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GreeceGreece's parliament passes a controversial pension reform bill that has triggered mass public protests.
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United StatesThe US state department fires two people and disciplines a third for accessing Barack Obama's passport file.
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United StatesGenetic study suggests Latin Americans are descended from European men and Native American or African women.
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ChinaAn earthquake with a magnitude of 7.2 occurs in Xinjiang province in the northwest of China.
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India, United StatesUS House Speaker Nancy Pelosi meets Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, in the Indian town of Dharamsala.
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United States, ChinaChina increases security in Tibet, as a leading US lawmaker urges international condemnation of its actions.
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IndiaRafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic come through their quarter-finals in Indian Wells.
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Taiwan, ChinaPresidential rivals campaign ahead of Saturday's polls, with Tibet protests focusing attention on ties with China.
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India, United StatesA painting by one of India's best-known artists, MF Husain, sells for a record $1.6m at auction in New York.
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Turkey, 
CyprusThe new Cyprus President, Demetris Christofias, holds peace talks with the Turkish Cypriot leader.
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IraqA second audio message in two days, purportedly from the al-Qaeda leader, urges Palestinians to fight in Iraq.
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Japan, United StatesA manhunt is launched for a US sailor, after the murder of a taxi driver near a US naval base in Japan.
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United StatesA woman who spent 24 years on the run after trying to bomb LA police cars is freed after seven years in prison.
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United StatesThe European settlers' arrival triggered a shift in the genetic profile of Latin America's population, a study says.
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South Africa, 
MozambiqueMozambique is to increase power supplies to South Africa to help it cope with its energy crisis, an official says.
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United StatesDemocratic US presidential hopeful Barack Obama is to be endorsed by New Mexico governor Bill Richardson.
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EgyptHamas accuses Egypt of torturing its members held after they crossed from the Palestinian territory of Gaza.
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Greece, Turkey, CyprusGreek and Turkish Cypriot leaders agree to resume talks on reunifying the island and to open a street in the capital.
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JapanJapan's defence minister dismisses his most senior admiral after a series of scandals in the navy.
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Malaysia, 
BermudaLewis Hamilton is fastest in Friday practice for the Malaysian Grand Prix as David Coulthard suffers a worrying car failure.
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Pakistan, 
BangladeshVeterans of Bangladesh's 1971 war call for countrymen who collaborated with Pakistan to face war crimes trials.
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AfghanistanA soldier with the Nato-led force is killed in a blast in southern Afghanistan, the alliance says.
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IndiaSouth Africa bowler Charl Langeveldt pulls out of next month's Test series in India after his selection caused controversy.
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FranceA French woman with a face tumour who lost a right-to-die case did not die naturally, an autopsy finds.
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FrancePresident Nicolas Sarkozy says France will reduce its number of airborne nuclear warheads by one third.
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SyriaReports from Syria say the security forces have shot dead three Kurds celebrating the Kurdish new year.
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LiberiaLiberia is conducting its first national population count for more than two decades after years of civil war.
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United StatesA woman on a boat off Florida dies after being hit in the face by a spotted eagle ray that leapt out of the water.
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ArmeniaMore than 1,000 Armenian opposition supporters attend a protest in Yerevan after the end of a 20-day state of emergency.
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United States, ChinaTop US lawmaker Nancy Pelosi urges condemnation of China's Tibet policy after meeting the Dalai Lama in India.
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RussiaThe head of state TV in the Russian republic of Dagestan is shot dead in his car.
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SpainA car bomb explodes in the north of Spain after a warning call from Basque separatists, police say.
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United StatesPassport files of the three main US presidential hopefuls have been improperly accessed, officials confirm.
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LebanonRival Palestinian factions clash in Lebanon's biggest refugee camp a day after the arrest of a militant commander.
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