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2009 » May 2009 » May 2nd 2009
BurmaHundreds of thousands of people in Burma still need assistance - a year after deadly Cyclone Nargis, the UN warns.
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Austria, 
Hong KongTwo decades are marked since Hungarian guards removed border barriers with Austria, signalling the fall of the Iron Curtain.
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Hong KongAbout 300 people at a Hong Kong hotel are placed under quarantine after a guest tests positive for swine flu.
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AustraliaAustralia is planning to spend more than $72bn on expanding and upgrading its military over the next two decades.
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India, 
BrazilBrazil begins clearing residents from an area designated indigenous territory by a landmark court ruling.
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Afghanistan, 
PakistanAt least 13 Taleban militants and two Pakistani soldiers are killed in a battle near the Afghan border, the Pakistan army says.
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QatarFormer world 100m record holder Asafa Powell will miss Friday's IAAF Super Grand Prix in Doha because of an ankle injury.
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IranA young Iranian woman is hanged for a murder committed when she was 17, despite a stay of execution from the judiciary.
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MexicoMatthew Price finds apprehension and uncertainty over the swine flu outbreak in Mexico City.
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Democratic Republic of the CongoDespite years of political turmoil, Stephen Sackur discovers there are still fortunes to be made in DR Congo.
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EgyptA brush with death in the congested Egyptian capital
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Mexico, Hong Kong, 
ChinaChina quarantines air passengers and suspends flights to and from Mexico, after a Hong Kong man is confirmed with swine flu.
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Sri LankaSri Lankan army shelling has killed 91 people since Friday at a makeshift hospital inside a civilian safe zone, doctors tell the BBC.
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EgyptEgypt begins in earnest the slaughter of over 300,000 pigs, in what was originally said to be a precaution against swine flu.
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Aruba, 
United KingdomAn Australian doctor detained at Heathrow Airport when he arrived to hold workshops on euthanasia is allowed to enter the UK.
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MexicoTransport links draw Mexican drug gangs to Atlanta
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MexicoMexico's health minister revises down the number of suspected swine flu deaths in the country from 176 to 101.
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Aruba, United KingdomAn Australian doctor interviewed at Heathrow Airport when he arrived to hold workshops on euthanasia is allowed to enter the UK.
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United StatesA US pilot avoids injury in a crash after his plane's fall is cushioned by a row of portable toilets.
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Chile, 
SpainReal Madrid aim to close the gap on La Liga leaders Barcelona to one point when they meet in El Clasico at the Santiago Bernabeu.
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IsraelPalestinian medics say two people have died in Israeli air strikes on smuggling tunnels on the Gaza-Egypt border.
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SpainBarcelona destroy Real Madrid at the Bernabeu to move seven points clear at the top of the Spanish league with four games remaining.
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Somalia, United Kingdom, 
SeychellesA Greek ship carrying 35,000 tons of soya is hijacked by Somali pirates south-west of the Seychelles, officials say.
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United KingdomCommunities Secretary Hazel Blears has attacked the UK government's "lamentable" failure to communicate.
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Iraq, United StatesA man wearing an Iraqi military uniform shoots dead two US soldiers and injures three others in the city of Mosul.
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ItalyHalf of the homes in Italy's quake-hit city of L'Aquila are now habitable, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi says.
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EcuadorEcuador's President Rafael Correa won a second term in office in polls last month, election officials announce.
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