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MalawiMalawi's President Bingu wa Mutharika has won a second term in office, according to the country's electoral commission.
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Lebanon, 
United StatesVice-President Joe Biden is to visit Beirut to voice Washington's support for an "independent" Lebanon, the US says.
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SpainA Spanish grandmother who billed herself as the "world's oldest internet blogger" dies at the age of 97.
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MexicoMexico City lifts all restrictions imposed last month, following an outbreak of swine flu across Mexico.
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Afghanistan, 
Pakistan, United StatesA US offensive in Afghanistan could push Taliban fighters deeper into Pakistan, the top US commander warns.
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AustraliaAustralia's Tasmanian devil is listed as endangered as the marsupial's numbers are decimated by a tumour disease.
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PakistanThe UN appeals for $543m in humanitarian aid to help more than 1.6 million people displaced by fighting in Pakistan.
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RussiaRussia's President, Dmitry Medvedev, warns the EU not to turn a planned partnership with ex-Soviet countries against it.
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FijiFiji's president begins reappointing judges after scrapping the judiciary during a constitutional crisis last month.
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ItalyItalian police seize $10m (£6.3m) in counterfeit money, and an arms cache from the homes of a Mafia boss and his aunt.
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IsraelIsraeli forces cross into Gaza and shoot dead two Palestinians trying to plant a bomb on the border, the Israeli military says.
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MexicoGuards stood by as more than 50 prisoners, including inmates considered dangerous by Interpol, walked out of a Mexican jail, officials say.
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ChinaChinese police arrest 10 people suspected of beating mentally disabled people forced to work as slaves in brick factories.
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ThailandThailand gets tough with ethnic Hmong refugees
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Nigeria, SpainSpain holds 23 people suspected of trafficking Nigerian women into the country and forcing them into prostitution using voodoo curses.
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Monaco, 
BermudaLewis Hamilton hopes the unique challenge of the Monaco track could help him have his best race of the season on Sunday.
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ItalyDiscrepancies in aid claims for the rebuilding of earthquake-hit homes in the Italian city of L'Aquila are holding up payouts.
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BrazilA deal is reached over claims that too few black and mixed-race models are taking part in Sao Paulo Fashion Week.
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United KingdomBritish Airways announces an annual pre-tax loss of £401m, after being hit by the weak pound and higher fuel costs.
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Argentina, 
France, United KingdomBritish number one Andy Murray faces a potentially tricky opening to his French Open campaign after being drawn against Argentine Juan Ignacio Chela.
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Lebanon, United StatesVice-President Joe Biden arrives in Beirut ahead of crunch polls in the highest-level US diplomatic visit for nearly 30 years.
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IndiaIndia's new Congress-led government, with Manmohan Singh as prime minister, takes the oath of office in Delhi.
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BurmaPro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi tells Burmese judges she did not break the terms of her house arrest.
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Serbia and MontenegroOfficials probe a rehab centre affiliated to Serbia's Orthodox Church where addicts were allegedly filmed being beaten.
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MalawiMalawi's President Bingu wa Mutharika is sworn in for a second term after a landslide election victory.
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Israel, United KingdomIsraeli officials say tourism adverts in London showing an enlarged map of the country were not properly checked.
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South Africa, IndiaIndian cricket league flourishes in South Africa
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Isle of ManManx sprinter Mark Cavendish claims a third win at the Giro d'Italia by pipping rival Alessandro Petacchi in a dramatic finish to the 13th stage.
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New ZealandA New Zealand couple get a shock when their three-year-old daughter bids to buy a real-life mechanical digger in an internet auction.
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IndonesiaIndonesian reggae star aims to bring about change
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PakistanA car bomb kills at least six people and injures about 70 in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar, police say.
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Canada, 
RwandaCanada completes its first-ever war crimes trial, convicted a Rwandan of war crimes from the 1994 genocide.
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Sri LankaSri Lanka says more than 6,200 security personnel died and almost 30,000 were wounded in the last three years of the war.
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MonacoFormula 1's teams and governing body say they have made "a small amount of progress" in talks over the proposed budget cap.
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United StatesA 66-year-old US woman with advanced cancer is the first person to die under Washington State's new assisted suicide law.
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United StatesA US court largely upholds a ruling that cigarette makers lied about health risks by using labels such as "low tar".
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ChinaA Chinese hotel waitress who killed an alleged sex attacker is promised a fair trial following a wave of public sympathy.
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VenezuelaVenezuela nationalises its third largest lender, Banco de Venezuela, after agreeing to pay Banco Santander $1.05bn.
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United StatesCurbs are to be imposed on US credit card companies' ability to charge fees or raise interest rates on borrowings.
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BurmaPro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi tells a Burmese court she did not break her house arrest, as she faces another jail term.
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SpainEleven new cases of swine flu are found at a Spanish military school, bringing the country's total to 126, officials say.
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Iran, United StatesIranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi lands in the US more than a week after her release from jail in Iran.
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BoliviaPresident Evo Morales begins marking the 200th anniversary of Bolivia's independence struggle, hailing Latin America's "second liberation".
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Lebanon, United StatesHow would the US see a Lebanon opposition poll win?
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Cuba, United StatesWashington offers to resume talks on the migration of Cubans to America, the US state department says.
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