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IsraelThe Red Cross and Red Crescent movements adopt a red crystal as a third emblem to allow Israel to join.
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HondurasThe ruling party's candidate in the Honduran presidential election accepts defeat, 10 days after the poll.
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United StatesWashington says the UN human rights commissioner had no authority to criticise its anti-terror tactics.
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United StatesCanada's prime minister appeals to the US to "listen to its conscience" at the UN climate change conference.
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United StatesAn airline passenger is shot dead by a US air marshal in Miami after claiming he had a bomb, officials say.
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AustraliaFormer England coach Sir Clive Woodward says sacking Australia coach Eddie Jones is a mistake.
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ChinaChina's third fatal mine accident in two weeks leaves 74 miners dead and 32 missing in northern Hebei Province.
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Iraq, 
JapanJapan extends its military deployment of self-defence forces in Iraq by up to another year.
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United StatesA US mayor is recalled by voters after allegations that he offered young men jobs in exchange for sex.
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IraqA suicide attacker detonates a bomb on a crowded bus leaving Baghdad for the Shia town of Nasiriya.
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IraqJack Straw repeats calls to release four Western hostages as a deadline for their killing is extended.
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IranThousands gather in Tehran for the funeral of the victims of a plane crash on Tuesday in which 110 people died.
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ZimbabweZimbabwe's crisis has reached the point of meltdown, says UN humanitarian chief Jan Egeland.
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NetherlandsA Dutch court jails a man calling himself a 'suicide consultant' for helping a mentally ill woman to end her life.
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ChileCandidates in Chile end their campaigning for Sunday's vote, in which the country's first woman president could be elected.
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United StatesInvestigations begin after a US citizen was shot dead by marshals on board an American Airlines flight.
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ItalyThe Olympic torch has begun its relay across Italy ahead of the 2006 Winter Games in Turin.
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South Korea, 
North KoreaActivists criticise South Korea for not putting enough pressure on North Korea over its human rights record.
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KazakhstanDamian Grammaticas reports on why the Kazakh people and Western governments seem unconcerned by the outcome of the presidential poll.
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MexicoClaire Marshall reports from the Mexican capital, a city built on a lake bed yet short of clean water - and sinking faster than Venice.
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Israel, 
West BankIsrael suspends talks with the Palestinians about setting up a bus service between Gaza and the West Bank.
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EgyptEgypt's opposition Muslim Brotherhood wins a record 19% of seats in parliamentary polls, preliminary results say.
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AngolaMore than 600 families in the Angolan capital, Luanda, have seen their homes destroyed in the past two weeks.
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Afghanistan, 
PakistanA bomb explosion in Pakistan's tribal area bordering Afghanistan kills 12 people, officials say.
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KenyaKenya's post-referendum reshuffle unravels as more than a dozen nominees including key allies refuse to accept posts.
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AfghanistanNato foreign ministers endorse a plan to expand the alliance's forces in Afghanistan to the volatile south.
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Kenya, 
BurundiA Burundian man arrested for dressing as a woman in Kenya is found guilty of immigration offences.
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IsraelAn Israeli was stabbed to death by a Palestinian at an Israeli army checkpoint outside Jerusalem, emergency officials say.
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RussiaForeign spies are using charities and other groups as a cover, says Russia's intelligence service chief.
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RussiaA court in Moscow convicts 39 activists from the National Bolshevik Party who staged a sit-in at an official building last year.
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IsraelTwo Palestinians are reported killed and at least three injured in an Israeli air strike in northern Gaza.
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SyriaEight militants have been killed during a clash with security forces in Syria, the state news agency says.
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SudanOffensives involving the army are on the rise in Sudan's western region of Darfur, says the UN mission.
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BangladeshAt least six people are killed in a suicide bomb blast in the northern Bangladeshi town of Netrakona, police say.
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India, 
Sri LankaIndia's Virender Sehwag is taken to hospital just two days before the second Test against Sri Lanka.
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IndiaAn Indian court martial orders a woman officer who complained of sexual harassment to be dismissed.
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Austria, Israel, 
GermanyIran's hardline President Ahmadinejad says that Germany and Austria should give up land to host Israel.
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Croatia, 
SpainOne of the most wanted men from the 1990s Balkan wars, Croatian Ante Gotovina, is arrested in Spain.
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United StatesUp to 20 San Francisco police officers face disciplinary action over a video with sexist and racist content.
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Ethiopia, 
EritreaThe expulsion of Western peacekeepers from Eritrea's border with Ethiopia will cripple its work, the UN says.
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