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ItalyAn Italian minister says he is distributing T-shirts displaying controversial cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.
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Afghanistan, 
United KingdomAn enlarged UK deployment to Afghanistan begins with 150 Royal Marines Commandos due to arrive.
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ChinaEleven people are reportedly arrested in China in connection with a hospital fire that caused 39 deaths.
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ArubaThe last three members of an Australian gang found trying to smuggle heroin from Bali are jailed for life.
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United StatesA US judge says California must change lethal injection methods to ensure executed convicts do not suffer pain.
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ChinaChina hits back at its critics, saying its control of the internet is no different from anywhere else in the world.
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United KingdomAn investigation is launched after three Iraqis working for UK forces in Basra are briefly held by kidnappers.
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Ethiopia, 
EritreaThe UN protests to Eritrea at the arrest of staff members as tensions mount over the disputed border with Ethiopia.
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KenyaKenya's under fire vice-president keeps his post in a reshuffle as the World Bank praises anti-corruption moves.
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ColombiaA forensic team in Colombia finds mass graves containing the bodies of 21 people allegedly killed by paramilitaries.
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IsraelA young Palestinian with learning disabilities is shot dead by Israeli troops near Jenin, officials say.
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ZimbabweAbout 200 women are in custody in Zimbabwe after a protest about food prices and human rights violations.
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HaitiHaiti blocks publication of last week's election results until an inquiry into fraud allegations is completed.
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ChinaEnvoys of Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama are in China for talks on some form of autonomy, his office says.
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SpainA suspected al-Qaeda fundraiser fails in a High Court bid to avoid extradition to Spain.
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Afghanistan, United KingdomAn enlarged UK deployment to Afghanistan begins with 150 Royal Marines Commandos reaching Kabul.
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CameroonA cabinet minister and two doctors in Cameroon sue two newspapers that alleged they were gay.
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Iraq, 
JordanA court condemns nine men to death, four in absentia, for plotting a chemical attack in Jordan.
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GermanyGermany's top court scraps a law allowing the military to shoot down hijacked passenger planes.
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South AfricaSouth African media reveal a family link between politician Jacob Zuma and a judge who was to have heard his rape trial.
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Nepal, United StatesThe US ambassador in Nepal says a rift between the king and mainstream parties is only benefiting the Maoists.
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Greece, IsraelIsrael ups pressure on the PA by threatening to sever all contact if the next prime minister is a Hamas member.
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South AfricaSouth African Finance Minister Trevor Manuel unveils a budget which boosts spending and cuts taxes.
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UgandaTwo people die after shots are fired into a crowd of Ugandan opposition supporters as their leader's trial is delayed.
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PakistanThree more die in Pakistan as unrest spreads over Western cartoons satirising the Prophet Muhammad.
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Pakistan, ChinaThree Chinese engineers are shot dead by gunmen in Pakistan's remote province of Balochistan.
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United States, ChinaUS hi-tech giants are accused of complicity in censoring net users in China, at a Congressional hearing.
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Afghanistan, PakistanAfghan President Hamid Karzai begins a visit to Pakistan, which is expected to focus on combating militancy.
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India, 
FranceFrench President Jacques Chirac orders the asbestos-lined warship Clemenceau to return to French waters.
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Australia, United StatesNew images of alleged US abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib jail in 2003 are broadcast in Australia.
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United StatesThe US vice-president tells the media he takes full responsibility for accidentally shooting his hunting partner.
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United StatesUS senators attack homeland security chief Michael Chertoff for his agency's Hurricane Katrina "failure".
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AustriaGB's men's curlers beat Olympic champions Norway after an earlier loss to Canada, while Michaela Dorfmeister wins downhill gold.
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Nigeria, 
NigerA Nigerian army helicopter attacks barges it says are being used in oil-smuggling in the Niger Delta.
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AustriaGermany and Austria become the latest European countries to confirm cases of a virulent strain of bird flu.
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Iraq, United StatesThe US says new images of the apparent abuse of Iraqis at Abu Ghraib prison should not have been released.
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