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JapanJapan retail sales rise more-than-expected in January driven up by a surge in car purchases as government subsidies boost demand.
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New ZealandA large extinct penguin has been reconstructed from fossil remains discovered in New Zealand.
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United States, 
MexicoDuring a tour of Mexico and Central America, US Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano says the war on drugs is not a failure.
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IndiaPolling opens for the sixth phase of assembly elections in India's most populous and politically crucial state of Uttar Pradesh.
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North Korea, 
ChinaSouth Korea's parliament passes a resolution demanding that China stops the repatriation of North Korean refugees.
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Isle of ManMichael Douglas, who played a greedy executive in the movie Wall Street, is the FBI's new spokesman against insider trading.
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SyriaThe UN's human rights council will hold an emergency session regarding the situation in Syria as government troops continue to attack a number of towns.
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Indian Ocean, 
Italy, 
FranceA French fishing boat has come to the aid of an Italian cruise liner left adrift in the Indian Ocean with more than 600 passengers on board after a power failure.
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Sierra LeoneIn the 10 years since the end of the bloody and often gruesome civil war in Sierra Leone, retraining the government army has become a priority to help protect development in other areas.
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RussiaIn the run-up to the Russian presidential election next week, a wave of anti-Putin sentiment expressed through music is being welcomed, even if its performers wish to remain anonymous.
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Japan, ChinaJapan's cabinet approves bills to enhance coast guard powers, amid rumbling maritime disputes with China.
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IranIran's opposition gagged ahead of parliamentary election
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SyriaA fresh attempt to evacuate two wounded Western journalists from Homs ends in failure, the Red Cross says, as Syrian forces launch new offensives.
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IrelandIrish airline Aer Lingus sees its annual profits more than double, as it continues to benefit from extensive cost-cutting.
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JapanElpida shares fail to find buyers at the Tokyo Stock Exchange as investors shun the chipmaker after it filed for bankruptcy protection.
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IndiaIndia's Supreme Court criticises the government for its shifting stand on the issue of decriminalising homosexuality.
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ThailandThailand sentences a political activist to seven and a half years in prison for insulting the monarchy, the latest case brought under the lese majeste law.
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Greece, 
GermanyAn opera about the Greek debt crisis has opened in Germany.
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ChinaEndangered tigers transported thousands of miles
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ChinaAn explosion occurs at a chemical factory in China's Hebei province, killing at least 13 people and injuring many more.
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United KingdomLondon-based Russians back Putin's election rivals
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Sri LankaEngland drop Eoin Morgan for next month's Test tour of Sri Lanka, with Ravi Bopara, Samit Patel and James Tredwell all included.
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GermanyGerman pharmaceuticals giant Bayer says its profits almost doubled last year, fuelled by sales in emerging markets.
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GreeceGreek debt classified as in "selective default" by the credit rating agency Standard and Poor's following the nation's bailout deal.
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IndiaFootage released by the Indian Navy of the stricken Costa Allegra cruise ship shows calm seas, an upright ship, and passengers on the upper decks.
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United StatesAction movie Act of Valour, which stars real-life Navy Seals, tops the US box office on its debut weekend with takings of $24.5m (£15.4m).
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IndiaA nationwide strike by Indian workers to demand improved rights and anti-inflation measures draws a mixed response.
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United KingdomLatest data shows the teen pregnancy rate in England and Wales has reached its lowest since 1969.
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United KingdomThe former Northern Ireland First Minister Ian Paisley is released from hospital after treatment for a heart condition.
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Italy, IndiaThe foreign ministers of Italy and India agree that the row over the killing of two Indian fishermen must be amicably addressed.
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FranceThe Socialist favourite in France's presidential election, Francois Hollande, calls for top earners to pay 75% of their income in tax.
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IndiaIndia's governing Congress party leader Sonia Gandhi is abroad for a "routine check-up" six months after undergoing surgery for an undisclosed medical condition.
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JapanJournalists have been allowed inside Japan's Fukushima plant for the first time since the tsunami that devastated the plant last year.
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United KingdomThree times more migrant workers came to the UK on companies' transfers schemes than on general visas for skilled workers, official figures show.
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ArgentinaTwo cruise ships carrying almost 3,000 passengers were turned away from an Argentine port, apparently because they had visited the Falklands.
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United StatesCharlie's Angels star Lucy Liu has joined the cast of the re-imagined Sherlock Holmes in the states
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Germany, United KingdomBritish number one Andy Murray overcomes German Michael Berrer 6-3 4-6 6-4 in round one of the Dubai Championships.
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Cambodia, Russia, ThailandReports from Cambodia say a bus carrying foreign tourists has crashed near the Thai border, killing a Russian woman and injuring dozens.
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Malaysia, United StatesMalaysia cancels a concert by US singer Erykah Badu after a publicity photo showed her with the Arabic word for "Allah" tattooed on her upper body.
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Egypt, Syria, 
QatarThe political leadership of the Palestinian Islamist group, Hamas, has moved from Syria to Egypt and Qatar, senior officials confirm.
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Costa Rica, United KingdomCraig Bellamy regains the Welsh captaincy and leads Wales in Wednesday's Gary Speed memorial game against Costa Rica.
