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HaitiNine people are injured when a school building collapses in the capital of Haiti, days after a similar incident killed almost 90.
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United StatesUS Democrats say the $700bn bail-out should include help to rescue the car industry, contradicting the treasury chief.
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United Kingdom, United StatesMitch Mitchell, the British drummer in the Jimi Hendrix Experience, is found dead in his US hotel room, authorities say.
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IranIran says it has successfully tested a new surface-to-surface missile capable of reaching targets in Europe.
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BurmaRights groups and Western governments condemn the harsh sentences for scores of Burmese pro-democracy activists.
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IndiaIndia extends a ban on two separatist groups blamed for last month's serial blasts in north-eastern Assam state.
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GermanyGerman doctors say a patient appears to have been cured of HIV by a bone marrow transplant from an HIV resistant donor.
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ThailandA blast wounds 13 people at a street market in Thailand's capital, where vendors had been protesting.
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New ZealandNew Zealand make a tactical switch for Saturday's World Cup semi-final against England by moving scrum-half Thomas Leuluai to hooker.
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Saudi ArabiaIsraeli President Shimon Peres praises highly the king of Saudi Arabia for his Middle East peace initiative.
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TaiwanTaiwan's former President Chen Shui-bian, in detention over corruption allegations, says he has stopped eating in protest.
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Canada, United KingdomPolice in Canada discover what could be the seventh human foot to wash ashore in British Colombia since August 2007.
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Czech RepublicThe remains of several hundred German soldiers killed during World War II are buried in the Czech Republic.
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Cambodia, ThailandThailand and Cambodian agree to begin marking out their disputed border in a step forward following days of talks.
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United StatesStock markets across Asia follow Wall Street down as the US signals a shift in policy on its $700bn bail-out package.
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KuwaitA court orders Kuwait's stock exchange to close until 17 November following protests over falling share prices.
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ArmeniaAmnesty International says Armenia is failing to tackle "pervasive" violence and domestic abuse against women.
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IndiaAuthorities in India's Maharashtra state block the release of a Bollywood film, saying it could create law and order problems.
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BangladeshThe former Prime Ministers of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia say that they are ready for a rare meeting.
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Afghanistan, CanadaA Canadian journalist held hostage for 28 days in Afghanistan gives her first interview since she was freed.
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TanzaniaPolice in Tanzania arrest a man allegedly planning to sell his albino wife for $3,000.
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FranceCan Sarkozy's bold plans regenerate the French capital?
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RussiaA sailor is charged with setting off a gas firefighting system, killing 20 people on a Russian submarine, investigators say.
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GermanyEurope's biggest economy, Germany, falls into recession after figures show it had shrunk for two quarters in a row.
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NigeriaA multi-million dollar Nigerian satellite launched 18 months ago is shut down to avoid crashing into other satellites.
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RussiaA former private bank boss and six others are jailed for murdering Russian central banker Andrei Kozlov in 2006.
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United StatesThe US Secret Service reveals its not-so-secret code names for the president-elect and his family.
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ChinaChinese Premier Wen Jiabao says the effects of the economic crisis on China have been worse than expected.
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Pakistan, IranGunmen kidnap a diplomat from Iran and kill his guard in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar, police say.
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SingaporeThree white tigers maul a zoo worker to death in Singapore after he jumped into their enclosure.
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Russia, United StatesWhy talks will offer key clues on future US-Russian ties
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RussiaThe European Commission unveils plans to diversify the EU's energy imports and reduce reliance on Russia.
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Russia, United StatesRussian threats to base missiles in the Baltic are criticised as "provocative" by the US defence secretary, Robert Gates.
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AustriaJosef Fritzl, the Austrian who allegedly abused his daughter for 24 years, is charged with killing one of their children.
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IndiaIndian conglomerate Tata Group says it will cut down on acquisitions because of increasing problems in raising capital.
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South AfricaA former ANC spokesman resigns ahead of the launch of a breakaway party in South Africa.
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Egypt, Saudi ArabiaThe Egyptian government says it has placed a ban on Egyptian doctors going to work in Saudi Arabia.
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IsraelThe UN has no more food to distribute in the Gaza Strip, the head of relief efforts in the area warns.
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ArubaAustralian holiday resort in Queensland will hold a month-long, nude "anything goes" party in March to combat the global credit crunch.
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United StatesA US hedge fund leader tells Congress he would be happy to see his industry become more transparent.
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Democratic Republic of the CongoEyewitness evidence that foreign forces are being drawn into the conflict in the east of DR Congo is growing.
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Georgia, FranceFrench President Nicolas Sarkozy accuses George Bush of failing to take the initiative over the summer conflict in Georgia.
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Afghanistan, United StatesSeven civilians and a US soldier die in a suicide car bomb attack on a US convoy in eastern Afghanistan, Afghan officials say.
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United StatesDefeated Republican running mate Sarah Palin urges her party to rebuild after its bruising defeat in the US presidential vote.
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ChileChile's public health service may have failed to tell more than 500 people they are HIV-positive, a government minister admits.
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IraqA cargo plane with seven people on board crashes in Iraq's western Anbar province after taking off near Falluja.
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United StatesThe boss of struggling US car firm Chrysler warns it would be "very difficult" to survive without government support.
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ItalyItaly's top court says a man can disconnect the feeding tube that has kept his comatose daughter alive for 16 years.
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RussiaThieves have made off with a 200-year-old church in central Russia, Orthodox Church officials say.
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United StatesUS President Bush admits the financial system needs reform but insists the credit crisis was not a failure of the free-market.
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SpainPolice in Northern Ireland say they are looking for a convicted Eta killer wanted by a Spanish judge on charges of supporting terrorism.
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United StatesThomas Beatie, the US "pregnant man" who gave birth to a daughter in June, is expecting his second child.
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United StatesSome five million Californians "drop, cover and hold on", in what organisers say is America's biggest earthquake drill.
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