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JapanInvestigations begin into claims that meat from Japan's whaling programme is being stolen with official knowledge.
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United StatesAmerican Airlines is to become the first US airline to charge passengers to check in a first bag, as well as a second.
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ChinaThe Dalai Lama tells the BBC he sees signs of gradual change in China and hopes for "more transparency" on Tibet.
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Taiwan, ChinaA Chinese official says China and Taiwan have a chance to improve ties, after Taiwan's leadership change.
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United StatesAmerican Airlines is to become the first US airline to charge passengers to check in a first bag, as well as a second.
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Iraq, United StatesEight civilians die in an air strike by US military helicopters north of Baghdad, Iraqi police say.
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ChinaThe death toll from China's Sichuan province quake jumps by 10,000 to more than 51,000, with 30,000 missing.
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New Zealand, 
United KingdomControversial umpire Darrell Hair returns to Test cricket on Friday when he officiates the second Test between England and New Zealand in Manchester.
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ZimbabweZimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai says he will return home on Saturday to begin his run-off campaign.
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PakistanPakistani scientist AQ Khan makes a rare trip from home where he has been held since a nuclear leaks scandal.
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South AfricaThousands of Mozambicans and other foreigners flee South Africa after days of violent attacks.
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Russia, United KingdomThe EU should keep strong ties with Russia despite "serious questions" about its commitment to democracy, say peers.
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MaliTen soldiers and 17 rebels are killed in a Tuareg raid on an army post, Mali's defence ministry says.
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NigeriaAt least 43 soldiers have been killed in a road crash in northern Nigeria, the country's military says.
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United StatesThe US city of San Francisco passes new rules requiring businesses to pay for the amount of CO2 they emit.
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GeorgiaGeorgia's President Mikhail Saakashvili says he expects his ruling party to win parliamentary elections.
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Monaco, 
BermudaMcLaren's Lewis Hamilton tops the timesheets in second practice for Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix.
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AustraliaAustralia's first woman bishop, Kay Goldsworthy, is consecrated in Perth, amid lingering controversy.
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Israel, 
Gaza StripIsraeli soldiers fire on protesters at a Gaza border crossing, killing one and injuring others, say medics.
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PortugalHugh O'Shaughnessy muses on the benefits that having a smattering of the "lingua portuguesa" can bring.
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IndiaIndia's Congress-led coalition government celebrates its fourth year in office, as opposition pressure grows.
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Jamaica, AustraliaScore updates from the first Test in Jamaica.
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AfghanistanMore than 50 schools close in a southern Afghan province after threats by militants, a politician says.
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Afghanistan, Iraq, United StatesTwo civilians and a Nato soldier die in a protest in Afghanistan over the shooting of a Koran by a US soldier.
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Saudi ArabiaA rights group urges Saudi judges to overturn a decision to drop charges against the employers of an abused maid.
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Iraq, United StatesThe top US commander in Iraq expects to be able to recommend further cuts in US forces before September.
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GeorgiaGeorgia's parliamentary elections, set to be won by the ruling party, were incomplete, observers say.
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KenyaNineteen people are arrested in Kenya over the burning to death of 11 people accused of witchcraft.
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Kazakhstan, RussiaRussia's president holds talks his counterpart in Kazakhstan, on his maiden foreign trip, before he heads to China.
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ItalyItaly says it is to restart its nuclear energy programme, 20 years after it was scrapped following Chernobyl.
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BurmaUN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon tours Burma's cyclone-devastated Irrawaddy Delta to urge more aid for survivors.
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South AfricaSouth African soldiers are deployed for the first time to quell attacks on foreigners, as thousands flee the country.
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FranceFrench workers hold a day of strikes and protests against President Nicolas Sarkozy's pension reform plans.
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LebanonCleaners and businesses work to reopen in the Lebanese capital's downtown area after an opposition sit-in.
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CanadaA Canadian hairdresser who became depressed after finding a dead fly in bottled water loses a damages claim.
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United StatesA US court rules that officials had no right to seize 463 children from a polygamist sect in Texas last month.
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United KingdomUK Conservative leader David Cameron says a by-election victory is "the start of something bigger".
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FranceA French court rules in favour of a website accused of libel for claiming TV film of a famous Gaza shooting was fake.
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Israel, United KingdomIsraeli fighter planes are scrambled to intercept a jet carrying former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair.
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United KingdomCeltic secure a third successive Scottish title thanks to Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink's winner as Rangers lose on a dramatic final day.
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Cuba, United StatesCuba asks the US to respond to accusations that its top diplomat on the island passed funds to dissidents.
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