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PakistanPakistan's President Musharraf says Benazir Bhutto may have been shot dead, contradicting official accounts.
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Israel, 
United StatesPalestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat blames Israel for stepping up attacks ahead of the US president's visit.
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AfghanistanThousands of Pakistanis are fleeing into Afghanistan as the security situation worsens in tribal regions.
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United KingdomFifa boss Sepp Blatter tells BBC Sport he is surprised England have appointed another foreign coach to lead the national side.
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ChinaHundreds of people in central China are expelled from the Communist Party for violating the one-child policy.
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United StatesAsian shares slide after US jobs data raises fears about a possible recession.
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PakistanGunmen in Pakistan kill eight pro-government tribal leaders in South Waziristan region, officials say.
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Sri LankaMore than 70 Tamil Tiger rebels and four soldiers have been killed since Saturday in clashes, Sri Lanka's government says.
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United StatesAn al-Qaeda spokesman calls for a bombing campaign in the Middle East to mark the US leader's visit this week.
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India, 
AustraliaIndia suspend their tour of Australia pending the outcome of an appeal against Harbhajan Singh's three-match ban.
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United StatesUS envoy Christopher Hill says the US will persevere in talks with N Korea, as he begins a regional tour.
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Somalia, United KingdomSomalia's interim President Abdullahi Yusuf is in a London hospital, after collapsing last week.
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EgyptThree Egyptian policemen are jailed for torturing a prisoner and parading him in public in women's underclothes.
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Philippines, United KingdomA man who has spent most of his life in Wales is deported to the Philippines after breaching his Asbo.
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JapanJapanese pop star Ayumi Hamasaki reveals she has gone deaf in her left ear, but vows to continue her tour of Asia.
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SpainThe Diary of Anne Frank is to be made into a Spanish musical, to open in Madrid next month.
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ItalyThe Italian army battles against huge piles of rubbish clogging the streets of Naples.
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Democratic Republic of the CongoDelegates of rebel General Laurent Nkunda arrive at a peace conference on the war in the east of DR Congo.
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AustraliaThousands of people remain stranded by some of the worst flooding in eastern Australia for 20 years.
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South KoreaAt least 40 people are thought to have died in a warehouse fire in Icheon, South Korea.
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JapanJapanese car sales fall to a 35-year low as a shrinking population and limited wage growth hurt demand.
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KenyaKenya's opposition leader calls off nationwide protest rallies planned for Tuesday over disputed elections.
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Iraq, United StatesA double bombing kills 14 in Baghdad, including the head of a US-backed Sunni armed group fighting al-Qaeda.
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IraqReports from Iraq say the country's biggest oil refinery, at Baiji, is badly damaged in a huge fire.
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LiberiaThe trial of Liberia's ex-President Charles Taylor sees footage of mutilated victims of the Sierra Leone conflict.
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Sri LankaEmirates says that it is ending its management contract with Sri Lanka's national carrier in March.
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GeorgiaMikhail Saakashvili is on course for re-election as president of Georgia, but the opposition cries foul.
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BermudaLewis Hamilton insists he can shake off last season's disappointment and "do an even better job" in the new campaign.
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AfghanistanA former Taleban commander who switched sides is made governor of the Afghan town of Musa Qala.
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Chad, 
SudanChad warplanes bomb Sudan's Darfur province, leaving six people dead, according to the United Nations.
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United StatesThe US Supreme Court begins hearing a challenge to lethal injections that has halted executions for months.
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BahrainKing Hamad of Bahrain appoints his son, the crown prince, as deputy commander-in-chief of the army.
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IsraelIsraeli and Palestinian negotiators meet to discuss peace talks ahead of George Bush's visit to the region.
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United StatesUS presidential hopefuls hold a frantic day of campaigning before Tuesday's New Hampshire primary.
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United StatesScot Kenny Richey is given his freedom by a US court after spending 20 years on death row.
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KenyaKenya's President Kibaki invites opposition rival Raila Odinga for talks - but Mr Odinga sets conditions.
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ItalyPlans to exhume Padre Pio - one of Italy's most popular saints - are attacked by his relatives and followers.
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CanadaCanadian prosecutors say they will appeal the second-degree murder convictions of serial killer Robert Pickton.
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United StatesPresident George W Bush says the US economy has a strong base but growth cannot be taken for granted.
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Iran, United StatesThe US accuses Iran of "provocative actions", saying Iranian boats threatened to blow up US ships.
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