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GermanyA couple filmed in Sicily are identified as German tourists and not a most-wanted FBI fugitive and his girlfriend.
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NepalA leader of an ethnically based political movement in Nepal says talks with the government have collapsed.
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CubaCuba's new President Raul Castro meets a senior Vatican official for his first diplomatic talks since taking office.
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United States, 
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Czech RepublicThe Czech prime minister defends a US missile shield plan on Czech soil, brushing off strong criticism from Russia.
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United StatesThe dollar falls to a fresh record low against the euro due to renewed fears that the US may be facing recession.
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Israel, 
Gaza StripFive militants from the Islamist movement Hamas have been killed in an Israeli air strike in the Gaza Strip.
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CambodiaA former Khmer Rouge prison chief cries as he visits one of Cambodia's most notorious torture sites.
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AfghanistanThe Nato-led force in Afghanistan says two of its soldiers have been killed in the east of the country.
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GermanyGermany's highest court restricts the right of the security services to spy on suspects' computers.
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ChinaWater supplies have been cut to a town in China's Hubei province after pollution turned a river red.
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NigeriaNigeria's President Umaru Yar'Adua rejects a huge spending hike, including a pay rise for MPs.
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France, 
ChadFrance's leader is to urge Chad to investigate the fate of two missing politicians on a visit to N'Djamena.
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IsraelOmri Sharon, son of the ex-Israeli premier, starts a jail term fraud over a 1999 Likud leadership contest.
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SudanA campaign is launched to push for the arrest of two men accused of war crimes in Sudan's Darfur region.
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Japan, United StatesCondoleezza Rice voices deep regret over a US marine's alleged rape of a Japanese girl in Okinawa.
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Iraq, 
Turkey, United StatesUS Defence Secretary Robert Gates says he will tell Turkey to end its military operations in northern Iraq quickly.
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Pakistan, United StatesThe US says any new government in Pakistan should be wary of holding talks with pro-Taleban militants.
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Gaza StripThe water authority in the Gaza Strip urges people to boil drinking water to avoid the spread of disease.
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ChileAt least eight people die after a small police plane crashes in the Chilean capital, Santiago.
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Liechtenstein, GermanyLiechtenstein opens an inquiry over the alleged theft of client data now being used in a German tax probe.
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United KingdomThe biggest earthquake in the UK for nearly 25 years is felt across large parts of England and Wales.
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SingaporeSuspected local Jemaah Islamiah leader Mas Selamat Kastari escapes from jail in Singapore.
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Federated States of Micronesia, RussiaA Moldovan journalist is stopped from entering Russia for a second time on the grounds she is a security threat.
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BrazilExterminators looking for termites find the "mummified" bodies of two nuns in a Sao Paulo monastery.
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Israel, Gaza StripAn Israeli is killed in a barrage of rockets fired by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip.
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SudanThousands protest in Sudan's capital about the reprinting of cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad.
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South AfricaA video apparently showing white students humiliating black employees causes outrage in South Africa.
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TurkeyA Turkish opposition party asks the Constitutional Court to overturn a recent reform allowing headscarves in universities.
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BangladeshThe anti-corruption commission in Bangladesh files new charges against detained former PM Khaleda Zia.
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Russia, 
IranRussia says it may support more UN sanctions against Iran if it does not stop some nuclear activity.
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ChinaA senior Communist Party official calls for compensation for water diverted to Beijing for the Olympics.
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NigeriaA badly beaten Nigerian woman wants the world to see photos of her injuries despite nudity complaints.
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Iraq, TurkeyA Turkish official says military action against the PKK in northern Iraq will go on "until terrorist bases are eliminated".
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United States, Czech RepublicThe EU says it could take legal action in response to a visa pact signed by the US and Czech Republic.
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KenyaKenya's opposition leader Raila Odinga calls off Thursday's mass protests after meeting ex-UN head Kofi Annan.
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United StatesFederal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke hints that the central bank may cut US interest rates still further.
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Italy, United StatesThe Sicilian Mafia is sending people to the US to rebuild links with families, says an Italian parliamentary report.
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SomaliaPeople smugglers operating in north-eastern Somalia will face the death penalty, the region's leader tells the BBC.
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