| UN agrees DR Congo troop increase |
| The UN Security Council votes to send 3,000 more troops to DR Congo following renewed fighting in the east of the country. |
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| No agreement for US car bail-out |
| US carmakers are given deadline to produce a viable recovery plan if they want a $25bn government bail-out. |
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| 'Experts' lead Saudi tanker talks |
| Talks between Somali pirates and owners of a Saudi tanker are being conducted by specialists, shipping sources tell the BBC. |
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| Hebron settlers desecrate mosque |
| Jewish settlers protesting against an eviction order in Hebron spray an insult to the Prophet Muhammad on a mosque wall. |
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| US warned of China 'cyber-spying' |
| China has increased computer espionage attacks on US government and business interests, Congress is warned. |
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| US convicts Syrian arms dealer |
| A Syrian-born arms dealer is convicted by a US court of conspiring to sell weapons to left-wing Colombian rebels. |
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| US judge orders Algerians freed |
| Five Algerians held at Guantanamo Bay for almost seven years must be freed, a US judge rules. |
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| S Africa to cut aid to Zimbabwe |
| South Africa's cabinet says it will withhold $28m of aid to Zimbabwe until a representative government is in place. |
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| Arab plan explained in Hebrew ads |
| The Palestinian Authority has placed a full-page advert in Israel's Hebrew newspapers to promote an Arab peace plan. |
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| Riddle of the Czech beauty without a belly button |
| Underwear model Karolina Kurkova has no belly button. Is a barely-there navel for cosmetic or medical reasons? |
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| Anti-mafia film 'arrives early' in the town it depicts |
| Pirate copies of the anti-mafia film Gomorra go on sale in the heartland of the Naples Camorra clan it depicts. |
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| Pietersen wants more from batsmen |
| Captain Kevin Pietersen wants England to score more hundreds after India's Duckworth-Lewis win in the third one-dayer. |
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| Tendulkar back in India ODI squad |
| India recall star batsman Sachin Tendulkar to their one day side for the remaining four matches against England. |
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| See you in court |
| Will Darfur rebels meet Sudan leader in The Hague? |
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| Thinking allowed |
| Four philosophical questions to make your brain hurt |
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| Kosher crisis |
| Why US shops are running short of kosher meat |
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| Nick Bryant's blog |
| Australian navy's two-month leave causes a storm |
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| Yugo gone |
| Serbia's iconic car finally runs off the road |
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| Despair and anger |
| Gazans report worst ever living conditions |
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| Somalia 'to become pirate magnet' |
| Somalia must be helped by the international community to stop it becoming a "magnet for pirates," a senior Egyptian official has said. |
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| African child 'well-being' rated |
| Some poor countries score well compared to richer ones in a report assessing the treatment of children in Africa. |
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| Colombian scam suspect extradited |
| Panama extradites a Colombian suspected of running the country's biggest pyramid finance scheme. |
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| Madonna and Ritchie begin divorce |
| Singer Madonna and her film director husband Guy Ritchie are to be divorced in London on Friday, High Court lists show. |
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| China fears grow over job losses |
| Beijing says its employment outlook is "grim", amid concerns of increasing social unrest caused by economic problems. |
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| Balloon campaign assails N Korea |
| South Korean activists send thousands of propaganda leaflets into North Korea, amid fury in Pyongyang. |
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| French Socialists vote for leader |
| France's opposition Socialists are voting for a new leader, amid bitter infighting and deep divisions in the party. |
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| Putin vows to prevent 'collapse' |
| Russia's prime minister vows to prevent another financial "collapse", referring to the country's 1990s crises. |
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| Security draws Iraqi doctors home |
| Improved security in Iraq has led to 800 doctors returning so far this year, a senior health ministry official says. |
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| Iraq leader defends US troop deal |
| Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki defends a deal on the presence of US forces in Iraq, saying it preserves Iraqi sovereignty. |
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| India praised for sinking pirates |
| An anti-piracy group welcomes an Indian navy warship's destruction of a suspected Somali pirate vessel in the Gulf of Aden. |
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| Pakistan protest to US ambassador |
| Pakistan summons the US ambassador to protest at a deadly US missile attack deep inside Pakistan territory. |
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| Questioning the ceasefire in Gaza |
| Paul Martin recently visited Gaza, where he found opinions divided and some people keen for hostilities to resume. |
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| Close encounter with Mount Etna |
| British field geologist Dr John Murray has spent a lifetime mapping the changing contours of Mount Etna |
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