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A Mexican who became known as the "railroad killer" for a spate of US murders is executed in Texas.
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The Israeli army begins a ground offensive in Gaza following the capture of an Israeli soldier.
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Rioters in East Timor set fire to more than 20 homes - a sign the PM's resignation has not ended the violence.
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A US Congressional committee backs a controversial plan to share civilian nuclear technology with India.
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Mittal Steel's takeover of Arcelor is backed by the Luxembourg government, which owns 5.6% of Arcelor.
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Police in India arrest a worker in connection with a financial scam at HSBC's Indian call centre in Bangalore.
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Carlos the Jackal files a kidnapping and illegal restraint claim against the French agent who captured him in 1994.
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Almost half of Vietnam's National Assembly fails to support a proposal from the PM on his first day in office.
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Thierry Henry denies cheating to win the free-kick which led to France's second goal in their 3-1 win over Spain.
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Joseph Kony, leader of Ugandan rebel group Lord's Resistance Army, tells the BBC he is not guilty of war crimes.
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Two Juventus players fly from Germany to visit the club's seriously ill sports director Gianluca Pessotto.
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Efforts to change the constitution to ban desecration of the US flag fail by one vote in the Senate.
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The US military plans a portable device that uses focused sound waves to treat soldiers bleeding internally from wounds sustained on the battlefield.
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A South Korean believed to have been kidnapped by N Korea meets his mother for the first time in 28 years.
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Israeli troops stop near the Gaza town of Rafah after an overnight incursion aimed at freeing a captured soldier.
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Iraqi officials say a leading al-Qaeda member has been arrested for the bombing of a key Shia shrine.
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The US will not give up the fight against militants in Afghanistan, says Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
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The African Union insists its peacekeeping mission in Sudan's Darfur region will end in three months' time.
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The new Islamist leader controlling southern Somalia is a threat to Ethiopia, says Prime Minister Meles Zenawi.
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French PM Dominique de Villepin denies plans to run for the presidency in elections next April.
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Russia's president orders special services to "find and destroy" the killers of four diplomats in Iraq.
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Five Sri Lankan sailors are killed in a clash with Tamil Tiger rebels off the country's west coast, the navy says.
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Three people die and some 100 are injured when a roof caves in at a rally in eastern DR Congo for the president.
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The US accuses Maoist rebels in Nepal of continuing to kill people despite plans for them to join an interim government.
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Pleas of innocence by Ugandan Lord's Resistance Army rebel leader Joseph Kony are greeted with surprise.
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The European Commission is hoping to increase its powers over crime, policing and the treatment of criminals.
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The US Supreme Court says states can redraw electoral boundaries when they like - a blow to Texas Democrats.
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Pakistan's top constitutional court intervenes to stop the arranged marriages of five minor girls.
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The German government sets quotas for industrial carbon dioxide emissions which dismay environmentalists.
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The bodies of two girls who disappeared almost three weeks ago have been found, Belgian police confirm.
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A tsunami warning system covering the Indian Ocean region is "up and running", Unesco says.
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Iraq PM Nouri Maliki says a number of insurgents have responded positively to his national reconciliation plan.
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Israel's PM warns of "extreme action" to free a captured soldier as troops enter Gaza and air strikes are launched.
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France coach Raymond Domenech claims his France players were subjected to racist taunts by Spanish fans.
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The US space agency has begun a three-day countdown to the launch of its next space shuttle mission.
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The Senate confirms Henry Paulson as the new US Treasury Secretary to succeed John Snow.
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At least nine people are killed and hundreds of thousands evacuated as floods hit north-east US.
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Serb PM Vojislav Kostunica says Kosovo will always be part of Serbia, on a visit to the ethnically-split province.
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The Palestinian PM, Ismail Haniya, has accused the US of backing an Israeli military incursion into Gaza.
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Toronto take Italian Andrea Bargnani with the first pick of the NBA Draft, making him the first European to be number one choice.
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