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United StatesUS shares plummet to three-year low on fears the bailout of insurance giant AIG will not be enough to lift the gloom engulfing the financial world.
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Iraq, United StatesA US military helicopter crashes near Basra in southern Iraq, killing seven American soldiers, the military says.
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IndiaIndian PM Manmohan Singh says his government is considering strengthening laws to combat attacks by militant groups.
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ArubaAn Australian parliamentary committee opposes the sale of uranium to Russia over concerns about its use.
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IndiaA speeding bus runs over villagers watching a movie on the side of a highway in eastern India, killing 18 people, police say.
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United KingdomThe UK government wants EU nations to be allowed to trade 50% of their target CO2 cuts, a leaked document reveals.
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India, United StatesEx-New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani is to advise Indian drug firm Ranbaxy after a ban on some of its products in the US.
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MalaysiaA second blogger is arrested in Malaysia in a week, amid continuing opposition pressure on the government.
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Ukraine, RussiaUkraine's headache over Russia's fleet in Crimea
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IsraelTzipi Livni wins a tight race to become the new leader of Israel's ruling Kadima party, by fewer than 500 votes.
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Pakistan, United StatesPakistan says it was not warned about a suspected US missile strike on its territory, which it calls "counter-productive".
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RussiaMoscow's stock markets remain closed, as the government tries to stem a plunge in share prices and restore confidence.
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United StatesHackers break in to the personal e-mail account of US Republican vice-presidential candidate, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin.
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ChinaChinese police arrest 12 people over a tainted milk scandal, while Hong Kong orders a product recall.
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United StatesA law in a Florida town banning sagging jeans that expose underwear is unconstitutional, a judge has decided.
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Democratic Republic of the CongoHealth centres have been systematically looted by fighters in eastern DR Congo, the UN says.
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IsraelMajor challenges face Israel's would-be prime minister
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IsraelTzipi Livni begins putting together a new government after being elected leader of Israel's ruling Kadima party.
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Hong KongHong Kong removes from shops dairy products made by a company implicated in China's contaminated milk scandal.
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United Kingdom, 
BulgariaAston Villa, Man City, Portsmouth, Tottenham and Everton win while Motherwell lose on a busy night for British clubs in the Uefa Cup.
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Greece, 
SomaliaPirates seize two ships, one registered in Greece and the other in Hong Kong, off the Somali coast.
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Ukraine, 
GeorgiaThink tank cools on Nato call-up for Georgia, Ukraine
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Iraq, United StatesAn US military court finds a soldier guilty of conspiracy to murder over the 2007 killing of four bound and blindfolded Iraqis.
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IsraelArchbishop Desmond Tutu delivers a scathing report to the UN on an Israeli shelling in Gaza in 2006.
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MexicoAt least 19 people are killed and 12 injured in the second riot at a Mexican prison in less than a week, officials say.
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DenmarkSix people are convicted in Denmark of raising funds for extremist groups by selling T-shirts with their logos on.
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IndiaIndian firm Tata says it is actively looking for new sites at which to build the world's cheapest car, the Nano.
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SomaliaAn account of life in Somalia's booming pirate town
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Yemen, United StatesAt least 25 suspected militants are arrested in Yemen following an attack on the US embassy that killed 16 people.
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FranceA previously unknown piece of music by Mozart is discovered by staff at a library in Nantes, western France.
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BoliviaBolivian President Evo Morales opens talks with opposition leaders in a bid to defuse a political crisis in the country.
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Sri LankaSri Lanka's navy says it has fought a battle off the north-west coast, as troops continue fighting Tamil rebels.
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ItalyThe investors proposing to rescue Italian airline Alitalia withdraw their offer, raising fears the carrier may go into liquidation.
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SwazilandPolice in Swaziland arrest pro-democracy activists ahead of parliamentary polls.
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ZimbabweTalks on allocating ministries between Zimbabwe's rival political parties are deadlocked, opposition officials say.
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AfghanistanHow the Afghan Taleban got armed to the hilt
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GermanyBerlin's federal archive for the first time compiles a list of some 600,000 Jews who lived in Germany up to 1945 and were persecuted by the Nazis.
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Afghanistan, Pakistan, United StatesUS defence chief Robert Gates defends US air strikes across the Afghan border into Pakistan.
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UgandaUgandan officials express shock after a mob kills a man who refused to stop smoking in a public bar.
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United StatesA person's political views may be an expression of their innate psychological makeup, research in the US suggests.
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Russia, United StatesRussia's "aggressive" attitude at home and abroad risks leaving the country "isolated and irrelevant", the US secretary of state warns.
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ArgentinaArgentine activists hold rallies to mark two years since a witness at a major human-rights trial went missing.
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KenyaWhy Kenyan women can't stop eating stones
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United KingdomBritish scientists and engineers are working on a potential new European mission to bring back material from an asteroid.
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