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United KingdomThe timetable of events for the London 2012 Olympic Games is released by organisers.
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RussiaDocumentary about jailed Russian tycoon premieres despite theft
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Colombia, 
MexicoThe Colombian navy seizes a sophisticated submarine which it says was going to be used to smuggle tonnes of cocaine to Mexico.
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United StatesMini exercise bikes could be used in every office to improve the health of workers, according to scientists in the US.
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United StatesMild asthma does not need to be treated every day, according to a study in the US.
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United KingdomOne in four people in the UK, aged between 18 and 24, claims to have experienced severe violence, sexual abuse or neglect, says the NSPCC.
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United StatesThe leader of an anti-migrant group is convicted for the 2009 murder of a nine-year-old girl and her father in the US state of Arizona.
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Colombia, MexicoA submarine which is believed to have been designed to smuggle cocaine to Mexico has been seized in Colombia.
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HondurasAt least 14 people have died in an air crash in Honduras, near the capital Tegucigalpa.
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MexicoAt least 18 people are killed in gun battles between rival drug gangs in the north-eastern Mexican state of Tamaulipas.
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AfghanistanAn increasing number of children are being killed and injured in the conflict in Afghanistan, a UN report says.
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Ecuador, United StatesA court in Ecuador has fined the American oil giant Chevron for polluting rivers and rainforests.
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Philippines, 
NorwayNegotiators from the Philippines government and the country's communist movement arrive in Oslo for talks, after the latest rebel arrest.
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ChinaChinese inflation remains high in January at 4.9% despite interest rate increases and driven by rising food prices.
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Cambodia, 
VietnamCambodia shuts down a centre for Montagnard refugees, sending them back to neighbouring Vietnam where they face alleged repression.
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EgyptBowen: Egyptian army faces challenges in post-Mubarak era
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Australia, 
SingaporeA planned $8bn-merger between stock market firms in Australia and Singapore may be moving closer as talks start again.
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Ecuador, United StatesA court in Ecuador fines US oil giant Chevron $8.6bn (£5.3bn) for polluting much of the country's Amazon region.
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JapanJapan's economic outlook is more positive and it is gradually emerging from a slowdown, the Bank of Japan says.
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Afghanistan, 
Pakistan, United StatesRetired diplomat Marc Grossman has been chosen as the next US envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, a US official tells the BBC.
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ArubaAustralian cricket legend Steve Waugh tells the BBC he believes the 50-over game is still relevant and is set for a "resurgence" at the 2011 World Cup, which starts Saturday.
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Iran, United StatesUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expresses her firm support for Iranian opposition supporters who protested in Tehran on Monday.
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ChinaA Chinese civil servant who was paid for eight years but never did a day's work has returned to his job.
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South AfricaThe disappearing culture of South Africa's Bushmen
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FranceRajan Datar samples the hospitality available at some of Paris' supper clubs and meets the godfather of social networking.
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Egypt, 
Tunisia, IranThousands of demonstrators in Iran are making their voices heard inspired by the recent uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia.
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KenyaThe 1984 killing of thousands of ethnic Somalis in Kenya is to be investigated, Prime Minister Raila Odinga says.
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United KingdomUK supermarket group Morrisons buys baby goods website Kiddicare for £70m as it seeks to develop an online presence.
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Cambodia, 
ThailandA Thai soldier on the border with Cambodia is wounded just hours after the UN called on the neighbours to establish a permanent ceasefire.
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United StatesThis year's Grammy awards were watched by 26.66 million TV viewers in the US, its biggest audience for 11 years.
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United KingdomThe NHS is failing to treat elderly patients in England with care, dignity and respect, an official report says.
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ItalyItaly asks the EU for 100m euros in assistance as thousands of Tunisians flee turmoil at home and seek refuge in Lampedusa island.
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ThailandA Thai couple has sealed a new record for the longest kissing, after locking lips for 46 hours, 24 minutes.
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FranceElectricite de France has reported a 74% drop in net profit as demand for gas and electricity remains low.
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Argentina, United StatesArgentina and the US are at odds after Argentine officials seize "undeclared" arms and equipment on a US military plane at Buenos Aires airport.
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United StatesAnglo-American jazz pianist Sir George Shearing, best known for his song Lullaby of Birdland, dies of congestive heart failure at the age of 91.
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Honduras, United StatesA Central American Airlines plane has crashed in Honduras, killing 14 people
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BahrainA Bahrain man is killed at the funeral for a protester who died on Monday in clashes with security forces during anti-government demonstrations.
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BangladeshThe Bangladeshi government calls on Nobel peace laureate and microcredit pioneer Muhammad Yunus to retire.
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GermanyHow did Germany manage to grow by 3.6% last year when the rest of the Eurozone struggled with the recession?
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BahrainFuneral procession ends with man being shot in latest clashes in Bahrain.
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Ecuador, United StatesUS oil giant Chevron says it will appeal against an Ecuador fine of $8.6bn, amid a decades-long row over pollution in the country's Amazon region.
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IrelandThe Irish actor TP McKenna, who starred with some of the biggest screen legends of the 20th century, in a career spanning five decades, has died.
