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CanadaThe government of the Canadian province of Quebec rejects a proposal to remove a crucifix from parliament.
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IndiaIndia's government announces an $80m relief package for the victims of anti-Muslim Gujarat riots in 2002.
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BurmaUN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon meets Burma's military leader to call for more foreign aid for cyclone victims.
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AustraliaSkipper Ricky Ponting hits 158 as Australia reach 301-4 on day one of the first Test against West Indies.
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PortugalPortugal return to their first Eurovision final in five years after making it through the second qualifier.
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Democratic Republic of the CongoThe sentencing to death of three people for the murder of a journalist in DR Congo is widely condemned.
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AfghanistanA suicide bomber blows himself up in eastern Afghanistan, killing four Afghan soldiers and a child.
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United StatesUS White House hopeful John McCain rejects support from a preacher who said Hitler carried out "God's plan".
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Russia, 
ChinaRussia's President Medvedev arrives in China for talks with President Hu, on his first foreign tour.
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New ZealandNew Zealand are 202-4 when bad light stops play on day one of the second Test.
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PakistanGunmen kill a Pakistani journalist after he interviews a spokesman for local militants, officials say.
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Iraq, United StatesAn audit of $8bn paid to contractors in Iraq finds that almost none of the payments complied with US federal laws.
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FranceFrench Open women's live scores
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SingaporeThe UN court in The Hague rules in favour of Singapore in a long dispute with Malaysia over a tiny island.
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Israel, 
Gaza StripFive Palestinian militants have been killed during Israeli incursions into the Gaza Strip, reports say.
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France, 
MoroccoSeven people are killed and 25 injured after a bus carrying Moroccan migrants crashes in central France.
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NorwayEdvard Munch's painting The Scream, damaged by armed robbers in 2004, goes back on public display in Norway.
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Taiwan, ChinaTaiwan and China are to resume direct talks next month after over a decade, says officials.
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GermanyGermany completes ratification of the European Union's reform treaty.
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IsraelPolice in Israel question Prime Minister Ehud Olmert for a second time in an ongoing corruption investigation.
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Sri LankaJournalists protest in the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo, after a colleague was abducted and beaten up.
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PakistanPakistan's main stock index falls almost 5% after interest rates jumped to 12.5% from 10% to slow the inflation rate.
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SudanArmed men on horseback attack and steal the weapons of UN peacekeepers in Sudan's Darfur region.
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BurmaBurma's top leader agrees to let in all foreign aid workers to help in cyclone-hit areas, the UN secretary general says.
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The GambiaGay activists condemn the Gambian president's threat to "cut off the heads" of homosexuals.
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United States, Russia, ChinaRussia and China jointly condemn the planned US missile defence shield, saying it harms disarmament efforts.
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South AfricaDeadly attacks against foreigners in South Africa spread to the second-largest city, Cape Town.
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Uganda, 
SomaliaUgandan peacekeepers in Somalia have been selling arms to insurgents, a United Nations report says.
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United StatesSenator John McCain releases medical records to help counter concerns he is too old to be US president.
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New ZealandRoss Taylor hits an unbeaten 67 as New Zealand make 202-4 on a shortened first day of the second Test at Old Trafford.
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GeorgiaElection results confirm a huge majority for Georgia's ruling party, but the opposition says it will boycott parliament.
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ChinaThe prime minister discusses relations between China and the people of Tibet at a meeting with the Dalai Lama.
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GeorgiaGeorgia's main opposition bloc says it will boycott the new parliament, alleging the general poll was rigged.
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South AfricaThe secretary general of South Africa's ruling ANC calls for local groups to combat attacks on foreigners.
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CanadaA Canadian research expedition finds dramatic evidence of the break-up of the Arctic ice-cap.
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United StatesThe leaders of 12 South American nations found a union to boost economic and political co-operation.
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Canada, United StatesCanada acted illegally by turning over information about a Canadian terror suspect to the US, the country's top court rules.
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