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Iraq, 
United StatesThe US military says four US soldiers were abducted in an attack last week before being killed.
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North Korea, United StatesThe US bans luxury exports like iPods and fine wines to North Korea over its nuclear bomb test last year.
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Algeria, 
United KingdomAmnesty International raises concerns about the welfare of two terror suspects deported to Algeria by the UK.
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ArubaSerena Williams demolishes top seed Maria Sharapova to win the Australian Open for the third time.
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Sri LankaThree suspected Tamil Tiger suicide boats are sunk by Sri Lanka's navy, the defence ministry says.
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BoliviaThe head of Bolivia's state natural gas company resigns, the second to go since the industry was nationalised.
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JapanJapan confirms that a second outbreak of bird flu at a poultry farm is the H5N1 strain.
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RussiaRussia's gambling industry is to be confined to four special zones in different parts of the country, all outside the cities.
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RomaniaNick Thorpe meets Romania's traditional farmers who now face extinction after the country's entry into the EU.
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United StatesJustin Webb reunites with an old friend and discovers just how much the US health care system has let him down.
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Democratic Republic of the CongoUN chief Ban Ki-moon tells lawmakers in the Democratic Republic of Congo to set up a "good governance pact".
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South AfricaA hospital building programme in South Africa is put back to help pay for the 2010 football World Cup.
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SwitzerlandTrade ministers from some 30 countries agree that full-scale global trade talks should resume quickly.
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QatarRetief Goosen, Richard Green and Nick O'Hern share the lead after day three of the Qatar Masters.
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JordanA Jordan court upholds a death sentence for a woman involved in Amman hotel attacks that killed 60 people.
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FranceSegolene Royal demands French presidential rival Nicolas Sarkozy be sacked for "dirty tricks".
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South Africa, 
PakistanSouth Africa need 125 more to beat Pakistan and win the deciding third Test after ending day two on 36-2.
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Kenya, United StatesTwo women in a US embassy vehicle are shot dead during a carjacking near the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, police say.
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IraqAt least 15 people are killed and 55 injured in twin suicide car bomb attacks in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.
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IndiaWest Indies overcome a blazing start by India to secure a three-wicket win in the third one-day game in Madras.
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GhanaThe funeral of the king of Ghana's Ga people draws tens of thousands to the capital, Accra.
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IranIran's nuclear body denies reports it has started installing 3,000 centrifuges to boost uranium enrichment.
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FranceBollywood star Amitabh Bachchan is awarded France's highest civilian honour, the Legion d'Honneur.
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FranceA senior French Socialist is expelled after saying there were too many black players in the national team.
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United Kingdom, United StatesThe Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall are met with icy temperatures as they arrive in Philadelphia.
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Iraq, United StatesTens of thousands march in Washington to demand the withdrawal of American troops from Iraq.
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PakistanAn explosion in Pakistan's north-west city of Peshawar kills at least 14 people, two of them senior police officers.
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SomaliaEthiopia is about to pull a third of its troops out of Somalia, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi says.
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