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IranAn Iranian diplomat kidnapped in Iraq tells reporters in Tehran a US official was present while he was tortured.
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United StatesThe US Senate votes to ease curbs on funding stem-cell research but President George W Bush vows to veto this.
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Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia strips almost 400 people of citizenship in a crackdown on wartime foreign fighters who settled there.
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AlgeriaAt least 23 people are killed as blasts rock the Algerian capital - one claim says it was carried out by al-Qaeda.
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Iraq, United StatesRepublican presidential hopeful John McCain says the US-led war in Iraq was "necessary and just".
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BangladeshGunmen kill a lawyer who prosecuted six militants who were hanged two weeks ago.
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IndiaIndia test-fires its longest-range nuclear-capable ballistic missile nine months after its first launch failed.
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IraqA blast on a bridge in Baghdad kills at least eight people, sending cars toppling into the River Tigris below.
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NigeriaNigeria's president declares two public holidays, delaying a court ruling on whether his deputy can run in polls.
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Afghanistan, 
CanadaTwo Canadian soldiers serving in southern Afghanistan are killed in a bomb attack on their vehicle.
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Croatia, 
AustraliaDragan Vasiljkovic is to be extradited from Australia to Croatia, accused of war crimes in the Balkans.
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United StatesUS cable TV company MSNBC drops its simulcast of disc jockey Don Imus's radio show over racist remarks.
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East TimorEast Timor's PM joins calls for a recount of presidential election votes, amid claims of irregularities.
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FranceThe French presidential frontrunner denies a deal to protect President Chirac from a corruption probe.
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United StatesProsecutors drop all charges over sex abuse claims against three ex-lacrosse players at a top US university.
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Japan, 
ChinaChina's prime minister uses a landmark address in Japan's parliament to urge Tokyo to face up to its wartime past.
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United StatesThe US warns that it expects no "breakthrough" as four-day world trade talks begin.
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IndiaIndia's government reviews new appraisal forms which ask female civil servants to reveal menstrual cycle details.
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AlgeriaAlgerian PM Abdelaziz Belkhadem says Wednesday's bombings will not delay next month's parliamentary polls.
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PakistanSunni and Shia Muslims continue gun battles in north-west Pakistan, with five people killed, officials say.
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IranThe head of the UN's nuclear agency, Mohamed ElBaradei, says Iran is only at the early stages of enriching uranium.
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AfghanistanNato says two more of its soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan in two separate incidents.
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MoroccoPolice arrest two in a district of the Moroccan city where militants set off suicide bombs on Tuesday.
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MozambiqueThe deadly explosions in Mozambique's capital were largely caused by human error, a report says.
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Iraq, 
TurkeyTurkey's top general calls for a Turkish incursion into northern Iraq to target Kurdish PKK rebels.
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Afghanistan, PakistanPakistani troops are helping tribesmen fight militants on the Afghan border, says President Musharraf.
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IndiaIndia's largest private airline Jet Airways buys rival Air Sahara, giving it a third of the domestic market.
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Switzerland, 
ThailandThailand's revered king pardons a Swiss man who was jailed for 10 years for defacing images of him.
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United StatesA US citizen in Ohio is accused of joining al-Qaeda and plotting to bomb targets in the US and overseas.
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LiberiaLiberia's largest cemetery is closed by the president as it is being increasingly used as a criminal hide-out.
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United StatesUS TV network CBS is to launch an online video channel after agreeing deals with 10 distributors, including Joost.
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Sri Lanka, 
New ZealandScott Styris' century is not enough for New Zealand as Sri Lanka inflict the Kiwis' first defeat of this World Cup.
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IraqA blast hits a cafe in Iraq's parliament, killing at least eight people, two of them MPs, the US military says.
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UgandaAt least three people are killed in a Ugandan protest at plans to allocate forest land to grow sugar, police say.
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