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MalaysiaMalaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim says he has the support of enough MPs to topple the government.
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United StatesThe White House gives $200m in emergency aid to alleviate food shortages around the world amid spiralling prices.
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United StatesViews of the US in the Arab world remain mostly negative, the results of a new survey suggest.
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EcuadorEight students who survived a bus crash in Ecuador say they have coped by sticking together.
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BurmaBurma's constitutional referendum will have no credibility unless monitors are allowed in, a UN official says.
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PakistanThe Pakistani parliament votes to request a UN investigation into the assassination of the former PM Benazir Bhutto.
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United StatesJohn Wheeler, the US physicist who coined the term "black hole", dies at the age of 96.
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North Korea, United StatesSouth Korean President Lee Myung-bak sets off for the US on his first overseas visit since taking office.
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Iraq, United StatesTwo years after he was detained, the US military says it will release an Iraqi AP photographer on Wednesday.
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ItalySilvio Berlusconi secures a decisive victory in Italy's general elections, but warns of "difficult months ahead".
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ChinaPakistan's President Musharraf urges China to build an oil pipeline that will connect both countries to the Gulf.
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UgandaAn overnight fire in a school dormitory near Uganda's capital has killed 19 children, police say.
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IndiaThe daughter of the slain Indian PM Rajiv Gandhi says she met a woman convicted for her father's assassination.
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France, ChinaChinese activists are urging shoppers to stay away from French retailer Carrefour, after pro-Tibet protests in France.
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MexicoMexican politicians vow to stay barricaded in Congress to protest at proposed reforms of state oil giant Pemex.
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RussiaPresident Vladimir Putin agrees to become chairman of Russia's biggest party, United Russia.
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ChinaChina put to death at least 470 people last year but probably executed many more, Amnesty says.
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MexicoThe price of oil hits a new record of $112.48 a barrel after bad weather hits Mexican oil exports.
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BrazilBrazil finds a deep sea oil field, potentially the world's third largest reserve, its petroleum agency says.
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KenyaKenyan police shoot dead two members of the banned Mungiki sect in Nairobi, in a second day of riots.
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Gaza StripIsraeli troops clash with Palestinian gunmen after launching an incursion into the southern Gaza Strip.
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AustraliaSome Aboriginal children in Australia were once used for medical experiments, an activist claims.
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AustraliaA Melbourne court hears how 12 men allegedly planned an attack on one of Australia's main sports events.
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India, 
United KingdomMichael Vaughan says it is inevitable that England players will compete in the Indian Premier League.
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UgandaA fire in a school dormitory near Uganda's capital that killed 19 children may have been deliberate, police say.
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RussiaThe future supply of Russian oil is threatened by a likely decline in production levels, a senior oil executive warns.
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UzbekistanA dissident poet in Uzbekistan has been sentenced to five years' forced labour, a rights organisation says.
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ZimbabweMany Zimbabwean businesses open as usual despite opposition calls for a strike over undeclared poll results.
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EgyptEgypt's Muslim Brotherhood says 25 members, including its third most senior figure, have been jailed.
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PolandCeremonies are being held in Poland to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the Warsaw ghetto uprising.
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IraqMore than 70 people are killed in blasts at three cities in Iraq, in one of the deadliest days there for many weeks.
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PakistanA Pakistani human rights group says violence against women more than doubled to over 4,000 cases during 2007.
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Sri LankaWest Indies meet Sri Lanka in the third and final one-day international having already secured the series.
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IrelandIrish ex-minister Proinsias de Rossa is attacked after a referendum meeting in Dublin on the EU Treaty.
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Sri LankaPoor weather in St Lucia denies Sri Lanka the chance of a consolation win as West Indies take the one-day series 2-0.
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ZimbabweZimbabwe's opposition leader says he will not take part in a presidential run-off vote unless it is free and fair.
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United StatesUS firms Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines are set to join forces to create the world's biggest carrier.
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FranceFrance's National Assembly passes a bill to make promotion of anorexia and extreme thinness an offence.
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