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The US starts to issue fast track visas to Cubans who want to join relatives living in America.
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Bosnia passes a police reform bill, fulfilling an EU demand that moves the country closer to joining the bloc.
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England's Justin Rose has a share of the lead after the opening round of the Masters at Augusta.
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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will not attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, an aide says.
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Democratic opponents of President Bush accuse him of leaving decisions on Iraq to his successor.
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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warns of a new war between Ethiopia and Eritrea if UN troops are withdrawn.
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Japan extends sanctions against North Korea, citing a lack of progress on the nuclear and abduction issues.
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UK PM Gordon Brown comes under pressure to reopen a corruption probe into an £85bn BAE Saudi arms deal.
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The latest score from the third and final Test in Kanpur.
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A rights group says the US is standing by while international standards for fair trials are violated in Afghanistan.
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The UK's Serious Fraud Office is urged to reopen its inquiry into an arms deal between BAE and Saudi Arabia.
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The US military says it will continue to hold an Iraqi photographer while it reviews a government amnesty order.
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A prominent Egyptian cleric fuels debate by saying tiny amounts of alcohol are permitted in Islam.
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Ugandan government mediators leave the jungle venue where a deal was due to be signed with rebels.
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Pakistan's new government moves to withdraw media restrictions imposed by President Musharraf.
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South Africa slip from 152-1 to 265 all out as India fight back brilliantly on day one of the third and final Test in Kanpur.
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The German parliament votes to ease restrictions on embryonic stem cell research, after a heated debate.
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China tries to reassure Olympic officials that the protest-hit torch relay, now in Argentina, will go smoothly.
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Zimbabwe's opposition leader has met South Africa's president ahead of a crisis summit, his party says.
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Burmese migrants who survived a lorry journey that suffocated 54 others to death are jailed in Thailand.
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Israel sends tanks into the Gaza Strip after pledging to retaliate against a militant attack on a fuel depot.
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Dozens are injured as Islamic protesters in Bangladesh clash with police over plans to give women more rights.
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A relative and key follower of radical Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr is shot dead in the Iraqi city of Najaf.
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Madonna is expected before a court in Malawi this month to hear if she can adopt a child from the African nation.
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Former French President Jacques Chirac undergoes successful surgery to fit a pacemaker, his office says.
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There have been two fatal attacks in Rwanda during a week of mourning for genocide victims, police say.
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Moldova's President Voronin meets the leader of breakaway Trans-Dniester for the first time in seven years.
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Mehmet Ali Talat becomes the first Turkish Cypriot leader to enter Greek Cypriot territory through Ledra Street.
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A protest in Indian-administered Kashmir over the discovery of 1,000 unmarked graves is broken up.
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Protesters target the latest leg of the Olympic torch's relay in Argentina, but do not hinder its progress.
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Zimbabwean police ban political rallies "with immediate effect", amid tension over the disputed presidential election.
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Thousands more passengers endure cancelled flights as American Airlines continues aircraft safety checks.
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Election campaigning wraps up in Italy with little to distinguish rivals Silvio Berlusconi and Walter Veltroni.
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A Colombian court temporarily blocks the extradition to the US of former paramilitary boss Carlos Jimenez.
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South Africa's Trevor Immelman leads American Brandt Snedeker by one shot after day two of the 72nd Masters at Augusta.
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