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ThailandOpponents of Thaksin Shinawatra gather in Bangkok ahead of a court ruling on corruption charges against the ex-PM.
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AustraliaIndia complete an emphatic 320-run victory over Australia on the final morning of the second Test in Mohali.
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India, AustraliaIndia beat Australia by 320 runs to win the second Test in Mohali and lead the four-Test series 1-0.
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United StatesUS presidential hopeful Barack Obama is cancelling campaign events for two days to visit his sick grandmother in Hawaii.
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ChinaChina appeals for international help to trace eight men from Xinjiang, whom officials say tried to disrupt the Olympics.
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Afghanistan, 
Japan, United StatesJapan's lower house of parliament votes to extend a controversial naval mission backing US operations in Afghanistan.
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BoliviaBolivian President Evo Morales and his opponents agree terms for holding a referendum on a new constitution.
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United KingdomFive people, three of them believed to be children, are killed when a car catches fire in a crash on a British motorway.
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New Zealand, 
BangladeshNew Zealand scrape to a three-wicket victory over Bangladesh on the final day of the first Test in Chittagong.
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South AfricaThe economic crisis will only have a limited affect on South Africa's 2010 World Cup, organisers say.
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Taiwan, ChinaPro-independence protesters in Taiwan attack a visiting Chinese envoy, sparking condemnation from Beijing.
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EgyptEgypt presents a Palestinian "consensus" plan and invites rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas for talks in Cairo.
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ThailandFugitive Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra is found guilty of corruption over a land deal and sentenced to two years in jail.
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ZimbabweZimbabwe's opposition MDC calls for new elections, if there is no deal at power-sharing talks.
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ChinaAbout 1,500 dogs bred for their fur have died on a farm in China after eating feed tainted with melamine.
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Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia has laid charges against almost 1,000 suspected militants linked to al-Qaeda, the interior minister says.
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Pakistan, IndiaIndia and Pakistan reopen an old Kashmir trade route after six decades as part of efforts to bolster peace moves.
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ArubaThe entire graduating class at an exclusive Australian school is suspended over "unacceptable" end-of-term antics.
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Russia, United KingdomThe UK's opposition Conservative Party denies soliciting a donation from Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska.
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PakistanTalks get under way between the International Monetary Fund and Pakistan, which faces a serious balance of payments crisis.
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Iraq, United StatesIraq's cabinet wants changes to a draft agreement that would allow US forces to stay until 2011, a spokesman says.
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FranceThe French president calls for an EU "economic government", as the IMF predicts a tough year for Europe.
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Georgia, Russia, United StatesTop military officers from the US and Russia meet to discuss ways to improve relations damaged by Russia's conflict with Georgia.
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AfghanistanA student convicted of blasphemy in Afghanistan has his death sentence reduced to a 20-year jail term.
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TanzaniaFive people have been arrested in north-western Tanzania for killing an albino girl, police tell the BBC.
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Afghanistan, United StatesMounting challenges facing next US president
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Nepal, 
SomaliaSomali refugees in Nepal demonstrate to gain official recognition by the government.
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MexicoThe heads of four men were delivered in an icebox by a courier service to a police station in northern Mexico, local authorities say.
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IraqAt least 15 people are killed as militants clash with anti-al-Qaeda tribesmen in the central Iraqi province of Babil.
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IndiaViolence breaks out in the Indian city of Mumbai (Bombay) after the arrest of the leader of a right-wing regional party.
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Democratic Republic of the CongoICC judges say Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga should not be freed but his trial is still halted.
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GreeceAir traffic is grounded, public services grind to a halt, and there are some clashes, as Greeks join a nationwide strike.
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Cuba, United StatesUS authorities drop war crimes charges against five detainees held at the Guantanamo Bay detention centre in Cuba.
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IndiaAt least 17 people are killed and 20 injured in a bomb explosion in the north-east Indian city of Imphal, police say.
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NigeriaHundreds of prisoners on Nigeria's death row may be innocent as their trials were not fair, a rights group says.
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ItalyItaly's main consumer rights group launches a bid to have a record lotto prize seized, saying it is stoking gambling fever.
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ThailandThaksin's prison sentence divides Thailand
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EgyptAn Egyptian man is sentenced to three years in prison with hard labour for groping a woman in the street.
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EgyptAn Egyptian man is sentenced to three years in prison with hard labour for groping a woman in the street.
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TurkeyArsenal produce a fine attacking display to thrash Fenerbahce 5-2 in their Champions League match in Istanbul.
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Iraq, United StatesUS Defence Secretary Robert Gates warns of "dramatic consequences" if a deal on US forces in Iraq is not agreed.
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ArgentinaArgentina's President Cristina Fernandez signs a bill to nationalise almost $30bn in private pension funds.
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United StatesThe FBI is called in to help investigate threatening letters containing white powder sent to banks across America.
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Canada, 
SyriaAn inquiry finds Canadian officials indirectly contributed to the torture in Syria of three Canadian terrorist suspects.
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United Kingdom, BangladeshBangladeshi adverts claiming that products made children healthier have been banned after mistakenly appearing on UK television.
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