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EgyptThousands of Egyptian football fans fill the streets after Egypt's victory in the Africa Cup of Nations.
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United StatesUS actor Roy Scheider, best known for playing the police chief in the first two Jaws movies, dies at the age of 75.
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Sri LankaSuspected rebels detonate a landmine in northern Sri Lanka, killing two police officers, the military says.
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Democratic Republic of the CongoA former Congolese rebel leader is to appear in court in The Hague on war crimes allegations.
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United Kingdom, 
ChinaBritish Olympic officials insist there is no intention to gag athletes from making political comment in China during the 2008 Games in Beijing.
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EgyptThousands of Egyptian football fans fill the streets after Egypt's victory in the Africa Cup of Nations.
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ChadThe EU hopes to restart its peacekeeping mission to Chad this week after clashes in the capital.
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East TimorEast Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta is in a "serious but stable" condition after being shot at by rebels.
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Spain, 
RwandaRwanda urges foreign governments and Interpol to ignore Spanish arrest warrants for 40 Rwandan army officers.
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IndiaThousands of followers of Indian guru Maharishi Mahesh Yogi attend his cremation in northern India.
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FranceThe French president "never sent" a text message urging his ex-wife to come back, his lawyer says.
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Venezuela, United StatesVenezuela president threatens to cut off oil supplies to the US if it continues an "economic war".
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IndiaShares in Reliance Power fall 17% on their first day of trading in India's biggest stock market flotation.
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South Korea, 
North KoreaA 600-year-old gate considered South Korea's greatest national treasure is partly destroyed by fire.
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ZimbabweZimbabwe's main opposition leader says he will not join forces with an ex-minister for next month's polls.
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CambodiaHuman rights organisation Amnesty International calls for an end to forced evictions in Cambodia.
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Japan, United StatesA US marine is arrested in Okinawa, southern Japan, over the alleged rape of a 14-year-old schoolgirl.
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IranIran's president warns his government will not back down one iota in its nuclear dispute with the West.
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Netherlands, FranceEx-Dutch MP Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a target of death threats from radical Islamists, seeks French citizenship.
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Iraq, 
RussiaRussia has agreed to write off $12bn (£6bn) of Iraqi debt built up by the Saddam Hussein regime.
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Afghanistan, 
PakistanA leading Afghan Taleban fighter is captured after a shootout in south-west Pakistan, police say.
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Senegal, 
Argentina, 
ChileThe 2009 Dakar Rally will take place in Argentina and Chile after this year's race was cancelled because of safety concerns.
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KenyaThe United Nations believes up to 600,000 people have been forced to flee their homes in Kenya.
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East TimorAuthorities in East Timor impose a night-time curfew after an attack on President Jose Ramos-Horta.
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SpainSpanish police arrest 14 suspected members of Batasuna, a party outlawed for links to Eta separatists.
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IndonesiaThe former boss of Indonesia's national airline is jailed for a year for his part in a prominent murder case.
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KenyaKenya introduces a free secondary school education programme, despite the post-lection violence.
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TurkeyA senior Euro MP has warned the Turkish government that the EU is losing patience over changes to Ankara's penal code.
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Chad, 
SudanChad says it cannot absorb any more Sudanese refugees, after a weekend influx of 12,000 people.
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FrancePaintings by Cezanne, Degas, Van Gogh and Monet worth $160m are stolen from a Zurich museum.
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UruguayUruguayan President Tabare Vazquez replaces half his cabinet, including defence and foreign ministers.
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Pakistan, IndiaThe Pakistani human rights minister says that he has traced an Indian who has been in prison for 35 years.
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Afghanistan, PakistanPakistan's ambassador to Afghanistan goes missing near the border and is feared kidnapped.
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China, United StatesFour people are accused of passing US defence secrets - including information on the space shuttle - to China.
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Iraq, United StatesUS Defence Secretary Robert Gates says the US may "pause" pulling troops out of Iraq.
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United StatesThe Pentagon announces charges against six Guantanamo Bay inmates over the 9/11 attacks.
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