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SpainNine skydivers leap to safety from a stricken plane before it crashes with the loss of two lives in central Spain.
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United StatesThe US and Libya agree to work together to resolve compensation claims over the Lockerbie bombing.
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Burma, United StatesThe US defence secretary says Burma is causing great loss of life by hindering international cyclone relief.
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North KoreaNorth Korea tests three ship-to-ship missiles off its west coast as part of an exercise, reports from the South say.
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HondurasAt least four people die when a Miami-bound airliner landing in fog in Honduras overshoots the runway and hits a road.
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MexicoUS giant Ford is to invest $3bn (£1.5bn) in a new car plant in Mexico, creating 4,500 new jobs.
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IraqCaroline Wyatt returns to Baghdad after a 10-year absence and explores the psychological effect of years of violence and unrest.
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NepalCharles Haviland watches Nepal change from a monarchy to the world's newest republic.
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VanuatuHuw Cordey meets a truly happy family on the South Pacific island.
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Iraq, 
FranceFrench Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner is in Iraq to discuss France's contribution to the rebuilding effort.
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United StatesThousands of South Koreans rally over plans to import US beef again, because some consider it dangerous.
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ZimbabweZimbabwe's army chief tells soldiers they must leave the military if they do not vote for President Mugabe.
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KenyaPolice in Kenya fire tear gas to disperse a protest against the soaring cost of food after the recent political crisis.
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HondurasThe international airport in the Honduran capital is to be closed to larger planes, following a fatal crash.
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RussiaA unit from the Russian army's railway force is sent to the breakaway province of Abkhazia.
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LebanonA suspected suicide bomber is shot dead by troops near Lebanon's largest Palestinian refugee camp.
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ThailandThousands demonstrate in Bangkok, defying warnings of a crackdown issued by the Thai prime minister.
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Sri LankaTwo people are killed and nine more injured by an explosion in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo, officials say.
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FranceIvan Ljubicic fights back from two sets down to beat fourth seed Nikolay Davydenko at the French Open.
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AfghanistanA suicide car bomb attack kills two international soldiers in Jalalabad, eastern Afghanistan.
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ChinaAbout 200,000 people are moved from areas below a rising "quake lake" in Sichuan, Chinese media say.
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IraqA suicide bomber reportedly kills at least nine people at a police checkpoint in Anbar province, western Iraq.
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EthiopiaThe UN children's fund appeals for extra resources to help thousands of malnourished children in Ethiopia.
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JapanDiscovery blasts off for the space station with the hub of a Japanese science lab, and a new toilet pump, aboard.
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