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Kenya, 
Somalia, 
North KoreaSailors aboard a South Korean fishing trawler hijacked in October are welcomed home in Kenya after their release last week by Somali pirates.
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JapanJapanese police ask for two sumo wrestlers to be prosecuted in connection with illegal gambling allegedly linked to organised crime.
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France, GermanyThe eurozone economy grew by 0.3% in the fourth quarter, official figures show, slightly weaker than expected.
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FranceCold weather takes the edge off growth in the Eurozone in the final three months of 2010.
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United StatesAmerican actor Kenneth Mars, best known for his appearances in Mel Brooks's films The Producers and Young Frankenstein, dies aged 75.
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ThailandA Thai couple have set the record for the longest kiss
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JapanMore than 950 schoolchildren fall ill on Japan's northern Hokkaido island in a suspected outbreak of food poisoning.
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IranA powerful internet worm repeatedly targeted five industrial facilities in Iran, analysis by security researchers shows.
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MalaysiaIslamic morality police in Malaysia arrest more than 80 Muslims in an operation to stop them celebrating Valentine's Day.
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GermanyA German trucker admits fathering seven children with his stepdaughter in a major sexual abuse case.
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Nigeria, South AfricaSix Nigerians and one Zambian are charged in South Africa with impersonating doctors and endangering people's lives.
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EgyptEgypt's ruling military council announces that work on reforming the country's constitution is to be completed in 10 days.
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United StatesUS retail sales rose in January for the seventh consecutive month, although the increase was the weakest since June 2010.
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United StatesSaudis and US watch nervously as protests rock tiny Gulf state
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SudanSome 200 people died, including civilians chased into a river, during last week's fighting in south Sudan, officials say.
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United KingdomThe UK inflation rate rose to 4% in January, increasing pressure for an interest rate rise in the spring.
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BahrainThe king of Bahrain, who has faced renewed demonstrations against his government, has offered condolences for the deaths of two protesters.
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AfghanistanThe Afghanistan government is to take control of women's shelters.
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IranMore than 200 members of Iran's parliament have issued a statement condemning the anti-government demonstrations held on Monday by supporters of the opposition Green Movement.
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AfghanistanThe Army apologises after dozens of soldiers - including one in Afghanistan - were told they were losing their jobs by e-mail.
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ZimbabweThe EU eases sanctions on Zimbabwe by removing 35 people close to President Robert Mugabe from a list of people subject to asset freezes and travel bans.
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EgyptEnormous expectations heaped on Egypt's new rulers
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Italy, United StatesThe parents of jailed US student Amanda Knox are ordered to stand trial by an Italian court for claiming that police abused their daughter.
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FranceThree-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador is cleared by the Royal Spanish Cycling Federation to compete after winning his appeal against a one-year doping ban.
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ItalyItalian PM Silvio Berlusconi is indicted to stand trial on charges of paying for sex with an under-age prostitute and abuse of power.
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United StatesUS military veterans who say they were sexually assaulted by comrades then neglected by the military sue, in a bid to force Pentagon reform.
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Pakistan, United StatesInfluential US Senator John Kerry arrives in Pakistan in a bid to resolve a row sparked by the arrest of a US citizen for killing two men in Lahore.
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Democratic Republic of the Congo, United KingdomRebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo kidnap a man who works for UK-based oil company Soco along with a Congolese government soldier, the army says.
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United KingdomImperial College London has become the first university in England to formally announce that it wants to charge the maximum level of tuition fees.
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United StatesUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warns repressive governments not to restrict internet freedom, saying such efforts will ultimately fail.
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GreeceManchester City draw a blank against Greek side Aris Salonika in the first leg of their last-32 Europa League tie.
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CanadaToronto police say they have found marijuana worth 1m Canadian dollars ($1m; £618,811) in a raid on a takeaway pizza restaurant.
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IranIranian MPs call for opposition leaders Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi to be executed after deadly anti-government protests on Monday.
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Italy, TunisiaItaly warns that an influx of Tunisian migrants arriving on its shores could have dire consequences for all European nations.
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Egypt, United StatesPresident Obama says he sees "the right signals" in Egypt after Hosni Mubarak's downfall, but says Iran should also allow people to express their grievances.
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BahrainThe king of Bahrain has gone on television to announce an investigation into the deaths of two protesters killed in clashes with security forces on Monday.
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United StatesUS investigators relied too heavily on scientific evidence against a man accused of sending letters laced with anthrax in 2001, a review panel says.
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YemenSecurity forces in Yemen's capital Sanaa use tear gas and batons to disperse thousands of anti-government protesters.
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ItalyItalian PM Silvio Berlusconi has been indicted to stand trial on charges of paying for sex with an under-age prostitute and abuse of power.
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EcuadorIndigenous Ecuadoreans seek higher fine against Chevron
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IranPresident Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says recent opposition protests in Iranian cities are "going nowhere" and vows to punish their organisers.
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United KingdomRapper Tinie Tempah wins two prizes at this year's Brit awards, claiming best British breakthrough act and best single for Pass Out.
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United StatesThe US government defends its request for the personal details of three Twitter users, as part of its inquiry into Wikileaks.
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Egypt, United StatesCorrespondent Lara Logan is recovering after she was beaten and sexually attacked while reporting on Egypt's protests, US network CBS says.
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