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India media condemns vote 'taint'
The Indian press says the government's vote of confidence win was "tainted" by charges of vote buying.
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Ministers set for N Korea talks
Foreign ministers from six nations involved in talks to disarm North Korea prepare to hold a rare meeting in Singapore.
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Texas jury indicts US sect leader
Warren Jeffs, the jailed leader of a US polygamist sect, is indicted on charges of child sexual assault in Texas.
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Rosenberg evidence kept secret
A New York judge rules against releasing secret testimony from the Cold War spy trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
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Action call over Pakistan missing
Amnesty International calls on Pakistan's new government to provide information about hundreds of "disappeared" people.
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Karadzic will fight extradition
A lawyer acting for war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic says he will fight moves to extradite him to face The Hague tribunal.
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No-cull badger policy 'deficient'
The decision not to cull badgers in England to control tuberculosis in cattle is flawed in the short-term, say MPs.
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GPs told to cut antibiotics usage
Doctors are told to cut the number of prescriptions they hand out to help save the NHS millions of pounds a year.
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Oil prices fall to six-week low
The price of oil hits a six-week low as US demand slides and a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico takes a favourable course.
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Chavez calls for Russia alliance
Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez calls for a strategic alliance with Russia to protect Venezuela from the US.
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Manned spaceship design unveiled
The first official image of a proposed joint Russian and European manned spacecraft has been unveiled.
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Golden Girls star Getty dies, 84
Actress Estelle Getty, best known as Sicilian grandmother Sophia Petrillo in US sitcom The Golden Girls, dies aged 84.
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Obama urges political fix in Iraq
US Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama says security in Iraq is better but political solutions are needed.
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Israel hit by new digger attack
At least 10 people are injured in Jerusalem, as the driver of a construction vehicle rams cars before he is shot dead.
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Italian MPs approve immunity law
Italy's MPs gives their final backing to a controversial immunity bill put forward by Silvio Berlusconi's government.
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Powell sees off Bolt in Stockholm
Asafa Powell beats Usain Bolt in the battle of the world's fastest men in the IAAF Grand Prix meeting in Stockholm.
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Food crisis looms in East Africa
More than 14m people in the Horn of Africa are in need of food aid because of drought and rocketing food and fuel prices, the United Nations warns.
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