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United StatesPope Benedict XVI receives an unprecedented presidential greeting at the airport on his first official US visit.
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IranIran's president orders police to ensure the safety of Nobel laureate and activist Shirin Ebadi, state media reports.
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Democratic Republic of the CongoAt least 21 people die and scores are injured when an airliner ploughs into buildings while taking off in DR Congo.
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New ZealandSix high school students and a teacher are killed by flash flooding in a river in a New Zealand national park.
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BangladeshAt least 17 people die and 20 are injured when a train hits a packed bus in central Bangladesh, officials say.
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IranThe UN Security Council's five permanent members are to meet in Shanghai to discuss Iran's nuclear plans.
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ChinaA US commission urges China to stop repatriating N Korean refugees, because of concern over their treatment.
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ColombiaColombia downgrades a state of alert declared after a volcano showed signs of erupting.
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AfghanistanTwo Nato soldiers are killed in an explosion in southern Afghanistan, the alliance says in a statement.
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IndiaAt least 44 people, most of them children, die after a bus plunges into a river in western India, officials say.
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VenezuelaForeign oil firms operating in Venezuela will pay higher taxes on profits made in the country, under new laws.
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YemenA bomb attack in Yemen is reported to have killed three policemen and wounded four civilians.
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ChinaChinese food prices are up 21% this year, figures show, fuelling fears over inflation and the price of basic goods.
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NepalA senior Maoist leader in Nepal urges the country's beleaguered King Gyanendra to step down "gracefully".
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JapanJapan is to become the first country to vaccinate thousands of health workers against bird flu.
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North KoreaNorth Korea is facing a humanitarian crisis because of acute food shortages, the World Food Programme warns.
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NigeriaExtra troops deploy in Nigeria's oil-rich Bayelsa State after a court quashes the election of its governor.
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MexicoMPs camped out in Mexico's Congress force both houses to relocate for the first time in almost 20 years.
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Somalia, 
FranceSix Somalis suspected of taking a French luxury yacht's crew hostage arrive in Paris, judicial sources say.
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IndiaThe European Parliament calls for a new strategy to prevent the Indian tiger from becoming extinct in the wild.
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ChinaThe 91,000 capacity stadium for this year's Olympic Games in Beijing opens its doors to the media.
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Israel, 
Gaza StripThree Israeli soldiers are killed during an incursion into Gaza in which four Hamas militants also died.
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IraqIraq's government replaces the heads of the army and police forces in Basra after a failed assault on militias.
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Democratic Republic of the CongoAt least 40 people are found dead in the wreckage of a jet that crashed in DR Congo on Tuesday.
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PakistanCeremonies to mark the arrival of the Olympic torch in Pakistan have been taking place amid tight security.
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ZimbabweZimbabwe's opposition says more than 50 supporters have been held, while doctors say scores have been beaten.
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Iran, United StatesIran's president describes the 9/11 attacks on the US as a "suspect event" and queries the death toll.
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Georgia, 
RussiaGeorgia says Russia is trying to annex two of Tbilisi's breakaway republics by seeking closer ties.
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SpainSpain's Guggenheim museum fires its financial chief, after they say he admits to taking almost half a million euros.
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United StatesThe US Supreme Court rejects a challenge to the use of lethal injections to execute prisoners.
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United StatesUS President George W Bush sets new greenhouse gas targets but is quickly criticised by environmentalists.
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NigeriaA Nigerian senator and daughter of the ex-president says she fears for her life after corruption charges.
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ChinaWeapons and explosives are found in 11 Buddhist monasteries in western China, according to state media.
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YemenA Yemeni lawyer describes how an eight-year-old got her marriage annulled after walking into court on her own.
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United StatesThe US army is developing robotic suits for its soldiers with the aim of giving them superhuman powers.
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GuineaEquatorial Guinea's exiled opposition leader, Severo Moto, is held in jail on arms trafficking charges.
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Israel, Gaza StripAt least 22 people are killed in the worst day of violence across the Gaza Strip for more than a month.
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