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IsraelIsrael carries out more air strikes in the Gaza Strip, warning that no Hamas leader is immune from attack.
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Brazil, 
BotswanaBrazil's energy minister, Silas Rondeau, tenders his resignation as he is investigated for alleged fraud.
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IraqDemocrat leaders abandon plans to tie support for $100bn in war funding to troop withdrawals from Iraq.
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Iran, 
United StatesThe UN nuclear watchdog is to issue a report on whether Iran has suspended uranium enrichment.
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AustraliaThe severe drought in Australia dents profits at the country's troubled wheat exporting business.
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Nepal, 
BhutanThe UN High Commissioner for Refugees visits Nepal and Bhutan to help solve the refugee problem.
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IraqIraqi children are caught up in a growing humanitarian tragedy amid continuing violence, Unicef warns.
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Serbia and MontenegroVerdicts are due in Belgrade in the murder trial of Serbia's assassinated reformist Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic.
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ItalyBarbra Streisand's concert in Rome should be cancelled because of high ticket prices, Italian consumer groups say.
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AfghanistanA suicide bomber kills two people and injures four others in an attack in the Afghan capital, Kabul, police say.
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ChinaChina backs down from a censorship plan that required people to register on blog sites with their real names.
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Ethiopia, United StatesThree US journalists are released by Ethiopia after being arrested while covering the conflict in Ogaden.
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Iraq, United StatesIraqi police say they have found the body of one of three US soldiers missing in Iraq since 12 May.
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ZimbabweThe forcible eviction of slum dwellers in Zimbabwe in 2005 was "a crime against humanity", say lawyers.
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PakistanPakistan's tourism minister, who is under pressure from hard-liners, has her offer to resign rejected by the PM.
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Pakistan, 
Democratic Republic of the CongoPakistani peacekeepers smuggled gold and sold arms back to disarmed militias in DR Congo, the BBC learns.
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IndiaFormer Indian test cricketer Maninder Singh faces drug charges in Delhi after being arrested with cocaine, police say.
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Russia, 
United KingdomRussian media commentators criticise Britain's request for the extradition of Alexander Litvinenko's alleged poisoner Andrei Lugovoi.
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Russia, United KingdomRussia says relations with the UK have not been damaged by the Alexander Litvinenko case.
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RomaniaThe Romanian president is officially reprimanded for calling a journalist a "stinking Gypsy".
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TurkeyTurkish officials say that a blast which killed six and injured more than 90 was the work of a suicide bomber.
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GermanyGerman authorities are adopting a Stasi technique of using odour to track G8 activists.
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LebanonThousands use a lull in fighting to escape from a refugee camp in Lebanon after days of violent clashes.
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ItalyResidents of the Italian city of Naples torch piles of rotting rubbish amid a worsening refuse crisis.
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NepalOne of Nepal's most famous female mountaineers is dead following a climbing accident south of Mount Everest.
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United StatesThe first birth control pill designed to stop monthly periods has been approved for use in the US.
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ChinaChina investigates reports that toothpaste exported to Central America contains a potentially deadly chemical.
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Democratic Republic of the CongoThe UN says it will seek to discipline any peacekeeper involved in smuggling gold or guns in DR Congo.
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FranceFrance plans to offer financial incentives to more immigrants, especially from Africa, to return home voluntarily.
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Iraq, United StatesUS President Bush says Osama Bin Laden was seeking in 2005 to set up an al-Qaeda cell in Iraq to hit US targets.
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Turkey, FranceNicolas Sarkozy reiterates his opposition to Turkey joining the EU, for the first time since becoming French president.
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LebanonLebanon's government says militants entrenched in a refugee camp must surrender or face more military action.
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IndiaAt least 27 people are killed when a wall collapses on a crowded bar in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
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IranIran is still defying United Nations' demands to stop enriching uranium, the UN nuclear watchdog says.
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GreecePippo Inzaghi scores a goal in each half as AC Milan claim the Champions League title with victory over Liverpool.
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GreecePippo Inzaghi scores twice as AC Milan beat Liverpool in the Champions League final in Athens.
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Iran, United StatesThe Soros Foundation says one of its staff is detained in Iran - the second US national to be held by Tehran in May.
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Iran, United StatesOil prices push above $70 a barrel amid fears over US-Iran tensions and low US fuel stockpiles.
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