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United StatesA US defence department report recommends easing prisoners' isolation at Guantanamo Bay detention camp.
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AlgeriaThe first camera-trap photographs of the endangered Northwest African, or Saharan cheetah, are obtained in Algeria.
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FranceAn Henri Matisse painting sells for a record 32m euros as works from Yves Saint Laurent's private art collection are auctioned off.
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IndiaIndian media hail the success of Slumdog Millionaire, its composer AR Rahman and the documentary Smile Pinki at the Oscars.
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United Kingdom, United StatesA British man living in the US is told to pay $200,000 (£130,000 ) for possessing an image of child pornography.
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IndiaA mass vaccination of 60,000 people begins in India's western Gujarat state to tackle a deadly outbreak of hepatitis B.
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United StatesListening to music with degrading sexual lyrics could prompt teenagers to start having sex earlier, a US study suggests.
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SeychellesAustralian firefighters tackle more blazes in Victoria, as forecasters warn of hot, windy weather at the weekend.
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IndiaEngland all-rounder Andrew Flintoff insists he will recover from his hip injury in time to play in the Indian Premier League in April.
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AustriaVienna play studies media frenzy over Fritzl abuse case
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AustriaA comedy inspired by the case of Josef Fritzl, accused of kidnap and incest, debuts in the Austrian capital.
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ZimbabweZimbabwe's vice-president has been trying to sell millions of dollars of gold despite sanctions, the BBC learns.
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ThailandSupporters of ousted Thai leader Thaksin Shinawatra take to the streets to urge the current government to quit.
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North KoreaNorth Korea says it is planning to launch a rocket carrying a satellite, fuelling speculation about a possible missile test.
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United StatesNasa's first mission dedicated to measuring carbon dioxide concentrations on Earth from space launches successfully.
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RussiaRussian ex-tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky is transferred to Moscow from his Siberian prison to face trial on new charges.
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JapanA new game pokes fun at a former Japanese minister's sleepy behaviour at a recent news briefing.
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Afghanistan, JapanJapan says it will pay the salaries of 80,000 Afghan police officers for six months as part of its drive to help regeneration.
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MexicoHow serious is the drug-related violence in Mexico?
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EgyptEgyptian police are holding three suspects over the Cairo bombing that killed one person and injured 20, officials say.
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Sri LankaYounus Khan eyes Brian Lara's Test record score of 400 after hitting 306 not out in the first Test against Sri Lanka.
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United StatesAsian stocks slide amid renewed fears over the global financial sector and after US stocks hit a near 12-year low.
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South AfricaPlatinum producer Lonmin is to cut up to 5,550 jobs at two mines in South Africa, where national output fell last quarter.
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IraqIraq's southern marshlands are shrinking again
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Israel, United StatesThe Obama administration will give about $900m to help rebuild Gaza after the recent Israeli offensive, a US official said.
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CubaRaul Castro completes his first year as Cuban leader but as the BBCs Michael Voss reports, he has had more success abroad than at home.
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Afghanistan, United StatesFour soldiers from the international coalition are killed by a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan, the US military says.
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Sweden, SeychellesSweden's Royal Court announces the engagement of heir to the throne Princess Victoria, to her gym-owner boyfriend.
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IranThe Iranian authorities are reported to have arrested as many as 70 students in Tehran for staging a rare show of opposition to the government.
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SomaliaAt least 15 people are killed and scores injured during the fiercest fighting for weeks in the Somali capital Mogadishu.
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PakistanTaleban insurgents in the troubled north-western Swat valley of Pakistan say they have agreed an indefinite ceasefire.
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Denmark, 
Saudi ArabiaTwo Danish children died in Saudi Arabia after inhaling poisonous pesticide fumes while they slept, local media say.
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Italy, FranceItaly and France sign a nuclear co-operation agreement in Rome to revive nuclear power in Italy.
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Sri LankaSri Lanka's army says its troops are now at the last main town still held by the Tamil Tiger rebels in the north-east.
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Iraq, United StatesAt least three US soldiers are hurt and an Iraqi interpreter is killed after being shot by Iraqi policemen in the city of Mosul.
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United StatesFederal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke warns Congress that the US recession may last beyond the end of the year.
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SudanSouth Sudan's army and pro-Khartoum militiamen trade heavy gunfire in the town of Malakal, the scene of clashes in 2006.
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GuineaThe eldest son of the former President of Guinea, Lansana Conte, is arrested for alleged drug trafficking.
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AfghanistanChange slow to come to isolated Afghan north
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LatviaLatvia's sovereign debt is downgraded to junk status by the credit ratings agency Standard & Poor's.
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ArubaTiger Woods says he feels fitter than ever as he prepares to return after eight months out at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in Arizona.
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Argentina, United KingdomA British Catholic bishop embroiled in a Holocaust denial row flies out of Argentina after being told to leave the country.
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United StatesThe pilot of a plane that ditched into the Hudson River calls on US airlines to invest more in recruiting and training pilots.
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SpainSpain agrees "in principle" to take some inmates released from the US camp at Guantanamo, which is due to close within a year.
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ItalyManchester United and Inter Milan share a 0-0 draw in a lively Champions League clash in Italy.
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ItalyManchester United and Inter Milan share a 0-0 draw in a lively Champions League clash in Italy.
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PeruDNA is used for the first time to identify victims of Peru's civil conflict in the 1980s and 1990s, investigators say.
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JapanUS President Barack Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso agree to work together to fight protectionism.
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ZimbabweTeachers in Zimbabwe agree to end a year-long strike after the government promises to review salaries.
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