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East TimorTrying for prosperity after peace in East Timor
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Canada, 
ChinaHow one Canadian talked his way to fame in China
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PakistanFormer PM Nawaz Sharif condemns Pakistan's president at an angry rally outside the national parliament.
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United StatesA US judge removes himself from an obscenity trial after it emerges that his own website features explicit images.
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United StatesUS teenager aims to become youngest to sail around the world
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Gaza StripFactional violence in the Gaza Strip has badly damaged the territory's social fabric, a senior Hamas official tells the BBC.
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BoliviaThe tough life of Bolivia's child miners
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IrelandEU at a crossroads after Ireland votes 'No'
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New Zealand, 
United KingdomA young England side are put to the sword by the All Blacks in Auckland.
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Ireland, 
AustraliaIreland go down 18-12 to a new-look Australia side in Melbourne.
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Ireland, 
PortugalGovernments in the EU examine their options after Irish voters reject the Lisbon reform treaty in a referendum.
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United StatesKevin Connolly reports from the US where rules on TV advertising are quite different from other Western countries.
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Egypt, Gaza StripA bleak trip down Gaza's deadly smuggling tunnels
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JapanJapan's main island is hit by strong quake
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IndiaA row in India's richest family could derail a $70bn telecoms merger between Reliance Communications and MTN.
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FrancePresident George Bush has held talks with France's Nicolas Sarkozy on the latest leg of his "farewell" European tour.
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JapanAt least six people are killed and more than 140 injured by a powerful earthquake in the north of Japan's main island.
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AfghanistanAfghan security forces hunt for hundreds of prisoners who escaped from a jail after Taleban fighters blew up the main gate.
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IranIran rejects any suspension of its nuclear enrichment, as EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana offers an incentives package.
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EthiopiaEthiopia's health minister says UN claims that six million children need help because of drought are a "fabrication".
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United StatesThe US space shuttle Discovery successfully lands at Florida's Kennedy space station despite the earlier loss of a rudder clip.
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United KingdomA strike by fuel tanker drivers over pay starts to hit the supply of petrol and diesel at petrol stations in parts of Britain.
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United StatesA host of stars pay tribute to Warren Beatty, who has received a lifetime achievement award from the American Film Institute.
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Iran, JapanA Japanese student abducted in south-eastern Iran in October has been released, Tehran's intelligence minister says.
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South Africa, 
MozambiqueA Mozambican man is burned alive by a mob during disturbances near the South African capital Pretoria.
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Sweden, 
SpainSpain coach Luis Aragones says his side were rewarded for their perseverance in the 2-1 win over Sweden.
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United KingdomA strike by fuel tanker drivers over pay starts to hit the supply of petrol and diesel at petrol stations in parts of Britain.
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Kenya, 
RwandaKenyan police say the man they arrested earlier was not Rwandan genocide suspect Felicien Kabuga.
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Greece, 
RussiaEuropean champions Greece crash out of Euro 2008 after a 1-0 defeat by Russia.
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Sweden, SpainSpain book a Euro 2008 quarter-final spot after beating Sweden thanks to David Villa's injury-time winner.
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ChinaChinese rescue workers hindered by toxic gas abandon a search for trapped miners after a blast killed 27 workers.
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Chad, 
SudanAnti-government rebels in Chad launch an attack on the refugee town of Goz Beida, near the border with Sudan.
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BotswanaBrazilian samba singer Jose Bispo Clementino dos Santos, better known as Jamelao, dies at the age of 95.
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ZimbabwePresident Robert Mugabe vows the main opposition party will never lead Zimbabwe, as his rival for the presidency is rearrested.
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Iraq, United StatesIraqi troops and police backed by US forces deploy to Amara city in a fresh clampdown on Shia gunmen, officials say.
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Nigeria, 
CameroonOfficials in Cameroon say five bodies found near the Nigerian border are those of an abducted official and soldiers.
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ChinaHow old remedies are being used to help quake victims
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AfghanistanNato admits a jail-break by hundreds of prisoners in the Afghan city of Kandahar was a success for the Taleban.
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