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SomaliaThe EU taskforce protecting ships off Somalia
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IsraelLive coverage of the Israeli general election.
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ChinaCriticism of China's human-rights record softening?
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ZimbabweIt was not easy for Tsvangirai to join Zimbabwe cabinet
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IsraelThe leaders of Israel's two main parties, Likud and Kadima, both say they have won the country's early election.
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Afghanistan, 
United StatesThe most senior US soldier, Adm Mike Mullen, says more US troops are needed urgently in Afghanistan.
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ArubaAustralian police stop some residents of fire-hit areas from returning home, saying the scenes are too gruesome.
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ChinaChina's exports dropped 17.5% in January from a year earlier, the biggest drop in more than 10 years, official data shows.
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Pakistan, 
IndiaAn Indian Premier League (IPL) drugs tribunal hands Pakistan bowler Mohammad Asif a one-year ban after testing positive for nandrolone.
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Pakistan, 
Sri LankaBatsman Mahela Jayawardene is to step down as Sri Lanka captain after the forthcoming tour to Pakistan.
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SwitzerlandCredit Suisse reports an annual loss of 8.2bn Swiss francs ($7bn), its worst to date, due to a fall in business and bad debt.
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Egypt, 
GermanyA German-Egyptian blogger is released by Egypt, after earlier being detained during a rally in support of Palestinians in Gaza.
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MexicoTwenty-one people die in shootouts between soldiers and suspected drug gang hitmen in northern Mexico.
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Sri LankaThe Sri Lankan government and Tamil Tiger rebels both deny inflicting civilian casualties in recent fighting in the north-east.
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United KingdomUK unemployment reached 1.97 million between October and December, a further sign of the downturn, official data shows.
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KenyaA Kenyan MP accuses the government of blackmailing and bribing lawmakers to vote for an election violence tribunal.
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TogoTogo and Arsenal striker Emmanuel Adebayor is named the Confederation of African Football's Player of the Year.
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United StatesLibya's Col Gaddafi says he wants his vision of a United States of Africa to embrace Caribbean islands.
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India, 
RussiaRussia and India agree deals totalling $700m under which Moscow will supply uranium pellets to Delhi, officials say.
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Iran, 
CyprusIran denies reports that a ship detained off Cyprus is carrying Iranian weapons destined for Hamas in Gaza.
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Saudi Arabia, ChinaChina is to build a new railway system linking the main sites of the annual Muslim pilgrimage, the Hajj, in Saudi Arabia.
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SpainThe European Commission approves 1.7m euros (£1.5m; $2.2m) in aid for unemployed Spanish car workers hit by globalisation.
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GermanyDocuments suggest a German archaeologist used trickery to smuggle home a famous sculpture of Queen Nefertiti.
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GermanyDocuments suggest a German archaeologist used trickery to smuggle home a famous sculpture of Queen Nefertiti.
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Nigeria, 
NigerThe Nigerian military seizes 22 barges of suspected stolen crude oil in the lawless Niger Delta region.
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ColombiaThe UN refugee agency calls on Colombia to investigate the reported murder of 17 indigenous people.
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FranceFrance's biggest carmaker, Peugeot Citroen, announces it will slash more than 11,000 jobs in 2009, starting outside France.
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Netherlands, SomaliaFive suspected Somali pirates are to appear in a Netherlands court over an alleged attack in the Gulf of Aden, say Dutch prosecutors.
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IsraelIsraeli papers agonise over the inconclusive results of Tuesday's parliamentary elections.
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RussiaChelsea announce that Guus Hiddink will take over as temporary coach.
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New ZealandNew Zealand's government acknowledges Maori ownership of the haka dance used by the All Blacks rugby team.
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GermanyA Berlin barman goes on trial accused of having served a 16-year-old boy 45 tequila shots, which killed him.
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AfghanistanAn assault on government buildings in the Afghan capital, Kabul, leaves at least 27 people, including eight attackers, dead.
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AzerbaijanThe commander of Azerbaijan's air force has been shot dead outside his house in the capital, Baku, officials say.
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Netherlands, FranceFortis shareholders reject the sale of parts of the bank to French bank BNP Paribas and to the Dutch government.
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IndiaThe chief justice in India's capital Delhi says the High Court could take up to 466 years to clear its backlog of cases.
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United StatesUS President Barack Obama's wife Michelle appears on the cover of Vogue magazine - only the second time a First Lady has done so.
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Georgia, 
Poland, 
San Marino, United Kingdom, SpainEngland meet Spain in Seville after Republic of Ireland beat Georgia, Northern Ireland win in San Marino and Wales lose to Poland on Wednesday.
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ZimbabweZimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai is sworn in as prime minister by his bitter political rival President Mugabe.
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IraqAt least 16 people are killed in an explosion at a bus terminal in the Iraqi capital Baghdad.
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NigeriaNigerian drug regulators annouce 12 arrests in connection with the deaths of 84 children from poisoned medicine.
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United KingdomThe number of non-UK born workers employed in Britain went up by 214,000 last year, according to official figures.
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MadagascarUp to 40,000 people brave a cyclone to gather in Madagascar's troubled capital to show support for the president.
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IsraelIsrael's two main parties seek partners to form a government after neither emerges a clear winner in the election.
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ZimbabweNot everyone's happy with Zimbabwe change
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IsraelIsraeli voters give their views on the elections
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United StatesUS baseball star Miguel Tejada pleads guilty to lying to Congress about the use of performance enhancing drugs in the sport.
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ZimbabweZimbabwe's new Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai vows to stabilise the shattered economy and end political violence.
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United StatesA tornado tears through a town in the US state of Oklahoma, leaving at least eight dead and a trail of destruction.
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IsraelBBC Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen is keeping a diary as Israel votes in a general election.
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United StatesBosses of eight US banks have attempted to reassure a Congressional hearing that the US government's money has been well spent.
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United StatesThe US Congress reaches what President Obama praises as a "hard-fought compromise" on his economic stimulus plan.
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