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Austria, 
Czech RepublicThe former communist Czechoslovakia had planned an underground rail link under Austria to the Adriatic Sea, a newspaper says.
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Pakistan, 
United KingdomPakistani President Asif Ali Zardari is to hold talks with a key aid donor, as he meets UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown in London.
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ChinaIndustrial output in China slowed in April dropping to 7.3%, latest figures show, but retail sales enjoyed a boost.
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BrazilTens of thousands of people in north-eastern Brazil begin returning home, after devastating floods there which killed 39.
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United KingdomUK PM Gordon Brown says all MPs' receipts over four years must be scrutinised independently, as a row over expenses continues.
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ChinaA UN commission hoping to agree new maritime boundaries looks set to pit China against some of its neighbours.
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United KingdomA UK court is to hear allegations that an oil firm engaged in a dirty tricks campaign in Ivory Coast over a toxic waste dump.
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SomaliaSomalia faces its worst drought for at least a decade, with nearly half the population suffering malnutrition, says the UN.
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AustraliaMembers of an Aboriginal tribe will hold a ritual at a museum in Liverpool to mark the repatriation of human remains to Australia.
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Germany, 
United StatesAlleged Nazi war criminal John Demjanjuk is taken to a German prison, after being deported from the United States.
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MaltaContest veteran Chiara steers Malta back into their first final since 2006, as 10 countries qualify for Saturday's show.
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United Kingdom, 
GibraltarHow Gibraltar will sway UK's EU election results
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United KingdomA successful England bid to host the 2015 Rugby World Cup would involve the use of Wembley and other football grounds.
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PakistanCoping with the exodus in north-west Pakistan
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Iraq, United StatesBaghdad Sunnis miss out on new US and Iraqi optimism
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United StatesMedicare and Social Security programmes for older people will run out of money sooner than expected, the US says.
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GuatemalaGuatemalan President Alvaro Colom denies any role in the murder of a lawyer who left a posthumous video implicating him.
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ChinaChinese boy's battle back to health after quake
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South AfricaA South African cartoonist detaches the infamous shower he depicts on Jacob Zuma's head to give the president "a chance".
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UkraineUefa gives three Ukraine cities until the end of November to prove they are capable of staging Euro 2012 games.
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Sri LankaThe International Committee of the Red Cross says that one of its employees has been killed in a shell attack in Sri Lanka.
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GermanySuspected Nazi war criminal John Demjanjuk is fit enough to be held in jail pending a trial, German prison doctors say.
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Afghanistan, United StatesA suicide car bombing near a US base in east Afghanistan kills seven civilians and injures several more, the US military says.
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PakistanTaleban extending control in north-west Pakistan
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FranceFrance passes a law to combat copyright piracy by disconnecting people who illegally download films and music.
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GermanyThe German cabinet agrees a "bad bank" scheme, to enable lenders to remove toxic assets from their balance sheets.
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Australia, United StatesA US man returns to Australia to face charges that he murdered his wife while scuba diving on their honeymoon.
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IndiaThe fifth and final stage of voting in India's month-long general elections comes to an end.
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SpainWorld number one Rafael Nadal sweeps aside Jurgen Melzer in brutal fashion at the Madrid Open on Wednesday, joining Novak Djokovic in the third round.
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SomaliaHeavy fighting erupts again in the Somali capital Mogadishu as some of the fiercest clashes in months show no sign of abating.
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ItalyPlans to impose fines on illegal immigrants receive huge support in Italy's lower house of parliament.
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NigeriaThousands of protesters take to the streets of a Nigerian city for an anti-government march, amid heavy police presence.
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PakistanOnly 38% of north-west Pakistan is under government control as the Taleban extend their influence, a BBC study suggests.
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Pakistan, United KingdomPakistani President Asif Ali Zardari is to hold talks with a key aid donor, as he meets UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown in London.
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Israel, 
LebanonUN says Israel has handed over maps on where it dropped cluster bombs in Lebanon during the 2006 war.
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Kenya, 
UgandaKenyan MPs express fury over remarks by Uganda's president about the ownership of the disputed Migingo islands.
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Nigeria, 
NigerNigerian oil militants and security forces clash in the swamps of the southern Niger Delta region.
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IsraelPope Benedict XVI offers support for the Palestinians' right to a homeland during his trip to Israel and the West Bank.
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United StatesJustin Webb's personal take on reform in the US
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Sri LankaViolence rages in Sri Lanka's war zone, where a makeshift hospital has been shelled again with the loss of 50 lives.
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United StatesThe US Treasury seeks more regulation of the financial instruments that brought down leading Wall Street firms.
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Democratic Republic of the CongoDozens of people were killed in attacks over the weekend in the east of the DR Congo, UN agencies say citing local sources.
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Cambodia, FranceExtension of French school in Cambodia forces locals out
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