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PolandPoland asks the UN to change the name of Auschwitz concentration camp to link it permanently to Nazi Germany.
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United StatesAn all-American top four continues to lead the latest annual Forbes Global 2000 list of the world's biggest firms.
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AustraliaResidents on Australia's northwest coast are spared the worst after a powerful cyclone crossed their path.
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ChinaWorkers in China have failed in a third attempt to seal a poisonous leak from a gas well in Chongqing.
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India, United StatesIndia's foreign secretary says a landmark nuclear deal with the US will not boost its nuclear weapons.
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Sri LankaSri Lanka's ruling coalition takes a strong lead in local government elections, according to first results.
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JamaicaJamaica swears in its first female Prime Minister, Portia Simpson Miller.
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ArubaAn Australian man known as "Jihad Jack" is sentenced to five years in jail for receiving funds from al-Qaeda.
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Canada, 
MexicoGeorge W Bush tells Mexico's leader he backs controlled immigration, at the start of a two-day summit.
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Israel, 
West BankA Palestinian bomber has killed himself and four Israelis outside a settlement in the West Bank, officials say.
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NepalActivists in Nepal praise the Supreme Court for ruling against a divorce law linked to women's fertility.
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United Kingdom, United StatesUS Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice faces anti-war protesters as she begins a tour of north-west England.
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AfghanistanAn Afghan who faced a death sentence for becoming a Christian says he would have died had he stayed in Afghanistan.
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South Africa, 
BrazilBrazil, India and South Africa pledge to set up a free trade area which may grow to take in the nations they represent.
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Russia, 
GermanyA German court examines ex-Chancellor Schroeder's new job as head of a German-Russian gas firm.
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JapanJapan's main opposition leader announces his resignation over unfounded claims against his opponents.
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Chad, 
SudanChad's top army commander has been killed in fighting with rebels on the border with Sudan, army officials say.
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United KingdomIndia beat England by four wickets in the second one-day international at Faridabad.
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BahrainSeventeen Indians and three Pakistanis are among the dead in Bahrain boat disaster, officials say.
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Libya, United StatesUS defence officials are considering plans to help Libya destroy its stockpile of banned chemical weapons.
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Afghanistan, 
PakistanAfghan officials tell the BBC that 16 Pakistanis were shot dead on the orders of a local commander.
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India, United KingdomYoungster Suresh Raina hits 81 not out to steer India to a four-wicket win over England in Faridabad.
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Iraq, CanadaA Canadian peace activist held for nearly four months in Iraq says "instinct" tells him a ransom was paid.
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PolandPolish prosecutors charge Gen Jaruzelski over his 1981 imposition of martial law, in the communist era.
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KenyaAn incinerator, where one of Africa's biggest hauls of narcotics is being burnt in Kenya, explodes.
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ChinaChinese police threaten to impose the death penalty for oil theft pipelines to try and clamp down on the practice.
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ThailandBeleagured Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra insists he has voter support ahead of Sunday's election.
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UgandaA midnight fire in the dormitory of a boarding school in western Uganda kills at least 13 children.
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AustriaAn Austrian woman who admitted killing four newborn babies is sentenced to life imprisonment.
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South Africa, AustraliaSouth Africa reach 238-6 on the opening day of the third Test against Australia in Johannesburg.
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United StatesCondoleezza Rice admits the US has made thousands of tactical errors in Iraq, but says the strategy was right.
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Serbia and MontenegroThe EU is to continue talks with Serbia, after a positive report on the hunt for war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic.
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IranIran says its plan to pursue nuclear power cannot be reversed, despite warnings by six major powers.
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TurkeyKurdish militants claim responsibility for an Istanbul bomb blast that killed one person and injured 13 others.
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IranAt least 70 people are killed and nearly 1,000 hurt by a series of earthquakes in western Iran, officials say.
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FranceFrance's president says he will sign the youth labour law that has triggered protests, but pledges to modify it.
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BoliviaBolivia's president orders security forces to take over airports to break a strike by disaffected workers.
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