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United StatesA BBC poll suggests there is widespread and growing optimism around the globe that Barack Obama's presidency will improve US relations with the rest of the world.
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KenyaObama's Kenyan hometown set for celebrations
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GreeceGreek shipping magnate Pericles Panagopoulos, who was kidnapped at gunpoint last week, is freed, police say.
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CanadaCanada launches an inquiry into the death of a man stunned by police with a Taser gun at an airport in 2007.
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United StatesUS President-elect Barack Obama joins events for the annual Martin Luther King holiday, which falls on the eve of his inauguration.
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IsraelParts of Gaza are said to look like a quake zone as the number of people made homeless by the war is put at at least 50,000.
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United StatesThe US plane that ditched in a New York river had engines problems two days earlier, US investigators say.
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Pakistan, United StatesSuspected Taleban militants kill six men in north-west Pakistan after accusing them of spying for the US, police say.
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Sri LankaFour Tamil Tiger military boats are destroyed in a sea battle off the north-eastern coast, Sri Lanka's navy says.
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United StatesHours before he is sworn in as president, Barack Obama calls on Americans to work together at a time of hardship.
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PhilippinesThe Red Cross says three of its workers kidnapped in the southern Philippines last week are alive and well.
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Afghanistan, United StatesUS-led coalition forces in Afghanistan say they have killed 22 militants in clashes in the south and east of the country.
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Afghanistan, United StatesUS-led coalition forces in Afghanistan say they have killed 22 militants in clashes in the south and east of the country.
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Burma, 
ArubaTwo Burmese fishermen survive for almost a month in shark-infested waters after their boat sinks, Australian officials say.
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China, United StatesChina's defence ministry says it wants closer military ties with the US as it releases its biennial survey of defence issues.
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ZimbabweZimbabwe's president and opposition leader fail in their latest attempt to form a unity government.
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KenyaKenya's parliament is reconvening two months early to pass legislation setting up an election violence tribunal.
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South KoreaSouth Korean President Lee Myung-bak orders an inquiry after six people were killed in a clash between police and protesters.
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NepalNepal slaughters thousands of birds in the south-east to try to contain an outbreak of the deadly bird flu strain.
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GhanaGhanaians criticise plans to give former President John Kufuor six cars and two houses for his retirement.
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Israel, 
Gaza StripRebuilding the Gaza Strip after Israel's devastating offensive will cost billions of dollars, the United Nations warns.
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France, ChinaChinese Premier Wen Jiabao is due to travel to Europe next week - but his trip will pointedly exclude France.
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IndiaA serving Indian army officer is among 11 people charged over a deadly bomb blast in a largely Muslim Indian town last year.
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United KingdomA man who fathered two children with his daughter after raping her and sexually abusing her sisters is sent to prison.
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MexicoThe New York Times is set to get $250m investment from Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim to help the paper clear mounting debts
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South AfricaTwo men in the South African city of Johannesburg are electrocuted while trying to steal copper from power cables.
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RussiaWhy the EU has to look east for gas despite Russia row
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Italy, United StatesItalian carmaker Fiat is said to be in talks with troubled US firm Chrysler, as car sales fall around the world.
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Belgium, 
BulgariaPart of a Brussels artwork that depicts Bulgaria as a toilet is covered up, following the country's protest.
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IsraelThe UN chief says he is appalled by Israeli attacks on a UN compound in Gaza after seeing the destruction for himself.
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UkraineRussian starts pumping gas to Ukraine and on to Europe, raising hopes of an end to weeks of shortages.
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Democratic Republic of the Congo, 
RwandaRwandan troops enter eastern DR Congo for a joint operation with Congolese forces against a Rwandan Hutu militia.
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ChinaA health expert says China could face an upsurge in human bird flu cases and needs to work harder on the issue.
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Pakistan, United StatesThe US says a new supply route to Afghanistan has been agreed through Central Asia as an option to Pakistan.
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AfghanistanCoping with mental disorder in Afghanistan
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United StatesBarack Obama is sworn in as America's 44th president - and its first African-American leader - vowing to lead his nation in a "new era of responsibility".
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ArubaRoger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Jelena Jankovic progress on day three of the Australian Open.
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