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US President George W Bush defends his controversial immigration plans ahead of a crucial Senate debate.
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Polish author Stanislaw Lem, most famous for his science fiction works including Solaris, dies aged 84.
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France prepares for a day of strikes over new youth employment laws, with major disruption expected.
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Anti-seal hunt protesters accuse the Canadian authorities of stopping them from observing a controversial cull.
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Malaysia Airlines is cutting 6,500 jobs and giving up 96 domestic routes as its turnaround efforts continue.
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Rwandan genocide film Shooting Dogs has its world premiere in a Kigali football stadium.
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England bowl out India for 203 runs in the opening one-day international match against England in Delhi.
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The United States urges Nigeria to ensure that ex-Liberia President Taylor is sent to face trial on war crimes charges.
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At least 27 Gambians, including army officers and top officials, are arrested over last week's alleged coup plot.
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At least 15 schoolgirls in Kenya are raped after storming out of the school in the middle of the night.
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Organisers of the 2008 Beijing Olympics say they are on course to deliver venues on schedule at the end of next year.
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Belarus jails more than 150 opposition protesters following the president's landslide election win.
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Harbhajan Singh triggers an England collapse to snatch the opening one-day match for India by 39 runs in Delhi.
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Ukraine's poll rivals begin coalition talks as a pro-Russia party delivers a blow to the Orange Revolution.
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US Senators demand to know how investigators managed to enter the US carrying radioactive material.
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A South African and three Afghans die in a landmine blast in the Afghan province of Farah, local officials say.
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Some 1.1 metric tons of cocaine is tested in Kenya, amid fears that some may have been stolen.
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Factions of rival clerics clash in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province killing at least 25 people, officials say.
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The US Supreme Court is to consider the legality of military trials at Guantanamo Bay prison camp.
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Police blame extortionists for an explosion on the southern Philippine island of Jolo which killed nine people.
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Arab leaders begin their annual summit with Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and the Middle East conflict on the agenda.
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An Afghan man who could have faced the death penalty for converting to Christianity is freed from prison in Kabul.
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Shane Warne takes 6-86 as Australia beat South Africa by 112 runs in Durban.
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Two Israeli Arabs and a Palestinian are killed in violence as Israelis go to the polls for a general election.
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The full US Senate starts debating a immigration bill that would toughen laws dealing with illegal immigrants.
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The bodies of 14 men, blindfolded and shot in the head, are found in western Baghdad, police say.
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A gangmaster convicted of the manslaughter of 21 Chinese cockle pickers in the UK is jailed for 14 years.
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The United Nations launches a $92m relief appeal for famine-hit countries such as Niger.
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A blast kills at least one person in Peshawar in Pakistan, hours after a threat shuts the US consulate there.
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White House chief-of-staff Andrew Card resigns and is replaced by Josh Bolten, US President Bush announces.
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Liberia's ex-President Charles Taylor, wanted on war crimes charges, has disappeared from his villa, Nigeria says.
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A court in India's Gujarat state convicts nine people for the killing of a Hindu man during 2002 religious riots.
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Skywatchers in countries from Ghana to Mongolia prepare to watch the Moon totally eclipse the Sun.
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Israelis go to the polls in a general election that is being called one of the most important in their history.
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Caspar Weinberger, defence secretary under former US President Ronald Reagan, dies at the age of 88.
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The US has told Iraq's Shia leaders that it does not want Ibrahim Jaafari to remain prime minister, Iraqi politicians say.
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Italy considers giving asylum to the Afghan who faced execution for converting to Christianity.
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The Federal Reserve ups interest rates a quarter of a percentage point to 4.75%, their 15th consecutive rise.
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