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UkraineHundreds of Ukrainians are evacuated from their homes after a train carrying a toxic cargo derails and ignites.
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Cuba, 
United StatesCuba accuses the US of issuing fewer entry visas to Cubans than allowed for by a deal between the two countries.
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Ghana, 
United KingdomTwo British girls accused of smuggling cocaine into the UK from Ghana are due to appear in court.
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Ghana, United KingdomTwo British girls accused of smuggling cocaine into the UK from Ghana are due to appear in court.
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Spain, United StatesA US ship held by Spanish police investigating a mysterious treasure haul is cleared to leave.
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JapanThe owners of a Japanese quake-hit nuclear plant admit a radioactive leak was worse than previously reported.
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United States, 
ChinaA Chinese regulator defends one of its country's tyre-makers embroiled in a US row.
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BrazilUp to 200 people are killed when a plane crashes and bursts into flames while landing in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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KenyaSome office workers refuse to enter high-rise buildings in Nairobi after a series of tremors despite reassurances.
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PakistanLawyers boycott courts in Pakistan after a bomb attack on their rally in Islamabad killed 15 people.
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AustraliaLawyers for Mohammed Haneef say they are appealing Canberra's decision to hold him under immigration laws.
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IranThe UN's atomic energy agency chief welcomes Iran's decision to allow inspections of its heavy water reactor.
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AfghanistanThe UK defence secretary says Nato forces face "problems" in Afghanistan but rules out withdrawal.
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MexicoThis year's lifeless expanse of water in the Gulf of Mexico may be the biggest since records began, scientists say.
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SudanA huge underground lake is found in Sudan's arid Darfur region, scientists say, which could help end the conflict.
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IndiaThe first death sentences are given in the 1993 serial bombings case in the Indian city of Mumbai.
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Italy, ChinaChina's state-approved Catholic Church reportedly nominates a new bishop, threatening ties with Rome.
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SpainReal Madrid are closing in on a move for Arjen Robben, reports BBC Radio Five Live.
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Iraq, United StatesUS forces say they have arrested a senior member of al-Qaeda in Iraq, named as Khaled Mashhadani.
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India, United KingdomEngland face a powerful India batting line-up in the first Test at Lord's starting on Thursday.
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KazakhstanCampaigning begins for Kazakhstan's parliamentary polls, with President Nazarbayev's party the likely frontrunner.
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LebanonFour Lebanese soldiers are killed as the army closes in on Islamist militants inside a refugee camp.
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North KoreaNorth Korea has closed all five facilities at its Yongbyon nuclear site, IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei confirms.
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Libya, 
BulgariaBulgaria is pressing for the return from Libya of six medics convicted of infecting Libyan children with HIV.
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Russia, United KingdomExiled Russian billionaire Boris Berezovsky claims British intelligence officers thwarted a plot to kill him.
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Argentina, SpainA Spanish court rules that a former Argentine navy officer can be tried for alleged human rights abuses.
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FranceQuick Step rider Cedric Vasseur wins the 10th stage of the Tour de France.
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LebanonIsrael's state watchdog blames the authorities for failing to protect civilians in the 2006 war in Lebanon.
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Afghanistan, PakistanAt least 17 Pakistani soldiers are killed in an attack by militants near the Afghan border, officials say.
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UkraineUp to 70 people are treated of the effects from toxic fumes released after a derailment of a train transporting chemicals.
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Iraq, United StatesDemocrats fail to force a vote on a US troop withdrawal from Iraq, following an all-night Senate debate.
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BotswanaInvestigators search the wreck of a Brazilian jet that crashed at Sao Paulo airport, killing some 200 people.
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AfghanistanAt least 17 people are killed in attacks around Afghanistan as seven UN staff are kidnapped, officials say.
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Pakistan, United StatesThe widow of murdered US journalist Daniel Pearl sues a Pakistani bank over his abduction and murder.
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MadagascarAn outbreak of syphilis prompts the government in Madagascar to declare a state of emergency.
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Russia, FranceThe US ambassador to the UN warns Russia not to scupper a Kosovo independence plan at the UN.
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Russia, United KingdomUK police have quizzed a man over claims of an assassination plot against Russian Boris Berezovsky.
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United StatesUS President George W Bush sets up a panel to check the safety of imported goods, after a series of scares.
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