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PakistanTens of thousands protest in the Pakistani city of Karachi against a radical mosque in Islamabad.
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United StatesHillary Clinton and Barack Obama are topping the battle to raise funds for a US presidency bid.
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EcuadorPresident Rafael Correa says Ecuador has voted "yes to the future" in a referendum on political reform.
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United KingdomThe phrase "war on terror" gives strength to terrorists, making them feel part of something bigger, Hilary Benn will warn.
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BangladeshBangladeshi police arrest a second son of the former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, local media report.
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AfghanistanTen policemen are killed and 10 others hurt in a suicide bombing in Afghanistan, security sources say.
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United KingdomUK companies generate more than a third of the profits made by Europe's 750 top firms, the government says.
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AfghanistanCivilians are the main victims of insurgent attacks across Afghanistan during the past 15 months, a study reveals.
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TurkeyTurkish MPs begin the election process for a new president amid controversy about political Islam.
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North Korea, United StatesAn American-Korean man is jailed for nine years by a South Korean court for spying for the Communist North.
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Sudan, United Kingdom, United StatesA British NGO appeals for aid for Darfur as a senior US official warns that Sudan is obstructing assistance.
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Afghanistan, PakistanA leading tribe near the Afghan border urges Pakistan's government to resume control of law and order there.
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GermanyGermany's defence ministry says a video in which an army recruit is told to imagine firing at blacks is "unacceptable".
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United Kingdom, United StatesA coroner calls it "inexcusable" that US authorities failed to release evidence about eight UK servicemen's deaths.
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United KingdomRussia asks the UK to extradite tycoon Boris Berezovsky, who called for President Putin to be ousted.
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IraqAt least 13 Iraqi soldiers have been killed in an ambush in the northern city of Mosul, police say.
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SudanSudan agrees to allow 3,000 UN troops into Darfur to support struggling African Union peacekeepers.
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NigeriaNigeria's Supreme Court rules the vice-president should contest Saturday's presidential elections.
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PhilippinesAn organisation of Muslim nations calls on Manila and a rebel group to end three days of fighting.
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United StatesAt least eight people die as powerful spring storms batter eastern US, triggering widespread flooding.
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IranIran pardons two Swedish men jailed for photographing military installations and says it will set them free.
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MacedoniaMacedonian minister watched police enter a village and kill seven ethnic Albanian men in 2001, a UN court hears.
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United StatesAt least one person is reported killed and one injured at a shooting in a dormitory at Virginia Tech.
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Netherlands, United KingdomThe UK and Dutch prime ministers say the EU needs changes to existing treaties, not a big constitution.
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IraqShia cleric Moqtada Sadr pulls his ministers out of Iraq's cabinet to press for a timetable for US withdrawal.
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MalawiPop star Madonna arrives in Malawi, the African country where her adopted son was born.
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South Korea, 
Russia, North Korea, United StatesSeoul eyes delaying aid to North Korea, as Russia blames the US for Pyongyang's failure to meet a nuclear deadline.
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MaldivesTensions are high in the Maldives over the death of a man the opposition alleges died in police custody.
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AustraliaAustralia wrap up a straightforward seven-wicket win over Sri Lanka in Grenada.
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Venezuela, United StatesVenezuela's opposition to ethanol production in the region dominates a summit of eight Latin American nations.
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United StatesJose Padilla, the man once accused of planning a US radioactive bomb attack, goes on trial in Florida.
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United KingdomThe pound moves towards the $2 mark, benefiting British tourists but making life more difficult for exporters.
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