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Mexico, 
United StatesUS President George W Bush visits the Mexican border to promote controversial immigration reforms.
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ChinaTyphoon Chanchu leaves at least 16 people dead and forces the evacuation of one million others in China.
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Serbia and MontenegroA huge pro-independence rally is held in Montenegro's capital ahead of a referendum on splitting from Serbia.
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CambodiaCambodia must reform its judiciary in order to improve its human rights record, a senior UN official says.
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United StatesThe US Senate votes in favour of making English the national language as the immigration debate rages on.
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NepalNepalis celebrate moves to curtail the powers of the king - but Maoists rebels say they do not go far enough.
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IndonesiaFormer Indonesian leader Suharto is in a "serious condition", President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono says.
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TurkeyVeteran Turkish politician Bulent Ecevit suffers a stroke after attending the funeral of a murdered judge.
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Saudi Arabia, 
Cuba, United StatesFifteen Saudi Arabians arrive home after being released from the US detention camp at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.
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AfghanistanPakistan rejects accusations by Afghan President Hamid Karzai that it is encouraging Taleban militancy.
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South AfricaA South African man detained on suspicion of stealing three bottles of Coca-Cola sues the government.
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Poland, 
RussiaThe Polish defence minister accuses Russia of using its energy reserves to blackmail its neighbours.
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IndiaThe state governor of India's Rajasthan state refuses to sign a bill critics fear will curb religious freedom.
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CanadaPolice in Toronto conduct the largest raid in their history, arresting 78 suspected members of a gang.
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ZimbabweZimbabwe opposition leader Arthur Mutambara is arrested while campaigning for a by-election in Harare.
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BrazilThere are further gang-related deaths in Brazil's Sao Paulo state, but officials deny the police are out of control.
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United States, ChinaThe US State Department says 16,000 computers bought from a Chinese firm will not be used for classified work.
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Egypt, United StatesEgypt rejects US criticism over court decision not to hear a plea by Ayman Nour.
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ItalyItaly's new PM Romano Prodi wins a key confidence vote in the Senate after announcing his government team.
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KenyaKenyan HIV/Aids activists are shocked by the first lady's comments that young people should not use condoms.
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MexicoThe Vatican tells the Mexican founder of the Legion of Christ order to retire following sexual abuse allegations.
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TurkeyA lorry collision in southern Turkey is reported to have killed at least 40 people, including Afghans.
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Gaza StripThe Palestinian leader orders an investigation after border guards catch a Hamas official taking 600,000 euros to Gaza.
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TurkeyTurkey's top general calls for more demonstrations in defence of secularism after a judge's murder.
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Senegal, 
Belgium, 
ChadA UN panel gives Senegal 90 days to put ex-Chad leader Hissene Habre on trial or send him to Belgium for trial.
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United StatesThe US should shut any secret prisons abroad and its camp at Guantanamo, the UN committee on torture says.
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IndiaThe Indian release of the Hollywood film The Da Vinci Code is delayed indefinitely.
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AfghanistanMullah Dadullah, the Taleban's leading military commander, is captured in Afghanistan, officials tell the BBC.
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PakistanA 12-month UN plan to help rebuild communities in Pakistan devastated by last year's earthquake is launched.
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ItalyVenus Williams shows her fighting spirit to set up a semi-final against Martina Hingis at the Italian Open.
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Afghanistan, 
IrelandPolice officers in Dublin enter a cathedral where 41 Afghan asylum seekers are on the sixth day of a hunger strike.
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JapanWall Street's markets turn the corner at the end of a rough week which saw heavy falls.
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IraqIraq's PM-designate Nouri Maliki says the cabinet has been finalised except for two key posts.
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France, 
BeninFrance and Africa must remould their relationship and change their ways, French minister Nicolas Sarkozy says.
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SpainSpain plans a three-year diplomatic offensive in West Africa to try to stem the flow of African migrants.
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United StatesGuantanamo Bay inmates reportedly attack guards after luring them with a staged suicide attempt.
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