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GermanyImpotence is a strong predictor of heart attack and death among high risk patients, say German researchers.
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GreeceEuropean finance ministers say they have agreed how they would help Greece in its financial crisis, but reveal few details.
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GreeceEuropean finance ministers say they have agreed how they would help Greece in its financial crisis, but reveal few details.
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IndiaProposed Indian nuclear plant angers farmers
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United StatesToyota casts doubt on claims one of its cars failed to stop, after a widely-publicised account of a "runaway" Prius in California.
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Israel, 
Brazil, 
BotswanaIsrael's foreign minister is reported to have boycotted a visit by the Brazilian President, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
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United KingdomGraeme Swann makes a crucial double breakthrough for England as they close on victory in the first Test against Bangladesh.
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United StatesThe estate of Michael Jackson agrees a deal worth $200m (£160m) with the record label Sony, US reports say.
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IndiaPolice in India say they have recovered a huge amount of explosives which was being "used by Maoist rebels".
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IndiaThere has been an exchange of gunfire between security forces and two people near the Indian space agency in Bangalore.
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ChinaMining firm Rio Tinto says China's demand for iron ore, copper and coal will increase dramatically during the next 15 years.
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PakistanPakistani police say they have found a big cache of ammunition and 1,500 kg pf explosives during a raid in the city of Lahore.
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United Kingdom, 
BangladeshEngland win the first Test against Bangladesh by 181 runs in Chittagong after a spirited display by the hosts on a tense final day.
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United States, 
MexicoThe FBI says it is sending agents to Mexico's border city of Ciudad Juarez after three people linked to the US consulate were killed.
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United StatesA US Congressional committee is to vote on a bill providing healthcare for emergency workers ill after working at Ground Zero.
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FijiA state of emergency is declared in parts of Fiji, as Cyclone Tomas batters the north and east of the country.
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Israel, Brazil, BotswanaIsrael's foreign minister is reported to have boycotted a visit by the Brazilian President, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
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United StatesUS veterans' tough transition from war zone to classroom
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United StatesCharles Moore's images of US civil rights struggle
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GermanyA German priest convicted of molesting boys in 1986 is suspended after breaching a ban on working with children.
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ChinaComments by China's foreign minister shed no light on the location of missing human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng.
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Iran, United Kingdom, ChinaThe UK foreign secretary says Britain and China have "a shared goal" in solving the issue of Iran's nuclear programme.
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Iran, United Kingdom, ChinaThe UK foreign secretary says Britain and China have "a shared goal" in solving the issue of Iran's nuclear programme.
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YemenThe Yemeni government says three top al-Qaeda militants are killed in two days of air raids on southern Yemen.
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GreeceMerry Greek dance? EU tiptoes around euro bail-out
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Israel, 
Russia, United StatesDiplomats from the US, Russia, EU and UN have called on Israel to stop building settlements. What are the chances of Israeli Palestinian talks starting?
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Pakistan, United StatesMissiles fired by a suspected US drone have killed at least eight people in north-western Pakistan, officials say.
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Serbia and MontenegroSad return for Serbia's failed asylum seekers
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United KingdomGovernment plans to cut the UK's budget deficit are not ambitious enough, a European Commission report will warn this week.
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Sierra LeoneA judge in Sierra Leone backs a woman's bid to become a paramount chief - the country's first such ruling.
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RussiaRussia has failed to consider the environmental impact of construction for the 2014 Winter Olympics, the UN says.
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Sri LankaSri Lanka's ex-army chief Sarath Fonseka appears before a military court charged with participating in politics while in uniform.
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ThailandThailand's red-shirts splash blood under the gates of Government House in a third day of protests to oust the government.
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Pakistan, United KingdomThe family of a five-year-old British boy who was kidnapped while in Pakistan say they are "ecstatic" after he is found.
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Somalia, 
North KoreaSomali pirates have released a chemical tanker and its North Korean crew of 28, maritime officials say.
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EgyptEgyptian President Hosni Mubarak is shown in TV pictures sitting up and talking to doctors 10 days after surgery.
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CroatiaA top European court says Croatia discriminated against Roma (Gypsy) pupils by putting them in separate classes.
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United KingdomMore than half a million UK pensioners living overseas will continue to have their pensions frozen after a court decision.
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Nigeria, 
LibyaLibyan leader Muammar Gaddafi says Nigeria should be split into two to avoid further bloodshed between Muslims and Christians.
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IraqEight people have been killed and 11 injured by two bombs in the central Iraqi town of Musayyab, police say.
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IndiaSuspected militants kill three people in two separate attacks in Indian-administered Kashmir, police say.
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IsraelUS envoy George Mitchell puts off a visit to Israel amid a row over settlements, as clashes erupt in Jerusalem.
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ItalyItalian police use social networking site Facebook to track and trap one of the country's most-wanted mafia fugitives.
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IndiaIndian politician Mayawati is criticised for accepting a garland made of rupees, worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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Turkey, IranTurkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan tells the BBC he believes Iran has no intention of developing nuclear weapons.
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United StatesUS regulators have unveiled the nation's first plan to give every American super-fast broadband by 2020.
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Japan, United StatesJapanese car manufacturer Honda has announced it is recalling 410,000 cars in the US because of complaints about their brakes.
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BoliviaA Bolivian prison governor is sacked over the luxury cell of a former military ruler, and several violent incidents.
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South AfricaOprah Winfrey must defend defamation claims made by the ex-head of her girls' school in South Africa, a judge rules.
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FranceFrance's rail operator mistakenly puts a statement on its website saying more than 100 people had died in a train explosion.
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NigeriaNigeria's next election could be held early if voting laws are reformed, helping to end rumours over the president's health.
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PakistanThe Pakistan Olympic Association postpones the country's annual national games, due to be held in Peshawar, for security reasons.
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KenyaThieves take computers from a Kenyan charity which has been helping with an inquiry into election related violence.
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Greece, 
GeorgiaThe main target of a trans-European operation against a Georgian mafia group has escaped in Greece, Spain says.
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Colombia, 
VenezuelaVenezuela's President Hugo Chavez says he once held secret talks with a top leader of the Colombian rebel group Farc.
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United StatesThe US Federal Reserve repeats its pledge to keep interest rates at "exceptionally low levels" to aid the recovery.
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South Africa, 
ZimbabweSouth African President Jacob Zuma is visiting Zimbabwe, where he will try to smooth out rifts in the coalition government.
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United StatesUS regulators send a national broadband plan to Congress in a bid to lead the world in the provision of super-fast internet.
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United StatesAn American playboy is charged over the deaths of two English tourists in a hit-and-run crash, a lawyer claims.
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IrelandIrish ask for ideas to spark the recovery
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