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RussiaA lawyer for one of eight alleged Russian hijackers of the Arctic Sea says they were in fact welcomed on board the ship.
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Honduras, 
BotswanaThe world community demands the reinstatement of ousted Honduran leader Manuel Zelaya, the Brazilian president says.
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IndiaRescue workers find 14 bodies from the debris of a building which collapsed in the Indian state of Chattisgarh.
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Afghanistan, 
United StatesThe top US military commander in Afghanistan denies a rift with the White House over sending more troops to Afghanistan.
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ThailandAn experimental HIV vaccine has cut the risk of infection by a third in a major trial in Thailand, researchers say.
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AustraliaAustralia is clearing up after its worst dust storm in decades, which smothered Sydney and brought transport to a standstill.
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NepalNepal's government says it is taking action to alleviate a severe currency shortage which threatens to disrupt the country's biggest religious festival.
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Burma, United StatesHillary Clinton says the US will engage directly with Burma's military rulers in a bid to promote democracy in the hardline state.
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IndiaData from three spacecraft, including an Indian probe, detect very fine films of water coating dirt particles on the Moon.
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GermanyGermany may be tolerant of nudity but a plan to give naked ramblers their own wilderness path is meeting some opposition.
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UgandaHollywood actors are helping to launch a campaign to raise money for gorillas in Uganda via Facebook.
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Russia, 
IranRussia's president signals that Moscow might be ready to soften opposition to sanctions on Iran, as its leader addresses the UN.
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JapanLoss-making carrier Japan Airlines has asked for a government bail-out to help it survive, the airline's chief says.
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RussiaRussia's largest carmaker, Avtovaz, says it will cut up to 27,600 jobs as it tries to cope with the global slump in demand.
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RussiaRussia's largest carmaker, Avtovaz, says it will cut up to 27,600 jobs as it tries to cope with the global slump in demand.
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North Korea, Japan, 
ChinaA upcoming summit of Japan, South Korea and China is to focus on North Korea's nuclear programme, officials say.
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ThailandAn experimental HIV vaccine has for the first time cut infection rates, in a major trial in Thailand, researchers say.
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India, United StatesUS carmaker General Motors says it will develop a small cheap electric car for the Indian market.
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South Korea, 
TanzaniaSouth Korea says it has agreed to cultivate 1,000 sq km of Tanzania for farmland - the latest in a series of such deals.
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United Kingdom, United StatesA UK request for talks with President Obama was declined. Is the special relationship changing?
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ZimbabweZimbabwe theatre seeks to heal a traumatised nation
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Russia, Iran, ChinaChina says more sanctions on Iran will not help diplomatic efforts, as Russia appears to soften its opposition.
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United Kingdom, United States"Repeated" requests by UK PM Gordon Brown's team for a formal meeting with US President Barack Obama were turned down.
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Denmark, 
VietnamNine North Koreans enter Denmark's embassy in Vietnam's capital Hanoi to claim political asylum, reports say.
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SingaporeWorld championship leader Jenson Button says he will go all out for victory in Sunday's Singapore Grand Prix.
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PakistanSeven pro-government tribal elders have been killed by Taliban militants in north-west Pakistan, police say.
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IraqSixteen members of al-Qaeda in Iraq escape from a prison in Tikrit north of Baghdad, Iraqi security officials say.
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BelgiumA painting by surrealist Rene Magritte worth 750,000 euros (£675,000) is stolen from a Belgian museum, curators say.
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Burma, United StatesDetained Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi welcomes US plans to engage with the military junta
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RussiaThe UN's cultural watchdog urges Russia to stop a 400m skyscraper being built among the baroque buildings of St Petersburg.
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ChinaLast year as Western consumers stopped spending, millions of jobs were lost in China. Lesley Curwen reports on the signs of the employment market improving.
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TanzaniaTanzania's albino society calls for the men found guilty of killing an albino boy to be hanged publicly as a warning to others.
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IndiaAn oil spill from a ship sunk off the coast of the Indian state of Orissa could harm rare sea turtles, environmentalists warn.
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RussiaRussia's richest man, Mikhail Prokhorov, reaches a preliminary deal to buy the NBA's New Jersey Nets.
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TurkeyErtugrul Osman - the would-be sultan known in Turkey as the "last Ottoman" - dies in Istanbul at the age of 97.
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IsraelFormer PM Ehud Olmert tells the BBC he went further than any Israeli government in the deal he offered the Palestinians.
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Kenya, United StatesThe US threatens travel bans on 15 Kenyan officials, amid concerns over a failure to look into post-election violence.
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United StatesThe governor of Massachusetts names Paul Kirk as a temporary replacement to fill the late Senator Edward Kennedy's seat.
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VenezuelaPreserving historic districts of the Venezuelan capital
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United StatesThe UN Security Council adopts a resolution calling for nuclear disarmament, in a historic session chaired by the US leader.
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The GambiaAn online petition is launched in protest at the Gambian president's threat to kill human rights workers.
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BrazilAt least ten people are killed in an explosion at a fireworks store on the outskirts of Sao Paulo in Brazil, local media reports
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HondurasThe interim Honduran government lifts a three-day curfew, as calls for ousted leader Manuel Zelaya to be reinstated grow.
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South AfricaSouth Africa's athletics chief will keep his job despite calls for him to be fired for lying about Caster Semenya's gender tests.
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SwedenIFK Goteborg goalkeeper Kim Christensen could be in hot water after moving the posts during a Swedish first division game in order to make the goal smaller.
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United StatesWorld leaders are meeting in the US city of Pittsburgh for the two-day G20 summit which gets under way later.
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UkraineJewish groups condemn a Ukrainian plan to build a hotel at the site of the Kiev's Babi Yar World War Two massacre.
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United StatesPolice investigate the death of a census collector found hanged from a tree in rural Kentucky.
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ChinaExceptionally well preserved dinosaur fossils uncovered in north-eastern China display the earliest known feathers.
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