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Brazil's Environment Ministry lists 100 of the worst illegal loggers - and names a government department as number one.
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The pioneer of opposition politics in Singapore, JB Jeyaretnam, dies in hospital of heart failure at the age of 82.
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The restive Flemish putting Belgian unity under threat
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At least seven people die in two separate explosions in Muslim-dominated neighbourhoods in western India, police said.
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At least 35 passengers are killed when a bus collides with a tanker carrying milk in central Pakistan, police say.
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Egypt quiz show offers escape from housing crisis
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Six miners trapped in a Philippine mine shaft when it flooded last week, are brought out alive.
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Man Utd manager Sir Alex Ferguson will play all his big-name stars in Tuesday's Champions League clash with AaB Aalborg.
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Finland introduces stricter rules on gun permits, following last week's school shooting spree in which 11 people died.
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Sixteen bodies are found within 24 hours in the Mexican city of Tijuana, in what police say is part of a spate of drug-related killings.
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Afghanistan's ambassador-designate in Pakistan, Abdul Khaliq Farahi, is released a week after he was kidnapped by unknown gunmen, reports say.
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Stampede at a Hindu temple in India kills scores
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Eleven Western tourists - who spent 10 days as hostages in the Sahara Desert - return to Italy and Germany.
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The Iraqi government says it will allow doctors to carry guns after medics complain of being targeted.
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Dexia becomes the latest European bank to get government support as Belgium, France and Luxembourg put in 6.4bn euros to keep it afloat.
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Central African Republic's MPs pass an amnesty aimed at bringing an end to civil conflict.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai says that he has made repeated efforts to engage Saudi Arabia in Taleban peace talks.
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The military in Pakistan appoints a new head of its powerful ISI spy agency amid US pressure to do more to combat militants.
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International campaigners, artists and politicians sign an open letter calling for justice for five Cubans jailed in the US for spying.
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Pakistan village owner takes on UN goals
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The Lebanese parliament has approved a new election law as part of a reconciliation process begun in May.
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Venezuela is buying one million Intel Classmate laptops from Portugal for its school children.
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Five weeks to go - the factors that will decide the US race
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South Africa's Finance Minister Trevor Manuel dismisses rumours of a split within the ruling party.
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Early voting begins in the key US state of Ohio, five weeks to the day before the election, as the candidates campaign hard.
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Italian police arrest some 30 alleged gangsters in the Naples area, in what is described as a "war" with the mafia.
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A new political party in Morocco backed by a close friend of King Mohammed VI forms an alliance.
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The shock effect of the failure to pass a financial bail-out plan in the US Congress leaves Asian stock markets reeling.
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US shares are expected to rise on opening after President George W Bush renewed calls for Congress to back the $700bn banking rescue plan.
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At least 147 devotees die in a stampede at a Hindu temple in the northern Indian city of Jodhpur.
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Uganda's government urges aid agencies to stop supplying food to rebels so they sign a deal.
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An instrument on the the US space agency's Phoenix robot detects snow falling from clouds above its Martian landing site.
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Rival Somali pirates shot at each other on board a hijacked Ukrainian ship loaded with 33 tanks, a maritime group says.
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Police have arrested 22 people suspected of introducing the toxic chemical melamine into the food chain in China.
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India and France sign a pact which will lead to the sale of French nuclear reactors to Delhi, officials say.
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A group of retired Gurkhas fighting for the right to settle in Britain win their immigration test case at the High Court.
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The Cyprus president wants to end military exercises and demilitarise the capital Nicosia to help peace talks succeed.
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French beauticians have launched street protests to demand the right to use modern hair-removal techniques.
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An Islamist group in Somalia destroys a derelict church in the southern port town of Kismayo.
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Beijing is preparing to bring back certain traffic restrictions after those enforced during the Olympics helped clean the air.
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Coastguards rescue what is thought to be the largest single boat of migrants to reach Spain.
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Ireland's prime minister defends a radical 400bn euro (£318bn) state move to shore up its financial system.
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The opposition MDC in Zimbabwe says talks with the president on cabinet posts are deadlocked.
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Two people have died of wounds from Monday's bombing in north Lebanon, bringing the death toll to seven, security sources say.
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A Russian army lieutenant is being sent to the Russian Far East after making a rap video complaining about conditions in his barracks.
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Arsenal and Man Utd post easy wins as Celtic lose 1-0 at Villarreal in Tuesday's Champions League games.
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The hunt for profits dominates Paris motor show talk
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US President George W Bush warns the US economy is at a "critical moment" after his bail-out plan was defeated.
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