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Italy, 
MaltaFra' Andrew Bertie, the grand master of the powerful Catholic order the Knights of Malta, is buried in Rome.
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Venezuela, 
ColombiaPresidents of Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela shake hands and agree to end a diplomatic crisis in the region.
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United StatesThe US president insists there is not a recession despite the worst monthly jobless figures in five years.
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Iraq, 
TurkeyIraqi President Jalal Talabani insists his government will not tolerate Kurdish rebels in the north attacking Turkey.
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New Zealand, 
United KingdomNew Zealand close day four of the first Test at 147-8 with a lead of 269 after a hat-trick from Ryan Sidebottom.
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GreeceA passenger train derails near Larissa in central Greece with at least 23 people injured, police say.
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BoliviaA Bolivian court delays a referendum on a controversial new constitution, in a setback for President Morales.
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Colombia, VenezuelaVenezuela's leader says the "happy" end to the regional crisis with Colombia should boost unity in Latin America.
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IndiaAuthorities in Indian-run Kashmir halt a bid to poison thousands of feral dogs after a threat of legal action.
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ChinaChina's Supreme Court rejected 15% of all death sentences given by lower courts in 2007, officials say.
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IndiaIn Delhi, the BBC's Chris Morris meets a woman still hoping to find her husband, 36 years after he went missing in the India-Pakistan war of 1971.
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Iraq, United StatesAs Baghdad experiences ongoing power shortages, Hugh Sykes hears claims this is a legacy of US planning for post-Saddam Iraq.
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Iraq, United StatesA US oil executive is jailed for two years for paying millions of dollars in bribes to Saddam Hussein's government.
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IraqSecurity forces in Iraq discover a mass grave containing about 100 decomposed bodies.
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BurmaBurma's junta rejects proposals by a UN envoy for independent monitoring of May's referendum.
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United StatesUS President George Bush vetoes a bill that would stop the CIA using methods such as simulated drowning.
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SpainPeople in Spain pay their respects to a former Basque councillor shot dead on Friday ahead of Sunday's election.
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RussiaOutgoing Russian President Vladimir Putin warns the West that ties will not be easier under Dmitry Medvedev.
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Serbia and MontenegroSerbia's Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica says his coalition has collapsed and calls for new elections.
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United KingdomPro- and anti-whaling nations open some possible avenues to compromise at a meeting in London.
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Venezuela, 
CubaVenezuelan President Hugo Chavez visits Cuba for the first time since Fidel Castro stepped down as leader.
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MalaysiaMalaysia's ruling coalition suffers its worst poll results in decades, winning only a small majority, officials say.
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Serbia and MontenegroSerbia's president says he will call an early election after the ruling coalition says it cannot agree on Kosovo.
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