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IsraelAn Israeli Arab colonel is jailed for 15 years for passing sensitive information to militant group Hezbollah.
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IndiaBollywood star Salman Khan is charged with killing a protected antelope species in the Indian state of Rajasthan.
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North KoreaInternational pressure mounts against North Korea amid speculation it might test-launch a long-range missile.
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Aruba, 
AustraliaA man accused of planning to blow up an electricity grid in Australia has been found guilty of terrorist offences.
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Saudi ArabiaSaudi authorities conduct post-mortems on two men said to have died in a suicide pact at Guantanamo Bay.
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India, 
ChinaChina and India sign an agreement to reopen an ancient trade route which was closed 44 years ago.
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SpainCatalan voters in Spain approve plans to make their region one of the most independent in Europe.
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BurundiBurundi's leader is "half satisfied" after an outline deal is agreed with the last active rebel group to end hostilities.
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JapanPro-whaling nations win a vote for the eventual return of commercial whaling, in a move Japan calls "historic".
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Croatia, AustraliaHarry Kewell could miss Australia's crucial Group F game against Croatia after being charged by Fifa for insulting a referee.
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Switzerland, 
TogoTogo's World Cup game with Switzerland looks set to go ahead after reports the players are paid bonuses.
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MalaysiaMalaysia's ruling Umno party backs Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi, who faced criticism from his predecessor Mahathir Mohamad.
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Iraq, 
United StatesUS-led troops push further into the western Iraqi city of Ramadi, as four people die in a Baghdad car bombing.
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IndiaMore than a third of Indian Air Force pilots are doing desk jobs - largely because of too few aircraft, the BBC learns.
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SwitzerlandGoals from Alex Frei and Tranquillo Barnetta send Switzerland top of Group G and eliminate Togo.
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SlovakiaSlovakia's leftist opposition leader Robert Fico is asked to form a new coalition government.
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SudanA delegation from the main rebel faction in Darfur is in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, for talks with the government.
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NorwayNorway starts building a "doomsday" vault in the Arctic designed to house all known varieties of the world's crops.
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South AfricaA Zimbabwean student appears in a South African court, accused of trying to hijack a passenger plane.
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Israel, 
West BankIsraeli Defence Minister Amir Peretz orders a review of the route of the controversial West Bank barrier.
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AfghanistanAt least 30 people die in an attack by suspected Taleban militants in southern Afghanistan, an MP says.
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Iraq, 
Italy, United StatesItalian prosecutors call for a US soldier to stand trial for the 2005 shooting of an Italian secret agent in Iraq.
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Sri LankaSri Lanka's government urges Tamil Tiger rebels to resume stalled peace talks to avoid a return to civil war.
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United StatesUS Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick, chief aide to Condoleezza Rice, resigns.
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Iraq, United StatesA group of insurgents linked to al-Qaeda in Iraq says it is holding two US soldiers missing since last week.
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SomaliaAfrican Union and western diplomats agree to send a team to Somalia ahead of possible peacekeepers.
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IsraelThe EU could release aid payments to Palestinians by the start of July, an envoy has said during a visit to the region.
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EgyptEgyptian police arrest 31 members of the banned opposition group, the Muslim Brotherhood.
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IraqThe prosecution in Saddam Hussein's trial calls for the "heaviest penalty" as it delivers closing arguments.
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IsraelJeremy Bowen is key to BBC proposals to strengthen its coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Ukraine, Saudi ArabiaAndriy Shevchenko and Serhiy Rebrov are among the scorers as Ukraine stroll past Saudi Arabia in Group H.
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FranceFrench PM Dominique de Villepin sues the authors of two books about the so-called Clearstream scandal.
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AfghanistanAfghan media express anger at what they see as government restrictions on their reporting.
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Iran, United StatesUS President George W Bush warns Iran it will face tougher sanctions if it rejects an offer to rejoin nuclear talks.
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GermanyTeam news ahead of Tuesday's Group A World Cup match.
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Tunisia, SpainFernando Torres scores twice as Spain fight back from a goal down to beat Tunisia and qualify for the last 16 of the World Cup.
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Sweden, 
United KingdomSven-Goran Eriksson says he announced Wayne Rooney's return to scare Sweden before England meet them.
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Denmark, 
Russia, United KingdomGazprom agrees to supply Danish energy company DONG with gas, a deal that also boosts the Russian firm's presence in the UK market.
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TurkeyTwo Turkish paramilitaries are jailed for nearly 40 years for trying to kill a supporter of an outlawed Kurdish group.
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United StatesTensions within the Anglican Communion increase with the election of a liberal woman as head of its US branch.
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United KingdomThe cost of IVF treatment is outweighed by the economic contribution the resulting child can make, experts report.
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