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BoliviaBolivian President Evo Morales declares a national disaster as floods leave more than 50 dead.
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ZimbabweZimbabwe's main opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, is robbed at gunpoint in South Africa, police say.
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United StatesUS screenwriters approve a deal struck by union leaders at the weekend, ending a three-month long strike.
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IndiaAuthorities in West Bengal lift a ban on sale of poultry after declaring that the bird flu epidemic is under control.
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United StatesThe US envoy visits Okinawa to address rising anger over the alleged rape of a 14-year-old girl by a US marine.
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AustriaThe first major United Nations conference on the growing problem of human trafficking is to open in Vienna.
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IndiaA new government report finds India's tiger population has fallen drastically during the past five years.
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PakistanPakistan says it has successfully fired a short-range missile capable of carrying nuclear warheads.
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IrelandFormer Italy coach Giovanni Trapattoni is the hot favourite to be named as Republic of Ireland boss on Wednesday.
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United StatesBarack Obama wins the latest US Democratic presidential primaries as John McCain wins Republican contests.
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BelgiumPrince Charles is to meet senior European Union figures in Brussels and a separate visit by Gordon Brown is imminent.
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SyriaA blast destroys a car in a residential neighbourhood in the Syrian capital Damascus, killing a passer-by.
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United StatesUS film and TV writers approve a deal struck by union leaders at the weekend, ending a three-month strike.
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MalaysiaMalaysian Premier Abdullah Badawi dissolves parliament, paving the way for an early general election.
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MozambiqueMozambique's government cuts diesel prices for private minibus taxis after deadly riots.
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Nicaragua, 
ColombiaNicaragua protests formally to Colombia over alleged intimidation of its fishermen in disputed waters.
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United StatesThe Detroit area had the highest rate of US homes facing foreclosure in 2007, with California close behind.
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KenyaThe head of the Kenyan government team at crisis talks expresses anger with chief mediator Kofi Annan.
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United States, 
ChinaUS filmmaker Steven Spielberg withdraws as an artistic adviser at the Olympics over China's role in Darfur.
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Pakistan, 
AustraliaAustralia are unlikely to tour Pakistan in March because of security fears.
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ChinaThe increase in media harassment in Africa is partly blamed on China by rights group Reporters Without Borders.
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FranceFrance's First Lady, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, apologises for comparing a French magazine to the war-time pro-Nazi press.
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IndiaA top politician is arrested in the Indian city of Mumbai (Bombay) for stoking communal tensions.
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United StatesFour Florida police officers are suspended after tipping a quadriplegic man out of his wheelchair to search him.
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IndiaAn engineer working with Indian firm Tata says he plans to sell an emission-free car that runs on compressed air.
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Iraq, United StatesA Baghdad hospital official is being questioned over the alleged use of mental patients in bomb attacks, the US says.
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IraqIraqi MPs pass three important laws after weeks of delays and brinkmanship between rival factions.
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IranAyatollah Khomeini's grandson is one of hundreds of candidates reinstated in Iran's parliamentary election.
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ItalyA man who barricaded himself into a day-care centre in southern Italy gives himself up to the police, say reports.
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IranAn Iranian judge quashes the death sentence given to a woman who killed the wife of a former football star.
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ZimbabweZimbabwe is described as a sad nation full of fear by an ex-minister as he launches his manifesto for president.
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IrelandGiovanni Trapattoni is appointed Republic of Ireland manager and he wants Liam Brady as his assistant.
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United StatesEU officials say US attempts to renegotiate a deal on exchanging air passenger information is "disrespectful".
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FranceReigning Tour de France champion Alberto Contador may not get the chance to defend his title after his Astana team are banned from this year's race.
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FranceA French court sentences a former Eta military commander to 30 years in prison for the attempted murder of a policeman.
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United StatesPresident George W Bush signs off the two-year bipartisan $167bn (£86bn) US economic stimulus plan.
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PakistanTwo Pakistani men held over the murder of Benazir Bhutto confess to helping her attacker, police say.
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GeorgiaUK police are examining the sudden death of Georgian opposition leader and tycoon Badri Patarkatsishvili.
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Syria, 
LebanonSenior Hezbollah commander Imad Mughniyeh - a wanted fugitive - is killed in a blast in Syria, the group says.
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United StatesUS President George Bush urges Congress to pass new rules for warrantless wiretaps of foreign terror suspects.
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NorwayEverton close in on a place in the last 16 of the Uefa Cup with victory against SK Brann in Norway.
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Uganda, 
Sudan, 
Central African RepublicHundreds of Ugandan rebels are on the move towards the Central African Republic, a Sudanese official says.
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BoliviaBolivia estimates some 60,000 families have been affected by floods, which show no signs of abating.
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IndiaOne million people a year will die from tobacco smoking in India in the 2010s, research predicts.
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United StatesThere are angry exchanges as US baseball star Roger Clemens is grilled by Congress over doping claims.
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United StatesThe US welcomes the killing of top Hezbollah commander Imad Mughniyeh, implicated in numerous bomb attacks.
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Russia, IranRussia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attacks Iran for its stance on its nuclear and rocket ambitions.
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RussiaSt Valentine's Day may be romantic but Duncan Bartlett in Moscow finds it can also be an expensive business.
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