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United KingdomTony Blair has spoken to President Bush about a role as a Middle East envoy, a White House official says.
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Western SaharaTalks at the UN over the disputed region of Western Sahara end without any apparent breakthrough.
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United StatesSugar found in fruit such as apples can be made into a powerful low carbon biofuel, US researchers say.
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AustraliaThe man convicted of killing UK tourist Peter Falconio loses an appeal to Australia's highest court.
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AfghanistanTaleban are changing their focus to attack the Afghan capital Kabul, a spokesman for the group says.
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ThailandThai prosecutors file corruption charges against ousted PM Thaksin Shinawatra over a land deal.
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ThailandFormer Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra lodges an £81.6m formal takeover bid for Manchester City.
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ThailandThai prosecutors file corruption charges against ousted PM Thaksin Shinawatra over a land deal.
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JapanThe Japanese island of Iwo Jima, scene of a fierce World War II battle, regains its original name.
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LiberiaLiberia's auditor general is told to tell MPs why he thinks the government is "three times more corrupt" than before.
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AustraliaAustralia is to ban alcohol and pornography in the Northern Territory's Aboriginal areas in a bid to curb child sex abuse.
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EthiopiaStarbucks agrees a wide-ranging accord with Ethiopia to promote its coffees, ending a long-running disagreement.
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ChileExperts try to establish what caused the disappearance of a glacial lake in southern Chile over just a few weeks.
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KenyaThe ex-leader of Kenya's outlawed Mungiki sect is sent to prison, amid hysterical scenes from his two wives.
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RussiaA fire kills at least 10 at a retirement home housing more than 300 people in the Siberian region of Omsk.
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IndiaOfficials in southern India investigate reports that a doctor couple let their teenage son perform surgery.
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United Kingdom, AustraliaThe man convicted of killing UK tourist Peter Falconio loses an appeal to Australia's highest court.
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IndiaThe ruling left coalition in the Indian state of West Bengal completes a country record of 30 years in power.
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Iran, United KingdomFrances Harrison discovers that Sir Salman Rushdie's knighthood is just one more reason to demonise Britain in Iran.
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IsraelIsrael says PM Ehud Olmert will meet Palestinian, Egyptian and Jordanian leaders at talks in Egypt next week.
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NigeriaFifteen people are reportedly killed in a gun battle, as Nigeria's army drives militants from an oil platform.
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United StatesTexas police seek witnesses to the fatal beating of a passenger in a car, the driver of which apparently hit a child.
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Pakistan, United KingdomPakistani minister who said Salman Rushdie's knighthood could justify suicide attacks may visit the UK.
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Austria, RussiaVienna releases a Russian space agency official who was arrested last week on suspicion of spying.
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Iraq, United StatesInsurgents in Iraq kill 14 US soldiers in two days, US military officials say, as a truck bomb kills 15 Iraqis.
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VenezuelaJames Ingham finds land seizures in Venezuela are angering both rich and poor.
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United StatesLarge parts of New Orleans are still at risk of floods nearly two years after Katrina, a US Army report says.
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BangladeshThe special anti-corruption court of Bangladesh hands down its first sentence to a former minister.
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SomaliaSomalia's government orders a night-time curfew in the capital as it struggles to end a wave of violence.
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Bosnia and HerzegovinaAn independent study says at least 97,207 people were killed in the Bosnian war in the 1990s.
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ArubaIranian naval forces in the Gulf tried to capture an Australian Navy team but were repelled, the BBC learns.
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GermanyTalks in Germany to secure a breakthrough on establishing a new global trade deal have collapsed.
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IsraelJerusalem's Gay Pride march takes place amid tight security, as a man is arrested for plotting to bomb it.
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LebanonLebanon says a military operation against Islamist fighters at a Palestinian refugee camp has ended.
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PolandPoland considers using 20,000 prisoners to help build venues for the Euro 2012 football tournament.
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Poland, United KingdomEU leaders hold tough talks on a new treaty to reform the bloc, amid veto threats by the UK and Poland.
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AfghanistanThe Taleban are not a threat to Afghanistan's future, despite ongoing violence, President Karzai says.
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North Korea, United StatesUS envoy Christopher Hill goes to N Korea, as the country casts doubt on a planned trip by nuclear inspectors.
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