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ArgentinaEmilio Massera, a leader of the 1976-83 military junta that killed thousands of people in Argentina, has died at the age of 85.
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United KingdomA new way of checking the performance of care homes for the elderly in England could fail vulnerable elderly residents, a union says.
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MoroccoAt least five people are killed and dozens injured as Moroccan forces break up a protest camp in the disputed Western Sahara territory.
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HaitiThe death toll from the Haitian cholera epidemic reaches 544, the health ministry says, as fears mount that the disease is spreading to the capital.
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IndonesiaObama attempts to engage the Muslim world on Indonesia visit
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BurmaEarly results point to a victory for the party closely linked to the present military government in Burma.
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India, United StatesUS President Barack Obama has spent his final day in India with a lavish state dinner at the palace residence of India's President Pratibha Patil.
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United StatesA US presidential inquiry into the BP oil spill backs many of the company's own findings, challenging claims BP sacrificed safety to save money.
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India, United StatesThe Indian media hails US President Barack Obama's trip to India, saying it had helped forge an "enduring partnership" between the two countries.
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United StatesRory McIlroy will focus on the European Tour rather than play on the PGA Tour in the United States next season.
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RussiaRussian President Dmitry Medvedev says those responsible for the brutal beating of a prominent newspaper journalist will be brought to justice and punished.
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HaitiAt least 120 people are being tested for cholera in Port-au-Prince, amid renewed fears of the deadly disease's spread to Haiti's capital.
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CubaCuba's Raul Castro calls the first Communist Party congress in 14 years, to be held in April, to discuss the country's economic problems.
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United StatesFormer US President George W Bush defends some of his most controversial decisions, in his first TV interview since leaving office.
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GermanyA sculpture collection, which Hitler's Nazis once dubbed "degenerate art", is to go on display later at Berlin's New Museum.
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NigeriaGunmen in Nigeria attack an offshore oil rig and seize up to seven workers after a relative lull in recent months.
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IndiaThe chief minister of India's western state of Maharashtra quits over his alleged role in a scam involving homes for war widows.
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Pakistan, United KingdomPakistan cricketer Zulqarnain Haider tells Pakistan's Geo TV he may seek political asylum in the UK, after fleeing to London from a team camp in Dubai.
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PakistanPakistan wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider retires from international cricket according to a Pakistan news channel.
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ThailandBurma's biggest military-backed party says it has won about 80% of the vote in Sunday's election, which China praises as a step towards democracy.
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Indonesia, United StatesUS President Barack Obama arrives in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation, with trade and democracy high on the agenda.
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IranPolice deploy in Tehran amid fears of unrest
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FranceMichael Jackson's eldest children Paris and Prince Michael speak about their "normal dad" in a rare TV interview with Oprah Winfrey.
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South AfricaThe failure of a South African school to respond to an alleged gang-rape of a pupil on school grounds angers rights groups and ministers.
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HaitiAt least 120 people are being tested for cholera in Port-au-Prince, amid renewed fears of the deadly disease's spread to Haiti's capital.
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Somalia, United StatesFive suspected Somali pirates are set to go on trial in a US court in the first piracy trial there in more than 100 years.
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RussiaA Russian editor who was nearly beaten to death goes on trial amid fears for journalists covering an ecological dispute.
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JapanMobile phone operator Vodafone reveals a £3.1bn sale of its Japan assets and ups its full-year operating profit forecast.
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ChinaA Chinese lawyer for jailed Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo says he will file a lawsuit against the authorities for preventing him leaving China.
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Australia, United KingdomNorthampton hooker Dylan Hartley replaces Steve Thompson in England's starting line-up for Saturday's game with Australia.
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France, GermanyA cargo of nuclear waste finally reaches its destination in northern Germany after anti-nuclear protesters held up its passage from France.
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Japan, ChinaJapanese prosecutors begin an investigation into the leak of footage showing a collision between Chinese and Japanese ships near disputed islands that sparked a bitter diplomatic row.
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Saudi ArabiaWill Iran and Saudi Arabia help set global gender policy?
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Iraq, FranceA group of Iraqi Christians wounded in a deadly attack on a Baghdad church, arrive in France for medical treatment.
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Pakistan, FranceFive people believed to have trained as Islamist militants in Pakistan are arrested in and around the French capital Paris.
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Burma, ThailandNewsnight's Sue Lloyd-Roberts reports from the border between Eastern Burma and Thailand on a programme of clearing villages and building dams which is allowing the Burmese junta to combat ethnic Karen resistance and make money at the same time.
