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PhilippinesThe Philippines bans organ transplants for foreigners because of illegal trade of kidneys taken from the poor.
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AustriaHundreds of people hold a candlelit vigil in Amstetten, where Josef Fritzl locked his daughter in a cellar.
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TurkeyTurkey's parliament approves the softening of a law criticised by the EU for limiting free speech, reports say.
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Georgia, 
RussiaGeorgia denies plans to invade the breakaway region of Abkhazia, while Russia says it would retaliate to any attack.
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ChinaA policeman and an alleged pro-Tibet rioter have been killed in western China, state media report.
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Pakistan, 
IndiaPolice in Indian-administered Kashmir say they have killed a senior member of the banned pro-Pakistan militant group.
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United KingdomEastern Europeans have settled more widely in the UK than people in earlier waves of migration, a study says.
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India, United Kingdom, 
AustraliaAustralia begins probing the handling of the case against an Indian doctor briefly linked to UK terror attacks last year.
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AustraliaAustralia's Labor government says it will remove 100 laws that discriminate against gay couples.
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Afghanistan, United KingdomPrince William made a secret visit, approved by the Queen, to meet British troops in Afghanistan, it emerges.
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Italy, 
YemenA strong explosion is heard near the Italian embassy in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, reports say.
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ColombiaColombian police say they have killed one of the country's most notorious criminals, Victor Manuel Mejia.
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ChinaChina marks 100 days until the Beijing Olympic Games begin, as the Olympic torch arrives in Hong Kong.
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NepalAn Everest doctor in Nepal warns of "catastrophe" when the peak reopens after the Olympic torch relay.
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ZimbabweThe UN Security Council does not back the opposition's call to send a special envoy to mediate the Zimbabwe crisis.
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SwitzerlandAlbert Hofmann, the Swiss chemist who discovered the hallucinogenic drug LSD, dies at the age of 102.
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New ZealandThe world's largest squid possesses the biggest animal eye, say scientists dissecting a rare specimen.
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KenyaKenya may use funds intended to resettle the displaced to help find some $300m to pay for the new coalition cabinet.
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MexicoMexican troops close off a Tijuana hospital to protect suspected drug traffickers wounded in gang warfare.
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PakistanShoaib Akhtar loses his appeal against a five-year ban imposed by the Pakistan Cricket Board but can still play overseas.
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Ethiopia, 
SomaliaAt least 12 Somalis are shot dead by Ethiopian troops in an apparent revenge attack in Baidoa, say eyewitnesses.
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China, 
United StatesUS officials say Chinese-made ingredients for a blood-thinning drug may have been deliberately contaminated.
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North KoreaA survey of media freedom reports losses and gains in E Asia - and North Korea is still bottom of the list.
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AfghanistanAfghan officials in Kabul say they have killed three insurgents linked to Sunday's attack on President Karzai.
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TurkeyTurkey's vote to amend a law that limits freedom of speech is welcomed by the EU.
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Israel, 
West BankFormer Israeli generals and senior Palestinians put forward a plan for kick-starting the West Bank's economy.
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IsraelTwelve Palestinian factions agree to proposals for a truce with Israel, Egypt's state news agency says.
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AustriaAustria's chancellor says he is determined not to let the cellar family case darken the country's reputation.
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AfghanistanThe BBC hears that rising rates of child health issues in Afghanistan may be linked to depleted uranium weapons.
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ChinaChinese police rescue more than 100 children sold to work as slave labourers in Guangdong.
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ChinaA lethal intestinal virus which has already claimed 20 lives could cause more deaths in eastern China.
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India, United StatesIndia's Essar Steel is to buy the American steel company, Esmark, in a $778m (£392m) deal.
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Georgia, RussiaNato says Russia's troop build-up in Georgia's two breakaway regions risks escalating tension in the area.
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AustriaThe Austrian man accused of keeping his daughter in a cellar for 24 years, refuses to explain his acts.
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South AfricaA South African judge rules it is illegal to force township residents to install prepaid water metres.
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RussiaChampions League organiser Uefa is arranging plans to help English supporters with final tickets in Moscow to get "express" Russian visas.
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Belarus, United StatesThe US says a decision by Belarus to order the expulsion of 10 of its diplomats in Minsk is "unwarranted".
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United StatesAl-Qaeda remains the greatest terrorist threat to the US, according to a US state department report.
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PakistanThe leaders of Pakistan's new ruling coalition make progress in crucial talks about sacked judges, aides say.
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ZimbabweZimbabwe's opposition is behind electoral fraud and violence, the influential police chief says.
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Iraq, United StatesMore than 400 people have been killed in fighting in Baghdad in April, say officials at hospitals in Iraq's capital.
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United StatesThe Federal Reserve makes a further cut in US interest rates, reducing them to 2% from 2.25%.
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