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An ex-nurse is sent to prison for the rest of his life for killing 22 New Jersey patients in his care.
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Haiti's second round of polls are delayed, postponing the inauguration of President-elect Rene Preval.
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The environmental group Greenpeace blockades a boat in the latest stage of a row over pulp mills in Uruguay.
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Australia says it has won a major Iraqi wheat contract, despite claims of bribes paid to Saddam Hussein's regime.
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Philippine President Gloria Arroyo lifts the state of emergency imposed a week ago amid an alleged coup plot.
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Japanese PM Junichiro Koizumi says he believes an end to deflation in Japan's troubled economy is finally in sight.
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An 11-year-old Iranian wins landmark damages from Australia's government for trauma sustained in detention.
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The Russian stock market's meteoric rise over the last year sparks fears that a financial bubble is forming.
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A German court bans a film inspired by the case of self-confessed cannibal Armin Meiwes.
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Serbia condemns the nomination of former KLA rebel leader Agim Ceku as the new Kosovo PM.
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A bomb explodes in the southern Iranian city of Ahwaz, the day after two men are hung for an attack last year.
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Benin's electoral commission says Sunday's presidential poll will go ahead despite fears over 1m missing ballots.
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Kenya's Standard newspaper comes out as normal a day after its offices were raided by armed police.
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A Canadian military convoy is hit by a suspected suicide bomber in southern Afghanistan, reports say.
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Ivory Coast's president agrees to extradite the alleged leader of a gang accused of killing a French Jew.
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George Bush is to outline a new strategic partnership with India, on the last day of his visit to the country.
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India reach 322-9 in reply to England's 393 in Nagpur with Matthew Hoggard taking 5-57.
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The US is pressing its ally Taiwan over the wording of a controversial statement which has angered China.
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Ex-UK rock star Gary Glitter is found guilty of obscene acts with two girls in Vietnam and jailed for three years.
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Talks between Iran and EU nations to avert UN action over Tehran's nuclear programme end without agreement.
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Shops in the cities of Pakistan's Punjab close on Friday during a strike in protest at cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.
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A Kuwaiti held at Guantanamo since 2002 criticises the US regime at the military camp, in a rare BBC interview.
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On the third day of President Bush's visit to India, ministers urge US firms to increase their investment in the country.
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Peru says it will sue Yale University to recover artefacts from the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu.
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A Canadian Sikh boy wins the right to carry a ceremonial dagger at school, in a landmark ruling.
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The Zambian government de-registers 13 opposition parties, with elections expected later this year.
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Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra says he will quit if his party does not win at least 50% of the vote in upcoming polls.
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Israeli troops kill a Palestinian teenager and wound another during a raid in the northern West Bank, officials say.
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A South African court orders a German doctor to stop his adverts critical of a leading Aids campaign group.
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Nigeria says it will take tough action against politicians stirring up violence, after communal clashes.
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Dozens of people are rescued after an avalanche hits a skiing competition in northern Italy.
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Police investigating the £53m heist in Kent find several million pounds in a raid in south-east London.
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In continuing violence, the bodies of 19 Iraqis killed in a suspected sectarian attack are found near Baghdad.
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Iraq says its forces have captured a Saudi who admits involvement in an attempted suicide attack in Saudi Arabia.
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Pakistan telecom authorities block several websites inviting people to draw cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.
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A Cameroon editor gets a jail sentence and fine for defaming a minister by saying he was gay.
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George W Bush outlines a new strategic partnership with India at the end of his visit to the country.
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Russia calls on Hamas to transform itself into a political organisation, in landmark talks in Moscow.
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George Bush is in Pakistan on the final stage of his first tour of South Asia for talks focusing on 'radical Islam'.
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Four people die in clashes between Hindus and Muslims in the Indian city of Lucknow, the state government says.
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Several thousand Bulgarian nationalists hold a rally in Sofia demanding the government resigns.
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Lebanese politicians discuss the future of President Emile Lahoud and disarming militias at a second day of talks.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair says he prayed to God when deciding whether or not to send UK troops to Iraq.
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The maker of the Blackberry reaches a $612.5m settlement to end a legal case that could have closed its US service.
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Angry protests are sparked after Israelis set off firecrackers in a key Christian church in Nazareth.
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