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IsraelAt least three people are hurt when Israeli planes bomb houses in a Gaza refugee camp and Gaza City itself.
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France, 
LebanonPresident Jacques Chirac pledges an extra 1,600 French troops to the UN force in Lebanon.
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Venezuela, 
United StatesThe US accuses Venezuela of illegally searching a diplomatic bag destined for its embassy in Caracas.
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ChinaA Chinese researcher for the New York Times is acquitted of leaking state secrets, but jailed for fraud.
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Iraq, 
Afghanistan, United StatesThe US Army reviews how hundreds of soldiers died in Iraq and Afghanistan following complaints by relatives.
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Sri LankaAn aid ship with emergency relief for those trapped by fighting arrives in Sri Lanka's Jaffna peninsula.
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Canada, 
IndiaA Canadian lawyer is meeting relatives of Indian victims of the 1985 Air India bombing to find out their concerns.
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JapanJapanese prices for sushi and other goods rise in July, confirming a recovery in the nation's economy.
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UgandaUganda agrees to a conditional cessation of hostilities in the war with the rebel Lord's Resistance Army.
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ColombiaColombia sees its first legal abortion after the deeply-Catholic nation legalised the procedure in May this year.
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ArubaAustralian is to increase the number of police available for deployment to South East Asia and the Pacific.
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Pakistan, 
United KingdomWest Indies are ready to play a best of five one-day series against England if Pakistan pull out, the BBC understands.
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United StatesUS reality show Survivor's division of contestants along ethnic lines prompts calls for it to be axed.
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ThailandThai PM Thaksin Shinawatra says army officers plotted to kill him, a day after explosives were found near his home.
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SomaliaHundreds of people welcome the first ship to dock at the main port in Somalia's capital in more than 10 years.
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Ireland, United StatesPassengers on a flight from the US to Ireland are questioned by police after a bomb threat, officials say.
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EgyptA giant statue of an ancient Egyptian pharaoh arrives at its new home at a site near the pyramids outside Cairo.
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United StatesA US businessman is charged after offering broadcasts from Hezbollah's al-Manar TV to customers in New York.
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United KingdomRyanair says it will sue the UK government for £3.3m for losses incurred as a result of security measures at airports.
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Turkey, 
Germany, United StatesA German-born Turkish man is freed from US custody at Guantanamo Bay where he has been held since 2002.
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ItalyItaly's largest bank will be formed in a 55bn euro merger between Banca Intesa and rival Sanpaolo.
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PhilippinesPhilippine President Gloria Arroyo declares that an oil spill caused by a sunken tanker is a national calamity.
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Israel, 
RussiaThe Russian Defence Minister, Sergei Ivanov, denies Israeli claims that Hezbollah has modern Russian weapons.
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AustriaAn Austrian girl held in a cellar for eight years reportedly tells of her ordeal as DNA tests confirm her identity.
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Peru, RussiaA Russian man convicted of the racist murder of a Peruvian student last year gets 16 years in prison.
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YemenThree people are killed in Yemen as supporters of the governing party and the Islamist opposition clash.
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LebanonFrench President Jacques Chirac says sending 15,000 peacekeeping troops to Lebanon is "excessive".
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Netherlands, IndiaIndia lodges a formal protest with the Dutch government after 12 of its citizens are arrested in a flight alert.
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NigeriaNigerian soldiers set fire to hundreds of slum houses in Port Harcourt following a kidnapping, residents say.
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RussiaA fire rages through a 19th Century cathedral in St Petersburg, destroying its main dome.
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Israel, Lebanon, United StatesThe US State Department launches an inquiry into whether Israel misused US-made cluster bombs in Lebanon.
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LebanonThe EU will provide half of the 15,000 troops needed for Lebanon's peace force, UN chief Kofi Annan says.
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Ukraine, United StatesThe US jails former Ukraine Prime Minister Pavel Lazarenko for nine years for fraud and other offences.
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United StatesAn American Airlines flight from Manchester to Chicago is diverted following a reported threat, the FBI says
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MonacoSevilla claim a shock 3-0 victory over European Champions Barcelona in the Uefa Super Cup in Monaco.
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United StatesThe US Senate is to investigate stock options and executive pay at a hearing in early September.
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NigerTwo Italians seized in Niger after an ambush on a touring group are held by rebels, one tells his wife by phone.
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