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United StatesHaving emerged both leaner and stronger from bankruptcy in 2009, the US-based automotive giant General Motors is firmly back on its feet, though in Europe big challenges remain.
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NetherlandsThe Dutch centre-right cabinet, backed by an anti-Islam party, is set to fall short of a majority in the Senate after regional polls, exit polls suggest.
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ChinaChina may allow taxpayers to keep more of their wages as it proposes to cut income tax in a bid to boost domestic demand.
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Canada, United StatesCanada has a significantly lower rate of obesity among its population than does the US, a new US government study shows.
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PeruPeru's security forces suspend operations against illegal gold mining in the Amazon region after two miners died in clashes.
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IndiaIndia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations aim to increase trade by 40% over the next two years to $70bn.
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United KingdomGovernment plans to give more power over NHS decision making in England to GPs could make hospital reform difficult, a think tank says.
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United StatesThe man who fatally shot US Democratic senator and presidential hopeful Robert Kennedy is denied parole for the 13th time.
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New ZealandNew Zealand earthquake relief officials say there is no longer any hope of findings survivors in Christchurch, as the first foreign victims are named.
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FranceFrance's forgotten role, providing the 'big ideas' for punk rock
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AustraliaClaude Choules, the man believed to the last surviving veteran of World War One celebrates his 110th birthday in Perth, Australia.
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Italy, 
TunisiaIn the last two days hundreds of illegal migrants have arrived by sea on the Italian island of Lampedusa after setting sail from the Tunisian coast.
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BotswanaA group of Japanese and South Korean firms are to buy a 15% stake in a Brazilian company that mines a rare earth metal.
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Germany, United StatesGerman police are investigating whether a man, suspected of shooting dead two US airmen at Frankfurt airport, has links to a terror group or acted alone.
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LibyaRebels in Libya celebrate after fighting off an attempt by troops loyal to Col Muammar Gaddafi to retake the eastern oil port of Brega.
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Canada, 
CubaFive members of the National Ballet of Cuba decide to stay in Canada after performing there, a spokeswoman for the Cuban company says.
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Japan, ChinaJapan scrambles jets as two Chinese military aircraft approach disputed East China Sea islands, the government says.
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LibyaSinger Nelly Furtado says she will give away $1 million (£615,000) she was paid to perform for the family of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
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Sri LankaClassified files released by the National Archives have revealed an RAF officer had a close encounter while on holiday in Sri Lanka.
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United StatesA US judge delays the involuntary manslaughter trial of Michael Jackson's doctor, Conrad Murray, until May.
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France, Tunisia, 
MaliA Tunisian suspect in January's attack on the French embassy in Mali is recaptured after he escaped from prison, the government says.
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United StatesTwo American astronauts have completed the last shuttle "Discovery" spacewalk before the craft is retired from service.
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United KingdomGermany's love of titles - and British royalty
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NetherlandsSouth Africa make it two wins out of two in World Cup Group B with a commanding 231-run win against the Netherlands in Mohali.
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EgyptEgyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq, appointed in the dying days of the Mubarak regime, has resigned, the army announces.
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Germany, United StatesProsecutors in Germany say they suspect Islamic militancy as the motive for a gun attack on US airmen at Frankfurt Airport, in which two died.
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LibyaThe Libyan oil terminal town of Brega has been targeted with air strikes, sources in the town said.
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United KingdomScottish FA chief executive Stewart Regan says he is 'deeply embarrassed' by events at Wednesday's Old Firm match.
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Burma, 
ArubaA court hearing is underway in Rangoon in the trial of Ross Dunkley, the Australian owner of the Myanmar Times newspaper arrested on immigration charges.
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Christmas Island, AustraliaAustralia is to build a 1,500-bed immigration detention facility in Darwin to ease overcrowding at Christmas Island, the government says.
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France, United StatesThe American star has made her runway debut at Paris Fashion Week during a show for Thierry Mugler.
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BotswanaBrazilian football fans make the most of flooding in Sao Paulo and enjoy a stadium swim before the match.
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PakistanAt least four people including three policemen are killed after an explosion in Hangu, north-west Pakistan, police tell the BBC.
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South AfricaIn a township in South Africa one man is trying to teach the ancient art of stick fighting to the next generation
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IraqAt least nine people are killed when a suicide bomber blows himself up in a bank in the northern Iraqi town of Haditha.
