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2008 » May 2008 » May 9th 2008
United KingdomMichael Bloomberg flies to London to meet the new mayor to swap notes on the task of running a major city.
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SenegalArmed men cut off the left ears of 16 villagers harvesting cashew nuts in Senegal's rebel-hit Casamance region.
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BoliviaBolivia will vote in a referendum on the rule of its leftist president as he struggles to enact reform.
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Burma, 
BangladeshThe World Food Programme says it has permission from Burma to send a plane from Bangladesh carrying relief.
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Burma, BangladeshThe World Food Programme says it has permission from Burma to send a plane from Bangladesh carrying relief.
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LebanonAt least five people die in clashes as Hezbollah accuses Lebanon's government of a "declaration of war".
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AfghanistanProminent Afghans call for restoration of talks with insurgent groups to bring peace to the country.
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Sri LankaSri Lanka's army says it has killed 15 Tamil Tigers rebels in fighting to capture a town in the north-west.
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Afghanistan, 
ArubaThe Australian army says it is probing allegations that its soldiers mistreated prisoners in Afghanistan.
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SpainSpain's Sergio Garcia surges to a two-shot lead in the first round of the Players Championship at Sawgrass.
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RussiaTanks and missile launchers are featured in Moscow's Victory Day parade for the first time since the Soviet era.
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United StatesFunding for HIV prevention is being wasted on strategies which have little impact, say US researchers.
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IsraelEhud Olmert is suspected of illicitly accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars before becoming PM.
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IraqThe US military in Iraq says a man detained in Mosul is not in fact the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq.
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BurmaBurma wants aid but is "not ready" for foreign experts, its foreign ministry says, as fears grow for cyclone survivors.
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SomaliaIslamist insurgents attack a police station in the heart of Somalia's capital ahead of planned peace talks.
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Pakistan, United StatesPakistan asks the US not to appoint a military envoy who used to run the prison at Guantanamo.
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KenyaKenya's power-sharing cabinet meets for the first time for former rivals to learn how to work as a team.
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AustriaThe Austrian man accused of locking his daughter in a cellar for 24 years is to be held for another month.
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North Korea, United StatesNorth Korea hands thousands of pages of documents on its nuclear programme to a US negotiator.
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Turkey, 
BermudaMcLaren's Lewis Hamilton narrowly fails to beat Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen to fastest time in second practice at the Turkish Grand Prix.
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JapanMPs in Japan vote to abolish restrictions on using military technology in space, despite the country's pacifist status.
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Russia, 
GermanyRussia's Dinara Safina beats Serena Williams at the German Open, the day after seeing off Justine Henin.
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SenegalSenegal's army launches an offensive against armed men who cut off the ears of cashew nut pickers.
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Czech RepublicA Czech woman is cleared of deceiving a children's home by posing as a young girl, but faces abuse charges.
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Sri Lanka, United KingdomA former leader of Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels who was jailed in the UK is transferred to immigration detention.
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Sri LankaA bomb in a cafe in eastern Sri Lanka kills at least 11 people on the eve of the first elections there for years.
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BurundiA Burundian rights group accuses the security forces of illegally detaining about 200 people suspected of helping rebels.
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ZambiaAssets worth nearly $60m stolen under former President Chiluba have been recovered, Zambia's government says.
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LebanonGunmen from Shia militant group Hezbollah take control of western Beirut, driving out government supporters.
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BurmaThe UN World Food Programme suspends aid shipments to Burma after its first delivery is impounded.
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ItalyWorld number one Roger Federer falls to a surprise quarter-final defeat at the hands of Radek Stepanek at the Rome Masters.
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LebanonLebanon's government says the seizure of most of western Beirut by Shia group Hezbollah is "a bloody coup".
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ZimbabweZimbabwe's "war veterans" militia plan to intimidate voters inside polling stations, a policeman tells the BBC.
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South Africa, ZimbabweSouth African President Thabo Mbeki leaves Zimbabwe without comment after crisis talks with Robert Mugabe.
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PakistanMilitants who seized control of a popular tourist destination in north Pakistan last year sign a truce.
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