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Sierra Leone slum dwellers search out the taxman
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The US says it is expelling Bolivia's ambassador after its own envoy is told to leave, amid continuing violence in Bolivia.
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US vice-presidential hopeful Sarah Palin says she is "ready to serve", in her first TV interview as John McCain's running mate.
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New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark sets general elections for 8 November amid economic concerns.
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A parliamentary session to re-elect Samak Sundaravej as Thai prime minister is delayed for lack of a quorum.
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Venezuela President Hugo Chavez expels the US ambassador, as a diplomatic row grows between the US and Bolivia.
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Japan's economic output records its sharpest quarterly fall in almost seven years, apparently falling into recession.
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China has vowed to severely punish makers of defective baby milk formula, after an infant died and dozens fell ill.
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Spinners Bryce McGain and Jason Krejza are among four uncapped players named in Australia's squad for the Test series in India.
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A man wanted over uranium ore smuggling in India hands himself over to police.
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US deputy secretary of state John Negroponte hails warming ties with Vietnam, on his first visit there since the war.
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Poland's last communist leader, Wojciech Jaruzelski, is to go on trial for imposing martial law in a brutal security move in 1981.
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A South African court is to rule if a graft case against ANC leader Jacob Zuma can proceed as crowds gather in his support.
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Thailand's ruling party says it is dropping Samak Sundaravej as its candidate for PM after objections from coalition partners.
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The discrimination facing flood victims in India
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Pope Benedict arrives in Paris for a four-day visit to France, the first trip to the country since he took office.
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The number of Japanese living over 100 has reached more than 36,000 - breaking new records.
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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas says months of peace talks with Israel have failed to reach any breakthrough.
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Niger's government issues a decree enforcing a ban on smoking in public places.
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The closure of a camp housing some 10,000 people displaced in Kenya's poll violence is delayed.
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Five civilians and seven militants are killed in Pakistan in a suspected US missile attack, local officials say.
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A court delays the release of an Indian film after complaints from the makers of the Harry Potter films.
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Malaysian police arrest a prominent anti-government internet campaigner amid a clampdown on dissent.
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Thailand's ruling party abandons its attempt to get Samak Sundaravej reappointed as prime minister, after MPs object.
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An Israeli soldier jailed for refusing to allow a Palestinian woman in labour to pass through a checkpoint.
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev likens the Georgian conflict to the 9/11 attacks in the US.
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Two people are killed as police clash with anti-Indian protesters who take to the streets again in Kashmir, officials say.
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More than a dozen mine officials have reportedly been arrested after a landslide killed at least 178 people in China.
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Fifa excludes Ethiopia from the 2010 World Cup qualifying campaign.
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Thailand's prime minister is going, but problems linger
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Residents in the US state of Texas are urged to evacuate or face "certain death" ahead of Hurricane Ike.
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Zimbabwe's Morgan Tsvangirai is to discuss the power-sharing deal with President Robert Mugabe.
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A South African court rules a corruption case against ANC leader Jacob Zuma cannot go ahead.
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A newspaper publisher is jailed for three years over an article which offended the president.
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At least 28 people have been killed in a car bomb attack on a police station north of Baghdad, police say.
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Thousands of tourists in the Mediterranean and elsewhere face travel chaos after a big holiday firm files for protection.
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Saudi Arabia's most senior judge says it is permissible to kill the owners of satellite TV channels that show 'immoral' programmes.
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A French judge issues warrants for nine Senegal officials over Africa's worst maritime disaster.
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Executives at Lehman Brothers are racing to meet a Sunday deadline to find a buyer for the troubled bank, the BBC learns.
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The husband of US Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin is told to give evidence to a probe into her alleged abuse of power.
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Greenland is trying to withdraw its whale hunt from International Whaling Commission jurisdiction, the BBC learns.
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A series of tit-for-tat expulsions and sanctions leaves the US without ambassadors in Bolivia, Venezuela and Honduras.
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