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2006 » May 2006 » May 9th 2006
ArubaTwo Australian miners trapped underground for two weeks are freed and walk out of the mine unaided.
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IndonesiaAustralia discovers three more presumed asylum seekers from the Indonesian province of Papua.
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ThailandThailand's Supreme Court does not want the Election Commission to organise the country's next poll.
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NigeriaA Nigerian MP tells the BBC he was offered a plot of land to back moves to let President Obasanjo seek a third term.
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ArubaTwo freed Australian miners are in good health despite spending two weeks trapped underground, doctors say.
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IraqIraqi's PM-designate Nouri Maliki says he has nearly completed the task of forming a new government.
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EstoniaEstonia has become the 15th EU country to complete the parliamentary stage of ratifying the draft text.
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Costa RicaNobel Peace Prize winner Oscar Arias is sworn in as the new president of Costa Rica, vowing to steady the country.
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Sri Lanka, 
JapanA Japanese envoy fails to persuade Tamil Tiger rebels to return to peace talks with the Sri Lankan government.
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Argentina, 
UruguayArgentina asks Uruguay to extradite six men over the 1976 abduction of poet Juan Gelman's daughter-in-law.
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GermanyA debate rages in Germany over whether uniforms should be made compulsory in schools.
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South AfricaSouth African ex-Deputy President Jacob Zuma, cleared of rape on Monday, apologises for not using a condom.
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United StatesIndia is to carry instruments for US space agency Nasa on its first unmanned mission to the Moon in early 2008.
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Switzerland, 
PakistanSwiss police investigate alleged people smuggling at the Swiss embassy in Pakistan's capital, Islamabad.
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GermanyCannibal Armin Meiwes, who killed and ate an apparently willing victim, is sentenced to life in prison after a retrial.
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SomaliaFighting intensifies in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, where at least 49 people have died in three days.
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Iran, United StatesDetails emerge of a letter from Iran's leader to the US president, as talks on the Iran nuclear crisis end in discord.
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JordanAbu Qatada, accused of being a leading al-Qaeda figure, was a risk to UK security, a deportation hearing is told.
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EgyptThe suspected head of an Egyptian militant group blamed for bombings in Sinai is shot dead, police say.
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Romania, 
BulgariaA decision on when to admit Bulgaria and Romania to the EU is likely to be delayed, EU officials tell the BBC.
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RussiaRussian President Vladimir Putin attacks a rise in neo-Nazism in Russia as it marks victory in World War II.
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Iraq, 
SyriaMore than 200 Palestinians fleeing Iraq are allowed to cross into Syria, after weeks of being stranded at the border.
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Sudan, 
Democratic Republic of the CongoCongolese refugees who fled to Sudan over 40 years ago after Mobutu Sese Seko came to power return home.
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Egypt, 
Gaza Strip, 
IsraelThe Israeli military says it has seized a shipment of 550kg of explosives bound for the Gaza Strip from Egypt.
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United States, 
ChinaSome 120 US-based Chinese scientists express concern that scientific research in China is improperly monitored.
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Italy, GermanyMartina Hingis beats Flavia Pennetta of Italy 7-5 6-3 to reach the second round of the German Open in Berlin.
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United KingdomMPs hear allegations some African girls are brought into Britain and deliberately made pregnant to jump housing lists.
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IraqA suicide car bomber kills 17 people and injures 35 in the northern Iraqi town of Talafar, according to police.
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Iran, 
CubaCuba, China and Saudi Arabia are among states to be elected to the new UN Human Rights Council.
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Iran, United StatesUS President George W Bush says diplomacy is the number one option in the crisis over Iran's nuclear activity.
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United StatesTroubled car parts firm Delphi tells a US court it must end its labour deal with unions in order to survive.
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FranceFrance's interior minister attacks those he believes are behind a smears campaign to damage his political career.
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Bosnia and HerzegovinaThe war crimes court in Bosnia begins its first genocide trial in the capital Sarajevo.
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