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United StatesA US federal grand jury charges baseball home run king Barry Bonds with perjury over a steroids inquiry.
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Russia, 
United KingdomA former Russian frogman claims that he killed British diver Cdr Lionel "Buster" Crabb in 1956.
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South Korea, 
North KoreaLeaders from North and South Korea agree to restart freight rail links next month, the first in five decades.
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United StatesThe US House of Representatives votes to license mortgage brokers and ban predatory lending.
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Sri Lanka, 
AustraliaCenturies from Phil Jaques and Michael Hussey take Australia to 329-3 in the second Test against Sri Lanka.
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IndiaPolice in India's Uttar Pradesh state say they have arrested three men belonging to a banned militant group.
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PolandThe leader of Poland's liberal Civic Platform, Donald Tusk, is sworn in as the country's new prime minister.
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East Timor, 
ArubaSydney court rules Indonesian troops deliberately killed five Australian-based journalists in East Timor in 1975.
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PakistanPakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto is released from house arrest, as a new interim PM is sworn in.
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United StatesA televised debate in the US city of Las Vegas sees Democratic presidential hopefuls trade verbal blows.
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TurkeyTurkish prosecutors move to ban a pro-Kurdish political party allegedly linked to PKK rebels, say reports.
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RwandaA former Rwandan mayor is sentenced to 11 years in prison for crimes committed during the genocide.
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PakistanPakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto renews her calls for President Musharraf to end emergency rule.
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Colombia, 
IranA novel by Colombia's Gabriel Garcia Marquez is pulled from shelves after Iran's censors notice its sanitised title.
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UgandaSpecial zones for sex workers are being set up in Uganda's capital ahead of the Commonwealth summit.
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RussiaThe international election watchdog, the OSCE, says it will not cover Russian polls because of visa problems.
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India, United StatesIndia's communist parties approve of government talks with a UN watchdog on a US nuclear deal.
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Saudi ArabiaA lawyer for a Saudi rape victim sentenced to 200 lashes and jail says this contravenes Islamic law.
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RussiaPolice in Russia try to coax members of a doomsday cult out of a cave they are threatening to blow up.
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New ZealandDale Steyn continues his brilliant form to leave New Zealand in trouble at 187-8 in the second Test.
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SudanSudan's stalled Darfur peace talks may not restart this year because of continued boycotts, a mediator says.
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BurmaBurma's ruling generals concede that 15 people died during their crackdown on protests, a UN envoy says.
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BangladeshThe death toll from a cyclone that hit the southern coast of Bangladesh reportedly reaches more than 600.
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ChinaChinese authorities withdraw loans to 12 firms accused of flouting environment laws, in the first move of its kind.
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FranceTransport workers in France vote to continue a national strike over the weekend, protesting against pension reforms.
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GeorgiaGeorgia's president lifts the state of emergency imposed last week, and replaces his prime minister.
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United Arab Emirates, FranceAn inquiry is launched in France into the crash of an Airbus due to be delivered to a United Arab Emirates carrier.
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MadagascarA Madagascar minister personally defends the death penalty days after 12 people were sentenced to death.
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Iraq, United StatesRepublicans in the US Senate block a Democratic proposal to tie an Iraq war funding bill to a troop pull-out timetable.
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Iran, United StatesIran's president says the US should apologise for the way it has treated Tehran over its nuclear programme.
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Pakistan, United StatesAmerica's John Negroponte goes to Pakistan to boost "moderate forces" and speaks to ex-PM Benazir Bhutto.
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BotswanaMcLaren lose their appeal against the result of the Brazilian Grand Prix as Kimi Raikkonen is confirmed as world champion.
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North Korea, 
Japan, United StatesPM Yasuo Fukuda tells President Bush he will push to resume Japanese support for US-led operations in Afghanistan.
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LebanonThe UN head urges Lebanese MPs to elect a president on time to avoid reaching "the brink of the abyss".
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