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South Africa, 
ZimbabweSouth African President Thabo Mbeki defends his record on Zimbabwe, while playing down the country's crisis.
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Cambodia, 
United StatesA US court convicts a California-based Cambodian of plotting to overthrow Hun Sen's government in 2000.
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ChileChile's education minister is impeached by parliament and suspended for alleged corruption.
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IndiaKapil Dev wants to add an English team to the rebel Indian Cricket League.
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United StatesBenedict XVI criticises US bishops' conduct during child sex scandals, which he says were "badly handled".
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SpainSeven police officers are wounded in a bomb blast in northern Spain blamed on Basque separatist group, Eta.
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ChinaChina Eastern is stripped of routes and fined $215,000 after pilots turned back flights in suspected industrial unrest.
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TurkeyTurkey says a soldier is killed during clashes between troops and Kurdish rebels near its south-eastern border.
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Philippines, ChinaChina and the Philippines vow to take fresh action to tackle the escalating cost of staple foods, particularly rice.
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United StatesCritics of the US defence missile shield say the US is wasting money on a system that will not work.
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North KoreaProsecutors in South Korea indict Samsung chairman Lee Kun-hee for tax evasion and breach of trust.
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ZimbabweZimbabwe's justice minister accuses opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai of treason, as poll results are awaited.
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Japan, United StatesJapan Airlines is fined $110m after admitting it helped to fix the price of cargo shipments between Japan and the US.
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AfghanistanA human rights group calls on the Afghan President Hamid Karzai to reject execution orders for around 100 prisoners.
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Israel, 
West BankFunerals are taking place for those killed in Gaza Wednesday as Hamas vows to avenge their deaths.
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East TimorEast Timor's president flies back to Dili, after treatment for gun wounds received during a rebel attack.
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Georgia, 
RussiaGeorgian President Mikhail Saakashvili tells Russia to revoke decisions which he says breach Georgian sovereignty.
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Sri LankaSri Lanka's government brings in a ceiling on the price at which most varieties of rice can be sold.
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ThailandThe Thai government says it is lifting the martial law in 2006, except in three insurgency-hit provinces.
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South AfricaThousands of South African trade union members march to protest against the rising cost of food.
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Serbia and Montenegro, 
AlbaniaThe UN's new war crimes chief presses Serbia on suspects and queries the acquittal of a Kosovo Albanian leader.
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MartiniquePoet and political activist Aime Cesaire dies in his native Martinique at the age of 94.
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SpainSpanish police arrest 87 Nigerians alleged to have defrauded at least 1,500 people by letter and e-mail.
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KenyaKenya's opposition leader Raila Odinga officially becomes prime minister as a new coalition cabinet takes office.
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Nepal, ChinaMore than 500 pro-Tibet protesters are detained in Nepal after demonstrating outside the Chinese embassy.
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South AfricaThousands of South African trade union members march to protest against the rising cost of food.
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AfghanistanA suicide bomb in Zaranj in southwestern Afghanistan kills at least 17 people and injures 35.
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IranIran parades its military might, as President Ahmadinejad says his country is now the world's most powerful.
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ChinaThe EU says China was the main source of dangerous goods seized by the authorities in the past year.
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Pakistan, IndiaThe Olympic torch relay completes the latest leg of its world tour in Delhi, as 15,000 police secure the city centre.
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AfghanistanA suicide bomb outside a mosque in the south Afghan city of Zaranj kills at least 20 people and injures 30.
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South Africa, ZimbabweZimbabwe's opposition says South African President Thabo Mbeki must quit as a mediator amid the elections crisis.
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United Kingdom, United StatesGordon Brown says the bond with the United States is "stronger than ever", after talks with President Bush.
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NetherlandsA Dutch MEP says he has given investigators the names of two Euro MPs involved in expenses fraud.
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IraqAt least 30 people are killed when a suicide bomber attacks a crowd of mourners in Baquba, north of Baghdad.
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North Korea, United StatesThe US scales back demands on a North Korean nuclear declaration to tackle a disarmament deadlock.
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United StatesPope Benedict XVI celebrates an open-air Mass in Washington in front of more than 40,000 people.
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United StatesOil prices hover close to $115 a barrel, having crossed the record mark on Thursday on US supply fears.
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HaitiThe UN mission chief in Haiti calls for a new government to be formed speedily to avoid more food price unrest.
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