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United StatesCash-strapped African migrants abandon American dream
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IsraelThe Nazi war crimes trial that defined Israel
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YemenCollapsing finances put Yemen's future in danger
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ChinaChina' s central bank raises interest rates by 0.25% in a further effort to curb bank lending and rein in inflation.
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United StatesTwo workers are killed in Tennessee when a sewage tank wall collapsed, spilling millions of gallons of wastewater into a river.
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AfghanistanIs it possible that the Taliban might be losing in Afghanistan? What would that mean?
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France, United StatesA woman who attacked a painting by Paul Gauguin at the US National Gallery in Washington DC said the French artist was "evil", court records show.
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United StatesUS President Barack Obama says it would be "inexcusable" for lawmakers to fail to fund the government to the end of the year and avoid a shutdown.
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PhilippinesTribal gunmen on the Philippine island of Mindanao free 12 hostages, most of them teachers, five days after seizing them.
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LibyaThe Libyan rebel commander, Gen Abdul Fattah Younis, has accused Nato of standing idly by while pro-Gaddafi forces kill people in Misrata.
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ArubaAustralian police investigate claims by a female cadet at the country's defence academy that a fellow cadet ran a live broadcast of them having sex.
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IndiaThe condition of one of India's most revered spiritual leaders, Satya Sai Baba, is showing "signs of improvement", his doctors say.
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South KoreaSouth Korea may cut oil taxes if crude prices continue to rise further, the government has said.
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India, United StatesSatyam and PricewaterCoopers agree to pay a combined $17.5m in fines to settle a US probe into one of India's biggest corporate scandals.
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ArgentinaFood-rich Argentina accused of failing to look after some of its own
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JapanToyota's credit rating has been put under review by Moody's ratings agency, following the Japanese earthquake.
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Cambodia, 
ThailandCampaigners say Thailand admits using cluster bombs during four days of border fighting against Cambodia in February.
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United StatesAt least nine people have been killed across the southern United States in storms that saw heavy down pours and strong winds.
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MalaysiaMalaysian police search for more than 100 asylum seekers who fled a detention centre on Monday after setting fire to it.
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FranceIvory Coast leader Laurent Gbagbo, besieged in his presidential compound, is still negotiating his departure and could surrender "within hours", France says.
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ItalyItalian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's trial on charges of paying for sex with an under-age prostitute opens in Milan and is immediately adjourned.
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SpainSpain has no need of an international financial rescue, says the head of the IMF, Dominique Strauss-Kahn.
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LibyaThe government planned to crush protests by killing civilians even before the uprising in Libya broke out, the International Criminal Court says.
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SudanA "foreign" aircraft destroys a car near Sudan's city of Port Sudan, killing its two passengers, local officials say.
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Pacific Ocean, JapanA leak of radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean from Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant has been stopped, its operator reports.
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United StatesThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is hoping to use social media and web technology to trace more than a thousand children who survived World War II, but became separated from their families in its aftermath.
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Armenia, 
GeorgiaAn elderly woman in Georgia is facing a prison sentence after reportedly causing internet services in neighbouring Armenia to crash.
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Afghanistan, 
United KingdomAn Afghan woman dies after being hit by a British military vehicle in the capital, Kabul, police say.
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United KingdomThe government will not take risks with the NHS in England, Prime Minister David Cameron says.
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GermanyA teenage girl in Germany has taken to riding an unusual mount after her parents refused to buy her a horse.
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Pacific Ocean, JapanA leak of highly radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean from Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has been stopped, its operator reports.
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India, 
Sri LankaSri Lanka vice-captain Mahela Jayawardene and the country's selectors resign following their World Cup final defeat by India.
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United StatesTalks intensify on Capitol Hill as congressional negotiators bid to reach a deal on federal spending cuts to avoid a looming government shutdown.
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FranceFacebook, Google and eBay among a host of firms unhappy with France's plans to retain personal data.
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JapanHonda is to halve production at its factory in Swindon until the end of May because of a shortage of parts coming from Japan.
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BrazilBrazil says a request to halt work on its hydro-electric dam in the Amazon is unjustified, despite concerns of indigenous groups and environmentalists.
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SwedenSweden's Queen Silvia has been injured while trying to escape the attention of a photographer in New York.
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Israel, SudanSudan's government says Israel carried out an air strike on a car near the city of Port Sudan on the Red Sea coast which killed two people.
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SpainTottenham winger Aaron Lennon says he does not want to be made a "scapegoat" for his side's 4-0 Champions League defeat by Real Madrid on Tuesday.
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Pakistan, United StatesThe Pakistani military dismisses the findings of a US report that says it has no clear plans to defeat the Taliban insurgency.
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PakistanA court in eastern Pakistan extends the remand of two brothers charged with making a meal out of a corpse they stole from a grave.
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South Africa, United StatesSouth African playwright Athol Fugard is to receive a special honour at this year's Tony awards, as will Vagina Monologues author and activist Eve Ensler, organisers have announced.
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AfghanistanAfghan President Hamid Karzai has ordered an investigation into reports that a Nato-led raid killed a number of civilians earlier this week.
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Kenya, United KingdomThousands of files from former British administrations are to be made public, including documents relating to the Kenyan Mau Mau uprising.
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United KingdomPolice investigating the murder of Constable Ronan Kerr in Omagh on Saturday arrest a man in Scotland.
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United KingdomCeltic can reclaim top spot in the SPL as Hibernian visit Glasgow, while Motherwell host Dundee Utd and St Mirren take on Aberdeen.
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PortugalDebt-hit Portugal successfully raises about 1bn euros but is paying a much higher interest rate to lenders.
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Libya, United StatesA former Republican congressman arrives in Libya on a mission to meet Col Muammar Gaddafi and ask him to step down.
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ItalyA desperate search is mounted for scores of African migrants missing after a boat capsizes off the Italian island of Lampedusa.
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MadagascarAt least 14 people die and more than 120 remain seriously ill after eating toxic sardines in south-western Madagascar.
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LibyaNato says pro-Gaddafi forces in Libya are using human shields in the western town of Misrata and are hiding their heavy armour after air strikes.
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PortugalPortugal's caretaker Prime Minister Jose Socrates has said that he has asked the European Union for financial assistance.
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CanadaThe Royal Canadian Mint unveils two collectors' coins marking the wedding later this month of Prince William and Kate Middleton.
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United StatesA US man who wrote a book giving advice to paedophiles, causing public outcry, is sentenced to two years' probation in Colorado.
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EcuadorThe oil threat facing Ecuador's Amazonian Indians
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BahrainBahrain uses brute force to quell protests
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EgyptEgyptian liberals fear the rise of Muslim hardline group
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ItalyThe Italian coastguard are searching for migrants from North Africa whose boat capsized off the island of Lampedusa.
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