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PakistanPakistan's Supreme Court resumes hearings on the validity of President Pervez Musharraf's election.
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FijiFiji's coup leader tells Pacific leaders he will hold elections in early 2009 and respect their outcome.
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United StatesAt least 18 people are charged in the US over an alleged drug smuggling ring operating via JFK airport in New York
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Sri LankaSri Lankan troops scour a national park for Tamil Tiger rebels who attacked an army outpost there two days ago.
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BotswanaThe Brazilian headquarters of Cisco Systems is raided as part of an investigation into tax evasion.
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Bermuda, 
BrazilFernando Alonso will beat Lewis Hamilton to the world title in Brazil, says Renault team boss Flavio Briatore.
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IndiaFamily members of two businessmen murdered by a group of police in India call for them to be executed.
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VenezuelaVenezuelan MPs debate President Hugo Chavez's extended list of proposed constitutional changes.
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KenyaKenya's electoral commission investigates politicians accused of buying voting cards ahead of elections.
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IraqA roadside bomb kills seven Iraqi policemen near the city of Diwaniya, south of Baghdad, the military says.
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ChinaThe EU's trade relationship with China is "deeply unequal", EU trade commissioner Peter Mandelson says.
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United StatesFormer US Vice-President Al Gore rules out a late entry into the 2008 race to the White House.
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RussiaRussian prosecutors charge nine people in connection with the murder of campaigning reporter Anna Politkovskaya.
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Afghanistan, 
Japan, United StatesJapan's cabinet approves a bill allowing its navy to continue supporting US-led missions in Afghanistan.
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CanadaCanada's opposition parties get the chance to trigger an election this month as the ruling party sets out its goals.
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SudanSudan's president reshuffles his cabinet to try to resolve a political crisis with ex-rebels in the south.
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New ZealandA group of Maori activists in New Zealand are accused of planning a 'war' against the white majority.
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United StatesMichael Mukasey, President Bush's nominee for attorney general, faces confirmation hearings in the US Senate.
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BurmaBurmese authorities are still seeking and detaining those who took part in protests, the government says.
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LebanonA rights group condemns Lebanon for what it calls discrimination against Palestinian refugees.
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ChinaSenior Chinese officials refuse to reveal who is in the running for the country's most senior political jobs.
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South AfricaSouth Africa may lose the HIV battle as infection and death rates outpace treatment, Unicef warns.
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IndiaTrading on India's main stock index, the Sensex, is suspended briefly after the market slumps 9%.
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Iraq, 
TurkeyTurkish MPs are expected to back a motion allowing troops to enter Iraq in pursuit of Kurdish rebels.
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Israel, 
Gaza StripAn Israeli soldier and a Palestinian militant die in clashes in the Gaza Strip during an Israeli raid.
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United KingdomSouth Africa centre Jaque Fourie says his side will not change their game plan to counter England's forwards in the World Cup final.
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MacedoniaThousands attend the funeral of Macedonian pop star Tose Proeski, who died in a car crash on Tuesday.
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Spain, United StatesThe US captain of a boat seized by a Spanish warship in a row over shipwreck treasure is released.
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BoliviaHundreds of angry residents attack bars in Bolivia for a second day over claims they sell alcohol to minors.
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FranceSpeculation grows in the French press that President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Cecilia are to divorce.
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RussiaEngland face a battle to reach Euro 2008 after Russia come from behind to win the key qualifier in Moscow.
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Democratic Republic of the CongoDR Congo's president says he has drawn up a plan to disarm Hutu militias in a bid to end the crisis in the east.
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SomaliaThe UN says it is stopping food distribution in Somalia's capital after troops abduct a member of staff.
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FranceFrench unions hold a 24-hour transport strike, disrupting the country's networks, especially the railways.
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Egypt, United StatesUS Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice ends a Mid-East tour without firm pledges on peace talks in the US.
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United StatesRepublicans in the US state of Iowa bring their caucus date forward, increasing their influence in the presidential race.
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CanadaCanada's main opposition party says it will not force an early poll over the prime minister's policy address.
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South AfricaShellfish discarded in a South African cave is said to be the earliest evidence of humans living and thriving by the sea.
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PakistanEx-Pakistani PM Benazir Bhutto confirms that she will end years of self-imposed exile on Thursday.
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