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BurmaBurma's ruling junta says it has enough evidence to dissolve the opposition NLD for links with illegal groups.
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United StatesThe US Senate votes to divert $1.9bn from military funding to tighten the country's border security.
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North KoreaProsecutors plan to arrest the chairman of South Korean car giant Hyundai, on embezzlement charges.
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Sri LankaSri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels accuse the government of carrying out "genocidal" attacks on its areas.
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TunisiaUkraine and Tunisia name unchanged sides for their Group H decider.
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Saudi ArabiaTeam news ahead of Wednesday's Group H World Cup match.
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UkraineTeam news ahead of Wednesday's Group H World Cup match.
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AngolaMexico make a fast start against Angola in their Group D meeting in Hanover.
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CroatiaTeam news ahead of Sunday's Group F World Cup match.
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United StatesTeam news ahead of Thursday's Group E World Cup match.
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Costa RicaTeam news ahead of Thursday's Group A World Cup match.
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Italy, 
Czech RepublicTeam news ahead of Thursday's Group E World Cup match.
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Serbia and MontenegroThe roof at the AufSchalke Arena in Gelsenkirchen is closed for Friday's Group C World Cup match.
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PakistanPakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi has been persuaded to abandon plans to take a break from Test cricket.
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Solomon IslandsA dusk-to-dawn curfew in the Solomon Islands capital is lifted, after riots that forced the prime minister to quit.
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EthiopiaUN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour strongly criticises Ethiopia's human rights situation.
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ArubaFive of the 'Bali nine' Australian drug gang have their life sentences cut - but two have death sentences upheld.
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BelgiumBelgian police close one terminal of Brussels' international airport after a passenger refuses security checks.
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NepalNepal's Maoist rebels offer a three-month truce, after street protests force the king to restore parliament.
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Afghanistan, 
Macedonia, 
Germany, United StatesMEPs visit Macedonia to check claims a German man was held by US agents and flown to Afghanistan.
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Israel, 
Gaza StripIsrael launches an air strike in the Gaza Strip, killing one Palestinian and wounding two others, medics say.
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Iraq, Aruba, 
AustraliaJohn Howard apologises to the widow of an Australian killed in Iraq after she was sent a different soldier's body.
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SingaporeSingapore's opposition contests more than half the country's seats for the first election in 18 years.
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United KingdomLuiz Felipe Scolari has been offered the England manager's job and is discussing terms with the FA.
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ChadThe World Bank agrees to resume lending to Chad after a dispute over the spending of oil resources on weapons.
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Brazil, United StatesA third man is jailed for aiding the killing of US-born nun Dorothy Stang, a peasants' rights activist, in Brazil.
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Sri LankaTruce monitors try to ease tension in north-east Sri Lanka after government air strikes on Tamil rebels.
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PolandPoland is hosting an international Red Cross meeting on the increasing privatisation of war.
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EgyptClashes break out in Cairo as a disciplinary hearing begins for two judges who said recent polls were fraudulent.
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GermanyA woman charged with killing eight of her newborn babies goes on trial in a case that has shocked Germany.
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IraqThe sister of Iraq's new vice-president is shot dead in Baghdad, two weeks after his brother was killed.
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KenyaKenyan women's rights activists condemn a male MP who said women say "No" to sex, even if they mean "Yes".
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South Africa, 
New ZealandStephen Fleming hits 114 not out as New Zealand reach 265-6 on day one against South Africa in Cape Town.
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RussiaPresident Putin accuses European countries of stoking up fears about the reliability of Russian energy supplies.
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NepalKing Gyanendra names the veteran leader GP Koirala as Nepal's new prime minister.
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Sri LankaA night-time curfew is in place in Trincomalee in north-east Sri Lanka, after nearby air strikes aimed at Tamil rebels.
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Nigeria, 
ChinaChinese President Hu Jintao meet his Nigerian counterpart and addresses MPs after agreeing investment deals.
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Iraq, ItalyThree Italian troops and a Romanian soldier die in a roadside bomb attack in southern Iraq.
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IndiaReliance Industries, which owns India's biggest private sector oil company, rose 20% last year.
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BelarusAlexander Milinkevich, opposition leader in Belarus, is jailed for 15 days after a protest rally in Minsk.
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IraqIraq's most influential Shia cleric calls for the next government to disband militias operating in the country.
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IsraelIsrael's Kadima party signs an agreement with the centre-left Labour party to form a coalition government.
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United StatesUS senators investigating the Hurricane Katrina response recommend scrapping the emergency agency.
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Sudan, United StatesThe US orders a freeze on the assets of anyone felt to have posed a threat to stability in Sudan's Darfur region.
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IranIran's president remains defiant over the country's nuclear plans, a day before a key UN report on the crisis.
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EgyptThe Cairo bureau chief of TV channel al-Jazeera is charged with false broadcasting about the Sinai bombs.
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