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United StatesThe US Senate confirms President Barack Obama's choice for health secretary, former Kansas governor Kathleen Sebelius.
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United KingdomScent of homecoming for UK soldiers in Basra
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Afghanistan, United KingdomGordon Brown will tell parliament how the UK will take a new approach to the war in Afghanistan.
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MexicoMexico City bans restaurants and cafes from serving all food except takeaways as cases of deadly swine flu virus continue to rise.
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AustraliaAustralia is to send 450 more troops to Afghanistan because of what its PM calls the deteriorating security situation.
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ChinaJapanese Prime Minister Taro Aso has arrived in Beijing for a two-day visit expected to focus primarily on the economy.
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Italy, ChinaOlympic cycling road race silver medallist Davide Rebellin from Italy is among the six athletes who are found positive for doping in retesting of Beijing samples.
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United StatesAs President Obama prepares to go public with his review of cyber-security, industry experts weigh in with criticisms.
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Sri Lanka, United KingdomBritish and French foreign ministers in Sri Lanka urge a halt to the military offensive against Tamil Tiger rebels in the north.
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France, United StatesA bus carrying French tourists crashes in California killing at least five people and injuring dozens, officials say.
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France, United StatesA bus carrying French tourists crashes in California killing at least five people and injuring dozens, officials say.
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Iran, United StatesThe US envoy to the Gulf states, Dennis Ross, begins his first visit to the region, with Iran likely to top the agenda.
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Hong KongA computer worker is convicted of illegally copying and distributing photos of Hong Kong actor Edison Chen having sex with famous women.
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IndiaAn aircraft technician who found a possible bid to sabotage Indian industrialist Anil Ambani's helicopter is dead, police say.
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Democratic Republic of the CongoAn indicted war criminal is playing a leading role in the UN's mission in DR Congo, according to documents seen by the BBC.
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TurkeyKurdish rebels are blamed for a landmine attack that is reported to have killed at least nine Turkish soldiers.
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ArubaMotorsport's governing body, the FIA, meet on Wednesday to decide on McLaren's punishment for misleading Australian Grand Prix officials.
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Germany, MexicoStricter tests for swine flu reduce the number of confirmed deaths in Mexico, but authorities say 159 are likely to have been killed.
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ArubaMcLaren receive a suspended three-race ban from motorsport's governing body for misleading stewards at the Australian Grand Prix.
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PakistanThe Pakistan army says it has retaken a key town from the Taleban in the north-western district of Buner.
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Bahrain, ChinaBahrain athlete Rashid Ramzi, who won gold in the 1500m, and Italian cyclist Davide Rebellin, who won a silver, are among the six athletes who are found positive for doping in re-testing of Beijing samples.
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RussiaRussia's next-generation manned spacecraft might use thrusters to perform a precision landing on its return to Earth.
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United StatesThe US economy continued to contract in the first three months of 2009, led by the biggest fall in exports for 40 years.
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Libya, United KingdomBritain signs a prisoner exchange deal in Tripoli which could allow the Lockerbie bomber to be transferred to a Libyan jail.
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North KoreaNorth Korea threatens to carry out a nuclear missile test unless the UN apologises for criticising the North's recent rocket launch.
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TanzaniaAn army base armoury near the Tanzanian city of Dar es Salaam explodes, killing at least three people and causing panic.
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Germany, MexicoFrance says it will request an EU-wide ban on all flights to Mexico, source of the swine flu outbreak.
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BurmaBurma's main opposition party meets to discuss whether to contest an election the military has scheduled for next year.
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KenyaKenyan women's activists slap their men with a week-long sex ban in protest at squabbling in the coalition government.
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LebanonFour generals in custody over the killing of former Lebanon PM Rafik Hariri are freed from jail after four years.
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Taiwan, ChinaOfficials in Taiwan say China has dropped its objections to the island's participation in a key UN body, the WHO.
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MexicoMexican soldiers in the drugs war are committing human rights abuses with apparent impunity, says Human Rights Watch.
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NigeriaA key election official in Nigeria is in hiding after claiming an attempt was made to rig a re-run of a state election.
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EgyptEgypt begins a mass slaughter of the country's pigs in an effort to prevent the spread of swine flu.
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United States, MexicoA Mexican child visiting the US dies of swine flu - the first such death outside Mexico, where the virus may have killed up to 159.
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FranceTwenty-seven people go on trial in Paris over the kidnap, torture and killing of a French Jewish man three years ago.
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United StatesThe Federal Reserve holds interest rates at a range of between zero and 0.25%, and suggests the recession is easing.
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JamaicaOlympic champion sprinter Usain Bolt escapes serious injury after a car accident in Jamaica.
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PakistanAt least 20 people have been killed in ethnic clashes in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi, officials say.
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IraqThree car bombs kill at least 41 people in the Shia district of Sadr City in Iraq's capital, Baghdad, police say.
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ColombiaAn attack by left-wing Farc rebels in Colombia leaves at least eight soldiers dead, Colombian officials say.
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United KingdomA cancer drug can dramatically reduce the chances of a relapse or a deterioration of an MS patient's condition, UK work shows.
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