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ChinaThe World Bank says China's economic boom will soften this year's expected global economic slowdown.
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BoliviaBolivian President Evo Morales and opposition governors agree to draw up a pact of national unity in crisis talks.
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Antarctica, 
Aruba, 
JapanAn Australian customs vessel heads south to Antarctica to monitor activities of the Japanese whaling fleet.
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FranceNicolas Sarkozy says his country will stop broadcasting its multi-language 24-hour news channel, France 24.
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IranAt least 28 people die in Iran's heaviest snowfall in recent years, as the authorities call a two-day national holiday.
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United StatesBear Stearns chief executive James Cayne resigns after the bank made huge losses in the US mortgage market.
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ChinaThe Chinese government announces a crackdown on plastic bags, in a bid to cut pollution and save resources.
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India, 
AustraliaFormer Test referee Clive Lloyd criticises the decision to axe umpire Steve Bucknor for the third Test between Australia and India.
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NigerThe director of a private radio station in Niger is killed in a rare landmine explosion in the capital, Niamey.
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Sri LankaSri Lanka increases security for members of parliament a day after a minister is assassinated.
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GeorgiaOfficial results confirm Mikhail Saakashvili's victory in presidential elections in Georgia last week.
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Iran, United StatesIran's Revolutionary Guards say the US faked evidence that its ships were harassed by Iranian speedboats.
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MaldivesA boy scout in the Maldives who is being praised for saving the president's life says he acted instinctively.
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United StatesDemocrat Hillary Clinton and Republican John McCain both make comebacks to win their New Hampshire primaries.
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South AfricaThe head of an elite anti-crime team probing South African police chief Jackie Selebi is arrested.
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SpainSpain says it is holding two men suspected of carrying out the deadly 2006 Madrid airport bombing.
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South AfricaPeter de Villiers replaces Jake White as South Africa coach.
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PakistanPeople across South Asia struggle to cope with severe shortages of affordable wheat and rice.
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NigeriaNigeria's outgoing anti-corruption chief issues an arrest warrant for another ex-governor, Lucky Igbinedion.
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South AfricaCricket Australia and South Africa batsman Boeta Dippenaar back Ricky Ponting's team after criticism of their on-field behaviour.
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NetherlandsA Dutch developer's withdrawal from a science park project is blamed on animal rights protesters.
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United KingdomApple is to cut the price it charges in the UK for music downloads from iTunes within six months.
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Ghana, United KingdomA dialysis patient is forced to return to Ghana, despite being terminally ill, after losing a fight over a visa.
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Malaysia, IndiaMalaysia says there is no ban on workers from India, but officials say a more stringent policy is in place.
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Israel, United StatesUS President Bush begins talks in Israel at the start of a landmark visit to the region to boost peace negotiations.
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Liberia, 
Sierra LeoneA former bodyguard of ex-Liberian leader Charles Taylor tells of secret radio links with a Sierra Leone warlord.
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Kenya, GhanaGhana's President John Kufuor holds separate talks with both sides in Kenya's crisis over disputed elections.
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FranceA French court rules that press articles on alcohol should be subject to advertising regulations and carry health warnings.
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PakistanPakistan hits out at UN concerns that its nuclear weapons could fall into the hands of Islamist militants.
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Afghanistan, Pakistan, IranHeavy snow causes scores of deaths and disruption in parts of Iran, Afghanistan, Central Asia and Pakistan.
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ChinaChinese migrant workers are told they must declare their political views when registering for permits.
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United StatesNew Hampshire primary wins by John McCain and Hillary Clinton leave the race for the White House wide open.
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IndiaIndia's Tata Motors will on Thursday launch the world's cheapest car, selling for just $2,500.
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CubaA former CIA operative who became an outspoken critic of the agency has died in Cuba aged 72.
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United StatesAt least three people die in a 50-car pile up on a motorway obscured by fog and smoke in the US state of Florida.
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Serbia and MontenegroKosovo MPs back a coalition government led by Hashim Thaci, who is pushing for independence from Serbia.
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ChinaThe beating to death of a man in China who filmed a row between officials and villagers prompts a nationwide outcry.
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Iraq, United StatesSix US soldiers die in at blast at an explosives-rigged house in Iraq's Diyala province, the US military says.
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United StatesA US man confesses to throwing his four children off an Alabama bridge after a dispute with his wife, police say.
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