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NigeriaSeveral people are feared dead after soldiers and militants clash in Nigeria's oil city of Port Harcourt.
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GreeceA huge forest fire sweeps across the northern outskirts of the Greek capital, forcing hundreds to flee.
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South Korea, 
JapanThe Dow Jones rallies in late trading after a day of market chaos, which saw the FTSE 100 losing 4.1%.
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India, 
ArubaAustralian Prime Minister John Howard defends his controversial decision to sell uranium to India.
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ChinaBeijing begins a four-day trial of a car reduction scheme aimed at cutting the city's notorious pollution.
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Afghanistan, 
North KoreaTwo South Korean hostages held for almost a month by Taleban insurgents in Afghanistan arrive home.
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United StatesUS Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani says he is not in favour of the creation of Palestinian state.
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AfghanistanA senior official in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar is killed in a suicide bomb attack, police say.
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GreeceFirefighters tackling a blaze which burnt dozens of homes in an Athens suburb say the fire is under control.
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United StatesAid group Care rejects $45m worth of US food aid saying it destroys local agriculture, particularly in Africa.
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ChinaPollution is a health risk for some visitors to Beijing's Olympics, the WHO says, as the city tries to cut car use.
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Zimbabwe, 
AustraliaAustralia says it will deport eight students whose parents are colleagues of Zimbabwe's leader Robert Mugabe.
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South AfricaFormer SA Police Minister Adriaan Vlok gets a suspended jail sentence for plotting to kill an anti-apartheid activist.
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Democratic Republic of the CongoA female gorilla and its infant, part of a group attacked by gunmen, are dead, say conservationists in DR Congo.
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North KoreaSouth Korea says it is sending $7.5m worth of emergency aid to North Korea following devastating floods.
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GreecePrime Minister Costas Karamanlis confirms that Greece will hold a snap parliamentary election on 16 September.
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PeruSearches continue for survivors of the earthquake that hit Peru's central coast, amid a series of fresh tremors.
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Kenya, ChinaA Chinese firm is to recall anti-malarial drugs supplied to Kenya after discovering a counterfeit syndicate.
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IraqOfficials in Iraq say 344 people died in Tuesday's bomb attacks against the minority Yazidi community.
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United StatesTwo more bodies are pulled from the Minnesota bridge wreckage, bringing the number of confirmed dead to 11.
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NigeriaCouples must first take an HIV test before they will be allowed to marry, Nigeria's Anglican Church says.
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India, United StatesCommunist allies of India's government discuss their opposition to a landmark nuclear deal with the US.
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ZimbabweA standby force is launched by southern African leaders at a summit where Zimbabwe's crisis is on the agenda.
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IndiaFresh rains in north India hit new areas and worsen regions already struck by some of the worst floods in 30 years.
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Italy, 
GermanyAn Italian bishop urges women to help end a village's inter-clan feud, believed linked to six murders in Germany.
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RussiaRussia resumes a Soviet-era practice of long-range bomber flights, President Putin says, citing security worries.
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GermanyShane Warne is considering an application for a German passport so he can play county cricket as a non-overseas player.
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Saudi Arabia, 
SyriaClaims from Syria that Saudi Arabian foreign policy is in paralysis provoke a furious response from the kingdom.
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RussiaThe BBC's service is dropped by its last Russian FM radio partner on the orders of the media regulator.
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IraqInterpol circulates an arrest warrant for Raghad Saddam Hussein, the eldest daughter of the former Iraqi leader.
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UgandaUganda's government rejects a call by the country's gay community for recognition and equal rights.
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GreeceA Greek Orthodox priest is charged with blowing up a car belonging to a man he suspected of being his wife's lover.
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United StatesTwo men accused of organising dog fights, alongside Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick, plead guilty.
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United StatesUnderground efforts to find six trapped US coal miners are halted indefinitely after three rescuers are killed.
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JapanUN experts say earthquake damage to the world's largest nuclear power plant, in Japan, appears to be limited.
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GuatemalaThe owner of a Guatemalan children's home under investigation says infants' health is at risk while the row goes on.
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United StatesSix US citizens who, as children, were used in an experiment to induce stuttering win nearly $1m in damages.
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RwandaKing Kigeli Ndahindurwa V, who ruled Rwanda until his overthrow in 1959, says he wants to return home.
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