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United StatesTerror plots hatched inside the US could pose as much danger as al-Qaeda, the US attorney-general says.
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United StatesAaron Spelling, producer of Dynasty, Charlie's Angels and Beverly Hills 90210, dies at the age of 83.
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Venezuela, 
ColombiaColombia's Farc rebels are prepared to swap hostages and talk peace, a spokesman tells Venezuelan TV.
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SomaliaA Swedish journalist is shot dead during a huge rally in Somalia's capital, held to back Thursday's peace agreement.
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United StatesThe US Vice-President condemns media disclosures of a secret programme tracking financial transactions.
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YemenYemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh says he will run for office again, reversing an earlier decision to not stand.
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PhilippinesPhilippines President Gloria Arroyo signs a law abolishing the death penalty, reprieving 1,200 death row inmates.
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UgandaAndrew Harding tries to find out what has happened to a Ugandan boy he helped in 2004 after his parents were murdered.
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IraqReturn to Baghdad after the fall of Saddam Hussein, Hugh Sykes reflects on how things have changed in Iraq.
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FranceCaroline Wyatt is determined to find out how the French stay so enviably slim.
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IndiaNine people including a top policeman are charged over a sex scandal in Indian-administered Kashmir.
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Israel, 
Gaza StripIsraeli soldiers seize two Palestinian men in an overnight incursion into the south of the Gaza Strip.
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VietnamVietnam's president, prime minister and assembly speaker step down, clearing the way for a younger leadership.
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Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia reveals the arrest of 42 suspected militants, some since Friday's deadly gun battle in Riyadh.
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Sri LankaTamil Tiger rebels in Sri Lanka extend their deadline for EU ceasefire monitors to leave the country.
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Iran, 
GermanyGermany calls on Iran to halt uranium work, as the two discuss Tehran's controversial nuclear programme.
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United StatesRelatives of seven men accused of plotting to blow up Chicago's Sears Tower say they have no terror links.
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Afghanistan, United StatesUS-led coalition forces in Afghanistan say they have killed at least 65 Taleban militants in fresh offensives.
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ItalyVessels carrying a total of at least 370 illegal immigrants arrive on the Italian island of Lampedusa.
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SwedenA Lukas Podolski double earns Germany victory over 10-man Sweden and books the hosts' place in the World Cup quarter-finals.
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MauritiusA project team investigating the extinct dodo unearths bones in swamp lands on the island of Mauritius.
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Saudi ArabiaFourteen Saudi detainees held at Guantanamo Bay are freed and sent home, the Pentagon says.
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Sweden, GermanyGermany coach Jurgen Klinsmann says his team have set new objectives on the back of their 2-0 win against Sweden.
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United StatesThe controversial new head of the US Anglican church tells the BBC her election is a victory for women.
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BotswanaBrazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva says he will seek a second term in office at elections in October.
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MexicoMaxi Rodriguez's wonder goal in extra-time against Mexico sends Argentina into a last-eight meeting with Germany.
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IndiaIndia reach 150-2 in reply to West Indies' 581 at close of play on day three of the third Test at St Kitts.
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Argentina, MexicoArgentina coach Jose Pekerman says his side deserved their extra-time World Cup triumph over Mexico.
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Somalia, United StatesA cleric who is on the US list of terror suspects is named as head of an Islamist militia that controls Mogadishu.
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Sweden, SomaliaThe Islamist militia controlling the Somali capital says it will protect foreign media after a Swedish journalist is killed.
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