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FranceJudges question French PM Dominique de Villepin over the so-called Clearstream dirty tricks scandal.
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United StatesA US court rejects a deportation appeal from a man accused of having been a guard in Nazi death camps.
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United KingdomA 48-year-old man will appear in court charged with murdering five women found dead in eastern England.
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Iraq, United StatesEight US marines are charged, four with murder, over the killings of 24 Iraqi civilians in the town of Haditha last year.
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TaiwanThe Taiwanese president's wife fails to attend the second session of her embezzlement trial.
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ChinaEight Christians go on trial in eastern China following clashes with police over the building of a church.
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North KoreaDeadlock continues as the six-party round of talks on North Korea's nuclear programme nears its end.
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Pakistan, 
IndiaIndia and Pakistan begin talks on a long-running marshlands boundary dispute as part of the peace process.
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Zimbabwe, ChinaZimbabwe prepares to open talks with China for a $2bn loan, in a bid to boost its crumbling economy.
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United StatesToyota is on course to overtake US rival General Motors as the world's biggest carmaker in 2007, figures show.
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Iraq, United StatesThe US secretary of state defends the war in Iraq, as charges are laid against marines for killing 24 civilians.
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Sri Lanka, 
New ZealandSanath Jayasuriya hits an unbeaten 51 as Sri Lanka beat New Zealand in a rain-affected Twenty20 game.
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IndiaVodafone is considering a bid for the Indian mobile phone arm of Hutchison Whampoa but faces stiff competition.
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SomaliaArtillery exchanges take place in Somalia between Islamist militia and government fighters for a fourth day.
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IraqIraqi Shia leaders discuss forming a new governing alliance which they hope will include radical cleric Moqtada Sadr.
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RussiaRussian investigators say Chechen rebels carefully planned the Beslan school raid, in which hundreds died.
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Malaysia, 
CambodiaMalaysia deports a fugitive former police chief back to Cambodia where human rights groups say he may face torture.
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IndiaNGOs attack the Indian government for not involving Andaman tsunami victims in the rebuilding process.
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Philippines, United StatesThe US cancels a joint military exercise with the Philippines after a row over a rape case, officials say.
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TurkmenistanThe international community urges stability in Turkmenistan following the death of its authoritarian leader.
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BrazilBrazil's president demands action from aviation authorities as delays hit thousands of passengers.
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IraqA group of Sunni tribal chiefs in Iraq say they have caught more than 100 al-Qaeda members in recent months.
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North KoreaThe six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear programme end after five days without agreement, reports say.
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Pakistan, United KingdomA British man held in connection with an alleged plot to blow up airliners appears in court in Pakistan.
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AfghanistanA suicide bomber blows himself up outside the home of an Afghan MP in Kabul, police say.
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United KingdomA 48-year-old man appears in court charged with murdering five women found dead near Ipswich in eastern England.
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AustraliaAdam Gilchrist says Australia can remain Test cricket's top dogs when their current stars bow out.
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GeorgiaGeorgia agrees to pay twice as much for gas from Russia, ending a bitter dispute between the two.
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NigeriaFour chief judges in Nigeria are suspended in a row over the impeachment of state governors.
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PakistanA policeman is killed in Pakistan's tribal area, three months after a peace deal with pro-Taleban militants.
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West BankFresh clashes flare in Gaza and the West Bank, putting new pressure on a truce between Hamas and Fatah.
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NigeriaNigeria's vice-president is expelled from the ruling party for joining the opposition as a presidential contender.
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SudanThe outgoing UN chief says he believes Sudan is about to back the deployment of a joint AU-UN mission in Darfur.
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Ukraine, RussiaRussia's President Putin visits Ukraine amid signs of improving ties between the two countries.
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TurkmenistanTurkmenistan's interim leader says the country will remain stable after the death of its authoritarian president.
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Iraq, United KingdomHundreds of British troops seize seven Iraqi officers suspected of corruption and leading a Basra death squad.
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SomaliaEthiopia warns Islamist militias who control most of southern Somalia that its patience is running out.
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United StatesA US court cuts the level of damages Exxon Mobil must pay out for a 1989 oil spill off Alaska to $2.5bn.
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ItalyChurch officials rule out a Catholic funeral for a man at the centre of a right-to-die controversy in Italy.
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United StatesProsecutors drop rape charges against three men from a top US university in a case which sparked national debate.
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HaitiAt least five Haitians die in clashes between UN troops and street gangs in a slum in Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince.
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