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ChinaA traditional Chinese herbal medicine of five herb extracts could benefit eczema patients, research suggests.
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Japan, 
United StatesThe US shuttle Endeavour docks with the International Space Station on a mission to deliver a Japanese space lab.
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United Kingdom, 
AustraliaAustralia begins investigating the handling of the case against a doctor briefly linked to UK terror attacks in 2007.
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AfghanistanThe head of UN peacekeeping says the mandate for Afghanistan must be sharper to help stabilise the country.
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New Zealand, United KingdomTim Ambrose's unbeaten 97 helps England end day one of the second Test against New Zealand on 291-5.
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Hong KongKindergartens and primary schools close in Hong Kong after a flu-like illness kills three children.
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UgandaYouth leaders from African and Arab countries are meeting in the Ugandan capital to boost co-operation.
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AustriaAustrians mark the 70th anniversary of the Nazi takeover with a candlelight vigil in Vienna.
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United States, ChinaChina says Washington's rights record is "shocking", after a US report labels Beijing an authoritarian regime.
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Serbia and MontenegroSerbia's president dissolves parliament and calls early polls after a cabinet split over EU membership and Kosovo.
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United States, 
MexicoMexico arrests a US citizen alleged to be a key Tijuana drug cartel figure and is set to deport him to the US.
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United StatesThe US introduces tougher air quality standards for the first time in 10 years, to improve public health.
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IsraelA Palestinian who attacked a Jewish seminary gets a low-key burial at the insistence of the Israeli authorities.
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Afghanistan, 
Pakistan, United StatesPakistan criticises US forces in Afghanistan for cross-border shelling that it says killed two women and two children.
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United StatesAmerican Bode Miller wins the overall World Cup title for the 2007-08 season.
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AustraliaAnimal rights activists in Australia say they will try to prevent the cull of 400 kangaroos in Canberra.
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Egypt, United StatesThe US criticises a "campaign" of arrests of Egyptian opposition activists in the run-up to elections.
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GermanyGermany's top court upholds the incest law, rejecting an appeal from a man who has four children with his sister.
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SomaliaA Somali soldier is beheaded by fighters loyal to al-Shabaab, the armed wing of the ousted Islamic courts.
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TaiwanTaiwan's finance minister Ho Chih-chin resigns over a brawl between rival MPs, 10 days before the election.
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GreeceA boat carrying 280 passengers runs aground north of the Greek island of Poros near Athens, officials say.
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India, ChinaPolice in India detain 100 Tibetan refugees trying to march to Tibet in protest over China hosting the Olympics.
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ChinaChinese officials admit that Tibetan monks have been protesting in the city of Lhasa this week.
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AfghanistanA suicide car bomb blast kills six Afghan civilians and injures more on the road to the airport in Kabul.
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EthiopiaEthiopia's national bank is told to inspect all the gold in its vaults to determine its authenticity.
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United StatesUS shares fall sharply, hit by dollar weakness and the news that a billion-dollar fund is on the verge of collapse.
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IraqThe Chaldean Catholic archbishop of the Iraqi city of Mosul who was kidnapped last month is found dead.
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Israel, 
Gaza StripIsraeli aircraft strike Gaza after Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel, ending a brief lull in the violence.
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IcelandIceland's government is likely to approve the commercial hunting of whales for this summer, the BBC learns.
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IranThe home secretary is to review the deportation of a gay teenager who says he would face execution in Iran.
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Syria, 
LebanonDamascus invites Lebanon's anti-Syrian PM to a summit, despite a row over its role in Lebanon's political crisis.
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United StatesThe EU and the US agree on a twin approach in their talks on doing away with visas for travel to the US.
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GreeceGreek authorities evacuate a ship carrying 313 people after it runs aground near the island of Poros.
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Ethiopia, 
EritreaThere has been a deadly blast in a bus on the disputed border between Ethiopia and Eritrea, officials say.
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United StatesThe prostitute at the centre of New York Governor Eliot Spitzer's sex scandal is named by US media.
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LiberiaEx-Liberian President Charles Taylor told militias to eat their enemies, a former rebel tells his war crimes trial.
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United Kingdom, United StatesA US father and daughter are accused of tricking 15,000 mostly elderly British citizens out of more than $70m.
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IraqThe death in Iraq of an archbishop kidnapped two weeks ago provokes widespread condemnation.
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