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Talks to end a rail strike in South Korea break down as the country returns to work after a public holiday.
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The US should not have deported 15 Cubans who reached a disused bridge, a federal judge in Miami rules.
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South Korean prosecutors question disgraced cloning expert Hwang Woo-suk and three of his researchers.
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A top leader of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group dies in a blast in Gaza, amid a fresh wave of violence.
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Gunmen attack a checkpoint in northern Iraq, killing at least six Iraqi soldiers and three policemen.
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South Africa's ruling ANC takes a lead as local election votes are counted, while opposition parties make gains.
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Mexico's Vicente Fox says a leaked draft of a report into accusations of government repression is invalid.
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Malaysia's top police officer gives senior colleagues a public dressing down over their lack of awareness of human rights.
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Two men convicted of bomb attacks in south-west Iran last year are hanged at the scene of the bombings.
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Thaksin Shinawatra registers for next month's Thai poll and asks the opposition not to boycott the election.
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Former UK rock star Gary Glitter goes on trial in Vietnam to face charges of committing obscene acts with two girls.
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Iraqi PM Ibrahim Jaafari cancels a meeting with political leaders because of a campaign to oust him.
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India respond to Paul Collingwood-inspired England by reaching 136-1 at stumps on day two in Nagpur.
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Three Colombian farmers working for a flagship coca eradication programme are seriously hurt by a bomb.
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An American Unicef official is kidnapped by gunmen while assessing the effects of drought in Somalia.
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Kenya's government says a series of raids by masked gunmen on media offices were to safeguard state security.
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Two men and a woman are remanded in custody after last week's raid on a Securitas depot in Kent.
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Execution and torture are rife in Baghdad, where armed gangs operate freely, a senior UN human rights official says.
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Iran asks for last-minute talks with EU nations, just before a key UN nuclear agency meeting on its nuclear plans.
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Officials from Argentina, Brazil and Venezuela hold meetings to lay the foundations for a 8,000km gas pipeline.
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Fifa boss Sepp Blatter says the 9,000 euro fine for Spanish fans' racist abuse of Samuel Eto'o is "ridiculous".
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Pakistan says its forces have killed 45 militants, most of them foreigners, in a raid near the Afghan border.
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A joint UN-Congolese operation against a rebel group is ended after a mutiny by 40 soldiers in DR Congo.
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Amazon is moving its European customer service centre to the Irish Republic because of local language talents.
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Russian prosecutors urge the UK to extradite tycoon Boris Berezovsky, accusing him of a coup plot.
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The Ugandan army says it will continue to try opposition politician Kizza Besigye in a military court.
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Libya releases dozens of political prisoners, including members of the Muslim Brotherhood movement.
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Tony Blair rules his culture secretary did not break the ministerial code over her husband's financial affairs.
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Iraqi PM Ibrahim Jaafari cancels a meeting with political leaders because of a campaign to oust him.
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Turkey tells Belgium its police must find and extradite a convicted left-wing militant who has gone missing.
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A suicide bomber kills a US diplomat and two other people in Karachi two days before President Bush visits Pakistan.
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Indian shares jump to new record highs after a US agreement to share civilian nuclear technology and fuel.
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Greek MPs pass a law that will allow cremations to take place in Greece for the first time - despite Church opposition.
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An Islamic militant leader blamed for a wave of deadly bombings surrenders to Bangladesh police.
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An Italian parliamentary commission blames former Soviet leaders for the 1981 shooting of Pope John Paul II.
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Israel fails to reopen the main goods crossing into Gaza as it had said it would, despite warnings of food shortages.
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Diplomats and Kenya's opposition and press condemn the raid by armed, masked police on a media group.
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The US and India finalise a controversial nuclear power deal during President George W Bush's visit to Delhi.
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Eight former Croatian military police are convicted of war crimes by a Croatian court for torturing Serbian prisoners.
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Colombia's second-biggest rebel group, the ELN, declares a ceasefire for the legislative elections on 12 March.
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A woman suspected of being infected with the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu dies in Iraq.
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Lebanese political leaders begin talks aimed at resolving their deep divisions in their country.
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A Belarus opposition candidate is detained as he tries to enter Soviet-style assembly two weeks before elections.
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Montenegro's parliament votes to hold a referendum on 21 May on independence from Serbia.
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Former rebel leader Agim Ceku is nominated as Kosovo's new PM - which could further strain ties with Serbia.
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An Ivory Coast court agrees to extradite the alleged leader of a gang accused of killing a French Jew.
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The Iraqi authorities bring in a daytime vehicle ban in the Iraqi capital Baghdad in an effort to stem violence.
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The UN atomic watchdog welcomes a US-Indian nuclear deal, but there are mixed reactions from US lawmakers.
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