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2012 » May 2012 » May 7th 2012
MexicoMexican youth orchestra provides alternative to murderous violence
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GermanyThe parties in German Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition government lose regional elections in the state of Schleswig-Holstein.
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FranceAsian markets dip on fears that the eurozone may have to rein in austerity measures seen as key to solving the debt crisis.
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United StatesRory McIlroy regains his world number one status despite losing a play-off to American Rickie Fowler at Quail Hollow.
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IndiaBees swarm Indian paramilitary troops deployed on a counter-insurgency operation against Maoist rebels in dense forest, badly stinging at least 19.
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Papua New GuineaSir Michael Somare, one of two men claiming the role of PM in Papua New Guinea, will not stand in the next election, says his daughter and spokesperson.
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United KingdomAn economic forecasting group says unemployment in most parts of the UK will continue to rise over the next five years, despite recent falls.
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IndonesiaIndonesia's economy grows at its slowest pace in 18 months as exports slow amid falling demand from key markets.
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NigeriaMaking a fortune by selling Nigerian films online
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MexicoMexico's four presidential candidates square off in an ill-tempered TV debate ahead of July's election.
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South Korea, 
ChinaSouth Korea is to increase customs inspections targeting capsules of powdered human flesh smuggled in from China and taken as medicine.
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Democratic Republic of the CongoThe DR Congo army says it has regained control of the entire eastern area of Masisi from rebels loyal to warlord Bosco "Terminator" Ntaganda, wanted by the ICC.
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AfghanistanAt least 22 people have been killed, many of them at a wedding party, when flash flooding deluged Afghanistan's northern Sar-e Pol province, officials say.
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IsraelIsrael's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, says he wants the country's general election to be held on 4 September, more than a year early.
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United States, ChinaActivist Chen Guangcheng says he does not know when - or if - he will be allowed to leave China because he has not started the process of getting a passport.
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Yemen, United StatesAn al-Qaeda leader in Yemen wanted in connection with the 2000 bombing of the warship USS Cole, Fahd al-Quso, is killed in an air raid, officials say.
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India, United StatesOn a visit to India, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urges the country to buy less oil from Iran, saying other supplies are available.
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BahrainA prominent human rights activist in Bahrain, Nabeel Rajab, is arrested on charges of inciting protests by using social networking websites.
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FranceLosses grow at Euro Disney due to higher wage costs and spending on sprucing up Disneyland Paris ahead of its 20th anniversary.
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United StatesGeorge Lindsey, who found fame as petrol station attendant Goober Pyle on US sitcom the Andy Griffith show, dies at the age of 83.
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IsraelIsrael's Supreme Court rejects an appeal for the release of two detained Palestinians who have been on hunger strike for 68 days.
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GermanyArsenal's Per Mertesacker is named in Germany's initial 27-man squad for Euro 2012, despite not playing since February.
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Serbia and MontenegroThe rivals for Serbia's presidency, liberal incumbent Boris Tadic and ex-nationalist Tomislav Nikolic, are to face each other in a run-off.
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IndiaThe Mumbai High Court says there is no legal obstacle to a young Indian man having a sex change operation, despite opposition from his parents.
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North KoreaSouth Korea is planning to open a new eco-tourism site along its frontier with North Korea.
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CambodiaThe Cambodian government suspends the granting of land for development by private companies in a bid to curb evictions and illegal logging.
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ChinaVegetable sellers in China have been caught spraying cabbages with a formaldehyde solution to keep them fresh in transit, state media say.
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ChinaChina activist Chen looks to the future but remembers his past
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GreeceElection leaves Greece with uncertain future
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IrelandRepublic of Ireland manager Giovanni Trapattoni names Sunderland winger James McClean in his 23-man squad for Euro 2012.
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SpainThe executive chairman of Spain's Bankia resigns as it emerges that the government will use public money to clean up bad loans at the bank.
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Guatemala, United StatesA murder investigation is under way in the US city of Louisville after the body of a Guatemalan man is found in a barn at the Kentucky Derby racetrack.
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TurkeyTurkey's Football Federation clears the country's top clubs of match-fixing, though a separate trial of 93 players and officials continues.
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ArmeniaArmenia's ruling Republican Party is set for a majority in parliament - but observers complain of election flaws.
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IrelandAn organisation which represents more than 850 priests in Ireland has been meeting to discuss the future direction of the Catholic Church.
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ItalyThe head of an Italian nuclear energy company is shot and wounded by a gunman on a motorbike as he leaves his home in the northern city of Genoa.
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SwedenA Swedish man is charged with a series of gun attacks which terrorised immigrants in the city of Malmo.
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RussiaVladimir Putin is officially sworn in as president of Russia after four years as prime minister, following a controversial poll in March.
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GreeceGreek conservative Antonis Samaras has three days to form a coalition in the face of strong EU warnings to keep to the terms of bailouts, as anti-austerity parties make big gains in parliamentary elections.
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Greece, France, United StatesEuropean shares finish higher on Monday as investor concerns about government austerity plans following weekend election results proved short-lived.
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MalawiShoppers in Malawi scramble to buy basic goods, fearing huge price rises after the new government devalues the currency by 33%.
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United StatesA US Army nurse who died while on Skype with his wife was not shot, the Army says, after she insisted she saw a bullet hole behind him.
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Malaysia, United KingdomThe families of 24 unarmed Malaysian men shot dead by British soldiers in Malaya in 1948 have arrived in the UK for a judicial review hearing into the incident.
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ThailandThree men fall to their deaths from Thailand's tallest building when a cable supporting their platform breaks, police say.
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Egypt, 
FijiBedouin free 10 Fijian members of an international peacekeeping force who were briefly detained in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, security sources say.
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United KingdomBritain's Mark Cavendish says a rival rider should be "ashamed" after he suffers a heavy fall during a sprint finish on the Giro d'Italia.
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Pakistan, United StatesUS hostage Warren Weinstein, seized in Pakistan in 2011, pleads for his life in a video posted to Islamist sites, a US monitoring group says.
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United StatesA US jury finds Google breached copyright in a case brought by Oracle over Java programming language but cannot agree whether it constitutes "fair use".
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Greece, FranceAs Greek voters punished the parties that backed EU austerity conditions, the new French President Francois Hollande has said one of his first acts will be to attempt to renegotiate the EU fiscal pact.
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ItalyThe head of an Italian nuclear energy company has been shot in the leg while leaving his home in the northern Italian city of Genoa.
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Colombia, 
Aruba, United StatesA man who is accused of leading one of the most influential drug gangs in Colombia hands himself in to US counter-narcotics agents in Aruba.
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SyriaSyrians have voted in what the government says are the first multi-party elections in decades, but the opposition dismisses them as a sham.
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United KingdomDunfermline are relegated from the Scottish Premier League after Hibernian win to ensure their top flight survival.
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GreeceGreece's centre-right leader, Antonis Samaras, says he cannot form a coalition, amid warnings from the EU that austerity measures must continue.
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FranceNew French President Francois Hollande vows to redraw a pact on EU budget constraints, saying "austerity can no longer be the only option".
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United KingdomUK companies remain confident despite the UK economy entering a double-dip recession, according to two new business surveys.
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EgyptTwo bouts of violence change Egypt's political landscape
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MexicoOrganisers of a presidential TV debate in Mexico say they are sorry after the skintight dress of a production assistant creates controversy.
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PolandFighting racism in Poland before Euro 2012
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