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Netherlands, 
United KingdomBritish bank Barclays says it will table a formal £45bn offer for Dutch bank ABN Amro within six weeks.
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PeruDelegates from 70 countries meet in Peru to push forward a campaign to ban cluster bombs by the end of 2008.
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CubaIn his first statement on his health in 10 months, Cuba's President Castro says he has had several operations.
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Iran, 
United StatesThe US says it will press for a new set of sanctions on Iran for defying UN demands to stop enriching uranium.
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IsraelPalestinian militants say there will be no ceasefire until Israel stops attacks in Gaza, as a minister is detained.
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Iraq, United StatesThe US military confirms that a body pulled from the Euphrates river is one of three US soldiers missing in Iraq.
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United States, 
ChinaThe US and China agree commercial deals at trade talks, but fail to make ground on key currency issues.
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United StatesSeventeen-year-old Jordin Sparks becomes the youngest ever winner of TV talent show American Idol.
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MoroccoThe UN refugee office closes its office in Morocco after what it said was a violent protest by migrants.
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IndiaIndia has far fewer tigers living in the wild than had previously been thought, a major study suggests.
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GreeceUefa blames Liverpool fans for the ticketing problems before Wednesday's Champions League final in Athens.
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India, 
BangladeshIndia spinner Anil Kumble is ready to play in the second and final Test against Bangladesh, which starts in Dhaka on Friday.
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India, United StatesPolice in India arrest a convicted US paedophile who Interpol says has been on the run in Asia for 11 months.
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United KingdomOfcom rules Channel 4 made "serious" misjudgements in its handling of the Celebrity Big Brother race row.
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AustriaThe IOC fine the Austrian Olympic Committee £500,000 over the doping affair at last year's Turin Winter Games.
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CanadaCanadian police are hunting the killer of a teenager shot dead at a Toronto school, a crime that shocks the city.
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SwitzerlandA fire ravages a synagogue in the city of Geneva, in what Swiss police suspect was an arson attack.
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KenyaA leader of a banned Kenyan sect is freed by a judge, days after gruesome killings were blamed on the group.
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United States, ChinaUS health officials are checking shipments of toothpaste from China for a potentially lethal chemical.
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IraqA car bombing in the Iraqi city of Falluja kills more than 20 people and injures 35 others, medics report.
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LebanonFears for trapped refugees grow as fighting between army troops and Islamist militants resumes in Lebanon.
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United StatesThe OECD says that the world economy is rebalancing, with the EU and Japan taking over from the US.
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IranThe head of the UN's atomic agency says Iran could develop a nuclear weapon in three to eight years.
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RussiaA methane blast rocks a Russian coal mine, killing at least 36 workers and injuring a further six.
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Sri LankaTamil Tiger rebels say they have killed 35 sailors in an attack on a naval base in northern Sri Lanka.
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NigeriaNigeria's president-elect says he will reform the election process - strongly criticised during last month's poll.
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Macau, ChinaDavid Edmonds reports from Macau in South China which has overtaken Las Vegas as the world's most lucrative gambling centre.
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Argentina, RussiaRising political interference in the courts is harming justice in Argentina and Russia, a corruption watchdog says.
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ArgentinaDaniel Schweimler has difficulty adjusting to the kissing culture in Buenos Aires.
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ChinaChinese shares fall after Alan Greenspan said its stock markets were due for a "dramatic contraction".
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JapanThe world should halve emissions of greenhouse gases by 2050, Japan's prime minister says.
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IsraelIsrael detains more than 30 senior Hamas officials, including the Palestinian education minister.
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IndiaIndia's government announces an ambitious plan to provide millions of poor people with social security.
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PakistanHardline clerics at a radical mosque in the Pakistani capital free two policemen taken hostage last week.
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UkraineUkraine's political crisis worsens after President Viktor Yushchenko sacks the nation's top prosecutor.
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India, 
Indonesia, United StatesAn Indian-born couple appear in court charged with keeping two Indonesian women as slaves in their US home.
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EgyptEgyptian authorities license a new party led by a former prominent member of the ruling National Democratic Party.
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Chad, United KingdomUK charities launch an appeal to save lives among the 4.5m people at risk in Darfur and neighbouring countries.
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LebanonHeavy gunfire briefly erupts at a refugee camp in Lebanon where Islamist militants are defying Lebanese troops.
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United StatesOnline gaming firm Betonsports pleads guilty in the US to charges of money laundering and racketeering.
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United StatesThe US Senate is to hold a vote of no-confidence in Attorney General Alberto Gonzales in June.
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