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Second police shooting in Mexico
Another senior police officer is gunned down in Mexico City, the fourth in under two weeks.

Canadian train put in quarantine
Passengers are isolated on a train in Canada, after one dies and several others experience flu-like symptoms.

Microsoft contests $1.4bn EU fine
Microsoft appeals against a $1.4bn fine given for defying sanctions imposed on it for anti-competitive behaviour.

Alarm at Google Yahoo partnering
US advocacy groups urge regulators to block any deal Google and Yahoo might strike after a two-week experiment.

Move to resurrect CIA leak case
Ex-CIA agent Valerie Plame seeks to resurrect a lawsuit against present and former White House officials.

Militias 'to rig Zimbabwe poll'
Zimbabwe's "war veterans" militia plan to intimidate voters inside polling stations, a policeman tells the BBC.

Pakistan opposes US military aide
Pakistan asks the US not to appoint a military envoy who used to run the prison at Guantanamo.

Bolivians to hold confidence vote
Bolivia will vote in a referendum on the rule of its leftist president as he struggles to enact reform.

Johnson to meet New York mayor
Michael Bloomberg flies to London to meet the new mayor to swap notes on the task of running a major city.

Edwards: 'Obama likely nominee'
Democratic ex-presidential hopeful John Edwards says Barack Obama is now his party's likely nominee.