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Up to half the food aid in Somalia is routinely diverted to corrupt contractors and militants, a leaked UN report says.
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Thousands of Greek workers are expected to bring the country to a halt with a second strike in a month over austerity measures.
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Mexican Carlos Slim overtakes Bill Gates as the world's richest man, according to the Forbes "rich list", with a fortune of $53.5bn.
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Barack Obama warns that the crisis in quake-hit Haiti is not over, as he meets the country's President, Rene Preval.
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Chilean tycoon Sebastian Pinera will be sworn in as president, with a major post-earthquake rebuilding effort ahead of him.
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Former rebels in DR Congo, now in the army, are running mafia-style extortion rackets in mines, campaigners say.
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Two missile strikes by US drone aircraft kill at least 12 suspected militants in north-west Pakistan, security officials say
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Police say 49 people are to be charged with murder following communal violence that left scores of Nigerian villagers dead.
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Italy signs a deal with Google to put online the contents of its two national libraries, including works by Dante and Galileo.
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An Israeli supermarket chain uses spoof surveillance footage, parodying that of the alleged assassins of a Hamas commander in Dubai, in a TV advert.
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An elephant in a Sydney zoo shocks vets by giving birth to a live baby elephant who appears to have survived labour in a coma in the womb.
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Lyon draw 1-1 in the Bernebau to earn a 2-1 aggregate win over Real Madrid.
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Wayne Rooney scores twice in another irresistible display as Manchester United ease into the Champions League quarter-finals at AC Milan's expense.
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Beijing's silent invasion of electric bicycles
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Challenges ahead for new president in quake-hit Chile
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'Open carry' activists do weekly shop with a gun
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Will review of UN climate change body be unbiased?
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Why the UK fears politics and force are out of synch
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Church authority at risk as scandals spread in Europe
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South Africa's ANC asks Winnie Mandela to clarify a media report in which she apparently fiercely criticised ex-husband Nelson.
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South African President Jacob Zuma submits his declaration of interests, after critics urged an inquiry into his finances.
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The US vice-president renews criticism of Israel over an East Jerusalem building project and calls for bold steps for peace.
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The US government records a budget deficit of $221bn (£147.6bn) in February - the largest monthly deficit in its history.
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Indonesia's President Yudhoyono confirms security forces killed Bali bomb suspect Dulmatin in raids in Jakarta on Tuesday.
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China is to lend Sri Lanka just under $200m to build a second international airport in the south of the island.
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Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky wins his libel case over claims he was behind the murder of former agent Alexander Litvinenko.
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The EU's foreign policy chief, Lady Ashton, tells MEPs how she will shape Europe's new diplomatic service, as officials vie for influence.
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Egypt's top Muslim cleric has died suddenly in Saudi Arabia at the age of 81.
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Iranian President says it is the US, not Tehran, that is playing a "double game" in Afghanistan.
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The Pakistan Cricket Board issues indefinite bans to former captains Mohammad Yousuf and Younus Khan for "infighting".
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Militants attack the office of a Western aid agency, killing six people and wounding others, the agency and police say.
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Jim Muir reports on the new Kurdish party that has emerged in northern Iraq to mount a challenge in the third general election since the overthrow of Saddam Hussein's regime in 2003.
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Andrew Harding reports from Harare on the uneasy mood among the white population and the MDC party as President Robert Mugabe says he's ready for another term.
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Joe Biden is in the region to encourage talks between the Palestinians and Israel. What can be achieved?
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