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Afghanistan, 
United StatesAfghanistan risks turning into a failed state and becoming a forgotten war, a US study says.
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BurmaBurma punishes 43 officials for recruiting child soldiers, state media say, as the UN urges sanctions on the issue.
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ArubaThe Australian government will issue a formal apology to Aborigines when parliament convenes on 13 February.
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Afghanistan, United StatesWomen stage a rare demonstration in Afghanistan calling for the release of a kidnapped US aid worker.
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TurkeyTurkey's ruling AK Party and opposition MPs present a plan to ease the headscarf ban in universities.
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Democratic Republic of the CongoAt least 100 passengers are feared dead as a boat sinks off the shore of the DR Congo on Lake Tanganyika.
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AfghanistanThe upper house of the Afghan parliament supports a death sentence issued against a journalist for blasphemy.
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BurmaPro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi meets allies for the second time since last year's crackdown in Burma.
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LibyaLibyan leader Muammar Gaddafi warns he will turn his back on Africa if continental unity is again rejected.
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CanadaCanada re-opened a nuclear reactor despite safety risks, the nuclear watchdog's former head tells parliament.
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PakistanPakistani police say they have captured a leading militant, Qasim Toori, in a shoot-out in the city of Karachi.
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France, 
United KingdomScotland relegate Chris Paterson to the bench and give centre Nick De Luca his debut in Sunday's Six Nations clash with France.
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United StatesJohn McCain wins a close victory in Florida over Mitt Romney in the Republican battle to run for US president.
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ChinaThe Chinese government deploys almost half a million troops to help people hit by the worst snow in decades.
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ParaguayParaguay declares a health alert to try to prevent a dengue fever epidemic as 100 possible cases are detected.
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IsraelIsraeli PM Ehud Olmert awaits the publication of the final report into the conduct of the 2006 Lebanon war.
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IranIranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says that Iran is approaching the "summit" of nuclear development.
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EgyptPalestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and his Hamas rivals hold separate talks in Cairo over Gaza's border breach.
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ChinaAt least 15 people drown and one is missing after two ships collide on China's Yangtze river near Shanghai.
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BurmaBurma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi tells her party she is "not satisfied" after talks with the junta.
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IranThe head of Iran's judiciary issues a order that no executions be carried out in public without his permission.
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PakistanThe deposed chief justice of Pakistan says President Musharraf is an "extremist general" for sacking him.
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Pakistan, 
ZimbabweMohammad Yousuf hits an unbeaten century to steer Pakistan to a seven-wicket victory over Zimbabwe in the fourth one-day international.
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United StatesUS economic growth drops to a weaker-than-expected annual rate of 0.6% in the final quarter of 2007.
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NigeriaOver 100 children found packed in a minibus heading for an Islamic school are returned to their families.
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United KingdomThe European Commission backs a system of food labelling opposed by the UK regulator.
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KenyaThe US envoy to Africa says the violence in Kenya's Rift Valley after December's election was ethnic cleansing.
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IrelandAn Air Canada flight is diverted to Ireland after a pilot apparently suffers a mental breakdown.
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RussiaEurope's election watchdog says Russia's curbs make it impossible for the body to monitor presidential polls.
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FranceThe board of directors at the scandal-hit French bank Societe Generale backs the bank's chief Daniel Bouton.
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BangladeshThe much-delayed extortion trial of the former Bangladeshi Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, formally begins.
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UgandaAt least nine Ugandan builders are killed after the school building they were working on collapsed.
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FranceThe French trader that incurred massive losses for Societe Generale was in profit at the start of 2008.
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ItalyThe president backs the formation of an interim government after the fall of Romano Prodi's administration.
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Israel, 
LebanonIsrael's 2006 war against Hezbollah in Lebanon was a "large and serious" failure, an official inquiry finds.
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CameroonCameroon's Samuel Eto'o becomes the top scorer in the history of the Africa Cup of Nations as the Indomitable Lions reach the last eight.
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RussiaJailed Russian former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky starts hunger strike in support of sick colleague.
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IndiaA survey carried out among corporate executives in India suggests changing attitudes to office affairs.
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United StatesDemocrat John Edwards quits the White House race without backing any rivals, after failing to win a single contest.
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United StatesThe US Federal Reserve lowers interest rates to 3%, its second cut in nine days, in a bid to ward off recession.
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SlovakiaSlovakia delays ratification of the EU reform treaty amid opposition protests over a government bill.
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United StatesStarbucks will open fewer US stores as Americans hit by the economic slowdown cut back on expensive coffee.
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