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AustriaDelegates from 150 countries meet in Vienna to discuss progress on steps to tackle climate change.
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ChinaTwo miners trapped for five days by a cave-in at a Beijing colliery dig their way to safety, Chinese media reports.
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AfghanistanThe women's affairs department in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif has launched a scheme to help women set up their own retail businesses.
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Germany, 
Japan, ChinaGermany urges China to address climate change, but China says it should still be allowed to grow economically.
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United StatesUS summer box office takings surpass $4bn for the first time as comedy Superbad tops the chart.
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CubaCuba publishes an article signed by President Fidel Castro amid speculation among exiles about his health.
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GreeceA 1m euro reward is offered to help catch those suspected of starting Greek forest fires, which have killed 60 people.
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JapanEmbattled Japanese PM Shinzo Abe appoints veteran lawmakers to his Cabinet, in a bid to shore up support.
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ThailandThailand's election commission announces the first post-coup election will be held on 23 December.
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IndiaA strike in protest at deadly bomb blasts shuts down much of the southern Indian city of Hyderabad.
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SudanThe director in Sudan of international aid agency Care says he has been ordered to leave the country.
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IraqFrance's foreign minister offers to apologise to Iraq for seeming to meddle in its internal affairs.
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UgandaMore than 70 people, mainly soldiers, are killed in Uganda when a truck overturns in mountains in the east.
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IndiaHealth officials in the eastern Indian state of Orissa say cholera has killed 80 people in the past 15 days.
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BangladeshFormer Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has her plea for bail turned down by the Supreme Court.
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GreeceFirefighting aircraft from several countries help Greece tackle devastating forest fires that have killed 60 people.
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ChinaA Chinese girl arrives in Beijing after running more than 3,550km (2,200 miles) from the province of Hainan.
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MauritaniaMauritania seizes a boatload of Africans heading for Europe for the first time.
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NigeriaAll waterfront buildings and shacks in Nigeria's oil capital, Port Harcourt are to be demolished, officials say.
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Democratic Republic of the Congo, 
RwandaRegional military chiefs meet in Kigali to plan joint operations against militia groups in eastern DR Congo.
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IsraelA former Israeli chief rabbi causes anger by saying troops die in war because they ignore Jewish law.
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Vietnam, Germany, ChinaFive Vietnamese men go on trial in Germany over the killing of seven people in a Chinese restaurant.
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AfghanistanOpium production in Afghanistan soars by more than a third to record levels, a UN report says.
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PakistanMilitants in a Pakistan tribal area release a video of kidnapped soldiers, showing one of them being beheaded.
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Papua New GuineaHIV/Aids sufferers in parts of Papua New Guinea are being buried alive by relatives, a health worker says.
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GreeceGreek police hold 32 arson suspects as they step up inquiries into fires that have killed dozens of people.
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United StatesUS Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, embroiled in a row over sacked prosecutors, has resigned.
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TurkeyTurkey's army chief warns that the nation's secular system is being threatened by "centres of evil".
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BangladeshA curfew imposed in six major Bangladeshi cities following days of anti-government violence is lifted.
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India, 
United KingdomEngland produce a superb performance to beat India by 42 runs at Edgbaston and go 2-1 up in their one-day series.
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Malawi, United KingdomA Malawian official is given leave to visit London and assess Madonna's suitability to adopt a child.
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Iraq, United StatesThe US president welcomes a deal between Iraq's Shia, Sunni and Kurdish leaders aimed at forging unity.
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FranceMorocco's former interior minister, Driss Basri, who was associated with a time of repression, dies in Paris.
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United Kingdom, United StatesBritain's Andy Murray opens his US Open campaign with a comprehensive win over qualifier Pablo Cuevas.
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United StatesConcern about the US housing market returns as a key survey shows sales have fallen to a near five-year low.
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Kazakhstan, 
RomaniaKazakhstan's state-owned energy group, KazMunaiGaz, buys Romanian oil firm Rompetrol for $2.7bn.
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IraqAt least nine people are killed in a suicide attack at a mosque in the Iraqi city of Falluja, officials say.
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ZimbabweAn agricultural show opens in Zimbabwe's capital Harare, as many in the country face a severe food crisis.
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CanadaThe defence in the multiple murder trial of Canadian pig farmer Robert Pickton is due to begin calling witnesses.
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IranIran has resolved questions from the UN's nuclear watchdog about its plutonium experiments, Tehran says.
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Colombia, United StatesA US court requests the extradition of former Colombian paramilitary boss Carlos Jimenez.
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