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United KingdomA love letter from Napoleon to his future wife, Josephine, is sold at auction in London for £276,000.
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United StatesUS private equity group Blackstone is buying the Hilton Hotels chain for $26bn (£13bn) in an all-cash deal.
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IndiaIndian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee is to begin talks with Indian diplomats aimed improving ties with Africa.
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United KingdomEight people arrested over failed car bombings in Glasgow and London all have links with the NHS.
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PakistanA Pakistani government deadline for students at a mosque to surrender after deadly clashes has passed.
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India, 
Aruba, United KingdomAustralian police are granted two more days to hold an Indian doctor in connection with failed UK terror plots.
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MalaysiaA Malaysian judge rejects opposition politician Anwar Ibrahim's case against ex-PM Mahathir Mohamad.
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GhanaAfrican leaders end their summit in Ghana without reaching agreement on setting up a pan-African government.
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GermanyActor Tom Cruise and the makers of his new movie are banned from filming at a Berlin memorial site.
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Paraguay, 
Venezuela, 
BrazilHugo Chavez sets a September deadline for Brazil and Paraguay to back Venezuela's membership of Mercosur.
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ChinaA trial has begun of 12 people accused of involvement in a slave labour scandal in northern China.
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North KoreaShares in South Korean firms reach all-time highs, lifted by rare conciliatory comments made by the North Korea leader Kim Jong-il.
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ChileExperts in Chile say the disappearance of a lake in the south of the country was caused by climate change.
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Yemen, 
SpainSeven Spanish tourists killed in a suicide bombing while touring a temple in Yemen have been flown home.
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United KingdomSecurity experts consider easing the estimate of the terrorist threat to the UK as six suspects are held.
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Nigeria, 
NigerUnknown attackers kidnap five foreign workers from an oil rig in Nigeria's volatile Niger Delta.
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SpainThe European Commission fines Spain's Telefonica for stifling competition in the broadband market.
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ChinaA Chinese government report has found that nearly 20% of products made in the country are below standard.
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PakistanAbout 700 students surrender at a mosque which security forces are besieging in Pakistan's capital.
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IsraelHamas leader Ismail Haniya says he would like to end the abduction of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.
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BangladeshKumar Sangakkara hits a double century as Bangladesh close the second day of the second Test 320 behind at 69-4.
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Nigeria, GhanaA Ghanaian registered boat is rescued off Nigeria's southern coast with over 200 West Africans on board.
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Afghanistan, GermanyA German citizen, missing since the end of June, is believed to have been kidnapped in Afghanistan, Berlin says.
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Portugal, BrazilLeaders gather in the Portuguese capital for the first summit between the European Union and Brazil.
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Kenya, 
UgandaKenya investigates claims that scores of people were killed with rockets fired by the Ugandan army.
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Lithuania, 
Poland, 
RussiaRussia's first deputy prime minister raises the idea of basing new missiles close to Poland and Lithuania.
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China, United StatesA US-made documentary about a massacre of Chinese citizens in the 1930s has its premiere in Beijing.
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IndiaA 15-year-old Indian boy who allegedly performed surgery to set a record gives himself up to police.
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ColombiaColombian rebels release a video of seven hostages urging the government to make a deal to free them.
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EthiopiaHuman Rights Watch says Ethiopia's crackdown on Ogaden rebels is forcing thousands from their homes.
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Belgium, 
RwandaA former Rwandan officer is found guilty of murdering 10 Belgian peacekeepers during the 1994 genocide.
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ChileOne of the most notorious figures from Chile's former military regime, Osvaldo Romo, has died in prison.
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IraqAt least 15 people are killed in a suicide car bombing at a checkpoint east of the Iraqi city of Ramadi, police say.
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PakistanThe leader at a mosque besieged by Pakistani forces in Islamabad is caught trying to escape wearing a burqa.
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AfghanistanSix Nato soldiers from Canada and their Afghan interpreter die when their vehicle hits a roadside bomb near Kandahar.
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Afghanistan, PakistanAt least five Pakistani soldiers die in a suicide attack near the Afghan border in north-west Pakistan, officials say.
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GeorgiaSome 2.5m people are left without electricity in eastern Georgia after two power lines are damaged, officials say.
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