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ChileA computer hacker in Chile posts confidential data belonging to six million people on the internet.
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PakistanPakistan's main coalition parties fail to strike a deal on restoring judges sacked by President Pervez Musharraf.
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IndiaEight people die in violence involving armed militants in Indian-controlled Kashmir, police say.
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IndiaNine railway workers die in rebel attacks in India's north-eastern state of Assam, police say.
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FranceFrance's cabinet is to hear a proposal to make breathalysers mandatory at late-night clubs and cafes.
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India, 
United StatesSix Indian citizens die in a car crash in western Pennsylvania in the United States, officials say.
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ChinaChina's consumer price inflation nears a 12-year high in April, as the cost of food continues to take its toll.
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IndiaMilitants fire on security forces in Indian-controlled Kashmir, a day after violence in the area kills eight people.
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United StatesTornadoes and severe storms sweep the central US, severely damaging two towns and killing at least 22 people.
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IndiaA group of Nobel laureates appeal to India to release jailed human rights activist Binayak Sen.
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Afghanistan, 
Aruba, 
AustraliaAustralia's military clears its troops of wrongdoing in an Afghan battle that left two women and a baby dead.
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MauritaniaThe Islamist opposition joins Mauritania's cabinet despite the country's ties with Israel.
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Gaza StripIsrael resumes fuel deliveries to the besieged Gaza Strip after its power plant shut down because of shortages.
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IndiaRenault-Nissan announces a joint venture with Indian firm Bajaj to produce a $2,500 (£1,276) car.
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United StatesAid starts to arrive into the three southern US states hit by weekend's tornadoes which killed at least 22 people.
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PakistanThe party of former Pakistani PM Nawaz Sharif is meeting to decide whether to remain in government.
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ZimbabweThe second round of Zimbabwe's presidential election may be delayed, says the Electoral Commission.
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Ukraine, 
RussiaUkraine bars Moscow's mayor from visiting, after he claimed the port of Sevastopol was part of Russia.
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BurmaTwo aides to Republican John McCain resign over ties to lobbyists who represented Burma's military junta.
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South KoreaSouth Korea says it has killed Seoul's entire poultry population in a bid to curb the spread of bird flu.
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RussiaRussian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announces the names of ministers in his new cabinet.
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Afghanistan, PakistanPakistani militants take back the bodies of at least nine comrades killed in Afghanistan, witnesses say.
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PolandThe death of Irena Sendlerowa, a Polish woman who saved 2,500 Jewish children during the holocaust, is announced.
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United States, ChinaAlmost 900 students are reported to have been buried after an earthquake measuring 7.8 hit south-western China.
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United StatesCablevision buys US paper Newsday for $650m, after Rupert Murdoch's News Corp withdraws its bid.
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NigeriaFormer President Olusegun Obasanjo tells a panel he is not responsible for Nigeria's poor power supply.
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United Kingdom, 
New ZealandNew Zealand's coach John Bracewell says captain Daniel Vettori will be fit to lead the tourists against England in the first Test.
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Serbia and MontenegroSerbia's election results point to a victory for the pro-EU bloc, but the nationalists are still hungry for government.
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BurmaThe first US relief flight lands in Burma, but agencies warn the amount of aid getting to people is inadequate.
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Chad, 
SudanShots are heard in Sudan's capital following a rebel attack, as the main Islamist opposition leader is arrested.
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PhilippinesPhilippine president Gloria Arroyo has pardoned nine army officers convicted of a 2003 coup plot.
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NepalNepal's constituent assembly is to meet on 28 May and its first task is the abolition of the monarchy.
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PakistanOne of the main Pakistan parties, the PML-N, says it is pulling out of the government, three months after elections.
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AfghanistanEight senior Afghan government officials are suspended over a Taleban attack on President Karzai.
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South AfricaPolice reinforcements arrive in the South African township of Alexandra after two foreigners are killed.
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Georgia, RussiaEU foreign ministers visit Georgia amid tensions with Russia over the separatist Abkhazia region.
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BoliviaBolivian President Evo Morales sets 10 August for a vote on whether he should stay in office.
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Israel, Gaza StripA 70-year-old woman is killed in a southern Israeli town by a rocket launched from the Gaza Strip.
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SudanIslamist leader Hassan al-Turabi is freed hours after being arrested over a rebel raid near Sudan's capital.
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VenezuelaVenezuela's President Hugo Chavez nationalises the country's biggest steelmaker, Ternium-Sidor.
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LebanonFighting resumes in Tripoli, Lebanon, between opposition gunmen and government supporters, officials say.
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United StatesThe US Supreme Court clears the way for a lawsuit brought by apartheid victims against a number of firms.
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ChinaAt least 10,000 people are killed by a strong earthquake in south-western China, state media says.
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SudanChad closes its border with Sudan, a day after Sudan cut diplomatic ties following a rebel attack near Khartoum.
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Lebanon, United StatesThe US is ready to help improve Lebanon's army so it can disarm Hezbollah, President Bush tells the BBC.
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East TimorThe UN should stay in East Timor for at least five more years, President Jose Ramos Horta tells the BBC.
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