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SMS Islamists vying to seize Somalia and beyond
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No relief for the victims of southern Philippines rebellion
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China sends a patrol vessel to disputed islands in South China Seas, days after a separate spat with US ships in the area.
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Mauricio Funes of El Salvador's former Marxist rebel FMLN wins a presidential election, ending 18 years of conservative rule.
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A suspected missile fired by a US drone kills at least five people in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province, officials say.
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Australia cuts its quota of foreign skilled workers to save local jobs during the international financial downturn.
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Cautious optimism greets improved security in Iraq
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The head of the US central bank, Ben Bernanke, says he expects the country's recession to end this year.
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Two explosions are heard near Madagascar's presidential palace, as pressure grows on head of state Marc Ravalomanana.
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A suicide bomber kills 11 people, including nine policemen, and wounds many others in an attack in southern Afghanistan.
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Foreign investment in China fell in January and February as overseas firms were hit by the global recession, figures show.
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Pakistan's government will reinstate a sacked Supreme Court chief justice. Will this quell recent unrest?
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North Korea partially reopens its border to allow South Koreans trapped in an industrial zone since Friday to return home.
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Gunmen in southern Somalia kidnap four UN aid workers, three of them foreigners, reports say.
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Indonesia marks the start of campaigning with a political rally in Jakarta, ahead of parliamentary and presidential polls.
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Lebanon opens its first embassy in the Syrian capital after decades of turbulence with its powerful Arab neighbour.
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Serbia begins talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to agree an emergency loan worth up to 2bn euros.
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Gunmen in Nigeria's Niger Delta gang rape at least five women hijacked from a passenger boat.
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North Korea's first pizza and pasta restaurant, staffed by Italian-trained chefs, opens in Pyongyang.
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At least eight people are arrested in Burundi in connection with a trade in albino human body parts.
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Austrian Josef Fritzl, accused of imprisoning his daughter and fathering her children, admits rape but not murder.
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Pakistan's government reinstates sacked top judge Iftikhar Chaudhry, prompting the opposition to call off protests.
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Tibetan Buddhism's third-highest figure speaks of his admiration for Chinese culture, suggesting a softer line on Beijing.
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Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir says he wants all international aid groups out of the country within a year.
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Israel's PM-designate signs his first coalition deal, provisionally handing the foreign ministry to a controversial right-winger.
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Madagascar opposition leader Andry Rajoelina rejects an offer of a referendum to solve the nation's political crisis.
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Thousands of young athletes in southern China are faking their age to gain an advantage over their rivals, a study suggests.
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A leaked international Red Cross report says torture was used by the US on al-Qaeda suspects in CIA secret prisons.
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German customs officials detain a Swiss man trying to smuggle more than 160 large trapdoor spiders into the country.
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The European Space Agency delays its gravity mapping satellite because of a technical problem at its Russian launch site.
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Andy Murray defeats Paul-Henri Mathieu in the third round of the Indian Wells Masters 1000.
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European Union foreign ministers have agreed a compromise deal on the EU's relations with Belarus.
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US forces shot down an Iranian drone aircraft 60 miles (100km) north of Baghdad last month, the US military says.
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At least eight people are killed in an explosion at a bus depot on the outskirts of the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi, police say.
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The 2009 Champions Trophy will be hosted by South Africa, the ICC confirms.
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Four UN aid workers, three of them foreigners, are freed in southern Somalia hours after being abducted, reports say.
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Soldiers storm one of Madagascar President Marc Ravalomanana's palaces, as the Africa Union condemns an "attempted coup".
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Austrian Josef Fritzl is quizzed over video testimony from the daughter he has admitted raping and fathering children with.
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Mohammad Khatami quits the June presidential election in Iran, saying he does not want to split the reformist vote.
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The smallest meat-eating dinosaur ever found in North America has been identified from six tiny pelvic bones.
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