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LebanonIsrael's prime minister vows to pursue Hezbollah leaders, despite the truce taking hold in Lebanon.
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CubaCuban state TV shows video of Fidel Castro on his sickbed chatting to Hugo Chavez as they mark his birthday.
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RussiaUkraine's new PM goes to Russia for talks which will test his commitment to pro-Western policies at home.
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JapanJapan's PM Junichiro Koizumi defies regional protests to visit the controversial Yasukuni shrine.
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IndiaIndia's prime minister calls on Pakistan to take steps to prevent "terror attacks" being launched from its territory.
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Hong KongThe trial of a Hong Kong journalist accused of spying for Taiwan opens in Beijing, Hong Kong reports say.
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United StatesToyota tops a survey gauging the satisfaction of US customers for the second year in a row.
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Sri LankaFresh clashes break out in Sri Lanka between Tamil Tiger and government forces, a day after intense bloodshed.
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IrelandRepublic of Ireland football manager Steve Staunton is confronted by a man with an imitation gun.
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IrelandRepublic of Ireland football manager Steve Staunton is confronted by a man with an imitation gun.
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Indian Ocean, India, JapanA Japanese tanker spills 4,500 tonnes of crude oil into the Indian Ocean after a collision with another vessel.
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South AfricaSouth Africa displays lemons and garlic next to condoms and ARV drugs at Toronto's international Aids conference.
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MexicoMexican police use tear gas and clubs to break up a protest over the disputed presidential election.
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LebanonIsrael's truce with Hezbollah remains intact despite sporadic violence overnight in south Lebanon.
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NigeriaNigerian youths rampage in a south-western state after the murder of a leading local politician.
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FranceThe former team of disgraced Tour de France winner Floyd Landis will be wound up at the end of the season.
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IraqFour Iraqis are killed in a suicide bomb attack on an office of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan in the city of Mosul.
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BrazilHopefuls in Brazil's presidential elections take part in a TV debate marked by the absence of the president.
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IndiaIndian police arrest one of Bollywood star Shahrukh Khan's security guards after another guard is shot dead.
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IndonesiaThousands of people in Indonesia's Aceh province gather to mark the first anniversary of a peace deal.
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Iraq, United StatesSome 300 soldiers who had recently arrived home after a year in Iraq are ordered to return to the war zone.
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Gaza Strip, United StatesPalestinian security forces launch a search for two foreign journalists kidnapped in the Gaza Strip.
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LiberiaThe UN and the Liberian government are taking back an important rubber plantation held by rebels.
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GermanyGermany sees another decline in its birth rate, which is the lowest in Europe.
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JapanPrincess Kiko, whose pregnancy could solve Japan's succession dilemma, is to go into hospital ahead of the birth next month.
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GermanyThe UN appoints a German diplomat, Joachim Ruecker, as its next head of mission in Kosovo.
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IsraelFormer Israeli PM Ariel Sharon, in a coma since January, is now suffering from pneumonia, hospital officials say.
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IraqNine Iraqis are killed in a suicide bomb attack on an office of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan in the city of Mosul.
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FranceA forest fire is contained near the French resort of St Tropez - but three firefighters die in a crash.
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EgyptEgypt's Nobel Prize-winning writer Naguib Mahfouz is in intensive care at a hospital in Cairo.
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EthiopiaHelicopters are grounded as rescuers use boats to help thousands trapped by floods in southern Ethiopia.
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BelgiumThe authorities in breakaway Somaliland say they are holding three Belgian immigration officials.
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Israel, United StatesSyria and Iran praise Hezbollah for what both countries say is the group's defeat of Israel in Lebanon.
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UzbekistanRussia suspends the extradition to Uzbekistan of 13 people facing terrorism charges.
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AustraliaA UN housing expert says Australia's Aborigines live in some of the worst housing in the world.
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United KingdomBritish Airways estimates 10,000 of its passengers' bags have gone missing since the air security alert began.
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NigeriaFour more oil workers are freed in Nigeria, a day after five other kidnapped workers are released, officials say.
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United StatesOptimism among US house builders falls to its lowest level in 15 years, the latest sign the market is slowing.
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IndiaThe asbestos-lined former ocean liner SS France docks in the western Indian port of Alang for scrapping.
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Sri LankaUN officials in Sri Lanka say school pupils died in a raid which the government says targeted rebels.
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United StatesThe number of US immigrants increases to more than 35 million, says the US Census Bureau.
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MexicoMexican police ring Congress with steel barriers as protests against the presidential poll result turn violent.
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