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Iraq, 
United Kingdom, 
United StatesCondoleezza Rice and Jack Straw call on Iraqi leaders to press ahead with negotiations on a new government.
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IranIran tests what it says is the world's fastest underwater missile, in its second such trial in three days.
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TaiwanTaiwanese President Chen is set to hold a rare meeting with the leader of the main opposition party.
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Afghanistan, 
TurkeyA Turkish engineer is killed by suspected Taleban militants in western Afghanistan, officials say.
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ThailandFirst indications from Thai elections suggest PM Thaksin Shinawatra is unlikely to claim a decisive mandate.
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CanadaSinger Michael Buble wins four prizes including best singer, at the Junos, Canada's top music awards ceremony.
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Iraq, United Kingdom, United StatesCondoleezza Rice and Jack Straw urge Iraqi leaders to end the delays and form a government.
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JapanThe frontrunner to replace Japan's PM has suggested that if elected he will visit a controversial Tokyo shrine.
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South AfricaFormer South African Deputy President Jacob Zuma begins testifying in defence against a charge of rape.
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Aruba, 
Australia, 
ChinaChina reaches a deal with Australia to buy uranium, on condition the fuel is not used for weapons programmes.
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India, United KingdomEngland lose three early wickets as they chase 295 to beat India in the third one-dayer in Goa.
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IsraelIsrael's electoral commission revises the results from last week's vote, giving the Labour party one fewer seat.
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RussiaPolice in Moscow open investigations into two suspected race-related attacks on prominent figures.
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Burma, RussiaA high-level Burmese delegation visits Moscow for what Burmese state media describe as a goodwill visit.
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South AfricaSouth Africa's Treatment Action Campaign says the health minister excluded it from UN talks on HIV/Aids.
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ThailandThe party of Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra wins a general election, but a political crisis looks unlikely to be resolved.
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Israel, 
West BankIsraeli troops shoot dead a Palestinian militant in a raid in the West Bank town of Bethlehem.
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India, United KingdomYuvraj Singh's blistering 103 guides India to a 49-run win over England in the third one-day international.
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SudanThe top UN humanitarian official says Sudan has stopped him from visiting the troubled Darfur region.
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IraqGunmen burst into a Shia family home in south Baghdad and kill four people in an apparent sectarian attack.
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IndiaPolling begins in India's north-eastern Assam state in the first of several key local government elections.
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Turkmenistan, ChinaTurkmenistan and China agree to build a pipeline to sell the energy-hungry Chinese Turkmen natural gas.
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IraqAl-Qaeda's Zarqawi steps down as the head of a coalition of Iraqi militants, a leading Islamist claims.
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NepalNepal's Maoists say they are suspending attacks in Kathmandu as the political opposition prepares action there.
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ItalyItalian PM Silvio Berlusconi is due to go face-to-face with rival Romano Prodi in a final pre-election TV debate.
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BahrainBahrain orders a halt to all tourist cruises, four days after a boat capsized with the loss of 58 lives.
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Bolivia, United StatesBolivia is urging the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) agrees to a regional debt relief program.
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FranceA French student leader hints at talks with the government over a new labour law as protesters prepare for action.
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VenezuelaVenezuela takes back oil fields owned by Total and Eni, after the foreign firms fail to agree new deals on their control.
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South Africa, AustraliaAustralia end day four of the third Test needing 44 more runs to beat South Africa but with four wickets left and batsmen injured.
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IsraelAn Israeli group says it takes over two East Jerusalem buildings after buying them from Palestinians.
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TurkeyTwo more die in Turkey as a result of rioting that has rocked the country over the past week.
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ThailandThai PM Thaksin Shinawatra says his party won Sunday's snap election, but admits his support has dropped.
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NigerNiger withdraws permission for a BBC TV team to film reports on the country's humanitarian situation.
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Liberia, 
Sierra LeoneFormer Liberia leader Charles Taylor pleads not guilty in his first appearance at a UN-backed war crimes court.
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United StatesA huge US military transport plane crashes near a base in Delaware, but all 17 people on board survive.
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IraqAt least 10 people die in a suspected suicide car bomb attack near a Shia mosque in Baghdad, Iraqi officials say.
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United StatesViolent storms leave at least 27 people dead in the US states of Tennessee, Missouri and Illinois.
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United Kingdom, United StatesUS police search for a woman who allegedly treated two British girls in her care as slaves for 13 years.
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United StatesA US jury decides al-Qaeda plotter Zacarias Moussaoui is eligible for the death penalty when sentenced.
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ItalyItaly's PM Silvio Berlusconi and challenger Romano Prodi trade insults in a televised debate ahead of Sunday's election.
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United StatesA key prosecution witness lied about his part in Enron related crimes, a defence witness tells a US court.
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