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East TimorEast Timor's violent history leaves its mark on its people
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United StatesToddlers who use gestures more often have better vocabularies on reaching school age, US researchers say.
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United StatesTwo US judges plead guilty to taking more than $2m (£1.4m) in kickbacks from a privately-run detention centre.
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ArubaThe Australian Senate approves the Labor government's A$42bn stimulus plan, after earlier blocking the bill.
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Philippines, 
Sri LankaA Sri Lankan peace advocate is the latest victim of a wave of kidnapping in the southern Philippines.
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ArubaAustralian police charge a man with "arson causing death" after a week of devastating fires, which left at least 181 dead.
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AfghanistanAustralia says it is investigating an incident in which its soldiers reportedly killed five children in an exchange with the Taleban.
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JapanJapan orders a Filipino couple to leave the country due to illegal entry - leaving behind their Japan-born daughter.
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KenyaKofi Annan suggests that he might send a list of Kenyan poll violence suspects to the International Criminal Court.
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Netherlands, 
United KingdomThe British government is under fire after banning a controversial Dutch MP from entering the UK over anti-Islamic remarks.
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BrazilTecnobrega takes Brazil by storm
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IndiaAn Indian businessman and his servant are sentenced to death for murdering a girl in a case dubbed "the house of horrors".
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ChinaThe World Bank is giving China $710m to help rebuild the areas which were hit by last year's Wenchuan earthquake.
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Israel, 
EgyptA long-term truce between Hamas and Israel may be announced in days, Hamas officials say in Cairo.
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Somalia, 
RussiaThe Russian navy announces that one of its warships has captured three pirate vessels off the coast of Somalia.
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ZimbabweThe formation of Zimbabwe's unity government is due to be completed with the swearing-in of the new ministers.
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Antigua and Barbuda, United KingdomDay one of the second Test between West Indies and England in Antigua is abandoned because of a dangerous outfield.
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Democratic Republic of the Congo, 
RwandaAt least 40 Rwandan Hutu rebels are killed during an air raid in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, officials say.
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United StatesA US passenger plane crashes into a house in Buffalo, New York state, killing 50 people, including one on the ground.
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Switzerland, 
France, 
ArmeniaThe French singer, Charles Aznavour, agrees to become ambassador to Switzerland for his ancestral homeland of Armenia.
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Pakistan, FranceA Pakistani man is sentenced to 20 years in prison for setting fire to an ex-girlfriend in France after she refused to marry him.
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IndiaA group of Indian MPs calls for Mahatma Gandhi's personal possessions, due for auction in New York next month, to be returned to India.
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Gaza StripIsrael launches an air strike on a target close to Khan Younis in Gaza, killing one Palestinian and injuring at least one other.
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GermanyEuropean economies contracted in the fourth quarter of 2008, with some countries registering the worst figures in decades.
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United KingdomThe Catholic Church in Britain says that lovelorn singles should pray to St Raphael, not St Valentine as often believed.
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IraqAt least 32 people are killed by a female suicide bomber who targeted Shia pilgims south of Baghdad, Iraqi police say.
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United Kingdom, 
BotswanaNo UK police officers will be prosecuted over the death of Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes.
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PakistanIndia says Islamabad must bring the Mumbai attackers to justice after the admission the raid was partly planned on Pakistani soil.
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ThailandThe Thai military officer at the centre of controversy surrounding the expulsion of Rohingya asylum-seekers defends his role.
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TajikistanTajikistan, Central Asia's poorest nation, risks becoming a failed state, an international think-tank has warned
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Lithuania, United KingdomA Lithuanian man is found guilty of killing a woman whose head was found by children on a beach in Scotland.
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NigeriaThe judge in the trial of a Nigerian militant steps down after being accused of bias.
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United StatesAhead of Congressional votes, US President Barack Obama says that approval of the economic stimulus package is "critical".
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Switzerland, BotswanaA Brazilian woman who said she miscarried twins after an alleged racist attack in Zurich was not pregnant, investigators say.
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United StatesOil prices rise as the US Congress looks set to approve President Obama's $789bn stimulus package
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TanzaniaThe Tanzania Teachers' Union is taking legal action after primary teachers were given the cane for poor exam results.
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Sri Lanka, United KingdomSri Lanka says the UK's nomination of Des Browne as a special envoy to the country is a "disrespectful intrusion".
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CyprusUnloading begins in Cyprus of a detained ship allegedly carrying a weapons-related cargo that breaches UN sanctions.
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BelgiumBelgian police are hunting for a man who stole about 60,000 euros (£54,000) from a bank in the European Parliament, after brandishing a pistol at staff.
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SomaliaOmar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke is chosen by the president as the new prime minister of war-torn Somalia.
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PakistanKidnappers who seized a senior United Nations official in Pakistan release a video of him appealing for freedom.
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United KingdomAmanda Knox, charged with UK student Meredith Kercher's murder, showed no distress at her death, a court hears.
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ZimbabweThe swearing-in of Zimbabwe's new power-sharing cabinet is marred by the arrest of one minister and a row over others.
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Antigua and Barbuda, United KingdomThe second Test between West Indies and England in Antigua is abandoned because of an unfit outfield and a third Test will take place at a new venue on Sunday.
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United StatesThe US House of Representatives backs President Obama's $787bn stimulus plan, which is now being voted on by the Senate.
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North Korea, United StatesUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton tells the BBC the US is keen to deepen its Asia ties, ahead of a tour of the region.
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