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Iceland, 
JapanOfficials are gathering in Madeira to hammer out a deal on whaling, with Japan and Iceland likely to insist on their right to hunt.
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Aruba, 
AustraliaA helicopter pilot crashes after trying to get a closer look at a crocodile in northern Australia.
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BrazilOfficials in Brazil identify the first 11 bodies recovered from the Air France disaster in which 228 people were killed.
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Zimbabwe, 
United KingdomZimbabwe PM Morgan Tsvangirai is to ask for British financial support as he meets his UK counterpart Gordon Brown.
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IranIran deploys thousands of security officers in Tehran and protesters stay silent for the first time since a disputed election.
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BangladeshBangladesh's high court names Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as the true 'father of the nation', ending a long-running dispute.
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IranWestern powers are using media to spread "anarchy and vandalism" within Iran, the country's foreign ministry says.
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RussiaThe president of the troubled republic of Ingushetia in southern Russia is wounded in an assassination attempt.
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EthiopiaEthiopia looks to revive glories of its imperial railway
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ArubaA political row deepens as an e-mail purportedly suggesting PM Kevin Rudd abused his position is described as a fake by police.
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RussiaThe president of the troubled republic of Ingushetia in southern Russia is wounded in an assassination attempt.
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ChinaGoogle says it will take steps to remove porn results findable via its Chinese language search site, Google.cn
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Pakistan, 
Sri LankaThousands of people across Pakistan celebrate victory over Sri Lanka in the World Twenty20 cricket final.
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United StatesThe story of a US hero and a missing nuclear bomb
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North Korea, United StatesNorth Korea boasts of being a 'proud nuclear power' and warns the US that it will strike back if attacked.
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RwandaA Rwandan ex-minister who tricked thousands of people into hiding on a hill where they were butchered is jailed for genocide.
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United KingdomA London surgeon is pioneering surgery to remove organs through the belly button, cutting post-op scars.
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Zimbabwe, United KingdomZimbabwe refugee came to London to protest
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Iran, 
BahrainBahrain has ordered the closure of a prominent newspaper which printed an article critical of Iran's political leaders and system.
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RussiaWould-be assassin shakes Russia's plan in Caucasus
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United KingdomThe UK's Conservative MEPs form a new "anti-federalist" European Parliament bloc with parties from eight members states.
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Afghanistan, United StatesThe new US commander in Afghanistan is to limit the use of air strikes in a bid to reduce civilian casualties, officials say.
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Belarus, RussiaThe president of Belarus tells a top EU official that he "sincerely wants to build good relations" with the bloc, shrugging off Russian disapproval.
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IndiaThe Indian government outlaws the Maoist Communist Party as a terrorist group, giving authorities enhanced powers of arrest.
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SomaliaHardline Islamists condemn four young Somali men to have a hand and a leg cut off each for stealing mobile phones and guns.
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FranceFrench President Nicolas Sarkozy says the wearing of the burka by Muslim women in France undermines their dignity.
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AfghanistanThe ties on either side of Afghan-Pakistan border
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United StatesUnheralded American Lucas Glover holds off Phil Mickelson and David Duval to win the 109th US Open.
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Iraq, United KingdomFamilies of the UK hostages held in Iraq speak of their "profound grief" that two are dead and call for the others to be freed.
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IranA man tells the BBC about the death of his fiancee, allegedly shot by pro-government militia during protests in Tehran.
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United StatesUS President Barack Obama signs into law America's strongest anti-smoking measure ever, saying it will save lives.
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Iraq, United StatesBomb attacks across Iraq kill at least 29 people, days before US troops are due to pull out of Iraqi cities.
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AustraliaA study of giant kangaroo fossils adds weight to the theory that hunters caused the extinction of Australia's "megafauna".
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MexicoSeven Mexican officials are arrested over the deaths of 47 children in a fire at a state-sponsored day-care centre
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IranIranian riot police fire tear gas to break up an opposition rally in Tehran, hours after a warning to protesters, witnesses say.
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