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Pope Benedict XVI ends his first visit to the US with an open-air Mass at New York's Yankee baseball stadium.
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A Tanzanian politician resigns amid allegations he took bribes during the purchase of a British air traffic control system.
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Australia reveal they will play in Pakistan twice in the next two years after cancelling their original tour.
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Singapore's investment agency GIC warns that the world faces the worst recession in 30 years.
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More than 60 years of conservative party rule ends in Paraguay as Fernando Lugo wins the presidential election.
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Spain sends a frigate to hunt for a Spanish trawler with a crew of 26 which was seized by pirates off Somalia.
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King Gyanendra of Nepal dismisses reports that he will go into exile after the Maoists' election success.
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Cameroon opposition stages a "day of mourning" over moves to allow President Paul Biya seek re-election.
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A US teenager is arrested for possessing explosive material, in what police say was a plot to bomb his high school.
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Saudi women are being kept in perpetual childhood by a system of male guardianship, a leading rights group says.
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The annual mass spawning of corals on the Palau archipelago in the western Pacific occurs right on cue.
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Returning US war veterans sue the government over what they say is inadequate medical care.
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The outcome is delayed of a partial recount of last month's elections in Zimbabwe, the Electoral Commission says.
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The UN grants Australia an extension of its continental shelf, giving it new areas to explore for oil and gas.
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Andy Murray eases into the second round of the Monte Carlo Masters as he beats Spain's Feliciano Lopez 7-6 6-4 with an efficient display.
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Two senior leaders of the Islamic militant group Jemaah Islamiah are sentenced to 15 years in jail in Indonesia.
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is in Bahrain urging Arab states to curb Iran's influence in the region.
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The Olympic torch has been paraded through the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur under heavy security.
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UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband cautiously backs Pakistan's efforts to negotiate with Islamist militants.
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Plans for the world's most powerful hydro-electric dam project in DR Congo are being discussed in London.
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The bodies of 10 people are found in a Somali mosque, after Ethiopian troops clash with Islamist insurgents.
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Sean Lineen and Andy Robinson are to assist Frank Hadden on Scotland's summer tour of Argentina.
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US Air Force heads are "stuck in old ways" on tactics in Afghanistan and Iraq, defence chief Robert Gates says.
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Ethiopia's government breaks off relations with Qatar - angered by Al-Jazeera's coverage and financial support for Eritrea.
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Rescuers find 20 bodies and three survivors off the coast of the Bahamas, with most of the victims believed to be Haitians.
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Ex-US President Jimmy Carter says Hamas is prepared to accept the right of Israel to live in peace as a neighbour.
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The Democrats' White House battle takes on a sharper tone ahead of Tuesday's vital Pennsylvania primary.
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Authorities in Cuba arrest a group of women demonstrating to demand the release of their jailed husbands.
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Chancellor Alistair Darling backs the Bank of England's £50bn plan to help banks struck by the credit crunch.
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UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband accuses Robert Mugabe of trying 'to steal the election' in Zimbabwe.
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Georgia accuses Russia of downing one of its unmanned spy planes over the Abkhazia region at the weekend.
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Paris gives the Dalai Lama an honorary citizenship amid ongoing anti-French protests in China.
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Zimbabwe's opposition urges the United Nations and African Union to help resolve the election crisis, the UN says.
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A leading Pakistani militant, Maulana Sufi Mohammad, is released following a peace deal, the government says.
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Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal rules out recognition of Israel, after meeting former US President Jimmy Carter.
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