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United States, 
MexicoThe US is making detailed plans to help Mexico in its fight against drugs-trafficking, a senior general tells Congress.
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United StatesInsurer AIG must pay back $165m of staff bonuses awarded after accepting public bail-out funds, the US treasury secretary says.
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AustriaThe jury in the trial of Austrian Josef Fritzl, charged with crimes against children kept in a cellar, is to hear from a psychiatrist.
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SingaporeSingapore's Prime Minsiter Lee Hsien Loong tells the BBC his country's economy is in its worst state in decades.
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IndiaA grandson of the late Indian PM Indira Gandhi denies making an anti-Muslim speech during a recent election rally.
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Sweden, 
ColombiaColombia's Farc leftist rebel group frees a 69-year-old Swedish man held for two years and said to their last foreign hostage.
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ChinaThe Chinese authorities reject a $2.4bn bid by Coca-Cola for the country's biggest maker of fruit juice.
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India, 
New ZealandIndia dominate day one of the first Test in New Zealand despite centuries by Daniel Vettori and Jesse Ryder.
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MadagascarMilitary leaders in Madagascar confer full powers on opposition leader Andry Rajoelina, hours after the president quit.
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Yemen, 
North KoreaA suicide bomber targets a South Korean delegation visiting Yemen after a deadly attack on tourists on Sunday.
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SudanAmerica's secretary of state says Sudan's president will be held responsible for "every single death" in Darfur's refugee camps.
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MadagascarAndry Rajoelina, the opposition leader who has taken power in Madagascar, says there must be changes to the constitution.
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EgyptEgypt women learn skills to fend off sexual harassers
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ChinaThe World Bank cuts its forecast of China's economic growth in 2009 to 6.5% from 7.5% because of falling demand for its exports.
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North Korea, United StatesThe United States says North Korea is rejecting food aid as tensions rise ahead of a planned satellite launch.
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Egypt, United StatesEgypt's intelligence chief makes an unannouced visit to the US to push for a more flexible stance on Hamas, officials say.
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United StatesActress Natasha Richardson's family gather at her bedside in New York after she is injured in a skiing accident.
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Sri LankaThe conflict in Sri Lanka is killing hundreds of children, United Nations' children's agency, Unicef, says.
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MozambiqueTwelve people die in police custody in Mozambique after the deaths of two Red Cross workers, who were attacked by a mob.
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Pakistan, 
BangladeshBangladesh indefinitely postpones all tours by foreign sports teams because of security concerns.
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Philippines, United StatesA Philippine woman who secured a high-profile rape conviction against a US marine has changed her story.
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Syria, United StatesDiplomatic progress still eludes Syria and the US
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Czech Republic, United StatesThe Czech government withdraws treaties committing it to the US missile defence shield from parliament, fearing their defeat.
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Pakistan, United StatesPakistan's foreign ministry dismisses a report suggesting the US is considering expanding military operations in Pakistan.
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IndonesiaFear and violence in Indonesia's Aceh as elections near
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EgyptEgyptian internet radio for women avoids restrictions
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South AfricaSouth African prosecutors are reportedly considering dropping a case against ANC leader Jacob Zuma.
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Iraq, 
Afghanistan, United StatesSexual assault reports in the US military rose 8% last year, with a 25% jump in cases in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Pentagon says.
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MadagascarMadagascar's highest court approves interim leader Andry Rajoelina's takeover, but an African neighbour cries foul.
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The GambiaUp to 1,000 Gambian villagers were taken by "witch doctors" to detention centres and made to drink potions, Amnesty says.
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KenyaThe United Nations food agency will give food aid to more than double the number of people it is currently helping in Kenya.
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France, 
GermanyGermany and France to resist EU summit splurge
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AustriaAustrian Josef Fritzl, who kept his daughter in a cellar and fathered her seven children there, pleads guilty to all charges.
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ChinaA fossil discovery in China prompts researchers to question the scaly image of dinosaurs.
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India, 
United Kingdom, 
SpainBritish number one Andy Murray takes on Spain's Tommy Robredo for a place in the quarter-finals in Indian Wells.
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United StatesUS prosecutors charge the long-term accountant of disgraced US financier Bernard Madoff with fraud.
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United StatesUS Defence Secretary Robert Gates recommends Admiral James Stavridis for the post of Nato supreme commander.
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Sudan, United StatesUS President Barack Obama picks retired Air Force General Scott Gration to be his special envoy to Sudan.
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IndiaBritain's Andy Murray cruises into the last eight of the Indian Wells Masters after Tommy Robredo retires with a wrist injury.
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United StatesThe US Federal Reserve says it will buy $1.2 trillion worth of debt to help boost lending and promote economic recovery.
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GermanyThe teenager who attacked a German school and shot 15 people said he was doing it "for fun", a witness recounts.
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JapanHow Japan is coping with the global recession
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United StatesThe boss of US insurer AIG calls the bonuses paid to executives "distasteful" and asks for some to be repaid.
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FranceSeveral EU states criticise the Pope's rejection of condoms as a means to combat HIV/Aids as he visits Africa.
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