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2007 » May 2007 » May 4th 2007
CubaA military officer has died after being taken hostage in an attempted hijacking in Cuba, officials say.
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IndiaA bomb explodes outside a tea stall in the north-eastern Indian state of Assam, injuring 15 people, say police.
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Hong KongA suspected US sex offender appears in a Hong Kong court to face extradition proceedings.
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FranceSegolene Royal and Nicolas Sarkozy enter the final day of campaigning ahead of Sunday's presidential vote.
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ThailandExperts at a UN climate change summit agree that emissions can be limited with small impacts on economies.
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Canada, 
AfghanistanCanada signs a new deal with Afghanistan to give Ottawa unrestricted access to prisoners handed to Kabul.
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United StatesThe Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh are due to visit the site of the USA's first permanent English colony.
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United StatesRepublican contenders for the US presidency hold their first TV debate and broadly back continuing the war in Iraq.
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ChinaChina's largest oil firm, PetroChina, says it has made the country's largest crude discovery in a decade.
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BangladeshBangladeshi Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus abandons plans to form his own political party.
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Kenya, United StatesThe US announces new funding to Kenyan security forces to counter "terrorist activities" in the region.
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MaliMali's opposition has formally asked the Constitutional Court to annul last Sunday's presidential election.
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FranceThe man known as Carlos the Jackal, serving life in France, is to face a new trial over bombings in the 1980s.
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Sri LankaTwo Sri Lankan teachers win international awards for their work in highlighting human rights abuses.
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FranceThe man known as Carlos the Jackal, serving life in France, is to face a new trial over bombings in the 1980s.
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Israel, United StatesThe US issues a detailed plan to Israel and the Palestinians for improving security and easing limits on movement.
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ZimbabweZimbabwe's President Mugabe tells Catholic bishops they are on a "dangerous path" if they become political.
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SpainWorld champion Fernando Alonso says changes to Spain's Grand Prix track will make overtaking easier.
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JapanThe number of children under the age of 15 in Japan has fallen to 17.38 million, a record low, figures show.
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IranFormer Iranian President Mohammad Khatami meets the Pope amid moves to improve Catholic-Muslim ties.
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Zambia, 
United KingdomZambia's ex-President Frederick Chiluba is found guilty of stealing $46m (£23m) by a UK court.
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SomaliaThe new mayor of the Somali capital, Mogadishu, ban people from carrying weapons on the streets.
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UkraineUkraine's president and prime minister agree to hold an early general election, ending weeks of deadlock.
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PolandSvetlana Kuznetsova comes from a set down to defeat Venus Williams at the J&S Cup in Warsaw.
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Portugal, United KingdomA search is extended for a British three-year-old who may have been abducted on a family holiday in Portugal.
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Sierra LeoneA Sierra Leone scientist is voted among the world's most influential people by the US Time magazine.
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Afghanistan, United StatesAn Afghan tribal council says an air strike by US-led forces this week killed at least 13 civilians in Kandahar province.
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Iraq, 
EgyptIran launches a strong attack on US policy in Iraq, as hopes of US-Iranian high-level talks are dashed.
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United KingdomThe pro-independence SNP become the largest party in the Scottish parliament, beating Labour into second.
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Sierra LeoneSierra Leone's presidential elections are to be delayed by two weeks, the country's electoral commission says.
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United KingdomThe Scottish National Party becomes the biggest party in the Scottish parliament, beating Tony Blair's Labour.
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AzerbaijanTwo journalists in Azerbaijan are jailed after publishing an article that some Muslims said insulted Islam.
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Iraq, United StatesMore than a third of US troops in Iraq condone torture in some circumstances, a US survey finds.
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Brazil, United StatesBrazil's president decides to override an Aids drug patent held by a US pharmaceutical firm.
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Haiti, United StatesAt least 22 Haitians are dead and dozens are missing after their boat capsizes in the West Indies, US officials say.
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PeruThe leader of Peru's Shining Path rebel group will marry his second-in-command in a prison wedding.
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