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United StatesA new mobile telephone emergency alert system will be launched in Washington and New York by the end of the year, US officials say.
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SwitzerlandThe Swiss adventurer Yves Rossy - also known as Jetman - has completed a flight over the Grand Canyon in his custom-built jet suit.
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Pakistan, United StatesUS Senator John Kerry will travel to Pakistan this week with aim of getting the nations back "on the right track" after the killing of Osama Bin Laden.
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United StatesThe Mississippi River peaks at just under 48ft (14.6m) in the southern US city of Memphis, officials say, and the flood could take weeks to recede.
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United Kingdom, United StatesUS petrol is half the UK price, so why are Americans so angry?
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United States, 
ChinaHillary Clinton describes China-US talks as "frank", but condemns China's efforts to "resist democracy".
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United StatesThe Mississippi River has reached near-record levels as flooding continues to affect some southern US states.
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KiribatiThe World Bank is to give $2m in emergency food aid to tens of thousands of people in the isolated islands of Kiribati in the South Pacific.
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VenezuelaVenezuela begins rationing electricity after blackouts on Monday affected nearly half the country.
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LibyaSix weeks after Nato took control of military operations in Libya, Colonel Gaddafi's whereabouts are still unknown.
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United States, ChinaA two-day meeting closes with progress made on trade issues but differences remain over valuation of China's currency
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BangladeshBangladesh joins the first United Nations Decade of Action for Road safety, along with dozens of countries.
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IndiaIndia's Supreme Court rejects a government request seeking to re-open the 1984 Bhopal gas disaster to impose harsher sentences.
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ChinaInflation in China's rapidly growing economy eased slightly in April, suggesting efforts to cool inflation are beginning to work.
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United KingdomA major revamp of adult social care law in England and Wales is needed to ensure fairer access to services, the Law Commission says.
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Puerto Rico, United StatesPuerto Rican Norberto Gonzalez sought for one of the biggest bank robberies in US history is captured after 25 years.
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South KoreaA row over how to respond to ever shortening school skirts is brewing in South Korea, with one local education body planning to place boards in front of desks.
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PhilippinesTwo Swedish men are jailed for life in the Philippines for running a cybersex business that featured naked women performing for internet clients.
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TurkeyNine countries are ruled out of the Eurovision song contest after a semi-final that saw regular participant Turkey axed from the competition.
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ItalyThousands of people plan to stay away from Rome on 11 May, fearing predictions from a dead seismologist of a massive quake.
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United KingdomThe government plans to give police the power to fine careless drivers on the spot - rather than taking them to court - as part of a strategy to make Britain's roads safer.
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United StatesGoogle's advertising system is being investigated by the US Justice Department, the internet search giant reveals.
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FranceFrench farmers have been badly affected by Europe's unusually warm weather this spring.
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ChinaSeven pieces of art are stolen from the Palace Museum inside Beijing's former imperial palace, the Forbidden City - in the first theft for 20 years.
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Argentina, FranceThree ex-police officers are held in Argentina over the murder of several women, including a French nun, thrown from a plane during military rule.
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United States, ChinaChina rejects the latest criticism by the US of its human rights record, saying that the country's progress is "objective fact".
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BelgiumTaxis block Brussels airport for hours after an unlicensed driver is grazed by a police bullet during a dramatic chase, local media report.
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France, United StatesThe 64th Cannes Film Festival gets under way later with a gala screening of Midnight in Paris, a romantic comedy from US director Woody Allen.
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LibyaThe EU will open an office in the rebel-held Libyan city of Benghazi to improve the flow of aid, EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton says.
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Qatar, United KingdomA UK parliamentary committee hears that Caf members Issa Hayatou and Jacques Anouma received bribes to vote for Qatar's 2022 World Cup bid.
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SudanFour UN peacekeepers in Sudan are wounded after their patrol is attacked in the disputed Abyei region along the north-south border, the UN says.
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United KingdomBirmingham goalkeeper Ben Foster makes himself unavailable for England duty for an indefinite period to help prolong his club career.
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QatarCaf president Issa Hayatou 'categorically rejects' claims he took money to vote for Qatar's 2022 World Cup bid.
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PakistanPakistan's tangled relationships with militants
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SpainA lone bagpiper leads the friends and family of Seve Ballesteros, who died on Saturday morning aged 54, through the golfing hero's home village of Pedrena in northern Spain.
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United KingdomThe Bank of England says it expects inflation to hit 5% this year, due to higher utility bills, and revises down its growth projection.
