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FranceA transport strike in France is continuing into a second week despite signs of imminent negotiations.
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NigeriaHundreds of people are arrested and six killed as groups loyal to political rivals clash in northern Nigeria.
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AustraliaPoll campaigning in Australia enters its final week, with Prime Minister John Howard trailing rival Kevin Rudd.
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United StatesThe two top contenders for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination are locked in a bitter dispute.
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Sri Lanka, AustraliaKumar Sangakkara hits an unbeaten century as Sri Lanka reach 247-3 chasing a record 507 for victory in the second Test against Australia.
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PakistanPakistan's revamped top court hears challenges to President Musharraf's re-election and emergency rule.
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ChadChad is to review the work of all aid agencies after an alleged child-trafficking scandal, a minister says.
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IranNobel laureate Shirin Ebadi voices rare domestic criticism of Iran's controversial uranium enrichment programme.
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EthiopiaOgaden rebels say Ethiopian helicopter gunships have bombed civilian settlements, leaving many dead.
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Papua New GuineaFlooding in eastern Papua New Guinea has killed at least 70 people and left 50 missing, reports say.
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PakistanPakistan's reshaped top court rejects the main challenges to Pervez Musharraf's re-election as president.
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IsraelIsrael's prime minister obtains cabinet approval for the release of up to 450 Palestinian detainees.
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GermanyA German student kills himself and another is in custody over a foiled plot to attack a school, police say.
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AfghanistanA suicide attack targeting an Afghan provincial governor kills his son and six of his bodyguards, officials say.
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Afghanistan, PakistanAt least 80 people are killed in sectarian clashes in a tribal area of Pakistan bordering Afghanistan, officials say.
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France, 
LebanonFrance's foreign minister blames unnamed groups for blocking a compromise in the Lebanon presidency impasse.
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BurmaThe EU imposes an embargo on imports of gemstones from Burma and other new sanctions against the junta.
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Somalia, FranceTwo ships carrying food aid have arrived in Somalia under French naval escort, to deter pirates.
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CambodiaEx-Khmer Rouge head of state Khieu Samphan is charged with war crimes at a genocide tribunal in Cambodia.
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NigerThe whole population of a north Niger desert town has fled due to insecurity, the deputy mayor says.
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Taiwan, 
ChinaTaiwan blocks China's bid to have its first judge on the WTO's top trade disputes court, citing fears of bias.
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United StatesThe US prison population has risen eight-fold since 1970, with little impact on crime but at great cost, a report says.
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Burma, United StatesManila is unlikely to sign a new charter for Asean unless Burma restores democracy, Philippine leader says.
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BangladeshRelief teams reach areas of Bangladesh devastated by a huge storm, but survivors are still short of food and water.
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AfghanistanMany people reported dead in an Afghan bomb attack were shot dead by guards, an internal UN document says.
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United StatesThe dollar remains weak against both the euro and the yen as worries over the state of the US economy continue.
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United StatesMichael Vick, the American football star who pleaded guilty to dog-fighting charges, turns himself in to start his jail term early.
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United Kingdom, 
Japan, 
New ZealandThe US adds its voice to international criticism of the launch of Japan's largest-ever whaling expedition.
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UkraineRescue efforts continue in Ukraine, but hope fades of finding survivors after a deadly mine explosion.
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