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SomaliaThe UN secretary general calls for an end to fighting in Somalia, where 250 people have died in six days.
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EcuadorEcuador's top court reinstates 57 legislators sacked for opposing a referendum on constitutional change.
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Pakistan, 
JamaicaThe body of murdered Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer is released, Jamaican authorities announce.
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United StatesThe US coast guard seizes nearly 20 tonnes of cocaine, the biggest maritime drugs bust in US history.
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JapanNissan aims to cut 1,500 jobs through an early retirement programme in Japan to boost lacklustre performance.
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United Kingdom, JapanA Japanese man is acquitted of raping and killing Briton Lucie Blackman but is jailed for life for other sex offences.
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NepalCelebrations are being held in Nepal to mark the first anniversary of King Gyanendra giving up direct rule.
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Indonesia, United StatesA US mining executive and his company, Newmont, are found not guilty of polluting an Indonesian bay.
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Canada, 
AfghanistanA row breaks out in Canada over reports that prisoners handed by its troops to Afghan forces were tortured.
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NigeriaNigerians must resist the "wholescale fraud" of Saturday's presidential elections, the opposition says.
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ArgentinaReynaldo Bignone, the last of Argentina's military rulers, faces trial on charges of kidnapping babies.
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Japan, United StatesJapan's Toyota overtakes US rival General Motors to become the world's biggest carmaker, the company says.
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JapanA Japanese man is acquitted of raping and killing Briton Lucie Blackman but is jailed for life for other sex offences.
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RussiaMoscow threatens to veto a UN plan to give Kosovo supervised independence, Russian news agencies say.
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IsraelThe armed wing of the Palestinian Hamas movement says its five-month truce with Israel is over.
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Saudi Arabia, 
CameroonA Saudi doctor who successfully separated Cameroonian conjoined twins says he is hopeful about their recovery.
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United StatesChina could overtake the US this year as the largest greenhouse gas emitter, energy agency officials say.
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TurkeyThe man tipped to be Turkey's next president, foreign minister Gul, backs secularism, despite Islamist links.
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SyriaA Syrian human rights activist is jailed for five years for spreading "hostile information", lawyers say.
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Sri LankaTamil Tiger rebels kill six soldiers in their second-ever aerial assault, on an air base in northern Sri Lanka.
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Iraq, United StatesA suicide bomber kills nine US soldiers in one of the deadliest attacks on US forces since late 2005.
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China, United StatesCBS Radio in the US suspends two DJs for a prank on-air call that angered Chinese groups.
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Ethiopia, Somalia, ChinaAn attack by gunmen in eastern Ethiopia leaves 65 Ethiopians and nine Chinese oil workers dead, officials say.
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JapanLucie Blackman's father says she has been "robbed of justice" after a man is cleared of killing her in Japan.
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Sri Lanka, 
New ZealandStephen Fleming falls in the second over as New Zealand chase a formidable 290 against Sri Lanka in the semi-final.
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FranceFrance's presidential rivals seek to win over centrist Francois Bayrou's voters ahead of the 6 May run-off.
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United KingdomZambia is to pay $15m to settle a debt demand case at London's Hgih Court launched by a so-called "vulture fund".
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Ethiopia, SomaliaEthiopian tanks step up an offensive in the Somali capital as a car bomb kills five near a hotel.
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AfghanistanNato forces in Afghanistan are criticised over paid radio adverts implying that growing opium poppies is acceptable.
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ArubaRelatives of crew missing from an abandoned Australian yacht think the men may have been kidnapped.
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IraqAt least 15 people are killed in a suicide bomb attack near Ramadi, in central Iraq, police say.
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RussiaThousands of people gather to pay respects at a Moscow church, where the body of Boris Yeltsin lies in state.
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BangladeshA bid by Bangladesh's caretaker government to exile former PM Khaleda Zia is delayed, officials say.
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CubaCuban authorities have released at least seven dissidents from prison, local human rights groups say.
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EcuadorThe political crisis in Ecuador intensifies as Congress sacks nine top judges in a row over constitutional reform.
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Sri Lanka, New ZealandMahela Jayawardene's century leads Sri Lanka through to the World Cup final as they beat New Zealand by 81 runs.
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Canada, United StatesThe US military charges a Canadian detainee at Guantanamo Bay with murder and aiding terrorism.
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New ZealandSkipper Mahela Jayawardene looks forward to the World Cup final after his 115 helps to defeat New Zealand.
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