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United StatesThree tornadoes rip through the US state of Virginia, injuring 200 people and damaging buildings.
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Afghanistan, United StatesThe US military and Afghan government say more than 20 Taleban rebels have been killed in fresh clashes.
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ChinaSpeeding was the cause of a train collision in eastern China that left 70 people dead, state media reports.
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IndiaThe Indian army says it has arrested four members of a Islamic group from the north-eastern state of Manipur.
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ArubaAustralian scientists believe they may have discovered how to help people lose weight without cutting back on food.
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Pakistan, IndiaPakistan defers the hanging of an Indian man convicted for spying and carrying out bomb attacks.
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Sri Lanka, 
IranIran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad launches a project to expand Sri Lanka's oil refining capacity.
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East TimorThe leader of a group of rebels accused of trying to kill East Timor's president surrenders in Dili.
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United KingdomThree men are arrested by police in the United Kingdom as part of an investigation into the Tamil Tigers.
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EgyptOfficials from three Palestinian militant groups are in Cairo for talks with the head of Egyptian intelligence.
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ChinaA court in Tibet has jailed 17 people for taking part in riots in the capital Lhasa, Chinese state media says.
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United KingdomTwo elderly British sisters lose their final battle to avoid paying inheritance tax if one of them dies.
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Democratic Republic of the CongoA Congolese warlord known as "the Terminator" is being sought for recruiting child soldiers, the ICC reveals.
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CubaCuba's President Raul Castro says nearly all death sentences are to be commuted to prison terms.
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YemenAt least eight people have been killed in clashes between Shia rebels and pro-government forces, reports say.
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MozambiqueAmnesty International accuses police in Mozambique of killing and torturing people with near total impunity.
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Democratic Republic of the CongoMike Thomson returns to DR Congo to visit Zawadi, a young mother with a remarkable story of survival.
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ChinaChina aims to promote the leasing of foreign farmland by its food producers to beat rising prices.
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AustriaAn Austrian who admitted imprisoning his daughter and fathering her children is to appear before a magistrate.
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Iraq, United StatesTwenty-eight militants are killed and US soldiers are wounded in clashes in Sadr City, Baghdad, the US says.
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ZimbabweZimbabwe's UN ambassador says a national unity government is needed, whoever wins the presidential election.
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VietnamThe Olympic torch tours Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam on the final international stop of its troubled tour.
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KenyaKenyan police shoot dead two members of the outlawed Mungiki sect a day after a sect leader was killed.
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IraqFormer Iraqi Deputy PM Tariq Aziz is due to go on trial over the deaths of a group of Baghdad merchants.
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RussiaGeorgia is preparing to invade its breakaway region of Abkhazia, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry.
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Serbia and Montenegro, 
SloveniaEU ministers sign a pre-membership deal with Serbia, despite its failure to hand over war crimes suspects.
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Syria, United StatesThe US president says last week's disclosure of suspected Syria-North Korea nuclear links was a warning.
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United StatesA federal judge tells the US government to decide within weeks whether to list the polar bear as endangered.
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AfghanistanA suicide attack in eastern Afghanistan kills 18 people including 11 police officers, the government says.
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AustriaDNA evidence supports an Austrian's confession that he fathered his daughter's children, police say.
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United KingdomDefence Secretary Des Browne announces 600 British troops will be sent to Kosovo.
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BotswanaThe Brazilian footballer Ronaldo is caught up in a sex scandal involving three cross-dressing prostitutes.
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United StatesUS presidential hopeful Barack Obama denounces comments made by his former pastor, Rev Jeremiah Wright.
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India, IranIranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gives assurances to India on the construction of a multi-billion dollar gas pipeline through Pakistan.
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United KingdomAbout half of the 1m Eastern European migrants to the UK since 2004 have since gone home, research suggests.
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