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United StatesUS high plains could power coastal populations
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EgyptMuslims should not use weapons of mass destruction and have them only as a deterrent, Egypt's Grand Mufti Ali Gomaa says.
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Sri LankaHundreds of thousands of Tamil civilians displaced in northern Sri Lanka should be resettled quickly, a political leader says.
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AustraliaAlmost 2,000 passengers disembark in Sydney from a cruise ship at the centre of a swine flu outbreak in Australia.
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ArubaThe Australian government says it is preparing to seize control of run-down settlements in Alice Springs, known as town camps.
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United KingdomA woman who shot to fame in a British TV talent show is in a private clinic after being assessed under the Mental Health Act.
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Cuba, United StatesHavana agrees to resume talks with Washington on immigration by Cubans to the US, the state department says.
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ItalyCarlo Ancelotti moves a step closer to becoming Chelsea's new manager after his contract at AC Milan is terminated by mutual consent.
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IndiaAll new tobacco products manufactured in India will have to carry pictorial warnings to discourage their use.
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Israel, 
West BankSeveral Palestinian workers have been hurt in an attack by a group of Israeli settlers in the northern West Bank.
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Portugal, 
Guinea-Bissau, 
GuineaThe first post-independence President of Guinea-Bissau, Luis Cabral, dies in Portugal's capital, Lisbon, aged 78.
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FranceRoger Federer and Tommy Haas go into a fifth set at Roland Garros, after Serena Williams goes through.
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NigerTrade unions urge Niger's President Mamadou Tandja to scrap plans to hold a referendum allowing him to seek a third term.
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EgyptA UN team investigating possible war crimes in Gaza, led by Richard Goldstone, arrives in the territory from Egypt.
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JamaicaJamaica's security minister withdraws a remark that people killed by police are collateral damage in the war on crime.
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United States, 
ChinaTreasury Secretary Timothy Geithner tells China's government its huge investments in the US are "very safe".
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ChinaAn outcry from China's internet community may force the end of a dish made from chickens killed by poisonous snakes.
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United StatesCar giant General Motors is preparing to file for bankruptcy protection, the biggest industrial failure in US corporate history.
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Georgia, 
RussiaParties loyal to the leader of South Ossetia win the first election there since last year's war between Georgia and Russia.
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IsraelOne of Israel's most famous TV entertainers has been accused of ordering attacks on TV executives who turned down his ideas for new shows.
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Iraq, United StatesUS military confirms 24 service personnel were killed in Iraq in May, the highest total since September 2008.
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ChinaHong Kong's Cardinal Zen, an adviser to the Pope, says China should reassess its verdict on the Tiananmen massacre.
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North KoreaNorth Korea is moving closer towards launching another long-range missile, despite international concern.
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United KingdomA woman who shot to fame in a British TV talent show is in a private clinic after being assessed under the Mental Health Act.
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IndiaAngry protesters in northern India set fire to a train in protest at a move not to stop at remote stations, police say.
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Italy, United StatesUS car group Chrysler secures court approval for a consortium led by Italy's Fiat to take over its assets.
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SomaliaAt least five Somali policemen are killed in a roadside bomb blast in Mogadishu, while the government retakes a police station.
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ChadHungry people in the central African nation of Chad raise an old culinary fad from the dead - to get their fangs stuck into fried blood.
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ItalyVandals splash paint onto a controversial modern museum in Rome housing the 2,000-year-old Ara Pacis altar.
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United StatesControversial US abortion doctor George Tiller has been shot and killed at a church in his home state of Kansas.
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IndiaProtests continue across Indian-administered Kashmir, following the deaths of two women allegedly killed by Indian troops.
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Serbia and Montenegro, 
CroatiaA key suspect in the killing of a newspaper editor in Croatia has been arrested in Belgrade, Serbia's interior minister says.
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Rwanda, 
FinlandFinland charges a former preacher at a Baptist church in Rwanda with genocide for his alleged role in the 1994 killings.
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France, 
GermanyRoger Federer keeps alive his dream of a first French Open title by fighting back from two sets down to beat unseeded Tommy Haas and reach the last eight.
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United StatesPolice in the US state of Kansas continue to question a man held in connection with the killing of a prominent abortion doctor.
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South AfricaThirty-six illegal miners are killed in an underground fire at a disused mine in South Africa's Free State.
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PakistanSwat conflict hits trade in Pakistan district
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PakistanSeveral hundred Pakistani students are missing near the Afghan border, amid fears they may have been abducted.
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United StatesCar giant General Motors files for bankruptcy protection, the biggest industrial failure in US corporate history.
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France, 
Brazil, 
BotswanaFrance says it is unlikely anyone on board a plane carrying 228 people which vanished en route from Brazil has survived.
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France, United KingdomA 39-year-old British man is held in connection with the death of Kinga Legg, a businesswoman found dead in a Paris hotel.
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Nigeria, United KingdomNigerian militants say a British oil worker held captive since last year whom they were preparing to release will not now be freed.
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SpainReal Madrid appoint Villarreal boss Manuel Pellegrini as their new coach to replace Juande Ramos.
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United States, United Kingdom, ChinaEncouraging economic data from China, the US and the UK sends stock markets rising around the world.
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FranceWhat caused Paris plane to disappear over the Atlantic?
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Sri LankaA Sri Lankan journalist who campaigns for media freedom is abducted and beaten by unidentified attackers.
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