Wellington to win by two runs and go 2-0 up in the three-match one-day series.
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PakistanA fire in a tent housing earthquake survivors in Pakistan kills seven, four of them children, police say.
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Democratic Republic of the CongoPeople already displaced in the south east of DR Congo are fleeing fighting between rebels and the army, MSF says.
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North Korea, 
United StatesUS software giant Microsoft is fined $32m following an antitrust ruling by South Korean regulators.
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Aruba, United StatesAustralian Mamdouh Habib says he was caught up in the US policy of transferring terror suspects abroad, and abused.
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India, United StatesThe US software giant Microsoft unveils plans to invest $1.7bn in India over the next four years.
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Bosnia and HerzegovinaA Bosnian Croat ex-paramilitary is jailed for 20 years for the wartime murder and rape of Bosnian Muslims.
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North Korea, United StatesA senior US diplomat calls North Korea a "criminal regime" involved in drug trafficking and forgery.
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AntarcticaIt could take far longer than expected for the ozone "hole" over Antarctica to repair itself, scientists say.
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NetherlandsThe Dutch state reduces its stake in telecoms firm KPN and says it will sell its "golden share" entirely.
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Afghanistan, United StatesAfghan and US troops have killed 22 suspected militants in two clashes in the south, the US military says.
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Venezuela, United StatesAn oil company controlled by the Venezuelan government makes its first delivery of cut-price heating oil to the US.
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Canada, United StatesAlmost a quarter of the US Senate signs a letter urging President Bush to take part in climate talks in Canada.
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ChinaA vice-mayor of the Chinese city where a chemical blast polluted a river last month is found dead at his home.
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South AfricaSouth Africa's governing ANC confirms Jacob Zuma will not carry out official party duties after being charged with rape.
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IsraelThe acting chairman of Israel's right-wing Likud party has left to join Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's new centrist party.
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Ukraine, United StatesThe US secretary of state boosts ties with Ukraine and criticises a Russian move to control NGOs.
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Israel, 
SyriaA deal on a new "Red Crystal" emblem for the Red Cross is delayed by a dispute between Syria and Israel.
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IraqSaddam Hussein's trial goes ahead without him as the former Iraqi leader stays away in a show of protest.
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VenezuelaInternational monitors in Venezuela give mixed reactions on Sunday's congressional election.
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Sri Lanka, 
NorwaySri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse asks Norway to continue mediating in peace efforts with Tamil rebels.
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MalawiTwo people are shot and wounded in Malawi after police opened fire on a crowd trying to buy maize.
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Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), South AfricaSouth Africa's Winnie Mandela calls for clemency for ex-gang leader Stanley "Tookie" Williams.
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IranA plane that crashed in Tehran killing at least 110 people had technical problems before take-off, reports say.
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PakistanAt least 15 die as suspected Taleban fighters and bandits clash in North Waziristan in Pakistan, eyewitnesses say.
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United KingdomUK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw says Britain will table new proposals on the EU budget next week.
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IraqHarold Pinter brands President Bush and Tony Blair "war criminals" over the Iraq war, in his Nobel Prize speech.
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CanadaEnvironment ministers at a major UN conference in Canada discuss ways to break a deadlock on climate change.
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IsraelA Palestinian militant is killed in a missile strike by Israeli forces in the southern Gaza town of Rafah.
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IraqPresident George W Bush cites progress in rebuilding Iraq's economy, but admits it had not always gone well.
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Ethiopia, United States, 
EritreaEritrea expels a group of UN peacekeepers monitoring the fragile truce border with Ethiopia.
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United StatesCondoleezza Rice says the UN treaty on torture applies to US interrogators both in the US and abroad.
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PortugalMan Utd crash out of the Champions League after losing to Benfica in Lisbon.
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EgyptSix die in violence during the final stage of Egypt's election as police bar Islamists from voting in some areas.
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Ethiopia, United States, EritreaThe UN tells Eritrea not to expel European and North American peacekeepers from the border with Ethiopia.
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