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- Israel bombs Gaza into the night
- Israeli warplanes attack targets in the Gaza Strip into the night after the first daily truce to allow in humanitarian aid expires.
- Pakistan sacks security advisor
- Islamabad removes its national security advisor hours after confirming the surviving Mumbai gunman is a Pakistani.
- Canada expels US woman deserter
- A US army deserter and mother of three is ordered to leave Canada after her appeal for refuge fails.
- Senate shift on Obama replacement
- Senate leaders are expected to allow Roland Burris to take up Barack Obama's vacant seat in the US Senate.
- Dispute hits Europe gas supplies
- Exports of Russian gas to Europe via Ukraine stop altogether with both countries accusing each other of turning off the tap.
- Obama attends presidential lunch
- Barack Obama joins President George W Bush and the three living ex-presidents for a special White House lunch.
- US deficit 'to hit record $1 trillion'
- The Congressional Budget Office says the the federal government deficit will exceed $1 trillion next year, the largest on record.
- Ghana's new leader takes office
- John Atta Mills is sworn in as Ghana's new president at celebrations in the capital, Accra.
- Chairlift mishap leaves US skier dangling with pants down
- A skier was left dangling from a chairlift at an American resort after he became stuck upside-down with his trousers round his ankles.
- It's hello and goodbye for Norwegian Beatles podcasts
- A Norwegian broadcaster cancels plans to put the Beatles' entire back catalogue on a series of free podcasts.
- England captain Pietersen resigns
- Kevin Pietersen resigns from his position as England captain and will be succeeded by Andrew Strauss, as coach Peter Moores is sacked.
- Derby 1-0 Man Utd
- Kris Commons' ferocious strike gives Derby County a shock 1-0 win in the first leg of their Carling Cup semi-final against Manchester United at Pride Park.
- Feeling the chill
- Russian gas cut hits Bulgarian homes and businesses
- Frugal fashion
- China's once extravagant young learn to economise
- Boyloaf's boys
- Meeting one of the speed-boat gangs of the Niger Delta
- Diary from Swat
- Bodies, beatings and mistrust in Taleban stronghold
- Free but homeless
- Chinese Uighur's search for safety after Guantanamo
- Polls apart
- Charting President Bush's approval ratings
- Kenya anger over massacre burial
- Relatives of Kenyans torched inside a church in poll violence a year ago protest at burial plans.
- Guinea's junta makes army arrests
- Guinea's military junta has made a series of arrests, including some senior officers, army sources say.
- Concern grows for California pelicans
- Wildlife experts in California try to fathom a mysterious illness affecting pelicans from San Diego to San Francisco.
- Swayze 'may live only two years'
- Actor Patrick Swayze, who has pancreatic cancer, admits in a US TV interview he may survive only two years.
- Chinese PC giant to cut workforce
- One of the world's biggest computer makers, China's Lenovo, is to cut 10% of its global workforce after a fall in demand.
- Cambodia marks Khmer Rouge fall
- Thousands of Cambodians pack a stadium to mark 30 years since the fall of the Khmer Rouge.
- Vatican deplores Gaza situation
- The Vatican's justice minister criticises Israel's actions and compares Gaza to a "big concentration camp".
- Turkey holds 30 over 'coup plot'
- More than 30 people are detained in Turkey in a widening inquiry into an alleged ultra-nationalist coup plot.
- Women banned from Baghdad shrine
- Iraqi authorities close a major Shia shrine in Baghdad to women amid security concerns as the rite of Ashura reaches its climax.
- Blackwater men plead not guilty
- Five employees of US security firm Blackwater plead not guilty in a US court to the manslaughter of 17 Iraqis in 2007.
- Everest trip helps critically ill
- Blood oxygen levels recorded on a trip by medics to Everest could help the treatment of critically ill patients.
- India IT boss quits over scandal
- The boss of Satyam, India's fourth-biggest software firm, resigns after admitting to irregularities in its accounts.
- Afghanistan's continuing misery
- More than seven years of Western aid has failed to make a real impact on daily life in Afghanistan, the BBC's Hugh Sykes reports.
- What Cubans brought to Miami
- The son of Cuban exiles living in the US, the BBC's Americas editor Emilio San Pedro talks about growing up in a proud immigrant community.
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