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VenezuelaVenezuela's president orders the army to take over the country's rice processing plants, amid a row over food prices.
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ThailandEx-drug trafficker tells how he sprang from Bangkok jail
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United StatesUS President Barack Obama chooses Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius as his new health secretary, officials say.
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IraqIraqi security forces say they have captured 11 members of al-Qaeda, including the group's self-styled "oil minister".
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AzerbaijanAzerbaijan's hopes for direct gas link to Europe
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Afghanistan, United StatesThe US says it prefers an August date for elections in Afghanistan, despite President Hamid Karzai's call for an April poll.
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United StatesUS prosecutors release video of a sheriff's deputy striking a 15-year-old girl and throwing her onto a cell floor.
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United KingdomMiddle East peace envoy Tony Blair says the people of Gaza should be the focus "of all efforts" to bring peace to the Middle East.
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AustraliaA film based on race riots in Australia is pulled from cinemas in Sydney after fights break out during screenings.
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ArubaAn Australian surfer is attacked by a shark at a northern Sydney beach - the third such attack in as many weeks.
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Barbados, United KingdomRamnaresh Sarwan makes 291 as West Indies achieve their highest ever total in Barbados on day four against England.
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LebanonAn international court set up to try the suspected killers of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri opens at The Hague.
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BotswanaThe Brazilian priest fighting to save the Amazon rain forest
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Afghanistan, 
Pakistan, United StatesMissiles fired by US unmanned aircraft kill seven people close to Pakistan's border with Afghanistan, reports say.
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ColombiaColombian soldiers find a network of well-equipped caves used by the Farc guerrilla movement deep in the country's jungle.
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Somalia, 
YemenForty-five Somalian migrants drowned after their boat capsized off the coast of Yemen this week, officials say.
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Iran, United StatesIran possesses enough nuclear material to build a bomb, the United States' most senior military commander says.
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BelgiumEU leaders say they are determined to avoid any protectionist moves in response to the economic crisis.
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Uganda, 
Democratic Republic of the CongoPressure grows in Kinshasa to end Uganda mission
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United KingdomA British team has begun a gruelling trek to the North Pole to discover how quickly the Arctic sea-ice is melting
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Israel, 
Gaza StripIsrael's prime minister promises an "uncompromising response" if rockets continue to be fired from the Gaza Strip into Israel.
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NepalFears that Nepal's civil war-era crimes will go unpunished
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BangladeshBangladesh police say they are charging more than 1,000 border guards for a mutiny in which more than 140 people died.
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ChinaThe Chinese lunar probe Chang'e 1 crashes into the moon in what Beijing describes as a controlled collision.
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United KingdomRamnaresh Sarwan makes 291 as West Indies pile up 749-9 declared on day four of the fourth Test against England.
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Democratic Republic of the Congo, 
RwandaThe UN says Hutu rebels retake positions in eastern DR Congo after a Rwandan withdrawal, but Kinshasa denies the claim.
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