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IsraelIsrael desert cricket breaks down Arab-Jewish boundaries
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MexicoA new flu virus suspected of killing up to 81 people in Mexico has the potential to become a pandemic, the UN says.
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Sri LankaThe UN's top humanitarian official goes to Sri Lanka to push for greater protection of civilians caught up in the conflict.
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Italy, 
GermanyA German man attempts to kill himself after he and his girlfriend abandoned three children at a restaurant in Italy, reports say.
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PakistanTwelve children die in north-western Pakistan after playing with a bomb they mistook for a toy, officials say.
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MexicoThe World Health Organization as raised the threat level from swine flu from four to five - one short of a pandemic. Are you taking any precautions?
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MexicoThe Mexican authorities say 81 people may have died from a new swine flu virus which the WHO says could lead to a pandemic.
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Taiwan, 
ChinaChina and Taiwan sign agreements to allow investment across the Taiwan Strait in the latest sign of improving ties.
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BahrainJenson Button produces a near-perfect drive in his Brawn to claim victory at the Bahrain Grand Prix ahead of Sebastian Vettel and Jarno Trulli, with Lewis Hamilton fourth.
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BermudaLewis Hamilton admits for the first time that he mulled quitting the sport after the scandal in which he was found guilty of lying to race stewards.
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Lebanon, 
United StatesThe US secretary of state calls for the upcoming general election in Lebanon to be fair and free of outside interference.
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IcelandIceland's interim centre-left coalition wins a major victory in general election, securing a clear majority in parliament.
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IraqIraqi Prime Minister Maliki confirms that Sunni insurgent leader Abu Omar al-Baghdadi has been arrested, in a BBC interview.
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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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Bermuda, BahrainBrawn GP's championship leader Jenson Button gets his third win of 2009 as McLaren's Lewis Hamilton grabs a season-best fourth.
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SudanA Sudanese court sentences 11 Darfur rebels to death for a deadly attack on the capital, Khartoum, in 2008.
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Sri LankaTamil Tiger rebels in north-east Sri Lanka announce a unilateral ceasefire, but the government rejects it, urging their surrender.
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Indian Ocean, Italy, 
IndiaA captain of an Italian cruise ship gives the BBC a dramatic account how his crew fended off a pirate attack off the coast of Somalia.
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Israel, 
Iran, China"Jaffa" oranges which caused outrage when they appeared on sale in Iran were not Israeli but Chinese counterfeit fruit, it emerges.
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MexicoNew Zealand authorities carry out tests after a group of students test positive for "likely" swine flu, which has killed dozens in Mexico.
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RwandaRwanda suspends BBC Kinyarwanda programme following broadcasts it says include genocide-deniers.
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Sri LankaTigers defiant as Sri Lankan army scents victory
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PakistanPakistani forces clash with Taleban militants in the troubled north-west of the country, close to the Swat Valley.
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Iraq, United StatesIraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki says a US raid in the south of the country was a breach of the security pact.
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