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RussiaPeople in Western countries think Russia's President Putin is harming democracy, a BBC poll suggests.
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MadagascarNearly 145,000 people have been left homeless by a cyclone that tore through Madagascar killing 44 people.
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Sri LankaMilitary officials in Sri Lanka say two people were killed in a suicide bombing by a suspected Tamil Tiger rebel.
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IndiaA court in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal sends a top Maoist leader to police custody after his arrest.
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ChinaThree people receive life sentences from a Chinese court for their roles in a mine explosion that killed 105.
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FranceNo Country For Old Men dominates the Oscars, winning four awards, including best film and best director.
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South Korea, 
North KoreaLee Myung-bak is sworn in as South Korea's president following a landslide victory in December polls.
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Costa RicaAndy Roddick wins his first trophy since August by beating Radek Stepanek in the final of the San Jose Open.
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North KoreaThe New York Philharmonic orchestra arrives in North Korea, for a remarkable display of cultural diplomacy.
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SomaliaIslamist insurgents seize control of a Somali town, killing nine government troops, before pulling back.
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IndonesiaIndonesia has lifted a tsunami warning put in place after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake off the island of Sumatra.
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IndiaIndia's Ishant Sharma is fined 15% of his match fee for an "aggressive gesture" to Andrew Symonds.
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South AfricaSouth Africa's Gold Fields says that power cuts will cut production by 20% to 25% and threaten 6,900 jobs.
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AfghanistanThe Taleban threaten to blow up Afghan mobile phone masts unless the companies switch off at night time.
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IndiaAn influential group of Muslim theologians in India say terrorism is against the teachings of Islam.
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CubaCuba's National Assembly unanimously votes to confirm Raul Castro as president to replace his brother Fidel.
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SudanThe UN warns that up to 58,000 people in Darfur are suffering after bombing in the Sudanese region.
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United KingdomScotland's Scott MacLeod is retrospectively cleared of taking a controlled asthma medicine without permission.
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IraqThree pilgrims are killed in an attack in Baghdad, as a bomber in a wheelchair attacks police in Samarra.
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United Kingdom, ChinaAfter Stephen Spielberg resigns, a UK director says he is 'uncomfortable' with his own role in the Beijing Olympics.
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Serbia and MontenegroThe man tipped as Russia's next leader visits Serbia as the two states oppose Kosovan independence.
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South AfricaSouth Africa says it will reverse a ban on elephant culls because the population now needs controlling.
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United KingdomThe time has come for a referendum on whether Britain should stay in the EU, Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg says.
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ZimbabweZimbabwe's former Finance Minister Simba Makoni says he does not want an alliance against Robert Mugabe.
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PakistanThe Pakistan army's top surgeon is killed by a suicide attack in the city of Rawalpindi, the army says.
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Afghanistan, 
United StatesTributes are paid at the Oscars award ceremony in Hollywood to a young Afghan taxi driver who died in US military detention
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Netherlands, 
Belgium, FranceBelgium's Dutch- and French-speaking parties reach a compromise to end months of deadlock.
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AfghanistanAn Afghan reporter sentenced to death for blasphemy says his trial lasted just four minutes.
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United StatesWorldwide credit card group Visa aims to raise more than $18bn in the biggest US share float to date.
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United StatesThe US will accept "binding international obligations" on climate if other nations do the same, say officials.
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IsraelThousands of Palestinians form a human chain inside the Gaza Strip to protest against Israel's blockade.
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ItalyThieves who dug an underground tunnel to a Milan showroom have stolen several million pounds of jewellery.
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Iraq, 
TurkeyThe Turkish army says it has killed 41 more Kurdish rebels in the latest clashes in northern Iraq.
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CyprusThe Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders are optimistic that they can make progress towards reunification.
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BelarusThe EU urges Belarus to free a jailed dissident, who is on hunger strike, so he can attend his wife's funeral.
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TurkeyA number of Turkish universities defy a new law allowing women students to wear Islamic headscarves.
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KenyaFormer UN Secretary General Kofi Annan says rival parties in Kenya appear unable to resolve their differences.
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