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United StatesFor the first time, the richest 400 tycoons in the US all have a personal wealth of at least $1bn, Forbes says.
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PakistanRadical Muslim clerics and scholars in Pakistan demand the Pope's removal for what they call insults against Islam.
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IsraelPalestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas says a new government will recognise Israel, but Hamas rejects the plan.
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JapanSony is to cut the Japanese launch price of its forthcoming PlayStation 3 console by 20%, the firm says.
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Hong Kong, 
ChinaShares of China Merchants Bank surge as much as 30% on its first day of trading in Hong Kong.
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The GambiaA unique voting system using marbles and drums is being used in Gambia's presidential election.
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PolandPoland's ruling conservatives try to form a new government after the prime minister sacked his deputy.
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Pakistan, United StatesThe US threatened to bomb Pakistan unless it joined the fight against al-Qaeda, says President Pervez Musharraf.
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IndonesiaProtesters torch cars and loot shops after three Christian militants are executed in religiously split Sulawesi.
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Colombia, 
PeruPeru's ex-intelligence chief Montesinos gets a 20-year jail sentence for selling arms to Colombian guerrillas.
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United StatesThe US president and rebel senators reach a deal on a crucial bill setting rules for interrogating terror suspects.
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United KingdomThe UK loses five times more money to VAT cheats than any other EU country, a report claims.
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IndiaA Mumbai (Bombay) court convicts a man for conspiring with two of India's most wanted men, the main accused in the bomb blasts there in 1993.
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Democratic Republic of the CongoTwo DR Congo candidates urge their supporters to vote for President Kabila in the second round.
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United KingdomThe European Union has approves the cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil, which could prevent nearly 3,000 cancers each year in the UK alone.
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United KingdomThe emergency response to the 7 July bombings in London was flawed, a report based on victims' experiences finds.
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EgyptThe crossing between Gaza and Egypt is reopened for two days, ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
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IsraelPalestinian militant group Hamas says it will not join a unity government if it means recognising Israel.
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IndonesiaAn 11-year-old boy from East Java becomes the 50th person in Indonesia to die of bird flu, officials say.
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IndiaA ban on the world's biggest cola companies in the southern Indian state of Kerala is overturned.
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India, 
AustraliaBrett Lee takes 5-38 as Australia beat India to reach the tri-series final in Kuala Lumpur.
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Kenya, 
SomaliaSomalia's Islamic courts execute a 25-year-old man and ban the stimulant khat for the holy month of Ramadan.
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IrelandEurope take a 5-3 lead at the end of the first day of the Ryder Cup at the K Club.
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ThailandThe leaders of Thailand's military coup are given formal royal endorsement in a televised ceremony.
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TurkeyAn EU delegation reports a "worrying" increase in reports of torture and abuse in Turkey, after a fact-finding visit.
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AfghanistanNineteen workers are killed as their bus is hit by a bomb and then attacked by militants in southern Afghanistan.
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Belarus, 
ItalyThe Belarussian authorities ask Interpol to help find a girl at the centre of a diplomatic row with Italy.
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Israel, 
Norway, United StatesFour men held in Norway over a synagogue attack are accused of targeting the US and Israeli embassies, prosecutors say.
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Russia, United StatesMikhail Youzhny and Marat Safin give Russia a 2-0 lead over the US in their Davis Cup semi-final.
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LiberiaThe war crimes trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor is provisionally set to start on 2 April 2007.
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FranceThe French president defends judges embroiled in a row with Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy.
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Canada, AfghanistanAfghan President Hamid Karzai asks Canada to stand firm in its military support for Afghanistan despite losses.
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United StatesEurope will go into day two of the Ryder Cup with a 5-3 lead over the United States.
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Israel, 
LebanonHezbollah's leader hails a self-proclaimed "victory" over Israel and insists the militant group is stronger than ever.
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Pakistan, United StatesPresident Bush says he was "taken aback" by reports that the US threatened to bomb Pakistan in 2001.
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Afghanistan, United KingdomThe RAF in Afghanistan are "utterly useless", a British major says in a leaked e-mail.
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ItalyItaly bans he use of illegally tapped phone conversations after a vast phone tapping network is uncovered.
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Afghanistan, United KingdomThe head of the British Army defends the "exceptional" RAF after an e-mail criticises its performance in Afghanistan.
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BangladeshBangladesh goes all out to find a naval officer missing after a storm kills at least 64 people in the Bay of Bengal.
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FranceThe ruling party in Ivory Coast calls for the 4,000 French peacekeepers in the country to leave.
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GermanyA magnetic levitation train crashes at high speed in northern Germany, killing at least 23 people.
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