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United StatesPresident Obama tells the CIA it remains key to protecting the US, days after releasing memos on past interrogation techniques.
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United StatesEvents are held to mark the 10th anniversary of the Columbine High School massacre in which two former pupils killed 13 people.
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VenezuelaOne of Venezuela's main opposition leaders does not appear in court on the first day of his trial on corruption charges.
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Somalia, United StatesA Somali teenager accused of being one of the pirates who held a US sea captain hostage is flown to New York to face trial.
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IndiaTwelve people die in violence in the north-eastern state of Assam ahead of the second phase of India's election.
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FijiThe United Nations Security Council condemns Fiji's military rule, calling for democratic elections as soon as possible.
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Pakistan, 
United KingdomFamilies of Pakistani origin in the UK have seen homes destroyed and families torn apart by the Taleban in Swat.
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IndiaThe Reserve Bank of India cuts a key interest rate as it aims to lift an economy slowing in the face of the global recession.
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CanadaA group of female ski jumpers goes to a Canadian court to force the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics to include their events.
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China, 
Hong KongHong Kong action star Jackie Chan's comments about whether freedom was a good thing for China were taken out of context, his spokesman says.
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ThailandOne of the leaders of the "red-shirt" protest movement in Thailand vows renewed action to oust the government.
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IranPresident Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran returns home to what has officially been described as a sensational welcome.
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IranPresident Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran returns home to what has officially been described as a sensational welcome.
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United StatesAsian shares fall sharply, echoing declines in the US caused by renewed concerns about the world's banks.
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United KingdomThe UK is one of the toughest places to grow up in Europe. Where do you think is best?
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KenyaAt least 24 people have died in fighting between residents of a Kenyan town and suspected sect members, police say.
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Iran, United StatesThe parents of jailed US-Iranian reporter Roxana Saberi welcome Iranian judiciary chief's call for a swift and fair appeal.
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South AfricaHas the ANC done enough for South Africa's townships?
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RussiaRussian ex-tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky pleads not guilty to new embezzlement and money laundering charges in Moscow.
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FranceFrench police detain 190 people in an operation against undocumented migrants near the port of Calais, officials say.
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JapanA Japanese woman who killed four people by serving them arsenic-laced curry loses her appeal against a death sentence.
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South AfricaANC leader Jacob Zuma appeals for a "massive" turnout in South African elections on Wednesday.
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United StatesTests are being carried out to find why 21 horses died suddenly ahead of a polo tournament in the US state of Florida.
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Iraq, United StatesExecutives from leading internet companies such as Google, You Tube, and Twitter are in Iraq on a visit arranged by the US State Department
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Ireland, South Africa, United KingdomIreland lock Paul O'Connell is confirmed as British and Irish Lions captain for the three-Test summer tour to South Africa.
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GeorgiaThe OSCE condemns the brief detention of two observers by separatist forces in Georgia's breakaway South Ossetia.
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Sri LankaTamil Tigers accuse Sri Lankan troops of killing about 1,000 civilians, but the government says it is helping thousands.
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South KoreaThe first talks between North and South Korea for more than a year last just 22 minutes, amid tensions between the two sides.
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United StatesA watchdog monitoring the US's $700bn bail-out plan for banks says aspects could be "unfair" to taxpayers.
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PakistanTaleban militants who agreed a peace deal with the government in Pakistan's Swat district expand into nearby Buner.
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Afghanistan, South AfricaThe Afghan national cricket team makes a triumphant return to Kabul after its heroics in South Africa.
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Sri LankaThe tough task of reporting in Sri Lanka
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BurundiAfrican Union troops begin disarming 21,000 fighters from Burundi's last active rebel group, the FNL.
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United StatesFormer US Vice-President Dick Cheney urges the CIA to release memos which he says show harsh interrogation techniques work.
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Somalia, JapanSomali pirates free a ship and its crew of 23 Filipinos after holding them for five months, but it is not known if a ransom was paid.
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SomaliaSomali pirates free a ship and its crew of 23 Filipinos after holding them for five months, but it is not known if a ransom was paid.
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North KoreaWhy all eyes are on the North Korean leader's trusted ally
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North KoreaWhy all eyes are on the North Korean leader's trusted ally
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IsraelA two-minute silence for victims of the Holocaust brings Israel to a standstill, as ceremonies are held across the world.
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GermanyA singer from a German girl band arrested on suspicion of infecting a partner with HIV is released from custody.
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United StatesUS President Barack Obama leaves open the possibility of prosecutions over harsh CIA interrogation methods.
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Israel, 
Egypt, United StatesThe US invites Israeli, Palestinian and Egyptian leaders for separate talks in a new push for Middle East peace.
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Somalia, United StatesA Somali teenager captured by the US during the rescue of an American sea captain from pirates appears in court in New York.
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United StatesThe US Supreme Court considers whether a school acted illegally in subjecting a 13-year-old girl to a strip-search.
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United StatesA greater global effort is needed to thwart the growing menace of cyber-crime, experts warn at a key security forum in the US.
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Israel, IranUN chief Ban Ki-moon says Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad "misused" an anti-racism meeting at which he denounced Israel.
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Sri LankaSri Lanka says 63,000 Tamil civilians have crossed from the last remaining area held by Tamil Tiger rebels in the last two days.
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Iraq, North Korea, United StatesThe Senate confirms Christopher Hill, the former US chief negotiator with North Korea, as the next US ambassador to Iraq.
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United StatesWater levels in some of the world's most important rivers have fallen sharply over the past 50 years, US researchers say.
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ChinaClues to the evolution of Tyrannosaurus rex have come to light following a fossil find in Jiayuguan, China.
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RussiaRussia's foreign minister decries 'Cold War logic'
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