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South Africa, 
ZimbabweSouth Africa says it will have to live with a huge influx of poor people from neighbouring Zimbabwe.
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MexicoMexico boosts police numbers in the north after 22 die in a gun batttle between drug gangs and security forces.
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PhilippinesA bomb at a bus station in the southern Philippines kills three people and injures at least 15 more.
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India, 
BangladeshIndia reach 113-1 at lunch against Bangladesh after losing a wicket to the opening ball of the game.
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KazakhstanKazakhstan's parliament votes to let President Nursultan Nazarbayev stand for an unlimited number of terms.
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Somalia, 
United StatesThe US appoints a special envoy for Somalia, struggling to restore order after 16 years without a government.
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IsraelIsrael launches new air strikes on Gaza city targets, including Hamas buildings, killing at least five people.
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IndiaA court in the Indian city of Mumbai begins sentencing about 100 people for their role in the 1993 bombings.
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Sudan, 
ChinaChina warns its critics that attempts to boycott the 2008 Beijing Olympics over its Sudan policy will fail.
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SudanSudanese security forces took part in the killing of some 100 people in its war-torn Darfur region, the UN says.
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BurmaBurma names a senior army officer as a temporary replacement for sick Prime Minster General Soe Win.
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AlgeriaThe ruling coalition wins Algeria's parliamentary elections on a low turnout, official results show.
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Iraq, United StatesTwo Iraqi ABC News journalists are killed as they drive home from work in Baghdad, the US network says.
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JapanJapan's lower house of parliament approves a new law requiring schools to teach children to be patriotic.
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Lebanon, 
GermanyA Lebanese-born German who says he was tortured by the CIA is arrested for alleged arson in Germany.
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IndiaThe Indian prime minister appeals for calm between Sikhs and followers of a religious sect.
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PakistanPresident Musharraf says former PMs Nawaz Sharif and Benazir Bhutto will not return for Pakistan's elections.
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JapanA hostage escapes a house in Japan after her ex-husband allegedly kills a policeman and wounds three others.
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FranceFrance's right-wing president names a socialist foreign minister in a cabinet that also includes seven women.
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CameroonCameroon remembers the 114 victims of one of the country's worst plane crashes.
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United StatesLeading US Democratic senators plan a no-confidence vote in US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.
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Sri LankaThe Sri Lanka government says 15 Tamil Tiger rebels have been killed in clashes in the past 48 hours.
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QatarTrade and farming ministers fail to find an agreement that would have revived World Trade Organization talks.
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AustraliaFarmers get welcome relief from a six-year drought, as the heaviest rain for years soaks south-eastern Australia.
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IndiaAt least 13 people die in a bomb blast and subsequent rioting at a mosque in the Indian city of Hyderabad.
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IraqFood and fuel supplies are running out in the Iraqi city of Samarra because of a curfew imposed last week.
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United KingdomMatt Prior becomes the first England wicket-keeper to hit a century on Test debut as England reach 553-5 against West Indies.
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Pakistan, United StatesA Pakistani man detained over the murder of US journalist Daniel Pearl dies weeks after being released.
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Italy, FranceAn Italian university closes a campus to prevent a planned lecture by a French professor who denies the Holocaust.
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UgandaUgandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye files a private prosecution against a top police official.
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United StatesThe US says it will move "swiftly" to find a replacement for Paul Wolfowitz, the outgoing World Bank head.
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Iran, United StatesIranian Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi says Iran's judiciary is preventing her from representing a US-Iranian academic detained in Tehran.
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United StatesUS treasure hunters salvage silver and gold coins in a record find aboard a colonial-era shipwreck in the Atlantic.
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JordanJordan's King Abdullah urges the World Economic Forum to act to end the suffering of Palestinians.
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Iraq, United StatesTalks between Democrats and the White House fail to break the deadlock over a contentious Iraq war funding bill.
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RussiaThe leaders of the EU and Russia trade sharp criticism over human rights as a summit ends without agreement.
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NetherlandsA large male mountain gorilla escapes its enclosure at Rotterdam's zoo in the Netherlands, attacking a woman.
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