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Israel, 
RussiaA Russian businessman who was convicted in Israel as a Soviet spy is shot dead in Moscow, according to police.
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Portugal, 
Czech RepublicThe Czech Constitutional Court is expected to deliver a verdict on objections to the European Union's Lisbon Treaty.
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ArgentinaThe trial begins of Argentina's last military ruler and five other retired generals accused of human rights abuses.
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IrelandAustralian racehorse Shocking thwarts an historic British-trained victory as he edges out Crime Scene to win the Melbourne Cup.
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Burma, 
United StatesTwo senior US diplomats visit Burma on a fact-finding tour as part of efforts to find a new approach to the junta.
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IndiaJudges at India's Supreme Court make public details of financial assets and publish them on the court's website.
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United StatesA US court jails the founder of an online gambling firm for more than four years and orders him to forfeit $43m in illicit earnings.
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IranHow do you move a country's capital out of a city?
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AustraliaAustralia, which managed to avoid recession, raises its main interest rate once again - this time from 3.25% to 3.5%.
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ChinaPolice in the Chinese province of Xinjiang vow to "root out" crime after deadly ethnic riots earlier this year.
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United Kingdom, United StatesSmoking during pregnancy significantly increases the risk of having a child with behavioural problems at three years old, according to UK and US researchers.
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United StatesWill US votes signal turn in Republicans' fortunes?
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Nigeria, United KingdomWant to cook Nigerian food? Learn in London
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Nigeria, United KingdomWant to cook Nigerian food? Learn in London
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Australia, 
New Zealand, 
FijiFiji has ordered the envoys of New Zealand and Australia, its two biggest neighbours, to leave within 24 hours.
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IsraelPalestinian artists go underground to dodge Israeli curbs
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North KoreaNorth Korea completes the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel rods to extract weapons-grade plutonium, state media say.
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ChinaChina tries to control spread of swine flu inside country instead of stopping it at borders as more people fall sick
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Democratic Republic of the CongoThe UN was wrong to withdraw support from Congolese troops over claims soldiers had killed civilians, a minister says.
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Switzerland, 
GermanyGermany's Tommy Haas pulls out of the Davidoff Swiss Indoors tennis tournament in Basle after contracting swine flu.
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ChinaA woman who ran gambling dens and bribed police is jailed for 18 years in the Chinese city of Chongqing.
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South KoreaA court has ruled that mobile televisions in taxis are not illegal
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Portugal, Czech RepublicThe Czech constitutional court rejects a complaint against the Lisbon Treaty, paving the way for its final approval.
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IrelandAn economist reveals Irish Finance Minister Brian Lenihan's unlikely fondness for munching on raw garlic.
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AustraliaA leaking oil well in the Timor Sea off the north-west coast of Australia is plugged, the company running the well says.
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IndiaA bear kills two militants who were hiding in its den in Indian-administered Kashmir, police say.
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AfghanistanChallenges Afghan president must meet to be effective
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NigeriaNigeria's central bank orders banks to report suspicious cash transactions from people involved in politics.
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IndiaSix people are run over by an express passenger train while trying to cross a railway track near the Indian capital, Delhi.
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AfghanistanNewly re-elected Afghan President Hamid Karzai pledges to eradicate corruption, as the Taliban label him a "puppet".
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Saudi Arabia, IranSaudi Arabia warns against any attempt to politicise the Muslim Hajj pilgrimage in an apparent challenge to Iran.
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Malaysia, 
IndonesiaAn Indonesian maid is jailed for six years in Malaysia for trying to kill her boss by putting weed killer in her coffee.
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PakistanAt least 10 people are killed when a passenger express hits a goods train in southern Pakistan.
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PakistanPakistan's President Asif Zardari retreats from plans to win parliamentary approval for an amnesty from graft charges for politicians.
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IranIran hangs a militant from the Jundullah rebel group accused of a number of attacks in the south-east of the country, say reports.
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Bosnia and HerzegovinaEx-Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic appears at his war crimes trial for the first time and says it should be delayed.
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United StatesBallots in New Jersey, Virginia and New York may give a snapshot of how voters feel, a year after Barack Obama was elected.
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YemenSuspected al-Qaeda militants kill at least five security force members in Yemen, including three senior officers.
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VietnamThe death toll from tropical storm-induced floods in Vietnam is worse than initially thought, government officials say.
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Equatorial GuineaA Briton and four South Africans jailed in Equatorial Guinea over a coup plot are to be freed, its government says.
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Sri LankaOpposition parties in Sri Lanka unite to fight elections due by next April.
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Australia, United KingdomDylan Hartley eases England's injury concerns ahead of Saturday's Test against Australia as the hooker was included in their 22-man squad.
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Germany, United StatesAngela Merkel receives standing ovations as she becomes only the second German chancellor to address US Congress in decades.
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Portugal, Czech RepublicThe Czech Republic becomes the last country to ratify the EU's Lisbon Treaty, which is now set to become EU law within weeks.
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United Arab Emirates, New ZealandExplosive batting from Shahid Afridi and Kamran Akmal helps Pakistan establish a 1-0 lead in the ODI series against New Zealand.
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SpainMan Utd and Chelsea seal their places in the last 16 of the Champions League with thrilling draws, as AC Milan and Real Madrid also draw 1-1.
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FranceAnthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss, one of the most influential French thinkers of the 20th Century, dies aged 100.
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IndonesiaIndonesian police release two top anti-corruption officials from prison - arrests that had sparked major protests.
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Portugal, United KingdomThe Conservatives say they will not hold a referendum on the EU treaty if the party wins the next general election.
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Bosnia and HerzegovinaEx-Bosnian Serb leader makes first trial appearance
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SpainDidier Drogba strikes twice to earn Chelsea a draw at Atletico Madrid and seal their progress from the Champions League group stages.
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RussiaManchester United fight back to claim a 3-3 draw with CSKA Moscow to reach the Champions League knockout stages.
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CanadaGeneral Motors announces that it has cancelled plans to sell Opel and Vauxhall to Canadian car parts firm Magna.
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ItalyEurope's human rights court rules against hanging crucifixes in Italy's classrooms, saying it violates parents' rights.
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HondurasHonduran Congress leaders defer a vote on reinstating ousted president Manuel Zelaya and ask the Supreme Court for its view.
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RussiaManchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson says clubs should be free to appeal against Champions League bookings after seeing Darren Fletcher unjustly cautioned during the 3-3 draw with CSKA Moscow.
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FranceThe life and times of a French intellectual giant
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United StatesUS police charge a convicted rapist with five counts of murder, as more human remains are found at his Ohio home.
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