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UK sovereignty could be threatened if the EU succeeds in abolishing the power of veto on crime policies, MPs say.
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Ministers focus on plans for a review of the Kyoto Protocol as UN climate talks in Nairobi enter their final day.
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President Evo Morales warns Bolivia's people will rise up in revolt if the Senate does not pass land reforms.
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A 23-year-old US marine becomes the third to be sentenced for his part in killing an unarmed man in Iraq.
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Six bodies are found in the capital of Tonga, after a day of rioting over delays to democratic reforms.
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Segolene Royal wins France's Socialist presidential primary and will be the party's candidate in next year's poll.
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A Nepalese panel ends an investigation into alleged excesses in a crackdown on pro-democracy protests.
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North American gamers get their hands on Sony's PlayStation 3 games console after queuing for days.
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Three bombs go off in south Thailand, killing one and injuring 30, a day after a peace visit by the new PM.
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Andrew Strauss is out for a duck as England reach 24-1 in reply to South Australia's 247-7 declared in Adelaide.
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Hungary and Real Madrid legend Ferenc Puskas dies at the age of 79.
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Segolene Royal vows change if she becomes French president, after winning the Socialist primary.
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The US Senate approves a controversial deal to share civilian nuclear technology with India.
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UN chief Kofi Annan says Sudan supports in principle a joint peacekeeping force to solve the Darfur crisis.
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Israel has rejected a new Middle East peace initiative proposed by Spain, France and Italy.
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A British man is released from a Pakistani jail after 18 years on death row for a killing he says was in self defence.
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Finnish PM Matti Vanhanen heads for Warsaw to try to defuse a confrontation over the EU's relationship with Russia.
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A senior Thai Airways executive says the airline would not rule out cancelling its order for six Airbus A380s.
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Bodyguards of Angelina Jolie are bailed after being charged with "insult to religion" in Mumbai.
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The Natural History Museum is to return the remains of 18 aboriginal people to the Australian government.
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Dutch military interrogators abused dozens of Iraqi prisoners after the 2003 invasion, a newspaper says.
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A leading Sunni Muslim cleric in Iraq dismisses attempts by the government to have him arrested.
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The Afghan government begins deploying auxiliary police units that critics say are "legalised militias".
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Zambian ex-President Chiluba is not well enough to stand trial on corruption charges, a court rules.
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A Chinese village where three protesters were shot dead by police in 2005 is the scene of fresh unrest, reports say.
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Nepal's human rights watchdog says it has credible reports that Maoist rebels are still recruiting children.
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The number of new US homes being built fell to a six-year low last month as housing activity slowed significantly.
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Uruguay's former president Juan Maria Bordaberry is held over four killings during military rule in the 1970s.
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Norway launches a fresh intitiative to ban cluster bombs after a similar drive by the United Nations fails.
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The Islamist group which controls much of southern Somalia bans the popular stimulant khat.
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A Kenyan dam is close to bursting under the strain of high water levels in the wake of torrential rain, the UN says.
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President Bush says a lesson from the Vietnam War for the US is that it must be patient in Iraq.
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Conflicting reports emerge about the fate of five Westerners taken hostage in southern Iraq.
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Agreement is reached at the UN climate talks in Kenya, after a deal on reviewing the Kyoto Protocol proved elusive.
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The Dutch government orders an inquiry into reports that its troops tortured prisoners in Iraq in 2003.
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The Dutch government is to draft a law banning women from wearing the burqa in public places.
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The mafia are the biggest threat to south Italy's economic prospects, PM Romano Prodi tells Rome forum.
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