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JapanA team of astronauts manage to attach the $1bn Japanese laboratory Kibo to the International Space Station.
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IndonesiaIndonesian police detain members of a hard-line Muslim group, after clashes at a rally for religious tolerance.
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IndiaA minister in India's Assam state is sacked after being arrested for allegedly trying to bribe police.
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Hong KongActivists in Hong Kong prepare to mark the 19th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown.
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AfghanistanThe World Bank calls on President Karzai's government to improve the way aid money is spent.
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Antigua and Barbuda, 
AustraliaA fine innings of 128 from Ramnaresh Sarwan helps the West Indies to draw in the second Test against Australia in Antigua.
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United StatesUS actor and filmmaker Mel Ferrer, who was once married to actress Audrey Hepburn, dies at the age of 90.
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United KingdomExecutives from private companies could be brought in to run failing NHS trusts in England. Would private sector management improve the NHS?
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Israel, 
IranIsraeli PM Ehud Olmert says "drastic measures" must be used to prevent Iran obtaining nuclear weapons.
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Burma, United StatesUS Navy ships are to leave Burma's coastline because the government will not let them help cyclone victims.
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IsraelFormer Israeli Finance Minister and Olmert stalwart Avraham Hirchson is charged with embezzlement in Tel Aviv.
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Ireland, 
PortugalThe influential Irish Farmers' Association throws its support behind the EU's Lisbon Treaty ahead of a key referendum.
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AngolaElection organisers in Angola give the go-ahead for the first parliamentary polls since 1992.
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ChileA judge in Chile re-opens an investigation into the death of folk singer Victor Jara under the Pinochet government.
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BangladeshPolice in Bangladesh arrest more than 10,000 people since launching a crackdown on crime at the weekend.
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PeruAuthorities in Peru seek to protect some of the last indigenous tribes to avoid contact with the outside world.
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BelgiumThe main synagogue in Brussels is to be re-dedicated as the Great Synagogue of Europe.
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Ethiopia, 
ItalyWork begins to restore a historic obelisk in Ethiopia's ancient city of Axum, after it was returned from Italy.
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IndiaIndia raises prices of petroleum products amid fears of inflation ahead of elections next year.
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GermanyShops in Germany say they are running out of milk after seven days of protests by dairy farmers over low prices.
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Afghanistan, AustraliaAustralia's military says sorry to Bollywood entertainer Tania Zeta over false claims she had sex with troops in Afghanistan.
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IndonesiaFinancial pressures in Indonesia are causing families to give up their children, the charity Save the Children finds.
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EgyptAn Egyptian paper causes a stir by publishing "proof" that the president pays his taxes.
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ThailandPolitical wrangling behind the new coup rumours
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United StatesBarack Obama says he has clinched the Democratic Party's nomination for the US presidential election.
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Sri LankaA bomb injures at least 24 people on a packed commuter train in Sri Lanka's capital, Colombo, officials say.
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BelgiumPolice clash with fishermen protesting against the high cost of fuel outside EU headquarters in Brussels.
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NepalNepal's cabinet allows the deposed king, Gyanendra, to move to a palace in a forest just outside Kathmandu.
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SudanRival troops from north and south are converging on central Sudan, a UN official tells the BBC.
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Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia's king urges Muslims to speak with one voice ahead of a planned interfaith dialogue with Jews and Christians.
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FranceWorld number one Roger Federer will meet Gael Monfils in the French Open semi-finals.
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IraqA suicide bomb - the biggest in months in the Iraqi capital - kills at least 15 people near the home of a senior police general.
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Japan, 
SpainChicago, Madrid, Tokyo and Rio de Janeiro are shortlisted by the International Olympic Committee to host the 2016 Olympic Games.
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Uganda, 
Democratic Republic of the CongoThe Congolese army forms a plan take military action against Uganda's rebel leader, based in DR Congo.
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IraqOfficials in Karbala say the mausoleum of Shia Islam's most revered leader is threatened with structural damage.
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SyriaSyria already boasts some of the world's best food - now it can also claim the world's largest restaurant.
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PakistanPakistani ex-servicemen in Lahore give their backing to calls for President Musharraf to be tried for treason.
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IsraelBarack Obama gives Israel strong backing in his first foreign policy speech since declaring victory in Democratic campaign.
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ZimbabweZimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai is detained by police during campaigning for the presidential election.
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SloveniaA leak prompts Slovenia to shut down its only nuclear plant, but the EU says it is now under control.
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ZimbabweZimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai is released after eight hours of police detention, a spokesman says.
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