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ChileA retired Chilean general becomes the first top officer of the Pinochet era to get a life term for rights violations.
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United Kingdom, 
United StatesThe US will continue to stop personnel appearing at UK inquests into "friendly fire" deaths, a report says.
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North Korea, 
JapanJapan is considering aid for North Korea, its first since 2004 when it halted shipments over the abduction issue.
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IndiaIndia invites defence contractors to enter the bidding contest to supply 126 war planes in a $10bn deal.
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North KoreaSouth Korean officials and Taleban militants are to hold talks on the release of 19 hostages, officials say.
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GreeceGreece promises to speed up compensation for those affected by the forest fires which have killed 63 people.
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ChinaChina is planning to deploy two virtual police officers to patrol the internet, state media says.
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SudanSudan and the UN launch an appeal to raise $20m to help more than 400,000 people hit by recent flooding.
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United KingdomA statue of Nelson Mandela is unveiled in Parliament Square in central London.
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Israel, 
Colombia, 
RussiaColombia is to ask Russia to extradite an Israeli mercenary convicted of training paramilitaries.
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GuatemalaA political candidate has been shot dead in Guatemala, amid a wave of violence ahead of elections.
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Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia bans the influential pan-Arab newspaper al-Hayat, after it criticises the government.
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Iraq, 
Iran, United StatesThe US military admits that arresting eight Iranians in Baghdad was a "regrettable incident".
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Afghanistan, United StatesA suicide bomber kills six people at a market in the eastern Afghan province of Paktika, officials say.
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IraqIraqi PM Nouri Maliki imposes a curfew in Karbala after fierce fighting that killed more than 50 people.
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United KingdomChristine Ohuruogu leads a British one-two in the World Championships with a stunning victory in the women's 400m.
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United KingdomA statue of Nelson Mandela is unveiled in Parliament Square in central London.
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CanadaThe youngest Canadian to face a death sentence is acquitted 48 years after he was sentenced for rape and murder.
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Belgium, ChinaBrussels decides to retain import tariffs on Chinese-made energy-efficient light bulbs for another year.
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Iraq, United StatesA US army officer who ran the interrogation unit of Iraq's Abu Ghraib jail avoids being imprisoned.
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PakistanFormer Pakistani PM Benazir Bhutto says she is close to a deal to share power with President Musharraf.
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United StatesAmerican 100m champion Tyson Gay reaches the semi-finals of the 200m at the World Championships in Osaka.
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Afghanistan, North KoreaTaleban rebels in Afghanistan free 12 of the 19 South Korean hostages they have been holding since July.
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IraqThe Iraqi Shia cleric, Moqtada Sadr, says he is freezing the activities of his Mehdi Army militia for six months.
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TurkeyTurkish President Abdullah Gul approves a cabinet led by his former boss in the Islamist-rooted AK Party.
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India, JapanThe Indian motor company, Ashok Leyland, and Nissan of Japan agree to form a partnership to produce vehicles.
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GreeceWildfires in Greece are beaten back by firefighters, as anger over the government's handling of the crisis grows.
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United KingdomBritish film Atonement, starring Keira Knightley, raises the curtain on the Venice Film Festival.
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United StatesThere is no evidence that US astronauts have been drunk on space missions, Nasa's top safety chief reports.
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IndiaTaj Mahal, India's famous monument to love, is shut to tourists after violence rocks the city of Agra, officials say.
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Serbia and Montenegro, 
CroatiaSerbia is to return prized Lipizzaner horses to Croatia, 16 years after the animals were captured in war.
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JordanThe head of a Jordanian prison is dismissed two days after 100 inmates deliberately injure themselves.
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IsraelFormer Zambia international Chaswe Nsofwa collapses and dies during training in Israel.
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United StatesUS shares rebound from Tuesday's heavy falls caused by credit worries, dragging European markets higher.
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Libya, United KingdomThe UK coastguard tries to avert a human trafficking tragedy off the north African coast.
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Gaza StripThree Palestinian children have been killed by an Israeli tank shell fired in the Gaza Strip, officials say.
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United StatesPressure mounts on a US Republican senator to resign over his arrest in a men's toilet for disorderly conduct.
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Cuba, United StatesCuba pulls its boxing team out of the world championships in the US in order to avoid defections.
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