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Sri LankaHow is Sri Lanka faring seven years after its tsunami?
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SyriaWill public anger in Syria keep burning or fizzle out?
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Argentina, 
Brazil, 
United StatesTwo US tourists die in an accident at Iguazu Falls on the border between Brazil and Argentina, and five other tourists are injured.
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JapanTokyo Electric Power will have to compensate farmers for losses caused by the nuclear radiation leaks.
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United KingdomThe Commons votes overwhelmingly to support UN-backed action in Libya, after David Cameron says it has helped avert a "bloody massacre".
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SyriaThousands of demonstrators have marched through the Syrian city of Daraa openly calling for revolution and demanding greater freedom and an end to corruption.
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United KingdomSupport for new nuclear power stations has fallen, a survey shows - though more people are in favour than opposed.
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IndiaIndia's fashion industry is growing in prominence, but can it become a global player?
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North KoreaSouth and North Korea agree to talk about volcanic activity on North Korea's Mount Paektu - as efforts to restart nuclear disarmament talks continue.
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AustraliaAustralia's conservative opposition leader says Aboriginal camps are squalid, dysfunctional "failed states" and require emergency intervention.
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AfghanistanAfghan President Hamid Karzai is to name five or six areas of the country which will pass from control by foreign troops into Afghan hands.
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JapanJapanese stocks are rising amid reports of progress in containing radiation leaks at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.
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ChinaChina's foreign ministry rejects claims by Google that Beijing is disrupting access to its e-mail service.
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IndiaTeam Lotus confirm Indian driver Karun Chandhok as their reserve for the 2011 Formula 1 season.
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JapanWorkers at the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan resume their efforts cool its overheated reactors.
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LibyaLibya's government says more civilians have been killed in a third night of air and missile strikes by coalition forces enforcing a no-fly zone.
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MalaysiaMalaysia is probably being used as an illicit transit point, the home minister says, amid an inquiry into whether seized cargo included bomb-making parts.
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JapanJustin Bieber and U2 are among artists who have agreed to contribute songs to a fund-raising album for victims of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami.
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Uganda, 
South Africa, LibyaThe leaders of Uganda, Zimbabwe and South Africa condemn the air strikes on Libya, saying the West is employing double-standards.
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IndiaWikileaks founder Julian Assange says the Indian PM is wrong to have doubted the veracity of a cable which has caused an uproar in India.
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PhilippinesThe Philippine lower house of parliament votes to impeach the head of the anti-corruption agency for failure to investigate former President Gloria Arroyo.
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ItalyMore North African migrants arrive on the tiny Italian isle of Lampedusa, where the migrant influx this year has doubled the population.
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RussiaRussia's trend for dipping children in frozen rivers
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Libya, United StatesHow the US leader keeps Libya strike secrets while on the move
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United KingdomEngland and Gloucester centre Mike Tindall is ruled out for three months with an ankle injury.
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RussiaMoscow-based media tycoon Alexander Lebedev admits to running "slight risks" part-owning the Moscow newspaper the Novaya Gazeta.
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GermanyGerman leader plays safe before key election battle
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AfghanistanAfghanistan's President Hamid Karzai names the areas of the country expected to be handed over by foreign troops to Afghan forces in July.
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JapanCarmakers Toyota and Honda say they will not restart production this week as they struggle to get parts supplied.
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LibyaPresenter on pro-Gaddafi station Al Libya has pledged to fight until his 'last drop of blood, last baby and child' during an on-air tirade.
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PakistanWest Indies are set to recall batsmen Chris Gayle and Shivnarine Chanderpaul and fast bowler Kemar Roach for their World Cup quarter-final against Pakistan, who are likely to be unchanged, in Mirpur on Wednesday.
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South AfricaA South African man has gone on trial for assault after allegedly pouring his drink on President Jacob Zuma.
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LibyaFighting is continuing in Libya between rebels and forces loyal to Colonel Gaddafi.
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PakistanThe bodies of 43 trapped workers have been pulled from a mine that collapsed in Pakistan's Balochistan province, officials say.
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KenyaThe people of Daaba village in Kenya sing while they fetch water from deep wells as before they built the wells they had to source their water from a river 45 miles away from the village.
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GermanyA lorry driver whose stepdaughter was forced to bear eight of his children is jailed by a German court for 14-and-a-half years.
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JapanWork to connect power cables to all six reactors at Japan's stricken nuclear plant is completed but further testing is needed before the electricity can be switched on.
