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The US Supreme Court considers the legality of military trials at Guantanamo Bay prison camp.
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A major initiative is launched in Micronesia to conserve the fragile wildlife of the islands of the Pacific.
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More than one million people protest against French labour laws as Paris police clash with demonstrators.
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Authorities in India's Madhya Pradesh will slaughter 7,000 chickens after detecting a case of deadly H5N1 bird flu.
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A group of Chinese forced to work as slave labourers in Japan during WWII lose their bid for compensation.
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Philippine ex-President Joseph Estrada accuses a prosecution witness of lying at his ongoing corruption trial.
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UN Security Council members are studying a third version of a draft statement on Iran's nuclear programme.
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Brazil's currency and leading shares drop further on more fallout from the resignation of the country's finance minister.
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An Indian court jails a doctor for agreeing to abort a female foetus, the first such sentence in the country.
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The US demands answers from Nigeria over the whereabouts of Liberia's missing former leader Charles Taylor.
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Australia braces for its second major storm in two weeks as Cyclone Glenda heads for its north-west coast.
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Indian drugs group Ranbaxy buys Romanian pharmaceutical business Terapia for $324m, continuing its expansion plans.
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Israeli shares fall after Ehud Olmert claims victory in the country's general election.
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Gunmen dressed in police uniforms attack a trading company in Baghdad, killing eight Iraqi employees.
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Arab leaders agree to pay for the African peacekeepers in Sudan's Darfur region months before they are due to be withdrawn.
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The leader of an outlawed Pakistani militant group is badly beaten by unidentified gunmen.
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Acting PM Ehud Olmert vows to define Israel's final borders after his Kadima party declares victory in elections.
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A man extradited from Latvia is given a life sentence for raping and murdering 17-year-old Jeshma Raithatha.
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Preliminary tests on a dead swan confirm bird flu as the EU proposes aid to farmers affected by falling sales.
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Cambodia's PM Hun Sen launches a scathing attack on a UN envoy who criticised his human rights record.
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Kumar Sangakkara hits 185 as Sri Lanka leave Pakistan a target of 458 to win the Colombo Tests.
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At least 30 militants and two US-led coalition troops are killed in fighting in southern Afghanistan, officials say.
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Skywatchers around the world were held in thrall as they caught a glimpse of the "ultimate astronomical show".
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An Algerian man is jailed for 10 years over the 1995 Paris Metro bombings which killed eight people.
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Nigeria recaptures former Liberian leader and war crimes suspect Charles Taylor and flies him out.
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Informal talks begin in Israel to form a new coalition government after Kadima's election victory.
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Protesters seeking to oust Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra stage a final three-day rally before Sunday's polls.
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Russia warns against any attempts to use force to resolve the stand-off over Iran's nuclear programme.
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An Afghan who faced a possible death sentence for becoming a Christian arrives in Italy, says PM Berlusconi.
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Ex-president and war crimes suspect Charles Taylor arrives in Liberia after being extradited from Nigeria.
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Unions and student groups call for fresh action next week to keep up pressure over the youth job law.
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India's weightlifting team is suspended from competition after four drugs test failures so far this year.
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Disgraced former US lobbyist Jack Abramoff is jailed for 70 months in Miami for conspiracy and fraud.
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Liberia's former President Charles Taylor is transferred to the UN-backed war crimes tribunal in Sierra Leone.
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Belgrade urges the UN to show patience at it tries to arrest the fugitive war crimes suspect, Ratko Mladic.
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A US citizen convicted of plotting to kill President Bush and supporting al-Qaeda gets 30 years in jail.
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The United Nations Security Council approves a statement urging Iran to suspend uranium enrichment.
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HIV infection rates have fallen by a third in the worst hit regions of south India, research suggests.
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