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Thirty-one teenage boys have died from complications after botched traditional circumcision rites in South Africa's rural Eastern Cape region, officials said.

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Jackson memorial website inundated with some 500m hits.

North Korea has fired six missiles into the Sea of Japan today.

The European Union is set to lift its ban on Indonesia's national airline Garuda flying into European airspace.

New Zealand has recorded its first deaths linked to swine flu, with authorities reporting that three people who died in the past week had the virus.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says his request to meet detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been denied by the ruling junta's top General, Than Shwe.

More than 30 teenage boys have died in South Africa in the last month after complications from botched circumcision operations.

North Korea has today test-fired two longer-range Scud missiles following similar launches earlier this week.

Health officials have warned against buying the drug Tamiflu over the internet, saying it could put lives at risk.

A three-week-old baby is among six people dead in a London apartment building fire.

European countries have reacted angrily to reports that Iran is planning to prosecute local staff from the British embassy in Tehran.

Italy's parliament has passed a law that criminalises illegal immigration and allows citizen patrols to help the police keep order.

Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has announced she will resign this month and will not run for re-election as governor.

Thirteen people have been injured, six seriously, when a train derailed after hitting a trailer near the south-western French city of Limoges, police said.

Andy Roddick has ended Andy Murray's dream of becoming the first British man to play in a Wimbledon final since 1938.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has rejected criticism from US President Barack Obama that his thinking is still influenced by Cold War attitudes.

Croatia has identified its first case of the H1N1 flu virus in a patient who flew from Australia this week, the country's health minister said.

A barman has been jailed for serving at least 44 shots of tequila to a 16-year-old German youth during a faked drinking contest that killed the teenager, Berlin's state court said.

Fans preparing to descend on Los Angeles for Michael Jackson memorial service next week have been urged to watch the event on television amid fears of huge crowds of mourners at the event.

Nigeria, Algeria and Niger have signed an agreement to build one of the world's largest pipelines across the Sahara desert.

A Pakistani military helicopter has crashed in the north-west of the country killing all 26 security personnel on board, officials said, ahead of a planned army offensive against a Taliban militant chief.

Julia Gillard says the Government would consider contributing to an international peacekeeping force in the Palestinian territories.

Bosnia's war crimes court have jailed a Bosnian Serb wartime army commander for 18 years for the killing, rape and torture of Muslims in eastern Bosnia early in the 1992-95 war.

Officials in Italy say 21 people are now known to have died after a train carrying liquefied gas exploded in the northern town of Viareggio earlier this week.

Kevin Rudd says promoting Australia's bid to host soccer's World Cup will be on the agenda during his week-long overseas.