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Sri LankaSri Lankan media publish the faces of dozens of people accused of appearing in pornographic films in violation of anti-obscenity laws.
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South Africa, SomaliaA South African yachtsman is rescued from Somali pirates by European naval forces, but two other South Africans are still being held captive.
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ParaguayA conservation expedition to a remote area of Paraguay poses a risk to isolated tribal groups, claims a indigenous peoples' protection group.
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IsraelSenior Israeli lawmaker Tzahi Hanegbi is suspended from parliament after being found guilty of "moral turpitude" following a four-year corruption trial.
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NorwayFormer Manchester United striker Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is appointed as manager of Norwegian side Molde.
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LibyaLibyan authorities free 19 journalists and a senior media executive after an order from leader Col Gaddafi.
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Afghanistan, United KingdomThe first remembrance field dedicated to the UK service personnel killed in Afghanistan is opened by Prince Harry.
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Ireland, South Africa, United KingdomFrancois Steyn comes in at centre for South Africa against Wales in the only change from the starting XV that beat Ireland.
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ChinaThe lawyer representing this year's Nobel Peace Prize winner, the jailed dissident, Liu Xiaobo, has been prevented from leaving China.
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United Kingdom, United StatesFormer US President George W Bush claims British lives were saved by the use of information obtained from terrorist suspects through "waterboarding".
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SwedenA man accused of a series of race-related shootings which terrified the Swedish city of Malmo appears in court in the city.
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BrazilAs Lula prepares to bow out, what now for Brazil-Africa ties?
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United StatesThere's a new DJ on the block in America. Mamy Rock aka Ruth Flowers is a 69-year-old from Bristol.
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United StatesUS energy giant Chevron buys Atlas Energy - accessing the major Marcellus shale gas deposit in Pennsylvania - for $4.3bn.
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FranceFrance's highest appeals court allows an investigation to proceed into French assets held by three African leaders.
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United Kingdom, ChinaDavid Cameron is travelling with more than 40 business leaders and says he wants to spread the message that Britain is "open for business"
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Serbia and MontenegroMontenegro has made significant progress towards opening formal talks on EU membership, the European Commission says.
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United KingdomRail passengers in England and Wales face "substantial increases in already unacceptable overcrowding" by 2014 and beyond, MPs say.
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Western Sahara, MoroccoA raid by Moroccan security forces on a protest camp in disputed Western Sahara has left 11 people dead, the pro-independence movement says.
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Indonesia, United StatesPresident Barack Obama admits the US has "a lot more work" to do to improve Muslim ties, as he continues his Asian tour in Indonesia.
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Indonesia, United StatesPresident Barack Obama admits the US has "a lot more work" to do to improve Muslim ties, as he continues his Asian tour in Indonesia.
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BrazilA prison riot in northern Brazil ends with at least 18 inmates killed by other prisoners, officials say.
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IsraelPresident Barack Obama criticises Israeli plans to build 1,300 settler homes in East Jerusalem, amid protests from the Palestinians.
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HaitiHealth officials in Port-au-Prince have confirmed that the cholera epidemic has reached the Haitian capital, where hospitals are trying to treat those suffering symptoms.
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GermanyThe spokesman for Germany's finance minister resigns after a dressing-down by his boss which became an internet hit.
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Burma, ChinaBurma's biggest military-backed party says it has won about 80% of the vote in Sunday's election, which China praises as a step towards democracy.
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Afghanistan, Saudi ArabiaFour suspected militants are arrested in Kabul after their flight to Saudi Arabia is forced to turn back, Nato says.
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MexicoThree firms involved in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill lacked a safety culture and made serious mistakes ahead of the catastrophe, a key inquiry says.
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IraqA second round of top-level talks on ending the Iraqi political crisis ends in Baghdad without major results.
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United StatesPentagon officials are at a loss to explain a reported missile launch off the coast of California on Monday, but say it is not a threat.
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Iraq, United KingdomThree British soldiers are being investigated by military lawyers over the alleged abuse of Iraqi detainees, the High Court is told.
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New ZealandNew Zealand hooker Keven Mealamu is handed a four-week ban for striking England's Lewis Moody with his head during Saturday's 26-16 victory.
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Germany, United StatesSeventeen people are charged in the US with stealing $42m of Holocaust compensation funds provided by the German government.
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United Kingdom, ChinaDavid Cameron raises the issue of human rights in talks with China, during what he called a "vitally important" trade mission to the country.
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