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IndonesiaIndonesia detains at least 17 suspects after a wave of attacks that left three dead and a dozen injured.
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Burma, Indonesia, 
ThailandSecretary of State Hillary Clinton says the US is concerned about possible nuclear co-operation between North Korea and Burma.
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FijiThe Methodist Church of Fiji says seven of its leaders are being held by police in political conflict over conference plans.
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ChinaA worker in an iPhone manufacturing company in south China commits suicide.
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NigeriaNigerian militants release six members of an oil tanker's crew, kidnapped three weeks ago, as part of a ceasefire deal.
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ChinaTen years after Falun Gong was banned in China, an official says the country has succeeded in crushing the spiritual movement.
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IndiaIndian outsourcing firm Wipro announces higher quarterly profits, despite the global economic downturn.
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IndiaA labourer is killed in the third accident at a metro construction site in India's capital, Delhi, in the past 10 days.
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United KingdomThe European Space Agency opens its new UK technical centre at Harwell in Oxfordshire.
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India, 
United StatesAmerica's Continental Airlines apologises to former Indian president APJ Abdul Kalam for frisking him as he boarded a flight to the US.
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India, ChinaThe longest total solar eclipse this century crosses Asia, with swathes of India and China plunged into darkness.
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SpainFour firefighters are killed and two are badly burned while trying to tackle forest fires in north-eastern Spain.
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BrazilA study finds 5,000 young people aged 12 to 18 are killed in Brazil's cities and towns each year, many them poor, black males.
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GhanaGhanaian prosecutors charge former Foreign Minister Akwasi Osei-Adjei with causing financial loss to the state.
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Iraq, 
IranFive Iranian pilgrims are shot dead near Baquba in the troubled Iraqi border province of Diyala, police said.
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New Zealand, 
AustraliaA massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake last week has edged New Zealand closer to Australia, scientists say.
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SudanTension is high in Sudan as a ruling in The Hague begins on its disputed internal border, in the oil-rich region of Abyei.
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Saudi ArabiaAmnesty International strongly criticises Saudi Arabia over abuses allegedly committed during counter-terrorism efforts.
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FranceAlberto Contador keeps hold of the yellow jersey after stage 17, a mountainous 169.5km trek from Bourg St Maurice to Le Grand Bornand.
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Venezuela, 
Colombia, United StatesVenezuela President Hugo Chavez says he will reassess ties with Colombia, which is set to allow the US to use its military bases.
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FranceA car bomb explodes outside a police station on the French Mediterranean island of Corsica.
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PakistanFresh protests rock Pakistan for the second day running over frequent power outages.
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PakistanPakistan's top court asks former president Pervez Musharraf to explain his decision to impose emergency rule in 2007.
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Afghanistan, United KingdomLord Malloch Brown rows back on comments made in a interview that Britain did not have enough helicopters in Afghanistans.
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PolandThe European Commission backs a plan to save Poland's historic Gdansk shipyard - but it will have to cut capacity.
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Australia, ChinaTwo Chinese directors boycott Australia's biggest film festival over the screening of a documentary about political activist Rebiya Kadeer.
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TurkmenistanTurkmenistan's president opens a new cancer hospital by performing the clinic's first operation himself.
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ChinaA worker in an iPhone company in south China commits suicide, after being suspected of stealing a prototype phone.
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United StatesUS planemaker Boeing says it has found a way to tackle a technical problem which has delayed its Dreamliner 787 aircraft.
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MexicoA woman is arrested in Mexico over the deaths of two midget wrestlers - twin brothers - found in a hotel room last month.
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BangladeshA clouded leopard previously thought to be extinct is captured by tribespeople in Bangladesh, a leading zoologist tells the BBC.
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IsraelIsraeli embassies are told to use for public relations purposes a picture of Hitler meeting a Palestinian cleric, officials say.
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Australia, United KingdomEngland batsman Kevin Pietersen is ruled out of the rest of the Ashes series against Australia with an Achilles tendon injury.
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IndonesiaIndonesian police reveal sketches of two men they believe were suicide bombers in attacks on two Jakarta hotels.
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MongoliaThe worst floods in decades hit the people of Mongolia
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BoliviaA Bolivian boy celebrates his 13th birthday just days after becoming South America's youngest ever professional footballer.
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GermanyA German farmer who received the world's first transplant of two complete arms extols the joy of scratching.
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Iran, United StatesThe US is prepared to bolster the defence of Gulf allies if Iran develops nuclear arms, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says.
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France, SpainSpain's Alberto Contador tightens his grip on the Tour de France yellow jersey after a gruelling 17th stage.
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UkraineA former Ukrainian general reportedly confesses to the high-profile murder of a journalist and implicates senior political figures.
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SudanNorth and south Sudan agree to respect a border decision by international judges that awards a big oilfield to the north.
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South AfricaViolence in South Africa's townships spreads as residents protest about what they say is a lack of basic services.
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ItalyThe publisher of Italy's second biggest newspaper sues PM Silvio Berlusconi for defamation amid ongoing personal scandals.
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SwedenWhat about Sweden has led to the Pirate Party
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IndonesiaFood prices are a sensitive issue in Indonesia
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GermanyDas It Girl sashays into the latest German dictionary, joining 5,000 other new words, many from the English language.
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GermanyAn artist who created a garden gnome raising its right arm in a Nazi salute did nothing illegal, say German prosecutors.
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Georgia, United StatesThe US will support Georgia as it seeks to broaden its democratic credentials, US Vice-President Joe Biden says.
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IsraelIsraeli officials are to excise a term from a history book for Arabs that describes Israel's founding as a "catastrophe".
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United StatesThe Houston clinic of Michael Jackson's doctor is searched by police looking for evidence of manslaughter, his lawyer says.
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AustraliaHuman trials of a vaccine to protect against the swine flu virus, which has killed hundreds worldwide, begin in Australia.
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United StatesObama's plans to shake up costly US healthcare system
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Iraq, United StatesThe leaders of the US and Iraq meet for talks at the White House, pledging to work together to bring peace to Iraq.
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United StatesAn American man is charged with giving al-Qaeda information about New York public transport, US court papers say.
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