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Africa

Huge challenge for African Union
It will not be easy to achieve the African Union's goals of economic progress and good governance, warns United Nations' Kofi Annan.

Kenya hit by malaria epidemic
Hospitals in Kenya are on emergency alert to combat a malaria outbreak which has already killed over 200 people.

Americas

Bush vows action after scandals
The US president defends himself against criticism of past business dealings, and says he will pursue executives who break the law.

'White supremacists' on trial in Boston
The trial begins of a mixed race US man and his partner accused of plotting to blow up Jewish and black landmarks to ignite "racial holy war".

Asia-Pacific

Blaze kills 42 in Indonesian bar
Police say 42 people are known to have died after a blaze gutted a karaoke bar in the Sumatran city of Palembang.

China vows to overhaul courts
China's chief justice promises sweeping reforms of the law courts and better training of judges, state media reports.

Europe

Serbia jails first war criminal
A former Yugoslav soldier is jailed for eight years for war crimes committed during the Kosovo war, in the first trial of its kind.

Ukraine mine death toll rises
Thirty-five miners are killed after a fire breaks out in one of Ukraine's notoriously dangerous coal mines.

Middle East

Arab ban proposed in Jewish areas
Israeli Government backing for a move to bar Israeli Arabs from living in Jewish communities outrages the left and human rights activists.

Iran court slaps ban on dancer
An Iranian dancer is given a 10-year suspended jail sentence for corrupting the nation's youth.

South Asia

Karachi bomb suspects arrested
Pakistani paramilitary troops arrest three alleged militants in connection with two recent bombings in the southern city of Karachi.

Pentagon team to examine bomb error
A team of US military experts is to travel to Afghanistan to investigate the accidental bombing of an Afghan wedding party by US forces.


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