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India, 
United StatesPolitical uncertainty deepens in India with the government's communist allies opposing the nuclear deal with the US.
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PakistanAt least three soldiers die in an apparent suicide attack in north-western Pakistan, officials say.
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ChinaThe search for 181 trapped miners in China continues, as officials warn there is little hope they are alive.
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ChinaChinese action star Jet Li voices frustration that his Hollywood films do not get shown in his home country.
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MexicoOil prices fall after the likelihood of Hurricane Dean hitting key facilities in the Gulf of Mexico appear to diminish.
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JamaicaJamaica's south coast is pounded by Hurricane Dean, which is now threatening the Caymans and Mexican resorts.
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IndiaBollywood star Sanjay Dutt, sentenced in connection with buying illegal weapons in 1993, is given bail.
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Iraq, 
SyriaIraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki is in Damascus for his first visit to Syria since taking office last year.
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Sierra LeoneSierra Leone's two leading opposition candidates form an alliance ahead of a likely presidential election run-off.
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ThailandThailand's military-backed government wins 58% of the vote on a new constitution, final results show.
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Mexico, United StatesA Mexican woman whose battle to stay in the US with her US-born son attracted national attention is deported.
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IranSenior officials from the UN's nuclear agency hold a third round of talks in Tehran on Iran's nuclear programme.
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AustraliaAustralia closes a controversial immigration detention centre it says is not needed any more.
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ArubaAn Australian woman is killed by her pet camel when the animal apparently tried to have sex with her, police say.
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Israel, 
SudanIsrael refuses to accept any more illegal entrants, including refugees from Sudan's war-torn region of Darfur.
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LiberiaThe trial of ex-Liberian President Charles Taylor for war crimes is postponed until January 2008.
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South KoreaSouth Korea's main opposition party selects former Seoul Mayor Lee Myung-bak to run for president.
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Afghanistan, 
GermanyA German woman kidnapped at gunpoint in the Afghan capital Kabul is released after a day in captivity.
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PakistanPakistani all-rounder Abdul Razzaq joins Worcestershire after retiring from international cricket.
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South AfricaS Africa's government denies reports the health minister had a liver transplant while suffering from alcoholism.
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United StatesA two-week heatwave in the southern and midwestern US has caused at least 43 deaths, officials say.
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GermanyGermany releases an ex-left-wing militant, Eva Haule, jailed for life in 1994 for attacks that killed three Americans.
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JapanA Taiwanese China Airlines plane is destroyed by fire at an airport in Okinawa, but all on board escape safely.
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ChinaUnsafe sex becomes the main means of transmission of HIV/Aids in China, overtaking injecting drug use.
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United KingdomBritain has asked the European Commission for cash to deal with the floods crisis which hit parts of England.
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RussiaA Russian opposition activist leaves a psychiatric clinic where colleagues say she had been incarcerated.
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United StatesUS stocks edge up, mirroring the pattern of other world shares, after last week's market volatility.
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TurkeyThe frontrunner for Turkey's presidency, Abdullah Gul, fails to win the presidency outright in a parliamentary vote.
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NigeriaAuthorities investigate a church-owned Nigerian university which imposed compulsory HIV testing on its students.
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IsraelSix members of the Palestinian militant group, Hamas, are killed by an Israeli missile strike in Gaza, officials say.
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Pakistan, IndiaPakistan trio Inzamam-ul-Haq, Mohammad Yousuf and Abdul Razzaq head a list of stars joining the rebel Indian league.
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PakistanPakistan's Chief Justice tells a senior official to produce a missing man by Tuesday or face time in jail himself.
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PeruRescuers call off the search for survivors from last week's quake in Peru as the focus switches to relief efforts.
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UgandaUganda asks for the views of victims on the setting up of war crimes courts to deal with atrocities in the north.
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Gaza StripThe EU says it has stopped paying for fuel supplies in Gaza, accusing Hamas of attempting to profit from it.
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United StatesUS property tycoon Leona Helmsley, who famously said "only the little people pay taxes", dies aged 87.
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PakistanA Pakistani computer expert alleged to have had al-Qaeda links is freed without charge after three years in custody.
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IraqThe governor of Iraq's southern Muthana province is killed by a roadside bomb in the capital, Samawa.
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FranceFrance's president announces new measures to deal with sex offenders in response to a paedophile scandal.
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BangladeshAt least 50 Bangladeshi students are injured in running battles with riot police in the capital, Dhaka.
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Iraq, United StatesThe court martial starts of the only US Army officer charged over the abuse scandal at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison.
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AustriaAustrian ex-kidnap victim Natascha Kampusch says her pity for her captor has risen in the year since her escape.
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Cuba, United StatesFive Cubans found guilty of spying in the US seek a retrial, saying anti-Castro bias fuelled their convictions.
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