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Israel, 
Gaza StripIsrael carries out an air attack on Gaza and sends tanks across the border, after Palestinian militants kill an Israeli soldier.
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Egypt, IsraelIsraeli jets pound targets along Gaza's border with Egypt, after an Israeli patrol came under attack.
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SomaliaJapan's defence minister orders the navy to prepare ships to fight piracy off the coast of Somalia.
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FijiFiji's leader says NZ Prime Minister John Key is "very rude", after regional leaders demanded he hold elections.
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ColombiaAt least two people are killed and 20 injured by a bomb blast in the Colombian capital, Bogota, police say.
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BurmaHuman Rights Watch calls for fresh attention to the desperate plight of Burma's persecuted Chin minority.
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United KingdomThe authors of a report on Northern Ireland's Troubles defend their plan that families of all those killed should get £12,000.
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NepalThe Maoist-led government of Nepal steps up the rhetoric in an ongoing war of words with the country's army.
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IraqIraqi troops and prisoners vote in provincial elections, three days before the rest of the country goes to the polls.
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IndiaIndian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is out of intensive care after undergoing heart bypass surgery, doctors say.
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PakistanSchool destruction forces families from Pakistan's Swat
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SwitzerlandGlobal leaders gathering for the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland are in gloomy mood over the economic outlook.
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Democratic Republic of the CongoThe UN mission to DR Congo says it will provide support to the Congo-Rwanda operation against Hutu rebels in the country.
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SomaliaSomali woman's views as Islamists impose Sharia law
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United Kingdom, 
SpainSpanish police arrest six people on suspicion of a $600m fraud on the London stock market.
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LiberiaAn airport customs officer in Liberia is honoured by the West African country's president for refusing a bribe from a drug trafficker.
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India, 
Sri LankaThe Indian government seeks assurances that civilians trapped by the fighting in Sri Lanka will be protected.
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RussiaRussia is reportedly halting plans to deploy short-range missiles in Kaliningrad due to what it sees as a shift in US attitudes.
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ArubaTop seed Rafael Nadal beats Gilles Simon to set up a meeting with fellow Spaniard Fernando Verdasco in the last four of the Australian Open.
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United StatesAuthors Ian McEwan, Martin Amis and Philip Roth lead tributes to US novelist John Updike, who has died aged 76.
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AustraliaPeople in south-eastern Australia are preparing for what officials say may be the worst heat wave in a century.
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ZimbabweThe death toll from the cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe has now passed the 3,000 mark, says the UN's World Health Organization.
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GhanaGhana's former government massively overspent on celebrations to mark 50 years of independence, a report says.
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IndiaIndian steel giant Tata Steel sees its quarterly domestic profits slump 56% on falling steel prices and higher raw material costs.
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IsraelThe Israeli army says it has reprimanded an officer who gave a booklet to troops in Gaza advising they show no mercy.
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SudanA Sudanese man is jailed for 17 years for passing on sensitive files about a Darfur war crimes suspect to prosecutors.
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SpainSpain's economy is in recession for the first time since 1993, according to figures from the Spanish central bank.
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BurmaSix million Burmese now need food aid, despite a healthy national rice surplus, warns the UN's World Food Programme.
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Austria, RussiaPolice in Austria arrest eight Chechens over the murder of a ninth, who was a critic of Chechnya's Moscow-backed leadership.
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IranIran head's vitriol gives bad start to Obama relations
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United KingdomColin Montgomerie is named as captain of the Europe team for the 2010 Ryder Cup at Celtic Manor in Wales.
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Iran, United StatesIran's president welcomes the possibility of a change in US policy but demands an apology for past US "crimes".
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ChinaChina's Premier Wen Jiabao says although the global downturn has had an impact, his country can deal with it.
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United StatesEU sees vital role for US in global climate pact
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United StatesUS President Barack Obama says he is confident his $825bn (£586bn) economic recovery plan will be passed by Congress.
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SomaliaSomalia's parliament swears in new opposition members as it prepares to elect a new president.
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United StatesA man breaks into a petrol station and dials 911, saying he wants to wants to be with his brother in jail, US authorities say.
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South AfricaA new law which calls time on 30,000 drinking dens in South Africa will reduce crime, a local official tells the BBC.
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IsraelPalestinians arrested during the recent Israeli operation in Gaza were held in "appalling" conditions, human rights groups say.
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Sri LankaSri Lanka's defence secretary denies Red Cross and UN reports of a humanitarian crisis in the north, as troops fight rebels.
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United StatesUS roads, public transport, aviation, water and sewerage systems are not improving, say America's top engineers.
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Russia, 
CubaPresident Raul Castro arrives in Moscow for the first such trip by a Cuban leader since the end of the Cold War.
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Democratic Republic of the CongoThe first witness at the war crimes trial of a Congolese warlord retracts his testimony.
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SyriaSyria-Lebanon match highlights strained ties
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GermanyA flat apparently untouched since before the fall of the Berlin Wall is discovered in the German city of Leipzig, German media report.
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Aruba, United KingdomRoger Federer crushes Andy Roddick in straight sets to reach the Australian Open final after Serena Williams and Dinara Safina book their place in the women's final.
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ColombiaColombia's main leftist rebel group, the Farc, plans to release several top hostages on Sunday, a prominent politician says.
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BotswanaTens of thousands of social activists and environmental and political groups gather in the Brazilian city of Belem for the World Social Forum.
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