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United StatesUS Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin is questioned on an alleged abuse of power as Alaska governor.
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GermanyWeapons that once belonged to the former East German leader Erich Honecker are to be sold at auction in Germany.
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United StatesThe mother and brother of Oscar-winning US actress Jennifer Hudson have been shot dead, police say.
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ColombiaThree Colombian colonels have been sacked for their alleged involvement in extrajudicial killings of poor homeless men.
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IrelandRecession and uncertainty grips Irish economy
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Australia, 
Papua New Guinea, 
United KingdomEngland contest the opening game of the Rugby League World Cup against Papua New Guinea in Townsville, Australia.
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JapanTwo large Japanese food manufacturers have found insecticide in their instant noodles, triggering a food scare.
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YemenAt least 48 people have been killed or are missing in Yemen, following torrential rains earlier this week.
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Australia, Papua New Guinea, United KingdomEngland are made to work hard before beating Papua New Guinea 32-22 in their World Cup opener in Townsville, Australia.
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ZimbabwePeter Biles reflects on his recent visit to Zimbabwe where prospects for real change appear to be evaporating.
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Taiwan, 
ChinaTens of thousands of pro-independence supporters hold a march in Taipei against closer links with mainland China.
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ChinaAsian and European leaders called for a fundamental rethink of the global financial system at the end of a summit in Beijing.
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West BankPalestinian reinforcements are deployed in Hebron in an attempt by the Palestinian leader to boost West Bank security.
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PakistanThe Pakistan army says it has retaken a key settlement in the troubled north-west, held by militants for nearly three months.
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United StatesThe US Air Force plans to set up a new nuclear weapons command as part of a re-organisation after recent mishaps.
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ItalyPolice in Milan investigate an unusual $1m (£628,420) robbery in the heart of the Italian fashion capital.
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United StatesWhite House hopeful Barack Obama resumes campaigning targeting states on the US West that could be crucial.
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GeorgiaThe mayor of a Georgian town near the separatist region of Abkhazia is killed in an explosion, the interior ministry says.
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SudanRenewed fighting in the Sudanese region of Darfur kills at least 40 people and displaces thousands more, aid agencies say.
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United StatesRepublican presidential candidate John McCain again attacks his Democratic rival's plans of "re-distributing wealth".
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SpainBasque demonstrators take to the streets, demanding the right to a referendum on independence from Spain.
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AfghanistanAn Afghan security guard has shot dead two foreigners and killed himself in the capital Kabul, the government says.
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ItalyHundreds of thousands march through Rome to protest against the right-wing government of Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi.
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Iraq, United StatesIraq's largest Sunni party freezes contacts with US civilian and military personnel in protest at a shooting in Fallujah.
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