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SyriaThe Syrian envoy at an urgent UN human rights council debate on the Syrian crisis has walked out of the meeting.
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France, North KoreaThe renowned South Korean conductor Chung Myung-Whun is in North Korea to help its Unhasu orchestra prepare for a concert in France.
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NepalThe Nepalese government will seek international funding and expertise to measure the height of Mount Everest and settle a long-running dispute.
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BurmaBurmese pro-democracy campaigner Aung San Suu Kyi fights off a legal challenge to her candidacy for a seat in a parliamentary by-election.
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United KingdomPolice and bailiffs remove tents from the Occupy London site at St Paul's Cathedral, bringing to an end a protest which began in October.
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PortugalPortugal passes a review of its spending cuts and economic reforms, paving the way for its next round of bailout funds.
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PakistanMid-ranking Pakistani army officials may have known that Osama Bin Laden had a safe house in Pakistan, leaked material appears to indicate.
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RussiaVladimir Putin shrugs off a reported Chechen plot to assassinate him as campaigning in Russia's presidential election goes into its final days.
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EgyptA court in Egypt dismisses one of the two complaints brought against a billionaire Coptic Christian tycoon which accuse him of insulting Islam.
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Netherlands, United KingdomCaretaker manager Stuart Pearce will wait until Wednesday before naming the England captain for the Netherlands friendly.
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Syria, United KingdomThe UN human rights commissioner demands an urgent ceasefire in Syria, accusing the military of atrocities against civilians, as wounded UK photographer Paul Conroy is brought to safety.
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ChinaChinese state media says 12 people have died in riots near the city of Kashgar in Xinjiang province, a region hit by riots in 2009.
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Indian Ocean, Italy, IndiaThe Italian cruise ship being towed after a power failure is not expected to reach land until Thursday, after safety concerns prompt a change of route.
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IrelandThe Republic of Ireland is to hold a referendum on Europe's new fiscal treaty says the Irish prime minister.
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Malaysia, United KingdomA Malaysian student tells a court how he was "robbed" by bogus Good Samaritans during London's riots last summer
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Denmark, 
SomaliaThe Danish Navy says two hostages have been killed as a Danish warship confronted a pirate vessel off the coast of Somalia.
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NigeriaUnconfirmed reports say 3 policemen have been killed, in northern Nigeria, in gun attacks in a stronghold of the radical Islamist sect Boko Haram.
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United StatesThe wife of a Briton extradited to the United States breaks down in tears describing his case to MPs.
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Serbia and MontenegroEU foreign ministers meeting in Brussels recommend that Serbia be given candidate status to join the 27-member bloc.
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United StatesA student has been killed and four others injured by a gunman who opened fire at Chardon High School in the US state of Ohio.
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FranceGoogle's new privacy policy may violate the European Union's data protection laws, according to the French data regulator.
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MexicoA partial settlement of claims made against BP for the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico is very close, sources tell the BBC.
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PakistanGunmen kill at least 18 Shia bus passengers in northern Pakistan, while a Chinese woman and a Pakistani man are shot dead in Peshawar.
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United KingdomRicky Gervais comedy Life's Too Short and The Great British Bake Off are among the contenders for this year's Rose d'Or international TV awards.
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SenegalPresident Abdoulaye Wade admits he will now have to face a run-off after failing to win more than 50% in the first round of Senegal's election.
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Armenia, FranceFrench President Nicolas Sarkozy orders his government to draft a new law punishing denial of the Armenian genocide after a top court strikes down a previous bill.
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SyriaBriton Paul Conroy has been rescued from the besieged Syrian city of Homs, but France's President Sarkozy withdraws an earlier statement that wounded journalist Edith Bouvier is also safe.
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Venezuela, 
CubaVenezuelan President Hugo Chavez is in "good physical shape" after again undergoing cancer surgery in Cuba, Venezuela's vice president says.
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ArgentinaArgentina's government takes temporary control of the railway company TBA, a week after one of its trains crashed, killing 51 people.
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SomaliaThe head of a private Somali radio station shut down by Islamist militants is killed outside his home, an eyewitness tells the BBC.
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ItalyThe Italian cruise ship left adrift with more than 1,000 people on board after a power failure now faces a longer journey before reaching land.
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CubaAlthough its economy has suffered for many years, the sales of uban cigars seem to defy the global economic downturn.
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United StatesA report by the Pentagon finds that partial remains of some 9/11 victims ended up in a military landfill site after being cremated at a US air base.
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United KingdomThe Football Association says it has not spoken to potential candidates about replacing Fabio Capello as England manager.
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United KingdomTwo brothers are charged with murdering a Merseyside man who was in London for the League Cup final.
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Belarus, 
Belgium, 
PolandThe EU is to recall its ambassadors to Belarus after Minsk expelled the bloc's representative and the Polish envoy in protest over new sanctions.
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SyriaMore than 7,500 have died in Syria since a crackdown began last March, a senior UN official says, as three foreign journalists remain missing.
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United StatesThe Dow Jones index closes above 13,000 for the first time since May 2008, before the financial crisis, reflecting growing confidence in the US economy.
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United StatesA third student dies the day after a high school shooting in the US state of Ohio wounded five students, hospital officials say.
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