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ZimbabweUN chief Ban Ki-moon says Zimbabwe's presidential election run-off should be postponed after the opposition pulled out.
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PhilippinesDivers found bodies but no survivors as they began searching a capsized ferry in the Philippines, navy personnel say.
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IndiaOne person dies after police fires on a group of protesters in Srinagar, capital of Indian-administered Kashmir.
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AfghanistanTaleban insurgents in Afghanistan took more than $100m from the opium trade in 2007, a top UN official tells the BBC.
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ZimbabweThe UN Security Council unanimously condemns the violence against Zimbabwe's main opposition party.
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United StatesA top aide to John McCain apologises for saying a terror attack on US soil would help his presidential campaign.
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North KoreaUS officials confirm Thursday is the target date for Pyongyang to deliver an overdue declaration of its nuclear activities.
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ZimbabweZimbabwe bloggers bemoan opposition poll pull-out
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North KoreaTexan private equity firm Lone Star is cleared of rigging shares by a South Korean appeals court.
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Pakistan, IndiaScorecard from the Asia Cup match between India and Pakistan.
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United StatesIn a landmark ruling, a US court overturns the designation of a Guantanamo inmate as an "enemy combatant".
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Japan, 
ChinaA Japanese warship arrives in southern China for a five-day port call, the first such visit since World War II.
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IranIran condemns as illegal the latest raft of European Union sanctions over its uranium enrichment programme.
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Netherlands, ZimbabweZimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai says he will leave the Dutch embassy in Harare over the next 48 hours.
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Afghanistan, 
GermanyGermany says it will send an extra 1,000 soldiers to northern Afghanistan, amid signs of strain in the Nato mission.
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NigeriaAn investigation is launched into the whereabouts of millions of dollars meant to improve safety in Nigeria's airspace.
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BoliviaFive Bolivian governors reject President Evo Morales's plans for an August recall referendum and urge an general election. instead.
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JapanConservation groups and a top fisheries scientist accuse Japan of damaging the fisheries interests of poorer countries.
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LebanonTraumatised torture victims treated at new Beirut clinic
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Yemen, GermanyPirates capture a German family off the coast of Yemen and take them to the breakaway republic of Somaliland, officials says.
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India, United StatesA US team visits India's remote north-east to search for the remains of US pilots who crashed during WWII.
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Israel, 
FranceConfusion mars the French president's departure from Israel as a policeman guarding the airport shoots himself dead.
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AfghanistanInsurgents in western Afghanistan shoot dead a policewoman for the first time, police say.
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Russia, 
United Kingdom, 
SpainRussia playmaker Andrei Arshavin hails the Premier League as the best football club competition in the world.
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GermanyOfficials from more than 40 countries meet in Berlin and pledge $242m for the Palestinian police and justice system.
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SenegalThe UN urges Senegal to deal with lead poisoning that has affected hundreds of battery recyclers in the capital, Dakar.
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Iraq, United StatesA bomb explodes at a local council office in Baghdad, killing 10 people, including four American nationals.
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South Africa, ZimbabweSouth Africa's governing ANC accuses the authorities in neighbouring Zimbabwe of "riding roughshod" over democracy.
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United KingdomA Claude Monet painting, Le Bassin Aux Nympheas, fetches a record £40.9m price tag at auction in London.
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SomaliaDrought and civil war take their toll on Somalia
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ItalyAn Italian-born businessman invented Vatican connections as part of a property fraud, New York authorities allege.
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China, United StatesSuspended Justin Gatlin's bid to compete in the American trials for the Beijing Games has been blocked.
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South AfricaChildren left terrified by South Africa attacks
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AustraliaDebutant Shaun Marsh scores 81 and Nathan Bracken takes four wickets as Australia beat West Indies by 84 runs in the first ODI.
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Israel, 
West BankIsrael says a Palestinian rocket attack on the southern town of Sderot is a "gross violation" of a six-day-old truce.
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United StatesUS interest rates are expected to remain at 2% as the housing market slows and consumer confidence slides.
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Afghanistan, United StatesAttacks by insurgents in eastern Afghanistan are up by 40% compared with last year, the US military says.
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