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VenezuelaInterpol issues an arrest warrant for Venezuelan opposition leader Manuel Rosales, wanted on corruption charges.
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Sri LankaA UN aid team heads to Sri Lanka, where 50,000 civilians remain inside the conflict zone as troops battle Tamil Tiger rebels.
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South AfricaANC leader Jacob Zuma appears before a cheering crowd, as his party heads for a clear victory in South Africa's election.
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Philippines, 
United StatesA US marine is acquitted of rape in the Philippines, in a case highlighting tensions over US military presence in the country.
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Pakistan, 
Lebanon, United StatesA Pakistani man in the US is jailed for transmitting a TV channel run by Lebanon's Hezbollah movement.
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ChinaIs Shanxi's polluted air leaving Chinese children disabled?
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BahrainThe second practice session for the Bahrain Grand Prix is under way after Lewis Hamilton tops the timesheets in the first session.
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Japan, ChinaChina confirms the first official visit of Japanese PM to Beijing next week, despite criticism of his recent offering to a war shrine.
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Pakistan, United StatesOfficials in North West Frontier Province in Pakistan meet to discuss their peace deal with the Taleban amid deep US concern.
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South KoreaSouth Korea narrowly avoids entering recession after its economy grew 0.1% between January and March.
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United StatesTop US player finds banjo's origins, in sound and images
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United KingdomUK scientists create a microchip which can detect malaria within minutes making it possible to treat quickly.
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ThailandThailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva lifts a two-week-old state of emergency imposed amid violent protests in Bangkok.
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IndiaAn Indian court orders tests to determine the age of the leading suspect in last November's deadly Mumbai (Bombay) attacks.
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Aruba, 
Australia, ChinaAustralian police release an X-ray of the skull of a Chinese man shot repeatedly with a nail gun, in an appeal to catch his killers.
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South AfricaThe African National Congress is heading for a decisive victory in South Africa's election, taking more than a two-thirds majority of the vote.
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Serbia and Montenegro, 
AlbaniaA Belgrade war crimes court jails four former policemen for killing 50 Kosovo Albanian civilians in 1999.
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Italy, 
GermanyA German couple who left three children in an Italian pizzeria have told police they fled because they had no money, reports say.
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North Korea, United StatesTwo US female journalists arrested by North Korea are to face trial, Pyongyang's state news agency says.
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Israel, 
Iran, United StatesUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warns Israel it risks losing Arab support on Iran over its stance on the Palestinian issue.
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Russia, North KoreaNorth Korea confirms it will not re-join international negotiations on its nuclear disarmament, despite Russian pressure.
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United StatesDo you have a question for our US correspondents?
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SpainTwo million people have lost their job in Spain in the past year taking the country's jobless total to more than four million.
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PakistanPakistan's Taleban say they are withdrawing from a district where they had consolidated power just 100km from Islamabad.
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United KingdomCampaigners react angrily to "truly appalling" new rules on the eligibility of Gurkha veterans to settle in the UK.
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Aruba, United StatesAn Australian cookie chain threatens legal action against US chain Krispy Kreme for stealing a biscuit name and recipe.
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PakistanPakistan in disarray over ways to tackle the Taleban
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United StatesIs there a high-speed future for the US network?
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United KingdomThe NFL have held 'substantive talks' with officials in London about holding the Super Bowl in the city.
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RussiaRussian President Dmitry Medvedev dismisses the head of the country's powerful GRU military intelligence service.
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IndiaAn Indian court orders cricket boss Lalit Modi to explain why he is not in the country to defend himself against charges of cheating.
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Bermuda, BahrainWilliams' Nico Rosberg clocks the quickest time of Friday's intriguing practice sessions in the Bahrain heat.
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South Africa, India, United KingdomEngland all-rounder Andrew Flintoff returns to England from playing in the Indian Premier League in South Africa to undergo surgery on his right knee.
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Italy, Russia, United StatesNegotiators for the US and Russia meet in Rome to begin work on a new treaty to curb nuclear weapons.
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South Africa, India, United KingdomEngland all-rounder Andrew Flintoff returns to England from playing in the Indian Premier League in South Africa to undergo surgery on his right knee.
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Russia, United StatesWhy the US and Russia want a new arms control treaty
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ArmeniaGrim scars on closed Armenia-Turkey border
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SomaliaHardline Islamist cleric Sheikh Aweys calls for African Union troops to leave Somalia before he talks to the government.
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ChinaA Chinese principal admits the school football team which won an international contest was stuffed with national squad players.
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ChinaA Chinese principal admits the school football team which won an international contest was stuffed with national squad players.
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RussiaRussian President Dmitry Medvedev dismisses the head of the country's powerful GRU military intelligence service.
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JapanA Japanese singer who was arrested after being found drunk and naked in a park says sorry for his "shameful" conduct.
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IraqAt least 60 people die as female suicide bombers attack Baghdad's main Shia shrine, after one of the deadliest days in Iraq this year.
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FranceA judge at the centre of one of France's biggest miscarriages of justice is reprimanded by a panel looking into his conduct.
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Democratic Republic of the CongoCivilians in eastern DR Congo have been suffering a growing number of attacks, including rape and arson, aid agencies say.
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FranceLance Armstrong's hopes of riding in the Tour de France improve after anti-doping officials choose not to seek sanctions over a disputed drug test.
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Sri LankaThe Sri Lankan army says there will be no more pauses in fighting against Tamil Tiger rebels, despite calls by the UN.
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Pakistan, AustraliaAndrew Symonds guides Australia to a series-levelling win courtesy of a six-wicket win over Pakistan in Dubai.
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Iraq, 
Afghanistan, United StatesThe US is about to release hundreds of photographs showing alleged prisoner abuse in Iraq and Afghanistan, officials say.
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Armenia, United StatesThe US president refrains from calling the killing of Armenians in World War I "genocide" despite using the term previously.
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ParaguayParaguayan President Fernando Lugo, a former Catholic bishop, refuses to resign over paternity claims by three women.
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Israel, Iran, ChinaA ban on Israeli imports to Iran was flouted by the sale of Jaffa oranges marked as Chinese, local reports say.
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MexicoHealth experts investigate a suspected new strain of swine flu that may have killed as many as 60 people in Mexico.
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RussiaRussian democracy under scrutiny for Olympic city election
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