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United StatesNew Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin is held in a Shanghai hotel after a passenger on his flight falls ill with suspected swine flu.
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United KingdomA judge in Northern Ireland is due to rule in a civil case brought by relatives of some of those killed in the 1998 Omagh bombing.
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ChinaThe mayor of Chinese boom town Shenzhen is investigated as part of a corruption investigation, state media reports.
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SomaliaSomali fury as Islamists desecrate 'idolatrous' graves
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IraqSeven people have been killed and 24 wounded in a bomb attack on a minibus in southern Baghdad, Iraqi officials say.
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United StatesGlobal military spending rose to new record of almost $1.5 trillion in 2008, despite the global recession, a peace institute says.
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IsraelFour Palestinian militants die in a clash with Israeli troops along the Israel-Gaza border, Palestinians say.
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Lebanon, United StatesThe leader of Lebanon's governing pro-Western coalition claims victory over the Hezbollah-led bloc in Sunday's election.
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North Korea, United StatesA North Korean court sentences two US journalists convicted of entering the country illegally to 12 years' hard labour.
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North Korea, United StatesA North Korean court sentences two US journalists convicted of entering the country illegally to 12 years' hard labour.
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GermanyThe German government warns that Arcandor, which owns Karstadt and Thomas Cook, may be allowed to go bankrupt.
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MexicoThousands attend a Mass for victims of a fire which swept through a Mexican day-care centre, killing over 40 children.
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North Korea, United StatesUS President Barack Obama says he is "deeply concerned" by North Korea's sentencing of two US journalists to hard labour.
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SudanSouth Sudan's ruling SPLM accuses ex-Foreign Minister Lam Akol of being used by the north after he set up his own party.
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Australia, 
BangladeshSri Lanka need to score 160 to knock Australia out of the World Twenty20 after Ireland beat Bangladesh by six wickets.
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Burma, 
ThailandMore than 3,000 ethnic Karen flee Burma into Thailand, after renewed shelling by Burmese troops, aid groups say.
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Israel, United StatesBarack Obama wants immediate talks between the Palestinians and Israel, according to the US special envoy to the region.
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SomaliaA hardline Islamist opposition leader mocks reports he was killed in fighting.
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France, ChinaThe exiled Tibetan leader becomes an honorary Parisian - a move China calls "grave interference" in Sino-French ties.
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ChinaChinese students sweat out college entrance exams
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United KingdomReal IRA chief Michael McKevitt was responsible for the 1998 Omagh bomb which killed 29 people, a UK judge rules.
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SwazilandPlayers have ruined artificial turf at Swaziland's national football arena by planting magic charms underneath, say furious officials.
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PakistanHundreds of tribesmen continue an offensive against the Taliban following a deadly mosque bombing in north-west Pakistan.
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IsraelFour Palestinians are killed on Gaza's border as Israeli forces open fire on what they say were several horses and men loaded with explosives.
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Vietnam, ChinaVietnam asks China to stop preventing its fishermen from working in what Hanoi says are its territorial waters.
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PeruIndigenous protesters say many people remain unaccounted for after two days of deadly clashes with police in north Peru.
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Gabon, France, 
SpainGabon's prime minister issues a denial - backed by Spain - that President Omar Bongo has died, insisting he is "alive and well".
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LebanonLebanese vote may deepen political stalemate
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IndiaPolice in Indian-administered Kashmir fire on crowds demonstrating against the alleged rape and murder of two women.
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NigeriaVirgin Atlantic announces it is to pull its brand name and sell its shares in Nigerian flag-carrier Virgin Nigeria.
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LebanonMilitant group Hezbollah accepts defeat as the pro-Western 14 March coalition is confirmed Lebanon's election winner.
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United StatesThe US Supreme Court decides not to hear an appeal from a soldier against his dismissal from the army for being openly gay.
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United StatesSonia Sotomayor, Barack Obama's nominee for the US Supreme Court, breaks her ankle after tripping at an airport.
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SpainGabon's prime minister confirms the death of President Omar Bongo - Africa's longest serving leader - after earlier denials.
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ThailandAt least 10 people are killed after gunmen open fire in a mosque in southern Thailand's restive province of Narathiwat.
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AustraliaSri Lanka beat Australia by six wickets to send them crashing out of the ICC World Twenty20.
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Sri Lanka, AustraliaCaptain Ricky Ponting is at a loss to explain how Australia were bundled out of the ICC World Twenty20 following heavy defeats by West Indies and Sri Lanka.
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Afghanistan, United StatesThe Pentagon admits problems with last month's air raids in Afghanistan, in the first official remarks on the incident.
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United StatesTen US banks ordered to raise extra funds have developed sufficient plans to strengthen their finances, the Fed says.
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United StatesApplications for US visas dry up after years of queues
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North Korea, United StatesTrial of US pair gives North Korea diplomatic leverage
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United StatesA Brazilian search team recovers a tail section of the Air France jet that crashed over the Atlantic, and more bodies are found.
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