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South Korea, 
United StatesSouth Korea will take full control of its military from 2012 under a handover deal with the US, ending a 50-year pact.
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Sudan, United StatesSudanese President Omar al-Bashir accuses the US and the West of exaggerating the conflict in Darfur.
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BoliviaBolivian President Evo Morales says a failure to combat global warming has caused floods which killed 40.
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ColombiaColombian President Alvaro Uribe says he is willing to reopen "direct contact" with left-wing Farc rebels.
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PakistanPolice in Pakistan's Punjab province say two men died when a bomb they were carrying went off accidentally.
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Australia, United StatesThe US is working to speed up the judicial process for Australia's sole Guantanamo detainee, Dick Cheney says.
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United KingdomA passenger dies and five are seriously injured after a train derails en route from London to Glasgow.
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JapanJapan launches its fourth spy satellite, which gives its the capability to observe any location around the globe.
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United KingdomMinisters are discussing a final cost for the 2012 Olympics four times the initial estimate, the BBC learns.
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Iraq, 
Iran, United StatesUS Vice-President Cheney warns again that force could be an option if Iran continues uranium enrichment.
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ItalyItaly's PM Romano Prodi, who resigned last week after losing a key vote, is asked by the president to stay in office.
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IndiaTwenty-three people killed in India's train bombing last Sunday have been buried without being identified.
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Iraq, United StatesThousands of Iraqi Shias protest about the detention of the son of a powerful Shia politician by US forces.
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BoliviaInternational aid starts to arrive in flooded Bolivia, which the UN says is suffering its worst ever disaster.
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South Africa, 
MozambiqueSouth Africa is to help Mozambique cope with the aftermath of a cyclone which hit the country on Thursday.
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IndonesiaIndonesian engineers begin lowering giant concrete balls into a mud volcano to try to plug an eruption.
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Gaza StripAt least four Palestinians die in the Gaza Strip in fresh clashes between rival Hamas and Fatah factions.
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Turkey, IranIran's military has killed 17 rebels near the border with Turkey, say state media agencies.
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Italy, United KingdomA suicidal first six minutes from Scotland helps Italy to their first ever away win in the Six Nations.
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Iraq, United StatesThe son of a Shia politician says US troops treated him roughly when they arrested him by the Iraq-Iran border.
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SomaliaThe Red Cross calls for government forces and insurgents in Somalia to protect civilians amid clashes.
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IndiaFifteen Indian soldiers are killed by separatist rebels in the north-eastern state of Manipur, officials say.
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United KingdomThe inquiry into the UK rail crash in which one person died will focus on a set of points, police say.
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FranceFrance's Jean-Marie Le Pen is to unveil his presidential platform as the far-right National Front gathers in Lille.
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United KingdomIreland get their Six Nations campaign back on track by demolishing England in their historic first encounter at Croke Park.
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United KingdomIreland get their Six Nations campaign back on track by demolishing England in their historic first encounter at Croke Park.
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IraqAt least 42 people are killed in a blast near a mosque, as Iraq's PM hails a reduction in sectarian killings.
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France, United KingdomFrance keep up their Grand Slam bid with victory over Wales in the Six Nations in Paris on Saturday night.
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SpainThousands protest in Madrid at the decision to cut the jail term of a Basque separatist jailed for 25 killings.
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VietnamVietnamese dissidents say a Catholic priest prominent in the democracy movement has been arrested.
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