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MexicoMexico braces itself for more flooding, as stormy weather caused by Hurricane Dean continues.
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VietnamA Vietnamese man is reunited with his family, 40 years after he was separated from them during the Vietnam War.
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Iraq, 
United StatesAn influential Republican senator calls for some 5,000 US troops to be withdrawn from Iraq by the year's end.
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AfghanistanTen security guards are killed in a clash with Taleban fighters, and three civilians die in a car bomb attack in southern Afghanistan.
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BotswanaAt least 25 prisoners in a Brazilian jail die after fellow inmates set fire to mattresses in a cell, police say.
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Italy, 
GermanyThe funerals of two of six Italians killed in Germany in an alleged Mafia attack are held amid tight security.
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South Korea, 
North KoreaSouth Korea promises almost $40m more aid to North Korea to help it recover from devastating floods.
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PeruPeru's Prime Minister denies that aid for the earthquake disaster is not being used effectively.
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SpainSpanish police blame Eta separatists for a car bomb in Durango which wounds two policemen.
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IndiaA court in India upholds the sentencing of Bollywood star Salman Khan in a case of poaching.
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PakistanAt least four soldiers are killed in a suicide car bomb attack in north-west Pakistan, officials say.
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GhanaGhana is to begin building a new hydroelectric dam amid concerns of its likely social and environmental impact.
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SudanSudan's government is accused of deploying weapons to Darfur in defiance of a UN arms embargo.
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Sierra LeoneThe opposition All Peoples' Congress wins Sierra Leone's parliamentary polls, but faces a presidential run-off.
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Israel, 
Gaza StripIsrael says it was not responsible for the death of a Palestinian militant in a reported strike on Gaza.
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ArubaStaff in the Australian prime minister's office are accused of editing potentially damaging Wikipedia entries.
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United KingdomDetectives investigating the murder of 11-year-old Rhys Jones believe his killer could be as young as 13.
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ChinaThe wife of a jailed Chinese rights activist is stopped from leaving the country to collect an award, friends say.
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Iraq, United StatesAt least 10 people are killed in fighting in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, between US forces and suspected Shia militants.
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RussiaSecurity forces in Chechnya kill Rustam Basayev, one of the last remaining rebel figures, Russian officials say.
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South Korea, United StatesSouth Korea agrees to resume US beef shipments, suspended after the discovery of bone fragments revived BSE fears.
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NigeriaOfficials hit out at an EU report critical of April's polls, saying it was deliberately trying to incite Nigerians.
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SpainSA's ex-deputy health minister is ordered to repay the cost of an unauthorised trip to a Spanish Aids meeting.
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TurkeyTurkey's Abdullah Gul wins the latest presidential poll - but not by enough votes to prevent a third round.
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United StatesAn US ex-astronaut accused of attempted kidnap asks a court to remove a tracking device from her ankle.
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Turkey, 
BermudaLewis Hamilton says he and McLaren team-mate Fernando Alonso have apologised to one another ahead of this weekend's Turkish GP.
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PakistanPresident Musharraf says he wants reconciliation after his bitterest rival is allowed to return to Pakistan.
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BangladeshThe Bangladeshi authorities detain five senior academics after student unrest across the country.
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Canada, United StatesA new US military appeals court is to hear its first case, that of Canadian Guantanamo Bay inmate Omar Khadr.
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AustriaA giant panda who delivered a cub on Thursday actually gave birth to twins but one died, an Austrian zoo says.
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United StatesStorms continue to drench the US Midwest, which is already enduring record floods.
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ZimbabweA S African minister says there is no need to build camps for people fleeing neighbouring Zimbabwe.
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United StatesA former Ku Klux Klansman is jailed for life in the US for his role in the abduction and murder of two black teenagers.
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BelgiumBelgium's King Albert tries to work out how to end a political impasse after attempts to form a government fail.
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Afghanistan, United KingdomThree British soldiers are killed in Afghanistan by what is believed to be "friendly fire" from a US fighter plane.
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RussiaRussian archaeologists believe they may have found the remains of two children of the last tsar, executed in 1918.
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LebanonThe families of Islamist militants are evacuated from a refugee camp besieged by Lebanese troops.
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Georgia, RussiaGeorgia opens fire on an aircraft believed to be Russian after it violates its airspace, officials say.
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Iraq, United StatesA US commander in Iraq warns against early troop withdrawals, despite growing calls for a pullout.
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India, United KingdomIndia beat England by nine runs in the second one-day international at Bristol to level the series at 1-1.
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GuatemalaEU observers are concerned over political murders in Guatemala ahead of September elections.
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Democratic Republic of the CongoViolent unrest in eastern DR Congo may spark a mass exodus of refugees, the United Nations warns.
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NigeriaNigeria's justice minister says the redenomination of the national currency has been postponed.
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