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United StatesThe US government moves to tackle bed bugs, which have re-emerged as a major problem in many parts of the country.
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United KingdomLooking back at 1989 horror at UK football ground
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Germany, United StatesAn 89-year-old US man suspected of Nazi war crimes is granted a last-minute stay of deportation after being detained.
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North KoreaNorth Korea orders UN nuclear inspectors to leave the country, the organisation's nuclear watchdog says.
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HaitiInternational donors agree a $324m aid package to help Haiti recover from hurricanes and food shortages.
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FijiFiji devalues its dollar by 20% as military leader Frank Bainimarama pushes ahead with controversial reforms.
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Sri LankaSri Lankan troops have resumed operations against rebels after a two-day truce, pro-Tamil Tiger websites say.
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North Korea, United StatesThe US joins other nations in urging N Korea to return to nuclear talks as the row over its rocket launch deepens.
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NetherlandsA study of home births in the Netherlands suggests that the risks to babies are no higher than if born in hospital.
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IndiaQuarterly profits at Indian outsourcing giant Infosys jump by nearly a third but it warns that its revenues will fall this year.
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Democratic Republic of the CongoLightning caused four explosions ahead of talks in Congo capital Brazzaville, the army says.
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ChinaThe 20th anniversary of the death of reformist leader Hu Yaobang passes without being marked in China.
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Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia says it will start regulating the marriage of young girls, amid concern over the wedding of a girl aged eight.
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AustraliaAustralia's Northern Territory proposes permitting safari hunters to kill large saltwater crocodiles after series of attacks.
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South AfricaSouth Africans who live outside the country begin voting in the general election.
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PakistanPakistan's Supreme Court orders the release of a hardline Islamic cleric arrested when soldiers stormed the Red Mosque in 2007.
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IranIran's president says he will soon announce a package of proposals aimed at resolving the nuclear row with the West.
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United KingdomEngland name ex-Zimbabwe captain Andy Flower as their team director.
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KenyaA Kenyan man bit a python who dragged him up a tree during a three-hour, life-or-death struggle, police have said.
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FranceHundreds of ferry passengers are left stranded at Dover because of blockades at Channel ports by French fishing fleets.
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LebanonStar appeal for handbags made by Lebanese prisoners
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SudanA Sudanese court sentences 10 rebels from the Darfur region to death.
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Somalia, United StatesPirates attack a US cargo ship off Somalia in the latest of a spate of incidents - but this time the attempt fails.
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ThailandThe Thai government revokes the passport of self-exiled former leader Thaksin Shinawatra in the wake of recent protests.
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AfghanistanDozens of Afghan women who tried to protest against a new law they say legalises rape within marriage are attacked in the capital Kabul.
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ItalyRafael Nadal and Roger Federer open their clay-court seasons with comfortable second-round victories at the Monte Carlo Masters 1000.
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IndiaBloody insurgency wreaking havoc as India votes
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IraqEleven people are killed and a further 23 wounded in a car bomb attack in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, police say.
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RussiaPresident Medvedev grants his first Russian newspaper interview to the employer of murdered journalist Anna Politkovskaya.
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ItalyThe EU's anti-fraud body Olaf welcomes an Italian court ruling on a milk quota scam, which has paved the way for recovering millions of euros.
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SwitzerlandSwitzerland's biggest bank says it will axe 8,700 jobs after making a £1.75bn loss in the first quarter of the year.
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United StatesAfrican Union chairman Muammar Gaddafi spells out his plans to create a United States of Africa.
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United StatesThe US far right is on the up, following President Obama's election and the economic downturn, a new report warns.
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Togo, United StatesThe brother of Togo's president is arrested as he tries to seek asylum in the US embassy.
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Hong KongCardinal Joseph Zen, the head of the Roman Catholic Church in Hong Kong, steps down after 12 years.
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CroatiaThe murders blocking Croatia's path to Europe
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Kenya, Somalia, FranceA French warship captures 11 Somali pirates off Kenya, amid calls for greater international resolve in dealing with piracy.
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EgyptArchaeologists are to search three sites in Egypt that they say may contain the tomb of doomed lovers Anthony and Cleopatra.
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United StatesUS economic activity weakened in March, but there were some signs of stabilisation, the Federal Reserve says.
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MexicoThe US government places three Mexican organisations on its list of drug syndicates, a day before the president visits Mexico.
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FranceFrench fishermen temporarily lift their blockade of three French ports, allowing ferries to cross the English Channel.
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United StatesUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton unveils a four-point plan to tackle piracy off Somalia.
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SomaliaPiracy is a symptom of Somalia's bigger problems
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PeruPeru's coffee-producing converts fear for future
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PakistanA suicide car-bomber attacks a security post in north-west Pakistan, killing at least 18 people, nine of them police.
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CanadaAbout 150 people are arrested in a major police crackdown on the Hell's Angels motorcycle gang in Canada.
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IndiaIndians have begun voting in the first round of the general elections. What are your expectations?
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United StatesObama's opponents rally across the US
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