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South Africa's Trevor Immelman leads Brandt Snedeker by one shot after day two of the Masters.
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The US ambassador to Iraq calls on Arab countries to engage diplomatically and economically with Baghdad.
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Cuba looks set for more change after recent agricultural reforms, according to the official newspaper.
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American Airlines says services should be normal by Sunday, after cancellations over safety fears.
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China's president says a crackdown in Tibet is an internal matter, in the wake of Olympic torch protests.
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Malaysia embattled prime minister signals that he is willing to discuss a transition of power to his deputy.
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Richard Downes reflects on his recent visit to Zimbabwe, where many people inside the country are desperate for change.
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Sarah Rainsford discovers that despite limits on free speech in Turkey, some people are still willing to publish controversial work.
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Sourav Ganguly helps India establish a 23-run advantage on the second day of the third Test against South Africa in Kanpur.
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China's President Hu holds a historic meeting with Taiwan's vice-president-elect amid hopes of improved ties.
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South Africa's president urges patience over poll results in Zimbabwe, after talks with President Robert Mugabe.
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Nepal's Maoist party takes the lead, as election results for a new constituent assembly are declared.
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Israeli forces withdraw from Gaza after air and ground operations which leave at least eight Palestinians dead.
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Spain's prime minister unveils a cabinet with more women than men, including a rising star as defence minister.
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A female Italian artist hitch-hiking to the Middle East to promote world peace is murdered in Turkey.
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South African Trevor Immelman leads the Masters by two shots after the third round in Augusta.
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French commandos carry out a raid on Somali pirates soon after they release 30 hostages from a luxury yacht.
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A letter published in Iran calls for the immediate release of women's rights campaigner Khadijeh Moghaddam.
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US presidential hopeful Barack Obama says his description of "bitter" working-class voters was ill-chosen.
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US and Iraqi forces kill 13 militants in Baghdad's Sadr City, as a two-week blockade is lifted.
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Several people are killed and a number of others wounded by an explosion in Iran, Iranian media reports say.
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India seek to level the Test series against South Africa by winning the third Test in Kanpur.
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Kenya's president and opposition leader strike a deal on cabinet posts, ending a long-running political crisis.
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Macedonia will dissolve its parliament and hold early elections amid a row with Greece over its name.
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Fernando Verdasco and Feliciano Lopez win an epic doubles match to take Spain into the semi-finals of the Davis Cup.
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Southern African leaders hold a summit to tackle Zimbabwe's poll deadlock, but President Mugabe is absent.
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The Olympic Games torch continues its world tour in Tanzania, where less trouble is expected than elsewhere.
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Haiti's Senate votes to dismiss PM Jacques-Edouard Alexis following rioting over the soaring cost of food.
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Norway's King Harald V opens a new national opera house with a gala performance on the shores of the Oslo Fjord.
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West Indies pair Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Marlon Samuels impress in a seven-wicket win in the rain-hit second ODI in Trinidad.
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A musician from Mozambique who campaigns for clean water and sanitation gets a top environmental prize.
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