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Sri LankaTamil Tiger leader Velupillai Prabhakaran is dead, Sri Lanka's military announces, prompting celebrations in the capital.
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Haiti, 
United StatesBill Clinton is to be the new UN special envoy to Haiti, a spokesman for the former US president says.
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SpainHow MEPs aim to smash Spanish property abuse
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France, 
MaliMali resists French plans to speed up migrant expulsions
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IndiaIndia's Congress party elects Manmohan Singh as its leader in parliament, setting the stage for his return as prime minister.
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United KingdomUK parliament Speaker Michael Martin is to meet party leaders to discuss urgent MPs' expenses reform, as he faces calls to quit.
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BurmaSouth East Asian leaders express "grave concern" in their first official reaction to the closed trial of Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi.
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United StatesA US judge postpones the sentencing of a woman convicted in a landmark MySpace cyber-bullying case.
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South AfricaNew South African Transport Minister Sbu Ndebele faces strong pressure to return a Mercedes Benz donated by contractors.
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United States, 
ChinaBrazil and China forge closer trade links
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JapanJapanese students whose schools have been closed over swine flu fears are flocking to karaoke parlours instead.
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Russia, United StatesRussia and the US hold the first of three days of talks in Moscow on a new treaty to cut their stockpiles of nuclear weapons.
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GuatemalaCampaigners urge Guatemala's Congress to begin moves to try President Alvaro Colom amid a scandal sparked by a lawyer's murder.
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Bosnia and Herzegovina, United StatesUS Vice-President Joe Biden arrives in the Balkans for a three-day tour of Bosnia-Hercegovina, Serbia and Kosovo.
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EgyptThe 12-year-old grandchild of Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak has died after a short health crisis, the state media report.
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AustraliaAustralia skipper Ricky Ponting reveals he will target opposite number Andrew Strauss in this summer's Ashes series.
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AustraliaResearchers in Australia discover that the world's largest lizard, the Komodo dragon, kills its prey by injecting poison.
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Ethiopia, 
SomaliaEthiopian military forces have crossed back into Somalia, four months after leaving, witnesses tell the BBC.
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MonacoFelipe Massa believes Ferrari will finish in the top three at Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix as they bid to recover from their worst start in 61 years of competition.
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HungaryA stork with a damaged beak receives a new, artificial one, thanks to experts at a bird hospital in Hungary.
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Sierra LeoneTwo people are killed and many injured by a huge boulder rolling down the hilltops overlooking Sierra Leone's capital.
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United Kingdom, ChinaA restaurant worker is found guilty of the brutal murders of a young Chinese couple at their home in the UK.
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United KingdomBritish security services did not have the resources to carry out extra checks before the 2005 London bombings, a report says.
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MalawiVoting is brisk in Malawi's general election, with analysts suggesting the presidential race is too close to call.
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ChinaChina reportedly frees the last activist still jailed for 'hooliganism' relating to the Tiananmen democracy movement of 1989.
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PakistanAt least 12 civilians are killed in an attack by Pakistani fighters in the Upper Dir region near Swat, officials say.
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LithuaniaLithuania's President-elect, Dalia Grybauskaite, tells the BBC that opening up her country's energy sector will be a priority.
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IndiaAt least 153 of the newly-elected MPs in India are charged in criminal cases, says a study by civil society groups.
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United Arab EmiratesThousands of migrants building an island development in Abu Dhabi face exploitation and abuse, a rights group says.
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Sri LankaInternational rights groups are appealing for the release of three Sri Lankan doctors accused of giving false information to the media.
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SpainA Spanish court jails a general for three years for misidentifying 30 soldiers' bodies after a plane crash in 2003.
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United StatesA beautifully preserved 47-million-year-old fossil gives scientists new insights into the early evolution of primates.
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JapanNearly 10,000 cases of swine flu are confirmed worldwide as Japan records a rapid climb in outbreaks of the virus.
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IsraelHome demolitions in Arab East Jerusalem appear to be on the rise under Jerusalem's new mayor, an Israeli rights group says.
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Sri LankaSri Lanka's president declares the country "liberated" from the Tamil Tigers, as TV pictures show the purported body of their leader.
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BurundiEleven people accused of killing albino people go on trial in Burundi - understood to be the first such court case.
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YemenSomalis survive hazardous crossing to reach Yemen
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Pakistan, United StatesThe US announces a $110m emergency aid package to assist those caught up in the fighting in Pakistan's north-west.
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Israel, United StatesDifferences may lead to friction in US-Israeli ties
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Pakistan, United StatesPakistan denies a US allegation it is expanding its nuclear arsenal, amid fears of a local proliferation of nuclear weapons.
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West BankA Fatah-dominated Palestinian government is sworn-in in the West Bank, with independent Salam Fayyad as prime minister.
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RussiaPresident Medvedev of Russia orders the creation of a commission to prevent "falsifications" of Russian history.
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United StatesOil prices have dipped from a six-month high above $60 a barrel after weak housing data was released.
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Israel, West BankThe head of Israel's security service says there is no security reason to continue building the barrier through the West Bank.
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ItalyItalian police arrest 68 suspected members of a breakaway faction of the Naples-based mafia known as the Camorra.
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United KingdomMichael Martin becomes the first House of Commons Speaker to be forced out in 300 years, over his handling of an expenses scandal.
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United StatesThe US Senate is to reject a call for $80m from the White House to close the Guantanamo Bay detention camp.
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ColombiaColombia's senate overwhelmingly supports a referendum on allowing President Alvaro Uribe a third term.
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TaiwanWeird ways to earn in recession-hit Taiwan
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