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United StatesThe US president is to name a replacement for outgoing Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, reports say.
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AustraliaEnvironmental groups call on Australia to classify the Coral Sea as a marine park to ward off illegal shark fishermen.
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ChinaHundreds of balloons explode at a school in China's Gansu province, injuring more than 60 people.
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United StatesEx-US footballer OJ Simpson is to face armed robbery charges as Las Vegas police probe a hotel room incident.
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IndiaThe bodies of a group of alleged thieves who were lynched by villagers in India last week are found in a river.
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BermudaChampionship leader Lewis Hamilton believes he can hold off McLaren team-mate and title rival Fernando Alonso in the last three races.
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PakistanPakistan's Supreme Court begins debating if Gen Musharraf should be army chief while seeking re-election.
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IranFrance's foreign minister says the world should prepare for the possibility of war over Iran's nuclear programme.
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United KingdomAlan Greenspan warns of rising UK inflation in the future and says the house price boom will soon come to an end.
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GreeceGreek PM Costas Karamanlis wins victory in a general election to retain a slim majority in parliament.
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PakistanPakistan's President Pervez Musharraf plans to stand down as army head, a ruling party official says.
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KenyaKenya's banned Mungiki gang is blamed for the beheading of a police officer north-east of the capital, Nairobi.
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Iraq, United StatesThe US envoy to Iraq warns that about 10,000 Iraqis seeking to enter the US may have to wait two years.
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Iraq, United StatesOfficials investigate after at least eight Iraqi civilians are reported killed by private US security contractors.
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United KingdomCustomers continue to take their savings out of Northern Rock bank, as its shares fall by 37%.
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IsraelMadonna meets Israeli President Shimon Peres during a spiritual pilgrimage to mark the Jewish New Year.
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AfghanistanA suicide bomber kills himself and seven others in the southern Afghan province of Helmand, officials say.
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ThailandInvestigators probing a deadly plane crash at a Thai tourist resort say they have found two flight recorders.
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GreeceGreek PM Costas Karamanlis has been asked to form a new government after his victory in Sunday's poll.
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Saudi Arabia, United KingdomSaudi Arabia is to buy 72 Eurofighter Typhoon jets from UK firm BAE Systems, UK defence officials confirm.
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Pakistan, IndiaPakistan formally protests against India's decision to start tourism on the disputed Siachen glacier.
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SomaliaThe transitional government in Somalia signs an agreement in Jeddah aimed at uniting clans, but Islamists reject it.
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PakistanPro-Taleban militants have killed 18 soldiers in Pakistan's tribal area of North Waziristan, local officials say.
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SudanArchbishop Tutu will lead a delegation of influential elder statesmen to Sudan to try to help end suffering in Darfur.
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EgyptA top official in Egypt's authority of antiquities is arrested as part of probe into restoration project bribes.
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West BankA Palestinian teenager is shot dead by Israeli troops in the West Bank city of Ramallah, officials say.
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Colombia, United StatesA US judge confirms a $25m fine on banana group Chiquita for giving protection money to Colombian paramilitaries.
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United StatesUS rapper 50 Cent postpones his European tour, prompting questions over his retirement.
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BurmaHundreds of Buddhist monks in central Burma hold another demonstration against the military government.
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UkraineUkraine approves a giant steel cover over the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster, Chernobyl.
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Venezuela, ColombiaLeft-wing Colombian rebels indicate they are ready to meet Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez for preliminary talks.
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United KingdomShares in banks fall throughout Europe as savers withdraw money from British lender Northern Rock.
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GermanyForensic experts unearth the remains of German WWII soldiers in the Montenegrin capital, Podgorica.
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Iraq, United StatesIraq cancels the licence of US private security firm Blackwater after eight civilians die in a shootout.
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SwedenA Swedish cartoonist who depicted the Prophet Muhammad as a dog goes into hiding.
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Sri LankaThree wickets for Shahid Afridi help Pakistan ease to a 33-run win over Sri Lanka in the World Twenty20 match in Johannesburg.
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United StatesUS President George W Bush nominates retired federal judge Michael Mukasey as his new attorney general.
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PeruYale University agrees to return thousands of Inca relics dug up by a professor at Peru's Machu Picchu.
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PeruPlans for a huge mine in northern Peru are rejected in a referendum amid fears for the environment.
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France, IranIran responds angrily after France's foreign minister warns of possible war over Tehran's nuclear programme.
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United KingdomThe UK government says it will guarantee all deposits with the Northern Rock bank, as its shares fall heavily.
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Iraq, United StatesA "fair and transparent" probe will be held into a Baghdad gunfight involving a US firm, says Iraq's prime minister.
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ZimbabweZimbabwe is closer to collapse than ever, and only regional leaders can make a difference, a new report says.
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