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ChinaTourists love the rebuilt Qianmen district, but some locals are fed up
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United States, ChinaHuawei, a Chinese telecom equipment maker, will wait for a US Presidential review before selling a recent acquisition.
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United StatesChina reduces its holding of US Treasury bills for a second consecutive month as analysts try to gauge state of economy.
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Bolivia, United StatesA group of 25 performing lions from Bolivian circuses are preparing for a new life in Colorado, in the US.
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Czech RepublicNearly 4,000 doctors have handed in their resignations in a co-ordinated protest over low salaries and increased overtime.
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France, United StatesFrench pharmaceutical group Sanofi-Aventis agrees to buy US-based biotech company Genzyme for $20.1bn.
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IndiaIndian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh vows to crack down on corruption, after a series of high-profile scandals in recent months.
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Japan, United StatesJapan suspends its annual Antarctic whale hunt after activists from a US-based environmental group chase the mother ship.
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United KingdomLocal authorities in England planning to pay employees more than £100,000 will have to secure councillors' backing, the communities secretary says.
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India, JapanJapan and India sign a free-trade agreement that will see tariffs on 94% of goods scrapped within a decade.
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VenezuelaWhy are families living in Venezuela's foreign ministry?
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PakistanHow extremists are making capital in weak Pakistan
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North KoreaMass celebrations are expected in North Korea to celebrate leader Kim Jong-il's birthday.
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United StatesUS actor Mickey Rooney has been granted a temporary restraining order that requires his stepson to stay at least 100 yards away from him.
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ChinaMore than 50 animal rights groups in China urge television stations not to air a performance involving synchronised swimming by goldfish.
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AustraliaLow-flying choppers to round up cattle in Australia's Outback
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IraqAn Iraqi defector whose claims that Saddam Hussein had biological weapons helped justify the war says he lied to bring the ex-leader down.
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United StatesUS electronics giant Apple has revealed labour and safety abuses at companies that supply components for its products.
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United StatesIs the US facing an era of inevitable decline?
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Czech RepublicYouth team striker Raheem Sterling could become Liverpool's youngest ever first-team player should he feature against Sparta Prague on Thursday.
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FranceSeven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong confirms he has retired from competitive cycling for good.
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AfghanistanAfghanistan's largest private bank should be put into receivership according to an IMF assessment.
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ItalyItalian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi says he is "not worried in the least" about his trial for allegedly having sex with an underage prostitute.
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North KoreaNorth Koreans celebrate Kim Jong-il's birthday
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UgandaAfter years of a brutal civil war, people in Uganda are preparing for their first peaceful election which will be held later this week.
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South Africa, 
BrazilA South African air hostess is being held in jail in Brazil after she was allegedly found with 5kg (11lb) of cocaine, her airline says.
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IranFresh clashes erupt in Tehran during the funeral of a student killed in anti-government protests on Monday, Iranian state television says.
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Burma, 
IndonesiaNearly 130 starving, dehydrated people from the Rohingya minority in Burma are found adrift in Indonesian waters, officials say.
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ItalyItaly unification pageant marred by Berlusconi scandal
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United KingdomThe Brit awards suffers its lowest ratings for five years after an average of 4.8m tune in to watch the ceremony on ITV1.
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BurmaFormer army general Tin Aye resigns from the new Burmese parliament, just two weeks into its first session.
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France, 
MexicoMexican writer Carlos Fuentes says France's Nicolas Sarkozy is acting like a "banana republic dictator" amid a row over a Frenchwoman jailed in Mexico.
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GermanyJens Weidmann, a former student of Axel Weber, will replace him as head of the German central bank, the Bundesbank.
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Tunisia, FranceFrance's Foreign Minister Michele Alliot-Marie defends a property deal between her parents and an associate of the ousted Tunisian president.
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CanadaPrince William and Kate Middleton will make their first official trip as a married couple to Canada at the end of June, St James's Palace has said.
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PortugalRangers manager Walter Smith will not field a weakened team against Sporting Lisbon ahead of a crucial league meeting with Celtic.
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United KingdomUnemployment rose by 44,000 to 2.5 million in the final three months of 2010, with youth unemployment hitting a record high, figures show.
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United StatesUS bookseller Borders Group says it will close 200 of its 642 stores and files for bankruptcy protection.
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United States, MexicoA US immigration and customs special agent is shot dead and another wounded in Mexico, in an attack on the car in which they were travelling.
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United KingdomInflation will rise sharply in the first half of this year and growth will be weaker, says Bank of England governor Mervyn King.
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RwandaRwanda's youth and sports minister, Joseph Habineza, resigns days after photos began circulating on the internet of him being intimate with several women.
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EgyptPaul Adams reports on the dozens of Egyptians protesters who are still missing
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Japan, United StatesJapan has suspended its annual whale hunt in the Antarctic, saying an American anti-whaling group has made the operation unsafe.
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ChinaForeign journalists in China say they have been roughed up by men in plain clothes while trying to visit activist Chen Guangcheng in his home.
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IndiaIndia's booming economy is creating a slew of art collectors interested in the latest investment opportunity.
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Somalia, United StatesA Somali pirate who pleaded guilty to hijacking a US merchant ship is sentenced in the US to more than 33 years in prison.
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Pakistan, United StatesUS Senator John Kerry says an American held for killing two Pakistani men will be subjected to a criminal inquiry at home if Islamabad releases him.
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SomaliaFive hostages and their fishing vessel have been freed from the clutches of Somali pirates by a naval boarding party from HMS Cornwall.
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YemenAt least one protester dies in clashes with police in Yemen, during a sixth consecutive day of anti-government demonstrations.
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United KingdomSex offenders are to be given the right to appeal against having to register with the police for life, but the government says it will make the new rules as "tough" as possible.
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EgyptRare Egyptian statues and artefacts dating back to the pharaohs are still missing after looters broke into Cairo's museum during the political turmoil there
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Iceland, 
Netherlands, United KingdomIceland's parliament votes for a new plan to repay the UK and the Netherlands 4bn euros (£3.1bn) lost when Icesave collapsed.
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Israel, IranIsrael condemns a move by Iran's navy to sail two of its ships through the Suez Canal to the Mediterranean Sea.
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BrazilOfficials in Brazil say they have arrested 19 police officers on suspicion of belonging to a vigilante group accused of killing dozens of people over the past decade.
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United States, MexicoHow will attack on US agents in Mexico affect the countries' ties?
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France, 
French GuianaEurope's unmanned space freighter launches from French Guiana on a mission to resupply the International Space Station.
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United KingdomA large-scale and little-seen Andy Warhol self-portrait sells at Christie's in London for nearly £10.8m.
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United StatesUS producer costs saw their biggest rise for two years but other indicators suggest a weak economy and no rise in interest rates.
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LibyaHundreds of anti-government protesters clash with police and pro-government supporters in the Libyan city of Benghazi, amid ongoing unrest in the region.
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EgyptAnguish over dozens of vanished Egyptian protesters
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United KingdomMinisters are preparing to ditch plans to change the ownership of thousands of acres of state-owned woodland in England, the BBC understands.
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ArubaAustralian airline Qantas says the grounding of its Airbus A380s after an explosion in one of the engines cost it $55m.
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BahrainBahrainis call for an end to civil rights abuses and constitutional reform as they march on the streets of Bahrain's capital, Manama
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ColombiaThe largest left-wing rebel group in Colombia, the Farc, release two more hostages, bringing the total in recent days to six.
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Pakistan, United StatesUS Senator John Kerry has said an American man arrested for killing two Pakistani men will be subjected to a criminal inquiry at home if Islamabad releases him.
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