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The rare okapi, under threat from the bush meat trade, has been photographed in DR Congo's Virunga National Park.
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A politician from a pro-Syrian faction has been killed in a car bombing east of the Lebanese capital, Beirut, officials say.
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Two Russian bombers arrive in Venezuela for training flights, days after a joint naval exercise was announced.
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Two powerful earthquakes hit Indonesia's Moluccas islands and Hokkaido in northern Japan, but there are no reports of injuries.
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Two powerful earthquakes hit Indonesia's Moluccas islands and Hokkaido in northern Japan, but there are no reports of injuries.
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Three people accused of killing 80 pets in a case which shocked Puerto Rico are found not guilty.
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US officials responsible for collecting revenue from oil companies are accused of "ethical failure".
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Japan will end a military mission flying goods and personnel into Iraq in support of the US-led coalition.
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Japan has executed three convicted murderers, all in their 60s, the Justice Ministry said on Thursday.
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US President George W Bush sends a landmark civilian nuclear deal with India to the Congress for final approval.
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A girl in India commits suicide after watching TV reports that an experiment in Europe could bring about the end of the world.
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At least 20 militants and four troops have been killed in fighting in north-west Pakistan, the army says.
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A state minister in Australia has been asked to resign after dancing in his underpants at a staff party.
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Former Bangladeshi PM Khaleda Zia is released from prison after spending a year there on corruption charges.
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England boss Fabio Capello says the secret to the 4-1 win in Croatia was that his side played with "confidence and courage".
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Chinese officials are investigating a brand of baby formula after more than a dozen babies who drank it developed kidney stones.
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The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia holds talks with officials in Serbia.
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The Israeli military grounds its fleet of Cobra helicopters as it investigates a crash that killed two pilots on a training mission.
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The complex web of militants in Pakistan tribal areas
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Lance Armstrong's former team-mate Jonathan Vaughters says Christian Vande Velde can stop the seven-time Tour de France winner's bid for another title.
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Russia's foreign minister arrives in Poland amid tension over the war in Georgia and the US missile defence system.
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Thailand's Samak Sundaravej accepts his party's nomination as PM two days after he was forced to quit.
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Reports say North Korea is close to completing a new launch site for long-range missiles close to its border with China.
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The US needs a new strategy to tackle militants in Afghanistan which includes Pakistan's border area, a top commander says.
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President Evo Morales accuses the US ambassador to Bolivia of encouraging the break-up of the country and orders him to leave.
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Israel has annexed thousands of hectares of West Bank land beside the barrier, an Israeli rights group says.
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As petrol prices rise in the US, pressure is growing to open up new areas of Alaska for oil exploration.
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In small US towns, Americans still remember 9/11
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Nigeria creates a ministry for the Niger Delta but activists are not convinced it will mean peace.
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Canadian PM Stephen Harper for the first time vows that Canadian troops will end their mission in Afghanistan in 2011.
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Israeli police searching for a four-year-old girl missing since May find a suitcase containing human remains in a river.
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Robert Mugabe and Morgan Tsvangirai say they are hopeful of signing a deal to share power.
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Indonesia's anti-terror chief says Western governments have made it harder for moderate Muslims to tackle terrorism.
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Australian animal welfare authorities appeal for help tracking down a boy filmed viciously attacking a kangaroo.
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Rival leaders of the divided island of Cyprus are meeting in the first substantive talks aimed at reunification.
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Pakistan leader's quandary in battle against militants
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The outgoing commander of US troops in Iraq says he will never declare victory there, adding the US faces "a long struggle".
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Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger warns England fans not to expect a repeat of Theo Walcott's 'exceptional' hat-trick in Croatia.
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Civil society groups in Mali welcome the release of 44 soldiers held by Tuareg rebels.
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Irish footballer Derek Malone is excluded from the Paralympics for failing to show he is sufficiently disabled.
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The death toll from a devastating rockfall in the Egyptian capital Cairo has risen to more than 70, officials say.
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Junior school pupils in Tanzania experience a mass fainting fit while taking their final year exams.
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Diplomats make an urgent call for the DR Congo army and rebels to stop fighting in the east.
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Ukraine's prime minister is questioned in the investigation into the 2004 poisoning of President Viktor Yushchenko.
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Residents in the US state of Texas take to the roads, as Hurricane Ike churns through the Gulf of Mexico.
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Moments of silence are held to mark the seventh anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the US which left nearly 3,000 people dead.
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Saudi Arabian police say they have arrested five men on charges of using the internet to recruit for al-Qaeda.
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Lewis Hamilton insists that being stripped of victory in Belgium will not affect his performance in the Italian Grand Prix.
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More than 30 people are led from the Channel Tunnel after a fire on a freight train, with cancelled trains stranding thousands.
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President Medvedev says Russia will co-operate with the US on terrorism, but tells it to reconsider its ties with "rotten regimes".
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The euro hits a fresh one-year low against the US dollar on renewed worries about the health of the European economy.
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Russia's prime minister defends Moscow's military intervention in South Ossetia, saying "an aggressor needs to punished".
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President Bush approved US military raids on militants inside Pakistan without Islamabad's agreement, the BBC learns.
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Shares in troubled US bank Lehman Brothers plunge 42% on continued fears over the future of the Wall Street institution.
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Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe and Morgan Tsvangirai reach a deal to share power.
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