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China, 
Hong KongHong Kong journalist Ching Cheong is jailed for five years in Beijing, after being convicted of spying.
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East TimorScores of people escaped from an East Timor jail by just walking out, the head of security forces there says.
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JapanIndustrial output in Japan shows a surprise drop of 0.7% in July, as export growth slows, the government says.
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Israel, 
West BankIsraeli troops shoot dead a leading Palestinian militant in the West Bank city of Nablus, Palestinians say.
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GermanyHigh definition entertainment is expected to be the focus of the IFA consumer electronics show.
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PakistanA building damaged in last year's earthquake in Pakistan collapse, killing two people, officials say.
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China, 
BotswanaBrazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer signs a $2.7bn deal to deliver 100 jets to Chinese airline HNA Group.
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United StatesHollywood veteran Glenn Ford, who made more than 100 films, dies aged 90 at his home in Beverly Hills.
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BangladeshBangladesh's High Court upholds death sentences against the country's top two Islamic militants.
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EgyptEgypt defender Mohamed Abdelwahab collapses and dies during a training session with club side Ahly.
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Aruba, 
AustraliaA magistrate who approved Australia's first terror-linked control order says the government is turning it into a farce.
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RussiaOrthodox Christianity is made a compulsory school subject in four of Russia's regions.
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Sweden, 
LebanonAid agencies plead for generous pledges as donors gather in Sweden to discuss Lebanese reconstruction.
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Turkey, 
PolandPoland eases restrictions on workers from Eastern Europe and Turkey to fill jobs after a Polish exodus to the West.
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Nigeria, 
NigerNigerian oil workers' unions are to stage a brief strike protest at the lack of security in the Niger Delta.
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UgandaUganda is breaking a recently agreed truce, rebel leader Joseph Kony says as peace talks are set to resume.
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PakistanPakistan's army says it has found the body of tribal leader Akbar Bugti, five days after the assault on his cave.
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ZimbabweZimbabweans express anger at proposed legislation to monitor telephone calls and internet use.
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ThailandA series of small bombs explode near commercial banks in southern Thailand, killing two people.
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Sri LankaThe UN warns it may suspend aid operations in Sri Lanka after the military are accused of killing 17 aid workers.
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United KingdomThe UK government is said to be considering limits for Bulgarians and Romanians seeking jobs in the UK.
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CanadaA Canadian court freezes the worldwide personal assets of media tycoon Lord Conrad Black.
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Iran, United StatesUS politicians oppose a decision to allow former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami to visit the country.
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Hungary, 
Slovakia, Hong KongTensions rise between Slovakia and Hungary after attacks on members of Slovakia's Hungarian minority.
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RwandaRwanda's army says there are delays in paying Darfur peace troops as the African Union lacks cash.
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EgyptThe funeral of Egyptian Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz, who has died aged 94, takes place in Cairo.
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SudanThe UN Security Council approves a peace force for Sudan's Darfur region - but only if Khartoum agrees.
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LebanonLebanese PM Fouad Siniora appeals for help at a donors' meeting to raise money for his country's recovery.
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IranIran says it will not yield to Western pressure, defying a UN deadline to stop sensitive nuclear work.
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MexicoThousands of Mexicans are to be evacuated from their homes as a hurricane sweeps along the coast.
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United StatesLindsay Davenport thrashes Jelena Kostanic 6-0 6-0, while Maria Sharapova drops just one game at the US Open.
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Sweden, LebanonInternational donors meeting in Sweden promise to pay over $900m to help rebuild war-damaged Lebanon.
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MalawiMalawian musician-turned-politician Lucius Banda is jailed for 21 months for faking his school certificate.
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NorwayTwo masterpieces by artist Edvard Munch are recovered two years after being stolen from an Oslo museum.
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IraqPresident George W Bush says that victory in Iraq is essential to victory in the "war on terror".
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Germany, JapanJapan and Germany need to do more to help stimulate the world economy, a United Nations report warns.
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Israel, United KingdomIsraeli police commandos storm the British embassy in Tel Aviv to capture a man who demanded asylum.
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IraqAt least 43 people are killed and 112 wounded in a series of rocket and bomb attacks in Baghdad.
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United StatesNasa awards a multi-billion pound contract to build the next spaceship to take humans to the Moon.
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PakistanSoldiers in Pakistan unearth the body of rebel tribal leader Nawab Akbar Bugti from his cave hideout, the army says.
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IranIran has failed to heed its 31 August deadline to halt uranium enrichment, the UN atomic agency says.
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SudanThe Sudanese government strongly rejects a UN resolution to send a UN peacekeeping force to Darfur.
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United StatesThe leader of a polygamist sect agrees to be extradited to Utah on charges that he arranged marriages between minors and older men.
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ChileA strike at the world's largest privately-owned copper mine, La Escondida in Chile, ends.
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