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Iraq, 
United StatesA US soldier is sentenced to 110 years over the rape and murder of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and her family.
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Brazil, 
BotswanaThe head of Brazil's airports authority is replaced in the wake of the country's worst air crash last month.
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Argentina, 
United KingdomThe UK and Argentina held secret talks over the future of the Falklands in the 1970s, it has emerged.
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United StatesBarry Bonds hits his 755th home run to equal the long-standing record of baseball legend Hank Aaron.
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JapanInternational inspectors arrive in Japan to examine the nuclear power plant damaged in last month's earthquake.
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United StatesUS legislators adopt a radical new energy bill, supporting renewable fuels and cutting tax breaks to oil firms.
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Nicaragua, 
Iran, United StatesIran will invest in Nicaraguan infrastructure in return for farm products, in a deal the US views with suspicion.
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United KingdomThe strain of foot-and-mouth found at a UK farm is identical to one used at a nearby laboratory, says Defra.
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ChinaChina tones down "coarsely worded" slogans promoting its one-child policy, issuing a list of 190 acceptable sayings.
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Nepal, 
IndiaAt least 240 people are now known to have died in floods affecting northern India, Bangladesh and Nepal.
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Hong KongFernando Alonso is stripped of pole for the Hungarian Grand Prix after impeding Lewis Hamilton in qualifying.
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Bermuda, Hong KongLewis Hamilton wins the Hungarian Grand Prix with Kimi Raikkonen second and Nick Heidfeld third.
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IsraelElderly survivors of the Nazi Holocaust accuse the Israeli government of failing to provide for them adequately.
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Hungary, Bermuda, Hong KongMcLaren's Lewis Hamilton beats Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen to win the Hungarian Grand Prix and extend his championship lead.
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Iraq, United StatesUS troops say they have killed an al-Qaeda leader behind attacks on an important Shia shrine in Samarra.
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PolandThe future of Poland's ruling coalition is in doubt after the junior party pulls its ministers out of the cabinet.
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RomaniaAuthorities have ordered the slaughter of 20,000 pigs, after an outbreak of swine fever in western Romania.
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PortugalPolice in Portugal have ended a two-day search at the home of official suspect Robert Murat.
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IsraelHundreds of Holocaust survivors protest in Israel, accusing the government of failing to provide for them.
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Democratic Republic of the CongoPeople in the Republic of Congo vote in the second round of general elections, amid allegations of fraud.
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FranceFrance's most senior Catholic prelate, Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger, has died in Paris, aged 80.
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United KingdomA health and safety inspection is being carried out at the laboratories linked to the UK foot-and-mouth outbreak.
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