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ItalyItalian police investigate alleged sabotage of baggage handling procedures at Fiumicino Airport in Rome.
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LebanonA government candidate is defeated in a tense by-election seen as a battle for Lebanon's Christian leadership.
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JapanInternational inspectors begin to examine the nuclear power plant damaged in last month's earthquake.
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Afghanistan, 
North Korea, 
United StatesAfghan leader Hamid Karzai and US President Bush discuss how to tackle the continuing Taleban insurgency.
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IndiaBollywood star Salman Khan is due in court in India to appeal against his sentence for poaching.
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ChinaPolice in north-west China seize more than 100 furs from rare animals, including 27 snow leopard pelts.
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VenezuelaVenezuelan President Hugo Chavez confirms he wants to change the law to remain in power indefinitely.
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BermudaLewis Hamilton says McLaren team-mate Fernando Alonso is no longer speaking to him.
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United StatesUS car firm Chrysler chooses Bob Nardelli - the former head of DIY store Home Depot - as its new chief executive.
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VietnamAt least six people had died and thousands have fled their homes due to flash flooding in Vietnam's Central Highlands.
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East TimorEast Timor's President Jose Ramos-Horta is to choose a new government in order to break a political deadlock.
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United StatesLawyer Oliver Hill who was a key figure in the struggle to end racial segregation in US schools dies aged 100.
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IraqA suicide truck bomb kills 28 people in the north Iraqi town of Tal Afar while a bomb kills nine in Baghdad, police say.
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South KoreaSoldiers on the border with N and S Korea have exchanged gunfire, the defence ministry in Seoul says.
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MozambiqueThousands of boxes of counterfeit toothpaste are seized in Mozambique, amid health fears.
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Brazil, 
CubaFidel Castro says two Cuban boxers sent back by Brazil will not face arrest for deserting their team in Rio.
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Malawi, 
United KingdomMadonna's adoption hits a snag after a Malawian official is refused permission to travel to the UK.
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SudanMost of Darfur's rebel groups agree on a common position and want "final" talks with Sudan's government soon.
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Sri Lanka, United StatesSri Lanka's security forces are responsible for increasing rights abuses, a US-based watchdog says.
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ChinaPC-maker Lenovo announces a low-cost computer aimed at the world's most populous country.
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United StatesInquiries into the cause of the Minnesota bridge collapse may not be completed until 2009, US officials say.
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SpainMichael Ballack says he has no intention of leaving Chelsea and has had no contact with Real Madrid.
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Switzerland, IndiaAn Indian court thwarts efforts by Swiss pharmaceuticals firm Novartis to obtain a new patent for a variation of the same drug.
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CroatiaCroatian firefighters contain a huge forest fire that has been threatening the medieval port city of Dubrovnik.
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East TimorE Timor's independence hero Xanana Gusmao is chosen as the new prime minister, triggering violence.
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AustraliaVery high rates of smoking among Australia's Aborigines are being targeted in a new health campaign.
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RussiaA giant cross commemorating Stalin's victims reaches Moscow after a journey from a former prison camp.
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PakistanPakistan's Supreme Court orders the attorney general to find hundreds of people declared "missing".
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Denmark, AfghanistanFourteen Africans and one Afghan taking part in a homeless football tournament go missing in Denmark.
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Israel, 
West BankTalks between Israeli and Palestinian leaders in the town of Jericho are described by both sides as constructive.
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NigeriaA Nigerian reality television show is suspended after a contestant drowns, its sponsors say.
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Afghanistan, RussiaRussia agrees to a deal that cancels 90% of Afghanistan's Soviet-era debt, worth about $10bn.
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EthiopiaA major in the Ethiopian army is executed for killing the intelligence chief six years ago.
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IraqThe Pentagon has lost track of 190,000 AK-47s and pistols given to Iraqi security forces, an official report says.
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United KingdomExperts investigate whether the foot-and-mouth virus could have spread through floods.
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IraqFive Iraqi MPs announce a cabinet meeting boycott, leaving the unity government without Sunni members.
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Trinidad and Tobago, United StatesA judge in Trinidad sends three men to the US over an alleged plot to attack JFK airport in New York.
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RussiaA Russian employee at the UN headquarters in New York is arrested on suspicion of visa fraud.
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IndiaA group of Indian Muslims suspected of bombing commuter trains in Mumbai last year appears in court.
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Ethiopia, United StatesOne of the world's most famous fossils leaves Ethiopia for a controversial tour of US museums.
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Russia, JapanAn international tribunal orders Russia to release a Japanese fishing vessel seized off the Kamchatka peninsula.
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Afghanistan, North Korea, United StatesThe US and Afghan presidents say they will put an end to the Taleban, ruling out talks on South Korean hostages.
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