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United StatesUS Interior Secretary Ken Salazar promises an overhaul of the federal agency that regulates offshore oil drilling.
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United StatesThe eurozone's single currency plummets against the US dollar, falling below $1.22 for the first time since April 2006.
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United StatesThe largest US shares face new trading restrictions as regulators seek to avoid a repeat of the plunge in values on 6 May.
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AfghanistanThe wreckage of the Afghan passenger plane which crashed between Kunduz and Kabul on Monday is found.
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IranStand-off over Iran nuclear plans bursts back into life
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HaitiHaiti's homeless struggle to rebuild amid the rains
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ArubaAustralian iron ore miner Fortescue Metals threatens to abandon $15bn of new projects over plans for a mining tax.
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SudanSudanese gunmen abduct three aid workers, including an American woman, in the troubled province of Darfur.
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United KingdomA scientist based at the UK's Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew prevents the world's smallest waterlily from becoming extinct.
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Somalia, United StatesA Somali man pleads guilty in a New York court to seizing a US ship and kidnapping its captain last year.
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Democratic Republic of the CongoEleven members of a Congolese militia which seized an airport and fought UN and government forces are given death sentences.
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ArubaAustralian consumer confidence falls sharply as the recent run of interest rate rises start to take their toll, a survey indicates.
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South AfricaAn alleged al-Qaeda militant reveals he wanted to bomb the South African World Cup, but the plan had not been approved.
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NigeriaA civil liberties group says police in Nigeria routinely carry out extrajudicial killings, torture and sexual assault.
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MexicoMexican President Felipe Calderon makes a state visit to the US, with immigration and drug violence high on the agenda.
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GermanyGermany holds international talks to regulate financial markets. What next for the euro?
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CanadaEnvironment groups and timber firms agree to protect two-thirds of Canada's vast forests from unsustainable logging.
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Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), 
Argentina, United KingdomArgentine President Fernandez de Kirchner criticises Britain for refusing to discuss the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands.
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Pakistan, United StatesA US delegation - including president Obama's national security adviser and the head of CIA - are in Pakistan to discuss the failed bombing attempt in New York's Times Square.
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IndiaFour paramilitary troops die in a landmine explosion in the Indian state of West Bengal.
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ThailandLeaders of the anti-government protests that have paralysed the heart of Bangkok surrender, after troops storm their camp.
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AfghanistanThe Taliban attack one of the biggest US bases in Afghanistan, using machine guns and a rocket-propelled grenade launcher.
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Sri LankaRelief in Sri Lanka but war still casts long shadow
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IranAcclaimed Iranian film director Jafar Panahi announces he has gone on hunger strike in Tehran's Evin prison.
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PakistanA Pakistani court orders Facebook to be blocked in a row over a competition involving caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad.
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PolandNon-crew members were in the cockpit of a plane in which the Polish president and 95 others died, an investigation finds.
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United StatesRand Paul of the Tea Party is among the winners in US primaries seen as key indicators for November's mid-terms.
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Somalia, United StatesA Somali official says the US should not have jurisdiction over a suspect who has admitted a pirate hijack.
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South Korea, 
North KoreaSouth Korea's foreign minister says it is "obvious" that North Korea sank a South Korean naval ship in March.
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RomaniaTens of thousands of public sector workers demonstrate in the Romanian capital against proposed austerity measures.
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Libya, 
Chad, SudanDarfur's Jem rebel leader Khalil Ibrahim is prevented from entering Chad while returning to Sudan from Libya.
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SpainThe husband of a UK woman held in Spain over the deaths of their two children appears in court on child sex offences.
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SpainScientists in Spain say they have delivered a calf, called Got, that is the world's first clone of a fighting bull.
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United KingdomLord Coe is confident England's 2018 World Cup bid has not been derailed by Lord Triesman's resignation after speaking to Fifa chief Sepp Blatter about it.
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GermanyWorld stock markets fall after Germany introduces a ban on short-selling of some financial products - spooking markets.
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United States, MexicoMexican President Felipe Calderon renews his attack on Arizona's immigration law at the start of a state visit to the US.
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FranceFrance's debate on the Islamic veils takes another turn as the cabinet backs a ban on full face coverings in public.
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ThailandFires rage in the Thai capital Bangkok as a curfew is imposed after the surrender of red-shirt protest leaders.
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KyrgyzstanThe interim government of Kyrgyzstan declares a state of emergency in Jalalabad after clashes killed two people.
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IranBrazil and Turkey urge fellow members of the UN Security Council to heed a nuclear deal they struck with Iran.
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PakistanThe breached bank that may engulf Pakistani villages
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