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Democratic Republic of the CongoDR Congo rebel leader talks to the BBC about his aims
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IsraelGaza's main power plant shuts down because of a lack of fuel, but Israel says limited supplies will resume.
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ItalyA 24-hour strike by pilots and cabin crew of Italy's bankrupt airline, Alitalia, causes widespread disruption in Rome.
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United StatesAn eight-year-old boy has appeared in court charged with the murders of his father and a lodger in the US state of Arizona.
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NicaraguaAt least two people are reportedly killed and six injured in Nicaragua in clashes as local election results are disputed.
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BrazilPolice in Brazil's Sao Paulo state search for a gang which stole guns and drugs from a police station, and then blew it up.
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United KingdomThree surviving British veterans of World War I are to lead events to mark the 90th anniversary of peace being declared.
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BurmaA Burmese blogger is sentenced to 20 years in jail for posting a cartoon of the military leader Than Shwe.
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IndiaA policeman is arrested in connection with last month's serial bomb blasts in India's Assam state.
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IndonesiaIndonesia launches a new tsunami early warning system, but experts say some areas will not be fully protected.
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MaldivesThe new president of the Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed, is sworn in at a ceremony in the capital, Male.
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Democratic Republic of the CongoA senior government official in DR Congo calls the country's rebel leader "a killer" and refuses to agree to his demand for talks.
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IraqUS President-elect Barack Obama holds his first meeting with President George W Bush since his election victory last week.
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SomaliaA chemical tanker with 21 Filipinos on board is hijacked by Somali pirates, say officials.
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South AfricaThe body of South African singing legend Miriam Makeba is to be flown home for the funeral.
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India, United KingdomEngland are bowled out for just 98 and lose by 124 runs to the Mumbai President's XI in their final warm-up match in India.
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PolandPoland marks the 90th anniversary of its independence, amid a row over a snub to anti-communist icon Lech Walesa.
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PakistanTrucks carrying supplies and Humvee armoured vehicles for Western forces in Afghanistan are looted by militants in Pakistan.
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GuatemalaFifteen people found in a charred bus in Guatemala had been shot, in an attack officials are linking to drug violence.
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JapanA controversial former air force commander in Japan says the country's pacifist constitution should be revised.
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BurmaFourteen Burmese activists are given jail sentences of up to 65 years for their part in last year's demonstrations.
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IraqAt least three people are been killed in a double bomb attack in a mainly Shia part of eastern Baghdad, Iraqi police say.
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PeruFriends of the Peruvian Hairless Dog Association believe they have the perfect dog for the Obamas to take with them to The White House.
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Colombia, 
SpainThree matadors are on trial in Spain accused of hiring Colombian hitmen to kill 12 horses belonging to a rival.
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IndiaA court in India finds two Communist leaders guilty of murdering a woman who opposed a controversial car factory.
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AfghanistanUsing literacy to combat the Taleban in Afghanistan
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Israel, 
Gaza StripDefence Minister Ehud Barak agrees to partially lift Israel's suspension of fuel supplies to the Gaza Strip's only power plant.
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AustraliaFive men accused of plotting an attack in Australia because they felt Islam was under threat go on trial in Sydney.
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SyriaTraces of uranium have been found at a Syrian installation suspected of being a nuclear plant, diplomats say.
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EgyptBedouin tribesmen release 25 Egyptian policemen, hours after seizing them at gunpoint.
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RussiaRussian President Medvedev sends to parliament a bill that extends the presidential term from four to six years.
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TaiwanA court hearing for Taiwan's former President Chen Shui-bian over graft charges is suspended while he is sent to hospital.
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UzbekistanMore than 40 young children have been infected with HIV at a hospital in Uzbekistan, health officials tell the BBC.
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BurundiThe leader of a Burundi opposition party is imprisoned, accused of insulting the president.
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IsraelThe UN refugee agency in the Gaza Strip says it will run out of food aid in two days unless Israel's blockade eases.
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Taiwan, United Kingdom, 
ChinaFifty students from China and Taiwan are thrown out of Newcastle University after using forged qualification documents.
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ZimbabweThe UN food agency says it has cut rations to four million people in Zimbabwe because its appeal for funds has been ignored.
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Germany, United StatesGerman investigators press for the extradition of alleged Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk from the US.
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IraqIraqi authorities formally re-open a key Baghdad bridge linking Shia and Sunni neighbourhoods on either side of the Tigris.
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Germany, 
RwandaRwanda ejects the German envoy, amid a row about a presidential aide detained over a killing that sparked genocide.
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Cameroon, 
FranceRebels in Cameroon free 10 people - most of them French nationals - who were seized from an oil vessel last month.
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EgyptAnother pyramid is unearthed from the sands of Egypt
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Democratic Republic of the CongoArmy troops have been looting and targeting civilians in villages in eastern DR Congo, a UN spokesman says.
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AfghanistanThe UN High Commissioner for Human Rights expresses concerns at five recent executions in Afghanistan.
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ArubaAustralian dollar's recent white-knuckle ride
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