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A group of Cuban dissidents backs a call by Barack Obama for direct talks with Cuban President Raul Castro.
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A 5.7 earthquake kills at least six people as it causes landslides and shakes buildings in central Colombia.
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At least 36 people die in two days of clashes between Indian security forces and ethnic Gujjar protesters.
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Colombia's army says the Farc rebels' top leader, Manuel Marulanda, is dead, though the group itself stays silent.
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West Indies reduce Australia to 17-4 after Shivnarine Chanderpaul hits 118 in the first Test in Jamaica.
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China's Sichuan province prepares for heavy rains which could hamper relief efforts for quake victims.
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India's top mobile phone operator Bharti Airtel has ended takeover talks with South Africa's MTN.
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Comedian Dick Martin, whose Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In series took US TV by storm, dies aged 86.
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Third seed Novak Djokovic overcomes German Denis Gremelmayr in four sets at the French Open, as Gustavo Kuerten's career comes to an end.
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A cargo plane slides off the runway at Brussels Airport and splits in two, slightly injuring four people aboard.
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Formula One's top drivers battle it out for victory at the sport's most prestigious race.
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Synchronised coffee breaks, electronic time-keeping and trains that run on time. But is it healthy for Switzerland?
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President Robert Mugabe threatens to expel the US ambassador for "interfering" in Zimbabwe's affairs.
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Colombia's Farc rebels confirm the death of top commander Manuel Marulanda, saying he died of a heart attack.
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Spain's Miguel Angel Jimenez claims his first PGA Championship title with a play-off victory over Oliver Wilson.
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An Iranian-born Israeli is arrested and charged by Israeli authorities with spying for Iran, police say.
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An explosion and fire at a chemical plant in central Iran kills 30 people and injures 38, Iranian media report.
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Gritty French movie The Class, starring real students in a Paris school, wins the Palme d'Or at Cannes.
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An international aid conference is convened in Burma to raise funds to help cyclone survivors.
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South Africa's president says recent attacks on foreigners are shameful and have blemished the country's name.
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Lebanon's parliament elects army chief Michel Suleiman as president, ending months of political stalemate.
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West Indies are set a target of 287 after reducing Australia to 167 all out on day four.
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Thousands of Argentines attend rival rallies by farmers and the government, in a dispute over export tax.
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