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Colombian authorities seize cocaine with a street value of $540m on board a ship bound for Mexico.
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More than 160 people are arrested and 24 injured after rallies against a new French labour law turn violent.
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Thousands of farmers from the country's poor north arrive in Bangkok in support of Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra.
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Voting begins in the second round of Benin's presidential elections, heralding a new era in the state's history.
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Renault's Giancarlo Fisichella beats team-mate Fernando Alonso into second in Malaysia, with Jenson Button third.
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At least seven people, including six security officers, are killed in a roadside blast in Pakistan, police say.
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A judge tells Google to turn over search data, including 50,000 web addresses, to the US government.
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Five North Koreans flee to South Korea in a small boat across one of the world's most heavily fortified borders.
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The US defence secretary says withdrawing troops prematurely from Iraq would be a serious mistake.
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India close day two in Mumbai on a shaky 89-3 after England make 400.
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India bid to take their total closer to England's 400 on day three of the third Test in Mumbai.
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A family of five are beheaded by a mob in north-east India after being accused of using witchcraft.
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Thirteen suspected pirates are captured by the US Navy, their spokesman says, after clashes off the Somali coast.
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A section of tunnel collapses on a Moscow metro train, reportedly causing a fire to break out.
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Egypt reports a second suspected human case of bird flu, a day after it said that a woman died from the virus.
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Eight men on trial in Uzbekistan give unusually detailed accounts of alleged torture.
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Trade unions say there will be a general strike unless new job laws, which triggered riots in Paris, are withdrawn.
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Opponents accusing Taiwan's president of stoking tensions with China stage their second protest in a week.
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Iraq's President Jalal Talabani welcomes the prospect of talks between the US and Iran over the situation in Iraq.
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Hamas submits its list of nominees for the new cabinet to the Palestinian Authority president for approval.
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