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Chad, 
United KingdomA new humanitarian catastrophe like the one in Darfur could hit Chad, UK aid agency Oxfam warns.
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CanadaThe Canadian parliament votes for a motion to force a reluctant government to meet its Kyoto targets.
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Bolivia, 
BrazilThe Bolivian and Brazilian leaders reach agreement on raising the price of Bolivia's natural gas exports to Brazil.
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VanuatuVanuatu's John Frum movement, the world's last surviving cargo cult, marks its 50th anniversary.
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Japan, 
ChinaChinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing arrives in Japan for talks aimed at repairing tense bilateral relations.
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North KoreaN and S Korea agree to resume Cabinet-level talks on 27 February following Tuesday's disarmament deal.
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NepalThe Red Cross appeals for information on more than 800 people still missing in Nepal after a decade of insurgency.
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PakistanA former MP and critic of Pakistan's policies in Balochistan province "is in illegal detention".
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France, 
RwandaThe widow of ex-Rwandan President Habyarimana is to hear if she can claim asylum in France in an appeal ruling.
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IndiaThree state-run Indian banks raise lending rates as inflationary pressures in the economy grow.
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United StatesUS political commentator and comedian Al Franken announces he will run for Senate.
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Iraq, United StatesThe UN refugee chief says US willingness to take up to 7,000 Iraq refugees is "a very good step".
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Iraq, 
IranAn adviser to the Iraqi PM says radical Iraqi Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr is in Iran, but his aides deny the claim.
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IsraelIsraeli authorities install cameras to film excavation work being carried out near the holiest site in Jerusalem.
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EgyptEgypt's Muslim Brotherhood says at least 73 members have been arrested in overnight raids.
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UgandaAbout 50 people are killed in clashes over cattle between the army and Karamojong warriors in Uganda.
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United StatesA US air force sergeant is demoted and removed from active duty after posing naked in Playboy magazine.
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Afghanistan, Iraq, United StatesThe US says that 3,200 troops of the 173rd Airborne Brigade will be deployed to Afghanistan in the spring, instead of Iraq.
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Iraq, United StatesUS commanders originally thought only 5,000 troops would be in Iraq by the end of 2006, documents show.
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Turkey, IsraelIsraeli PM Ehud Olmert discusses Middle East tensions with Turkey, Israel's main regional ally.
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GermanyA German citizen is convicted of Holocaust denial and jailed for five years by a German court.
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RussiaA Russian court throws out a case against a headteacher accused of using pirated Microsoft software.
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VenezuelaVenezuela's President Hugo Chavez threatens to nationalise supermarkets that raise food prices.
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RussiaIn Latvia, Laura Sheeter discovers why a recent ban by Russia threatened the production of an 'essential' party food.
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RussiaRussian tennis star Maria Sharapova becomes a UN goodwill ambassador, focussing on Chernobyl.
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GuineaWill Ross is caught up in the chaos in the Guinean capital where more than 100 demonstrators have been killed by police and troops.
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Bosnia and HerzegovinaThe childhood war experiences of a Bosnian immigrant may have sparked his Utah killing spree, friends say.
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ChinaA Chinese company chairman is sentenced to death for running a scam involving giant ants.
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TurkeyTurkey is to send an inspection team to survey work being carried out near the holiest site in Jerusalem.
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Russia, 
EstoniaEstonia's president rejects a law to remove a Soviet war memorial amid a bitter row with Russia.
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Senegal, GuineaGuinea's Olympic team is unable to leave Senegal because of the violence at home.
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Afghanistan, United StatesUS President Bush says other Nato nations must do more in the battle against Afghanistan's Taleban.
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GuineaThe violence in Guinea could spill over into a civil war, a think tank warns, as talks start to end the crisis.
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ZambiaA High Court judge rules that Zambia must pay a substantial sum to a so-called "vulture fund" in a debt dispute.
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Antarctica, JapanA fire that broke out on board a Japanese whaling ship near Antarctica has been contained, officials say.
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RussiaRussian President Vladimir Putin promotes a close ally in a reshuffle ahead of next year's presidential elections.
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BelgiumNewcastle have a great chance of reaching the Uefa Cup last 16 after a comfortable win at Belgium side Zulte-Waregem.
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AngolaThousands of villagers are displaced and hundreds stranded as floods hit eastern Angola.
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SpainThe trial of 29 suspects in the deadly 2004 train bombings gets under way in the Spanish capital, Madrid.
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MauritaniaPolice in the Canary Islands arrest a man as the hijacking of a Mauritanian plane ends safely, officials say.
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