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SpainThe funeral of golfing legend Seve Ballesteros has taken place in his home village of Pedrena in Spain.
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GermanyThe German chancellor, Angela Merkel, tells a newspaper she "could support" Italy's Mario Draghi as the next ECB head.
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SyriaReports from Syria suggest the country's third largest city, Homs, has been shelled by army tanks.
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GuineaGuinean opposition leader Cellou Diallo tells the BBC that he is being persecuted by the new government after security services raided his home.
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Afghanistan, United KingdomBritain failed to accurately gauge Taliban resistance to UK troops in Afghanistan's Helmand province, the head of the armed forces says.
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JapanThe operator of Japan's crisis-hit nuclear plant agrees to drastic restructuring in return for government help paying a huge compensation bill.
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Belgium, FranceFrance says it will not take the ex-wife and accomplice of Belgian child-killer Marc Dutroux, after her early release from a jail in Belgium.
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United StatesUS hedge fund billionaire Raj Rajaratnam is found guilty of making tens of millions of dollars from insider trading.
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IrelandIreland's hopes of playing in the 2015 World Cup appear to have received a major boost following an ICC meeting on Wednesday.
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ChinaSeven valuable pieces of art have been stolen from the Palace Museum inside Beijing's former imperial palace, the Forbidden City.
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Syria, 
IranBroadcaster al-Jazeera says journalist Dorothy Parvaz has been deported from Syria to Iran, raising fresh concerns for her safety.
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Denmark, Sweden, GermanyDenmark, part of the Schengen zone of border-free travel in Europe, is to re-impose some controls amid pressure from the right.
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LibyaNato says it is hitting the Libyan government's command and control centres, but insists it is not targeting Colonel Gaddafi.
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Kenya, 
UgandaUgandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye says he will not return to the country until after President Museveni's inauguration, after earlier being barred from a flight.
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IrelandPrime Minister David Cameron will make his first visit to Ireland as prime minister next week, Downing Street has confirmed.
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United KingdomThe FA will send a full dossier of the latest allegations of World Cup bidding corruption to Fifa.
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United StatesA US man accused of trying to open an emergency exit door on a Delta flight from Florida to Boston denies charges of interfering with an aircraft.
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SpainA magnitude 5.3 earthquake kills at least two people and topples buildings in southern Spain, near the town of Lorca, officials say.
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United KingdomCeltic must avoid defeat at Hearts in order to prevent Rangers being crowned Scottish Premier League champions, and take the title race to the last game of the season.
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South AfricaSouth Africa's firebrand youth leader Julius Malema hits out at officials for building open-air toilets, as local elections loom next week.
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United StatesThe US sees a widening trade deficit in March thanks largely to the increasing cost of the country's imports of crude oil.
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YemenYemeni security forces open fire on anti-government protesters in four cities, killing at least five people and wounding scores, medics say.
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SpainBarcelona clinch their third Spanish La Liga title in a row with a 1-1 draw at Levante.
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United KingdomCeltic manager Neil Lennon has been hit by a spectator during a Scottish Premier league game against Hearts at Tynecastle.
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United KingdomThe government suffers a surprise defeat in the House of Lords over plans for directly elected police commissioners in England and Wales.
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HondurasThe former president of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, is willing to return home, according to his closest aides.
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GermanySilvana Koch-Mehrin resigns as vice-president of the European Parliament - a second senior German politician to have fallen victim to plagiarism claims.
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United StatesUS hedge fund billionaire Raj Rajaratnam has been found guilty of making tens of millions of dollars from insider trading.
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CanadaCanada's Supreme Court will on Thursday begin hearing arguments over the legality of a "safe injection site" for drug users in Vancouver.
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SyriaAt least nine people die after tanks shell the Syrian city of Homs, activists say, as thousands of students stage a pro-democracy protest in Aleppo.
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GreeceAt least 17 civilians and five police are injured after police clash with demonstrators marching against austerity measures in the Greek capital, Athens.
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United KingdomBritish movie The King's Speech is the big winner at this year's National Movie Awards, winning three prizes.
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GreeceSpeculation is growing that Greece may need a second financial bail-out from the international community
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LibyaLibyan state television has shown footage of Col Muammar Gaddafi said to be filmed on Wednesday 11 May.
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United StatesUS evangelist Billy Graham is admitted to hospital in North Carolina where he is treated for pneumonia.
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LibyaNato Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has says "substantial progress" is being made in Libya amid claims of a military stalemate.
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LibyaLibyan rebels say they have captured the airport in the besieged city of Misrata, driving back troops loyal to Col Muammar Gaddafi.
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