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David Hicks, the Australian convicted of supporting terrorism, returns home to serve his prison sentence.
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Six people are killed and about 50 injured in a blast at a market in the city of Juliaca in southern Peru.
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Tens of thousands of people in Venezuela protest against the president's decision to close a private TV station.
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A suicide bomber kills 10 civilians and injures more than 30 in a town in the south-east of Afghanistan.
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Nobel Peace Prize winner Jose Ramos-Horta is sworn in as president of East Timor, five years after independence.
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Voters in Vietnam have been electing members to the National Assembly in a Communist-controlled poll.
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Tens of thousands of Turks mass in the city of Samsun in the latest demonstration supporting secularism.
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The Virgin Group wins final approval to launch a US budget airline after agreeing to a number of concessions.
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Spain repatriates more than 750 African migrants who were caught trying to enter the Canary Islands.
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A merger between Italian bank UniCredit and Capitalia is approved by the boards of both companies, reports say.
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Israel's security cabinet backs plans to step up Gaza operations in response to Palestinian rocket attacks.
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Seven US soldiers and an interpreter have been killed in insurgent attacks in Iraq, the US military says.
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England need 10 West Indies wickets on the final day after Kevin Pietersen's century helps set a target of 401.
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A merger between Italian bank Unicredit and Capitalia creates Europe's second-largest bank by stock market value.
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Pakistan take an unassailable 2-0 lead over Sri Lanka in their three-match, ODI series after a 98-run win in Abu Dhabi.
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A total of three people have died after a sniper ambushed a US county courthouse and then hid in a nearby church.
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At least 40 people are killed in fighting between Lebanese troops and gunmen from a Palestinian refugee camp.
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A British soldier has died after "a tragic accident" in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence has said.
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