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PeruPeru convicts four members of a death squad of a 1992 massacre of 10 people at a university in Lima.
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FinlandA Finnish tourist who chipped an ear off an Easter Island statue is fined $17,000 and told to stay away for three years.
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JapanJapanese parliamentarians back Masaaki Shirakawa as head of the central bank after rejecting two other hopefuls.
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Aruba, 
ChinaAustralian PM Kevin Rudd uses a speech in Beijing to urge China to address "significant" rights problems in Tibet.
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Israel, 
PolandPoland's PM visits Israel to discuss compensation for Holocaust victims and improving Jewish views of his country.
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VietnamA baby-smuggling gang in Vietnam sold up to 30 babies in six months, Hanoi investigators find.
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Egypt, 
United KingdomEgypt complains to UK after the head of the Egyptian Coptic Church is subjected to a security search.
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IndiaA rebel cricket league involving India, Pakistan and a Rest of the World XI is due to get under way in India.
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ChadSenegal amends its constitution to allow the trial of Chad ex-leader Hissene Habre for alleged abuses.
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South AfricaThe South African state power company says electricity prices need to double in the next two years.
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RussiaTwo members of a doomsday sect holed up in a cave since October have died, a survivor tells Russian media.
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Denmark, 
Sweden, 
SwitzerlandDenmark tops the table of most networked economies, followed by Sweden and Switzerland.
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South Africa, 
ZimbabweSouth Africa's governing ANC head Jacob Zuma says Zimbabwe should have released its poll results by now.
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United StatesUS doctors have carried out what is believed to be the world's first simultaneous six-way kidney transplant.
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Iraq, United StatesAt least six people are killed in mortar attacks on the fifth anniversary of Baghdad's capture by US troops.
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Iraq, 
AustraliaAustralia will offer permanent homes to 600 Iraqi employees when it pulls out of Iraq later this year.
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MexicoMexico's president sends an energy reform bill to Congress that he says will boost faltering state oil giant Pemex.
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Hong KongThe Hong Kong budget airline Oasis stops flying and applies for liquidation, leaving passengers stranded.
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United StatesPro-Tibet protesters march in San Francisco as the city braces itself for the next leg of the Olympic torch relay.
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NepalAt least six Maoists and another protester are killed by Nepal police ahead of Thursday's elections.
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Egypt, 
Gaza StripEgypt warns that it will not accept any further violation of its border with the Gaza Strip.
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North Korea, United StatesNorth Korea says a deal is reached with the US over disclosure of its nuclear activities.
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ChinaChina reaffirms a commitment to take the Olympic torch through Tibet despite strong international pressure.
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LibyaLibya frees 90 members of a banned Islamic group from jail after talks negotiated by the Libyan leader's son.
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NigeriaHome buyers are tear gassed and flogged whilst queueing to buy houses in Nigeria's capital sold off by the civil service.
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ZimbabweEuropean Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso says the people of Zimbabwe have voted for change.
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BurmaA constitution drafted by Burma's military rulers goes on sale in government shops, ahead of a May referendum.
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United StatesIndia allows the Tibetan monk the Karmapa Lama to travel to the US next month - his first foreign trip for eight years.
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Colombia, 
EcuadorEcuador's defence minister resigns unexpectedly amid a row with neighbouring Colombia over a cross-border raid.
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IsraelIsrael says it will refuse entry to a UN official appointed to investigate Israeli human rights abuses.
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KenyaKenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga asks his supporters to exercise restraint after talks break down.
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Serbia and MontenegroKosovo adopts a new constitution, almost two months after declaring independence from Serbia.
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Zimbabwe, 
ZambiaZambia announces a regional emergency meeting to discuss Zimbabwe's post-election impasse.
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United StatesThe US economy is heading for a recession that will reverberate around the globe, the IMF warns.
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IndiaIndia's northeastern state of Assam sets up an enquiry into the deaths of more than 20 people after they ate mushrooms.
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SlovakiaSlovakia's opposition threatens to block ratification of the EU treaty as a controversial media law is passed.
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Pakistan, IndiaA group of 52 Hindu pilgrims from Pakistan visits a famous Indian shrine in Jammu and Kashmir state.
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South KoreaPolls close in South Korea's parliamentary elections, with the ruling party looking poised to secure an overall majority.
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VenezuelaVenezuela continues the nationalisation of its industries, taking over its largest steel maker.
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United StatesAmerican Airlines cancels more flights after grounding its MD-80 aircraft to inspect their wiring.
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Afghanistan, United StatesThe US says Abu Obaidah al-Masri, reputedly al-Qaeda's mastermind in Afghanistan, has died.
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Colombia, EcuadorEcuador's top four military commanders resign after the president accuses the military of aiding Colombia.
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HaitiHaiti's President Rene Preval tells impoverished Haitians rioting over soaring food costs to stop.
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