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ItalyCrucial talks are set to resume between unions at Italy's Alitalia and Air France-KLM over its takeover plans.
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Bhutan, 
United StatesThe US congratulates Bhutan for choosing its first democratically elected government.
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United StatesThe US space shuttle Endeavour undocks from the International Space Station at the end of a record mission.
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United StatesMining giant Anglo American has displaced thousands of South Africans in its quest for platinum, a BBC report finds.
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United States, 
ChinaA Chinese-born engineer is jailed for more than 24 years in the US for acting as an agent for Beijing.
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New Zealand, 
United KingdomMonty Panesar and Stuart Broad share five wickets as England close on a series victory over New Zealand on day four in Napier.
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PakistanDozens of Pakistani judges held under emergency rule are freed following orders from the new prime minister.
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FranceSeven people die in a motorway collision near Montpellier in southern France.
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IndonesiaAn inquiry into an air crash which killed over 100 people points to pilot error and a faulty navigation device.
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Ukraine, 
Georgia, 
RussiaRussia's new leader says Moscow is not happy about the prospect of Ukraine and Georgia joining Nato.
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Colombia, 
EcuadorEcuador voices "grave concern" as Colombia confirms an Ecuadorean was killed in a cross-border raid.
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IndiaIndia's top court orders a new investigation into the anti-Muslim riots in Gujarat state in 2002.
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ChinaChina condemns as shameful a protest over Tibet at the Olympic torch lighting ceremony in Greece.
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KenyaKenya's former rivals have still to agree on the division of cabinet posts as part of a post-violence grand coalition.
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Georgia, RussiaDirect flights are resuming between Russia and Georgia, 18 months after Moscow suspended them.
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MexicoMexico says it will invest $21bn to ensure at least 95% of people have access to clean drinking water by 2012.
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JapanJapanese prosecutors begin an attempt to overturn the acquittal of a man accused of killing Briton Lucie Blackman.
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PakistanPakistani President Pervez Musharraf swears in Yusuf Raza Gillani as PM, heading a coalition opposed to him.
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ZimbabweZimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe threatens to make shops cut prices ahead of 29 March elections.
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IndiaA top Delhi police official, Rajbir Singh, is shot dead in a suburb near the Indian capital, police say.
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Sri LankaSri Lanka's navy fights a battle with a flotilla of Tamil Tiger boats off the island's north-east coast.
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AfghanistanSome $10bn (£5bn) in aid promised to Afghanistan has still to be delivered, a group of aid agencies says.
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United StatesUS shares fall and European markets trim earlier gains in the light of weak US consumer confidence data.
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RussiaRussian President-elect Dmitry Medvedev says he will make the key decisions in power-sharing with Vladimir Putin.
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United KingdomUK firms say thousands of passengers on rural routes are having to change buses owing to EU regulations.
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GeorgiaOpposition protesters in Georgia blockade the main street of the capital to demand changes to election laws.
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ComorosComoros government troops take control of most of Anjouan island but fighting continues.
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FranceFrench President Nicolas Sarkozy says he has not ruled out boycotting the opening of the Olympics.
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AustriaAustrian police say one person is killed and dozens hurt as 60 vehicles are involved in a motorway pile-up.
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Egypt, RussiaRussia and Egypt agree a deal giving Russia the right to bid for contracts to build nuclear power stations.
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AntarcticaA huge chunk of ice starts breaking away from Antarctica in what scientists believe is new proof of global warming.
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Egypt, United StatesUS authorities say they are investigating after a US container ship shot at an Egyptian boat in the Suez Canal.
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Taiwan, United StatesThe Pentagon says it is investigating after ballistic missile fuses were mistakenly shipped to Taiwan.
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ChinaNews stories on the BBC website are now accessible to people in China, after years of tight government control.
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Mexico, United StatesThe US Supreme Court rules that President Bush cannot force Texas to reconsider the case of a Mexican on death row.
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UgandaUganda bans a sex workers workshop organised by NGOs saying it prostitutes will not spread their "vice".
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GermanyUdo Voigt, leader of Germany's far-right NPD, is charged with defamation and inciting racial hatred.
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IndonesiaIndonesian MPs pass a bill criminalising those who access websites with pornographic or violent material.
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United StatesDetroit's mayor pleads not guilty to perjury charges over explicit text messages allegedly sent to an aide.
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Syria, 
LebanonLebanon says it will boycott this weekend's Arab summit in Damascus, in the latest setback to the meeting.
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Bosnia and Herzegovina, United StatesUS White House hopeful Hillary Clinton says she was mistaken in claiming she came under sniper fire in Bosnia.
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ComorosComoran troops still face some resistance despite capturing all major towns on the island of Anjouan.
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BotswanaBrazilian mining giant Vale do Rio Doce abandons talks to buy rival Xstrata, saying it could not reach a deal.
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