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United StatesUS Sikh groups express anger over changes allowing more rigorous turban checks at airports.
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ColombiaA leading Colombian paramilitary leader is accused of running a drugs empire from prison and loses privileges.
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GreeceGreece asks the European Union for assistance as wildfires, which have killed 27, blaze out of control.
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Iraq, United StatesA US soldier will leave Iraq under special dispensation after losing both of his brothers in fighting there.
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United KingdomA European ban on exports of British livestock, meat and dairy products, imposed after the foot-and-mouth outbreak, is lifted.
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PanamaA US judge refuses to block the extradition of Panama's ex-leader to France, where he faces a jail term.
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MalaysiaMalaysia closes a newspaper for a month after it runs a picture of Jesus with a cigarette.
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India, United KingdomCaptain Paul Collingwood is fined an estimated £1,250 for England's slow over rate in the one-day defeat by India in Bristol.
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AustraliaAn outbreak of equine influenza hits Australia's horse-racing industry, causing meetings to be cancelled.
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IndiaBollywood star Salman Khan is arrested in India after a Rajasthan court upholds a prison sentence for poaching.
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ChinaChina says it is to draft new laws to tackle the growing gender imbalance, with boys outnumbering girls.
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Afghanistan, 
PakistanA senior Pakistani paramilitary officer is abducted along with three others near the Afghan border, officials say.
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FranceRaymond Barre, French prime minister for five years from 1976 to 1981, dies in Paris at the age of 83.
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BrazilThe BBC's Gary Duffy reports on an alarming phone scam in Brazil in which bogus kidnap claims are used to extort ransoms.
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EgyptJon Donnison has his wallet stolen in Cairo and discovers why many people are scared of falling on the wrong side of the law.
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Turkey, 
BermudaFerrari's Felipe Massa will start on pole in Sunday's Turkish Grand Prix ahead of McLaren's Lewis Hamilton.
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PakistanPakistan says it has tested a Hatf-VIII cruise missile capable of carrying nuclear weapons.
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IsraelSeven Palestinians - at least five militants - are killed by Israeli troops in Israeli and Palestinian territory.
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United StatesFloods from a week of storms in the US Midwest swamp thousands of homes and cause power blackouts.
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SudanSudan says an EU envoy who was ordered to leave will now be allowed to remain until his term ends.
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North KoreaNorth Korean floods have left 600 people dead or missing and thousands more homeless, state media says.
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IraqA ban on two-wheelers and hand carts is imposed in Baghdad ahead of an important Shia pilgrimage.
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GreeceSome 46 bodies are discovered as emergency services battle raging forest fires in southern Greece.
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CanadaA hot air balloon in Canada has burst into flames, killing two people and injuring eleven others.
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ArubaControversial Australian comedian Brendon Burns wins the Edinburgh Fringe Festival's top comedy prize.
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