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LibyaNew air strikes are launched against the oil town of Brega a day after pro-Gaddafi forces failed to capture it from protesters, sources in the town say.
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PakistanTransport and business in the Pakistani city of Karachi are severely disrupted because of a strike in protest at rising fuel prices.
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United KingdomScottish Football Association chief executive Stewart Regan says he is "deeply embarrassed" by events at Wednesday's bad-tempered Cup tie between Celtic and Rangers.
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United KingdomMigrants from eight European countries will be able to claim welfare payments in the UK from May but ministers insist measures are in place to stop "benefit tourism".
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Libya, United Kingdom, TunisiaBritish flights have begun rescuing Egyptians stranded on the Libyan-Tunisian border after fleeing violence.
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FrancePolice in Paris arrest a 64-year-old man suspected of burgling up to 20 people, usually after feeding them cakes laced with sedatives.
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IndonesiaAuthorities in Indonesia's West Java have issued a decree which severely limits the activities of a small Islamic sect called the Ahmadiyah.
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United StatesAdele's second album, 21, goes straight to the top of the US Billboard chart in its first week of release after selling 352,000 copies.
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BahrainF1 boss Bernie Ecclestone tells BBC Sport he plans to reschedule the Bahrain Grand Prix towards the end of the season - and says a final decision will be made on Tuesday.
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LibyaOil prices ease back from record highs on speculation that the Arab League is considering a peace plan for Libya.
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IndiaThe head of India's anti-corruption watchdog is forced to resign by the Supreme Court because he faces corruption charges dating from 1992.
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BangladeshNobel laureate Muhammad Yunus says he wants a "graceful exit" from the Grameen Bank he founded as he launches a legal challenge to his sacking.
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Netherlands, LibyaTalks are under way to free three Dutch marine helicopter crew captured in Libya as they tried to evacuate foreign citizens, officials say.
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PakistanHow doomed Pakistan minister called to say 'goodbye'
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United StatesA 12-year-old boy remains in custody in the US state of Colorado after his parents were found shot dead and two of his siblings critically wounded at their home.
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Tunisia, LibyaInternational rescue efforts are being stepped up to move stranded refugees away from Tunisia's border area with Libya
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ArubaA freight train has careered off the tracks near a busy road, narrowly missing drivers in the Australian state of New South Wales.
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Canada, PakistanSkipper Shahid Afridi takes 5-23 as Pakistan survive a scare to beat Canada by 46 runs in their World Cup Group A match in Colombo.
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Mexico, United StatesMexican President Felipe Calderon and US President Barack Obama are meeting at the White House, amid recent tension between the two nations.
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United StatesThe US Army has charged soldier Bradley Manning, with 22 extra counts, in connection with the leak of US government documents published by the Wikileaks website.
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NigeriaA bomb explodes during a political meeting near the Nigerian capital, Abuja, leaving at least three people dead, police say.
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FranceA man of 78 shoots dead two council workers and a passer-by before trying to take his own life in a southern French town.
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PakistanPakistan announces three days of mourning for former minorities minister, Shahbaz Bhatti, who was shot dead after urging reform to blasphemy laws.
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LibyaThe chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Court has confirmed he will begin an investigation into alleged crimes against humanity committed during the unrest.
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United States, MexicoThe US and Mexico reach a proposed deal to open US highways to Mexican trucks, raising hopes of an end to a 20-year dispute.
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LibyaThe chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court says he will investigate Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi for crimes against humanity.
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TunisiaTunisia's interim president Fouad Mebazaa says elections for an assembly to rewrite the constitution will take place by 24 July.
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United StatesThe president of a US university says he is "disturbed" that a demonstration of a motorised sex toy was allowed in a classroom.
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LibyaYoung people, who are eager to sign up to fight those loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, have been speaking to the BBC.
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BrazilA controversial project to build a huge dam in Brazil's Amazon rainforest is approved by a court, overturning an earlier ruling.
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Libya, TunisiaAs thousands of people continue to stream across the border from Libya into Tunisia, non-governmental organisations are struggling to cope with the vast numbers who need aid and transport
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Iran, United StatesRobert Levinson, a retired FBI agent who disappeared in Iran four years ago, is alive, according to the US state department.
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Austria, ItalyThe teenager at the centre of a sex scandal involving Italy's prime minister makes a stir in Austria as guest of a magnate at Vienna's famous ball.
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