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Bolivia's government begins talks with a key opposition leader after days of violent clashes across the country.
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Preparations are made for investment bank Lehman Brothers, the latest victim of the US credit crisis, to file for bankruptcy.
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Candidates embody conflicting ideas of the USA
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The Indian media calls for tougher laws and strategies to combat rising attacks by suspected militants in the country.
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A Muslim cleric and other men are convicted by a jury of being members of a terror group in Melbourne, Australia.
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Former Maoist leader and new Nepalese PM Prachanda begins his first official visit to India since his April election victory.
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In a BBC interview, East Timor's president accuses some members of the UN Security Council of "extraordinary hypocrisy".
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Militants in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta say they have blown up a major oil installation.
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A ferry carrying nearly 100 people sinks off Turkey's north-western coast, leaving at least one person dead and five missing.
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A Malaysian cabinet minister, Zaid Ibrahim, quits amid a crackdown on critics of the embattled government.
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A Russian airliner took a strange path before it crashed in the Urals, killing 88 people, a controller says.
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Twelve tourists, including seven foreigners, are killed in a road accident in Egypt's Sinai peninsula, reports say.
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An American student accused of murdering Briton Meredith Kercher was not involved at all, her father says.
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US defence secretary Robert Gates is in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, on a previously unannounced visit.
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Police in the southern Indian state of Karnataka arrest more than 60 people after attacks on churches and clergymen.
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More than 1,250 children have fallen ill and two have died after drinking contaminated milk, says China's health ministry.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-il fails to appear at another major holiday - fuelling fresh speculation about his health.
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Elements in the Iranian state are sending weapons across the border to the Taleban in Afghanistan, the BBC learns.
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Two car bombs have exploded in central Baghdad, killing 12 people, Iraqi police say.
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A second AU peacekeeper in as many days is killed in the Somali capital, Mogadishu.
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A second AU peacekeeper in as many days is killed in the Somali capital, Mogadishu.
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Bridget Kendall on who is really driving Moscow policy
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At least 21 people die in a stampede in Indonesia as thousands queue to receive charity cash handouts.
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Israeli police investigate a rampage by settlers in a village in the West Bank which PM Ehud Olmert called a "pogrom".
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Pakistani troops fire shots into the air to stop US troops crossing into the South Waziristan region of Pakistan, local officials say.
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Thailand's embattled ruling party selects a new nominee for PM but within hours a powerful faction pledges to reject him.
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The IAEA says it cannot resolve questions about a military link to Iran's nuclear programme as Iran is not co-operating.
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An 89-year-old ex-German infantry commander is tried in Munich for a Nazi war crime, in what could be one of the last such cases.
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Central banks inject billions into European markets as share prices tumble following the collapse of US giant Lehman Brothers.
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Italy's main airline Alitalia will cut 3,000 jobs under a rescue deal agreed with unions - though a pilots' group says it is "unacceptable".
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Twelve Mauritanian soldiers are killed in an ambush by suspected Islamist rebels, officials say.
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US presidential hopefuls John McCain and Barack Obama react to the turmoil on Wall Street, calling for better industry regulation.
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Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe signs a historic power-sharing deal with the opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai.
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Nato's chief says he hopes for Georgia's "accelerated" integration with the alliance after its conflict with Russia.
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A report to the UN human rights council on Israel's shelling of Beit Hanoun in Gaza in 2006 says it may have been a war crime.
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A new EU institute aimed at fostering technological innovation is launched in Budapest.
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A Bosnian Muslim ex-army chief is jailed for three years for war crimes in a ruling Serbs and Croats condemn as lenient.
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At least 22 people are killed after a suicide bomber targets a police gathering in the Iraqi province of Diyala, police say.
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Top US investment bank Lehman Brothers files for bankruptcy protection, sending shockwaves through markets.
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Tamil Tiger rebels assure the UN that its personnel will be allowed to leave the northern Kilinochchi region on Tuesday.
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Turmoil after Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy raises uncertainty over what direction US interest rates will head.
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Europe's Ryder Cup captain Nick Faldo predicts an "electrifying" week as his side arrive in the United States ahead of the contest starting on Friday.
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