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AustraliaHas life improved for Aborigines in Australia?
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Cuba, 
United StatesThe US House of Representatives passes a bill that should ease travel restrictions on Cuban-Americans wanting to go to Cuba.
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MoroccoA good education rarely leads to a job in Morocco
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AustraliaA fossil fish from Australia was one of the earliest known vertebrates to reproduce by internal fertilization, Nature journal reports.
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ChinaChina says Christie's auction house must face consequences for what China calls its illegal sale of two bronze artefacts.
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Antigua and BarbudaThe government of Antigua and Barbuda calls for the takeover of land and assets owned by Sir Allen Stanford.
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PhilippinesGlobal financial meltdown is directly affecting overseas workers' remittances to the Philippines.
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IndiaIndian firm Tata Motors announces that it will be launching the world's cheapest car next month.
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SwitzerlandSwiss banking giant UBS appoints the former head of Credit Suisse, Oswald Gruebel, as its new chief executive.
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BangladeshThe mutiny by border guards in Bangladesh spreads outside the capital, Dhaka, where new firing is heard.
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South Africa, AustraliaSouth Africa take on Australia in Johannesburg in the first of a three-Test series.
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ZimbabweZimbabwe teacher back in school after five-month strike
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IndiaIndia's Tata Motors says its Nano, billed to be the cheapest car in the world, will be launched next month.
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Mexico, United StatesA crackdown on Mexican traffickers operating in the US has led to 755 arrests and large seizures of drugs and money.
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China, United StatesChina's human rights record worsened in some areas in 2008 despite the Beijing Olympics, the US state department says.
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ChinaChina says Christie's auction house must face consequences for what Beijing calls its illegal sale of two bronze artefacts.
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BangladeshBangladesh's prime minister threatens tough action against mutinous border guards unless they surrender.
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United KingdomRoyal Bank of Scotland reports a loss of £24.1bn, a UK record, blaming "unprecedented turbulence" in world markets.
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United StatesReturning from a diplomatic trip around Asia with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Kim Ghattas reflects on the success of the visit.
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PortugalMichelle Obama says she is looking for a Portuguese water dog as the White House puppy promised to her daughters.
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TurkeyInvestigations continue into what caused a Turkish Airlines plane to crash land at Amsterdam airport, killing nine people and injuring 86.
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EthiopiaTens of thousands flee their homes after fighting between rival communities in southern Ethiopia.
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United StatesThe fortune left by billionaire Leona Helmsley can go to charities other than those solely related to dogs, a US court rules.
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New Zealand, AustraliaSouth East Asian economy ministers gather for a summit at which they will sign a trade deal with Australia and New Zealand.
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BulgariaNick Thorpe finds out how Bulgaria is disposing of its nuclear waste and in particular the most toxic form - spent nuclear fuel.
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Italy, ChinaShips from the Chinese and Danish navies prevent pirates from seizing cargo ships in two separate attacks, reports say.
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United StatesFour people are charged in a wide-ranging probe in the United States into an alleged assisted suicide ring.
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United KingdomUp to 70% of students from other parts of the European Union are failing to repay loans taken out while at UK universities.
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IsraelA Jerusalem court says a 14-year-old girl's marriage in front of friends was legal and grants a divorce on the parents' wishes.
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LatviaValdis Dombrovskis warns Latvia is "on the verge of bankruptcy" after being nominated as its new prime minister.
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United KingdomAndrew Strauss hits 142 and Alastair Cook for 94 as England dominate day one of the fourth Test against West Indies.
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PakistanA fire hits the Marriott hotel in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, months after it was wrecked in a lethal bombing.
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Iraq, 
KuwaitKuwait's foreign minister has flown to Iraq in the highest-level diplomat visit since the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990.
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IndiaThe stars of the Oscar-winning film Slumdog Millionaire are greeted by huge crowds as they return to India.
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Sweden, United StatesThree supermarkets are destroyed in Sweden, in what police say might be anti-American arson attacks.
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RussiaAston Villa are away to CSKA Moscow, with a place in the Uefa Cup's last 16 at stake.
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South Africa, ZimbabweZimbabwe asks southern African countries for $2bn (£1.4bn) to save its collapsed economy, says a South African minister.
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GuineaThe eldest son of the former President of Guinea, Lansana Conte, confesses to drugs trafficking on state television.
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Iraq, 
Netherlands, United StatesAn Iraqi-born Dutch suspect accused of planting roadside bombs in Iraq pleads guilty at his US trial.
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Gabon, 
FranceFrench bank accounts held by Gabon's president, believed to hold $4m, are frozen.
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KenyaForeign diplomats based in Kenya back a UN report, which accused the police of carrying out widespread killings.
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EgyptLeaders of the rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah say they are entering a new era of unity, after talks in Cairo.
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PakistanSupporters of Nawaz Sharif clash with police after the courts bar him and his brother from elected office in Pakistan.
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Serbia and MontenegroA UN court clears Serbian ex-President Milan Milutinovic of war crimes in Kosovo but convicts five top officials.
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RussiaMan City progress to the last 16 of the Uefa Cup as Aston Villa and Spurs are dumped out, while Hull beat Sheff Utd in the FA Cup.
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KenyaFootprints dating from 1.5m years ago found in Kenya show modern foot shape and walking style had already developed by then.
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NetherlandsEngine failure may have been a factor in Wednesday's plane crash at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport, Dutch investigators say.
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SpainSpanish police arrest 11 people, including professional footballers and Fifa agents, over alleged involvement in drugs smuggling.
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NetherlandsFive Turks and four Americans were killed in a plane crash at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport, a Dutch official says.
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BangladeshBangladeshi border guards surrender after a two-day mutiny that left 20 people dead, government officials say.
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NepalThe palace from where Nepal's monarchs ruled for generations is reopened as a museum by Maoist Prime Minister Prachanda.
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Barbados, United KingdomAndrew Strauss makes an eye-catching 142 as England reach 301-3 on day one of the fourth Test against West Indies in Barbados.
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EgyptFive Egyptian journalists are fined for breaking a reporting ban on the trial of businessman accused of murdering an Arab pop star.
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ItalyAnimal rights activists succeed in obtaining a ban on horse-drawn carriages in Rome's historic centre following several traffic accidents.
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Iraq, 
Afghanistan, United StatesThe US defence department ends a ban on news photos of the coffins of soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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