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Israel, 
Syria, 
IranIran and Syria deny Israeli claims that a ship seized in the Mediterranean was carrying weapons for Hezbollah militants.
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Sri LankaArt bring Sri Lanka war orphans together
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Colombia, 
United StatesColombian opposition groups react angrily after details of a controversial military deal with the US are made public.
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United StatesParole officers in California missed many chances to stop the alleged abductor of Jaycee Dugard, held captive for 18 years.
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GermanyGeneral Motors confirms that it plans to cut 10,000 jobs across European car unit Opel, prompting German unions to call a strike.
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Ireland, 
PortugalObama's days of walking on water over
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India, 
BangladeshA separatist group in India's troubled north-east says Bangladeshi police have arrested two of their top leaders.
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France, 
United KingdomThe UK Conservative Party's new policy on the EU will "castrate" UK influence in Europe, a French minister says.
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IndonesiaTwo of Indonesia's senior law enforcement officials resign over an alleged plot to undermine the anti-corruption agency.
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KenyaThe International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor is in Kenya for talks on how to bring to justice those behind post-poll violence.
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Sweden, 
Western Sahara, 
MoroccoMorocco expels a Swedish diplomat for allegedly passing documents to separatist groups in Western Sahara.
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Israel, 
LebanonHezbollah rejects Israeli allegations that weapons on a seized ship were destined for the Lebanese militant group.
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JapanGlasses that can provide near real-time subtitles to translate foreign languages are being developed by Japan's NEC.
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AfghanistanThree ex-chiefs of defence have launched an attack on Gordon Brown's commitment to the war in Afghanistan. Has Gordon Brown convinced you that UK troops should stay in Afghanistan?
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ChinaChina's internet boot camps should not use physical punishment to treat web addicts, the ministry of health says.
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KenyaThe ICC chief prosecutor says he will request ICC judges to open an investigation into Kenya's post-election clashes.
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IranA journalist for Agence France Presse has been detained by Iranian security forces, the news agency says.
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ColombiaLeader's jailbreak may reinvigorate Colombian rebels
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FranceWith the French government canvassing opinion about the country's patriotic spirit, Emma-Jane Kirby asks what makes the French so very... French.
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Cambodia, 
ThailandThailand recalls its ambassador from Cambodia after it appointed ousted Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra as an advisor.
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Uganda, 
Democratic Republic of the CongoCharles Arop, believed to be behind a brutal attack last Christmas, hands himself in to the Ugandan military.
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Afghanistan, United KingdomBritain must investigate a raid that freed a UK journalist from the Taliban but left his Afghan colleague dead, an NGO says.
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South AfricaAthletics South Africa president Leonard Chuene is suspended over his handling of the Caster Semenya gender row.
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South AfricaSouth African police are baffled by a modern-day "Robin Hood" who dished out a portion of his takings to servants at a mansion he robbed.
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Afghanistan, United StatesThe US Homeland Security secretary defends the time it is taking for President Obama to decide on his Afghan strategy.
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FranceWilliam Hague defends the Tories' Europe policy after it is criticised by a French minister and two Tory MEPs quit frontbench posts.
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GermanyOpel workers in Germany are on strike in protest at parent firm GM's decision not to sell its European operations.
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Pakistan, United StatesAt least four suspected militants die as a US drone fires two missiles in Pakistan's North Waziristan region, officials say.
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Zimbabwe, 
MozambiqueZimbabwe escapes suspension from the world diamond trade scheme over allegations of soldiers killing miners.
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RussiaRussian investigators detain a man and woman over the killings of a prominent human rights lawyer and journalist last January.
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AfghanistanThe UN says it is to temporarily move 600 of its foreign staff in Afghanistan, after last week's deadly Taliban hostel raid.
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United StatesPolice in the US state of Florida find a baby, reported missing on Saturday, alive under her babysitter's bed.
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Bosnia and HerzegovinaThe UN's war crimes court appoints a lawyer for ex-Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic and adjourns his trial until March.
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India, United StatesUS President Barack Obama vows not to forget American Indian tribes, as representatives gather for a White House conference.
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Saudi Arabia, 
YemenSaudi aircraft have attacked Shia rebels in northern Yemen after the killing of a Saudi security officer, reports say.
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India, 
AustraliaSachin Tendulkar's dazzling 175 fails to stop Australia taking a 3-2 lead over India in their one-day international series.
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Somalia, Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia ends a nine-year ban on the import of animals from Somalia - a major industry in the war-torn country.
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PortugalEverton go down at home to Portuguese giants Benfica, nine-man Fulham lose at Roma and Celtic are held at Hamburg.
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FranceFrench minister Pierre Lellouche says he would be able to work with the Tories on Europe after previously criticising them.
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GermanyBears in an eastern German zoo have lost their fur, but international experts cannot work out why.
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United KingdomThe UK government has admitted that a new legally binding global treaty on climate change is highly unlikely to be agreed this year.
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United StatesA further 14 people are charged in connection to the alleged $20m insider trading scheme at US hedge fund Galleon Group.
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IsraelThe UN General Assembly backs a resolution calling for independent inquiries by Israel and the Palestinians into war crime claims.
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United StatesUS police charge the mother of a baby, reported missing, after finding the child alive under her babysitter's bed.
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AzerbaijanA court in Azerbaijan sentences 26 people to lengthy terms in jail over a deadly attack last year on a mosque in Baku.
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United StatesUS shares rise strongly after official figures show business productivity has risen at its highest rate in six years.
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