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United KingdomThe UK Consumer Prices Index rate of inflation rises to 4.4%, up from 4% in January, driven by higher food and fuel costs.
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UkraineUkraine opens a criminal investigation into former President Leonid Kuchma over the notorious murder of journalist Georgiy Gongadze in 2000.
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CameroonAt least 18 people suspected of robbing a bank in Cameroon have died in a gun battle as they tried to escape on speed boats, officials say.
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MexicoMexico's Finance Minister Ernesto Cordero says his country is set for strong growth, with no signs investment is being harmed by concerns over drug violence.
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IsraelIsraeli ex-President Moshe Katsav is sentenced to seven years for rape - the first former head of state to be jailed.
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JapanPower cables are attached to all six reactors at Japan's stricken nuclear plant, and lighting is restored at the control room of reactor No 3.
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GermanyJohn Demjanjuk should get six years in jail, German prosecutors say, alleging that he helped to massacre Jews at a Nazi death camp.
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United StatesUS singer Loleatta Holloway, best known for her vocals which were sampled on Black Box's 1989 hit Ride On Time, dies at the age of 64.
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El Salvador, 
Chile, United StatesUS President Barack Obama leaves Chile for El Salvador, on the final leg of his five-day trip to Latin America.
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EgyptA fire which broke out in a building in the Egyptian interior ministry compound in Cairo has now been extinguished.
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IsraelIsrael's former President Moshe Katsav has been jailed for seven years for rape and other sex offences.
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Afghanistan, United StatesThe head of US forces in Afghanistan General David Petraeus has condemned the conduct of some soldiers who were photographed posing alongside corpses.
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United KingdomThe full extent of the British Olympic Association's snub to Olympic chief Jacques Rogge over the current row about any London 2012 financial surplus can be revealed by BBC Sport.
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United KingdomCurrent events mean 2011 will be seen in centuries to come "as a very important year in human history", UK Foreign Secretary William Hague says.
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YemenNo end in sight to protests in Yemen
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AfghanistanAfghan forces are fearless but can they go it alone?
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United KingdomJohn Terry concedes he may not be a widely popular choice following his reinstatement as England captain after 13 months.
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Libya, United StatesTwo US airmen are rescued in eastern Libya after their warplane crashed during allied operations, officials say.
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SyriaProtesters have gathered in the southern Syrian town of Deraa for the fifth straight day, after recent clashes that left six people dead.
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Libya, RussiaRussian PM Vladimir Putin firmly rejects suggestions of a split over Libya with President Medvedev, insisting they are "close".
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IndiaBillionaire investor Warren Buffett makes his first trip to India as he seeks investment opportunities in Asia.
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LibyaFighting continues in Libya despite three nights of sustained bombing by coalition forces.
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JapanThe streets of Japan's Minamisoma lay deserted inside the nuclear exclusion zone.
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YemenYemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh says there could be a civil war in the country because of attempts to stage a coup against his rule.
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IsraelThe former Israeli President Moshe Katsav has been sentenced to seven years in prison on charges of rape and sexual harassment.
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JapanLighting is restored in the control room of a badly-damaged Japanese nuclear reactor, raising hopes of reconnecting vital power to the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant.
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United StatesA copyright deal between Google and publishers over the web firm's publication of books online is torpedoed by a US court.
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Libya, United KingdomThe Ministry of Defence says the coalition operation over Libya has stopped Col Muammar Gaddafi's forces "in their tracks", but that civilian lives are still in danger.
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SpainReal Madrid manager Jose Mourinho hails the Champions League run of quarter-final opponents Tottenham - but expects his team to bring it to an end.
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YemenPresident Ali Abdullah Saleh has warned that Yemen is in danger of collapsing into civil war after the defection of several military commanders.
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LibyaAs the coalition continues to attack Col Gaddafi's forces, Alan Little has visited one of the sites targeted by Monday night's attacks.
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IsraelTwo Israeli military strikes on Gaza have killed eight Palestinians, including two children and four militants, officials say.
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India, AustraliaAdam Gilchrist is the latest big name to defend Australia captain Ricky Ponting ahead of their World Cup quarter-final against India in Ahmedabad on Thursday.
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CanadaCanadian opposition parties say they will vote against the Conservative government's budget, a move that could trigger an election.
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Libya, JapanAs the world focuses on Libya and Japan, UN aid agencies are warning that Ivory Coast is rapidly becoming a forgotten humanitarian catastrophe.
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Libya, United StatesA mission to rescue two US airmen whose plane crashed in eastern Libya, has resulted in six people who came to help, being injured.
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