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United StatesVatican officials condemn President Obama's move to restore funds to foreign family planning clinics supplying abortion services.
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Democratic Republic of the Congo, 
RwandaCongo's army says nine Rwandan Hutu rebels are killed in the east as a joint campaign with Rwandan soldiers is stepped up.
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El SalvadorEl Salvador's former leftist guerrillas take the most seats in the parliamentary election, but fail to win a majority.
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ArubaSixteenth seed Marion Bartoli knocks out top seed Jelena Jankovic in the Australian Open fourth round.
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Egypt, 
Gaza StripHamas representatives are due to have talks in the Egyptian capital on ways to shore up the fragile ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
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United StatesTwo people are killed and seven injured in a shooting at a wake in the US state of Kansas, police say.
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IndiaIndian police say they shot dead two suspected militants with apparent Pakistani links after a car chase near the capital, Delhi.
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United StatesVeteran actress Zsa Zsa Gabor is said to have lost at least $7m in the alleged multi-billion fraud by US trader Bernard Madoff.
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FranceThe fiercest storm to hit Spain and south-western France in a decade kills 15 people, including four children.
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MexicoAn 11-year-old bullfighter kills six bulls in a single fight in Mexico, in an attempt to break a world record.
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Ethiopia, 
SomaliaEthiopia completes the withdrawal of its troops from Somalia, claiming success in the fight against Islamists.
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France, 
SpainAuthorities in France and Spain begin to repair houses, roads and power lines damaged by hurricane-force winds.
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VietnamAn overcrowded ferry sinks on a river in the central Vietnamese province of Quang Binh, killing at least 40 people, officials say.
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TurkeyTen climbers are killed and seven others survive an avalanche on a mountain in north-east Turkey, officials say.
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ArubaSecond seed Roger Federer narrowly survives a scare at the hands of Tomas Berdych to reach the quarter-finals of the Australian Open.
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IndonesiaIndonesia's top Islamic body bans elements of yoga which they say could weaken the faith of Muslims.
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Afghanistan, United StatesThe Afghan president criticises a US military strike said to have killed civilians, saying such incidents strengthened rebels.
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SudanA rebel group in Sudan's Darfur region, the Justice and Equality Movement, condemns government bombing of a town.
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Democratic Republic of the Congo, RwandaJoy but doubts over Rwandan U-turn on rebel general
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IndiaIndia-owned Corus - Europe's second-largest steelmaker - is to axe 3,500 jobs worldwide, the BBC learns.
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NigeriaA road crash in Nigeria's central Plateau state kills 15 members of a local football team on their way to a match.
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BelgiumThousands march through the Belgian town of Dendermonde in a quiet vigil for two babies and a nurse killed at a creche.
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Sri LankaSri Lankan troops win control of Mullaitivu, the last big town held by Tamil Tiger rebels, the head of the country's army says.
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IsraelPrime Minister Ehud Olmert says Israel will protect from prosecution any of its soldiers accused of war crimes in Gaza.
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RussiaThe Russian Orthodox Church chooses a shortlist of three before electing a new leader, after the death of Patriarch Alexiy II.
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Aruba, 
United KingdomJames Blake takes on Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the fourth round of the Australian Open after Andy Murray's defeat by Fernando Verdasco.
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United StatesThe new US Vice President Joe Biden says his role is to be President Obama's "confidant", marking a break from the past.
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Democratic Republic of the CongoWar crimes trial begins road to justice in Congo
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