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More than 100 nations sign a treaty banning current designs of cluster bombs - but key states do not.
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Japan’s economy shows further signs of weakness as unemployment rises and consumer spending falls.
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A US marine is removed from duty over claims he distributed coins with biblical verses to citizens in Iraq.
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Simba Makoni, who lost in Zimbabwe’s presidential poll, calls for unity and for the run-off to be cancelled.
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An FBI specialist tells the court that the video at the centre of the singer’s trial is genuine.
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A world expert on primates, Dr Jane Goodall, urges Europe to find alternatives to experiments on animals.
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Yahoo’s boss says Microsoft is no longer interested in buying it but the two firms are still talking to each other.
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A Thai cabinet minister allied to ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra quits amid claims he criticised the monarchy.
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The World Bank is to offer immediate financial help to countries worst hit by the sharp rise in food prices.
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The billionaire owners of the Russian side of TNK-BP call for the resignation of its American chief executive.
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UN chief Ban Ki-moon praises progress in Iraq at a UN forum, while Iraq’s PM calls for debt relief from Arab states.
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Nepal’s government formally tells the deposed monarch to vacate the royal palace within the next two weeks.
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Trevor Graham - the coach of disgraced sprint trio Justin Gatlin, Marion Jones and Tim Montgomery - is found guilty of perjury.
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Tokyo shelves a military flight carrying quake aid to Sichuan amid Chinese fears of an anti-Japan backlash.
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Sweaters worn by US comedian Bill Cosby on The Cosby Show are to be auctioned online to raise money for charity.
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Dame Shirley Bassey is discharged from hospital where she was recovering from surgery on her stomach.
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Former tabloid editor turned talent show judge Piers Morgan will host a talk show as part of a two-year deal with ITV.
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Australian energy firm Origin rejects a $13bn takeover bid from UK power company BG Group.
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The head of the CIA says al-Qaeda is essentially defeated in Iraq and Saudi Arabia, and on the defensive elsewhere.
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Police in Japan arrest a woman for living in a man’s wardrobe for several months without him knowing.
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Britney Spears is not well enough to appear in the case dealing with the control of her assets, her lawyer says.
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Loss of forests and other natural systems could halve living standards for the world’s poor, a major report says.
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The son of an influential Indian politician is sentenced to life imprisonment for a high profile murder.
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A Croatian court for the first time convicts a Croatian general for war crimes against Serbs.
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A leading Turkish gay rights group says it will fight its court-ordered ban for “violating morality”.
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A plane landing in Honduras overshoots a runway and hits a road, leaving at least two passengers dead, officials say.
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Business airline Silverjet calls in administrators after financial problems forced it to suspend all of its flights.
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Beijing’s official tourism body is urging tour operators to stop selling holidays to France, Paris claims.
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Fuel protests triggered by rising oil prices spread to more countries across Europe, with strikes by fishermen.
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A woman accused of stalking Little Britain star David Walliams is warned she faces a “significant” jail sentence.
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South Africa’s ex-leader FW De Klerk says the heritage of apartheid cannot be blamed for the xenophobic attacks.
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Poland asks the European Commission for more time to privatise its ailing shipyards, amid EU irritation over Polish state aid.
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Lebanon’s parliament agrees to nominate incumbent Prime Minister Fouad Siniora to lead a new government.
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Some of the hundreds of sudden, unexplained baby deaths each year may be linked to bacterial infection, research suggests.
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At least two people are killed and one seriously injured as a crane collapses in New York’s Upper East Side district.
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The billionaire owners of the Russian side of TNK-BP call for the resignation of its American chief executive.
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France’s ruling party opposes a court decision to annul a marriage on the basis that the wife lied about being a virgin.
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Noel Forgeard, former boss of EADS, is placed under formal investigation over allegations of insider trading.
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Rwanda’s justice minister criticises the UN-backed tribunal’s refusal to transfer a genocide case.
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Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair launches a faith foundation in an attempt to unite the world’s religions.
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