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ParaguayParaguay leader's paternity rows could harm politics
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Sri Lanka, 
United StatesThe US calls for an immediate ceasefire to the fighting in north-east Sri Lanka to allow civilians to leave the war zone.
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JapanQualifying for the Japanese MotoGP is washed out because of heavy rain, leaving Valentino Rossi on pole for Sunday's race after free practice.
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BahrainJarno Trulli takes pole for the Bahrain Grand Prix ahead of Toyota team-mate Timo Glock, with Sebastian Vettel's Red Bull in third.
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Sri LankaBBC reporter gets up close to the Sri Lankan fighting
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MexicoMexico closes schools and public buildings in the capital in a bid to contain a new flu virus suspected of killing up to 60 people.
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North KoreaNorth Korea says it has started reprocessing spent nuclear fuel rods, allowing it to produce weapons-grade plutonium.
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AfghanistanAt least three policemen are killed in a suicide attack in Afghanistan's southern province of Kandahar, officials say.
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Sri LankaCharles Haviland reports on growing expectations of an end to the war in Sri Lanka and asks what next for the country's minority Tamil people.
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ItalyAs he prepares to leave Rome, David Willey reflects on the microcosm of daily life in a former Roman palace.
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Iran, United StatesA US-Iranian reporter jailed a week ago by Tehran on charges of spying is in the fifth day of a hunger strike, her father says.
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BahrainJarno Trulli will start on pole in Bahrain on Sunday with Timo Glock next to him as Toyota lock out the front row for the first time in F1.
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United States, 
Czech RepublicA former Ku Klux Klan leader, American David Duke, is ordered to leave the Czech Republic where he was planning to promote a book.
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IndiaTennis Australia withdraws its team from the Davis Cup tie against India in Chennai because of security concerns.
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IsraelEast Jerusalem anger as Israel demolishes homes
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SwitzerlandA Swiss worker has been fired for being untrustworthy after her company said it had discovered her using Facebook while off sick.
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SomaliaA mortar attack on the Somali parliament on Mogadishu misses the building but kills eight people nearby, officials say.
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South AfricaThe ruling African National Congress wins South Africa's elections though it falls short of its previous two-thirds majority.
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Armenia, 
Turkey, United StatesTurkey criticises the US president for not emphasising its dead while marking the killing of Armenians by Turks.
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MoldovaMoldova's internet-organised protester speaks out
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Iraq, United StatesAmerica's top diplomat Hillary Clinton says the US "will stand with the people of Iraq", despite planned pullout of US troops.
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EthiopiaEthiopian authorities say they have arrested 35 supporters of opposition figure Berhanu Nega, over an alleged coup plot.
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South AfricaJacob Zuma, due to become South African president after the ANC's election victory, says he will work to unite the country.
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North Korea, United StatesThe US urges North Korea to return to its nuclear obligations after it says it is re-processing spent nuclear fuel again.
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EgyptThirteen foreign tourists are injured in a hot air balloon crash in the ancient Egyptian city of Luxor.
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IraqAn upsurge of violence rings alarm bells in Iraq
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AfghanistanHow Pashto verse reflects tragedy of the Afghan war
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