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United StatesEngland's Nick Dougherty cards a superb two-under 68 to claim the first-round lead at Oakmont Country Club.
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United StatesUS Senate leaders agree to revive debate on a controversial immigration bill after it stalled last week.
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United StatesA US jury convicts an ex-Ku Klux Klan member over the deaths of two black teenagers in 1964.
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GuineaThousands of girls in Guinea face abuse as domestic workers, a human rights report concludes.
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RussiaA study says Russian men risk death drinking aftershave and cleaning agents with high alcohol levels.
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ThailandA roadside bomb blast kills at least seven soldiers patrolling in southern Thailand, police officials say.
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Nigeria, 
NigerA freed Nigerian oil militant vows to continue his struggle to keep more oil wealth in the Niger Delta.
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Sri LankaA international panel set up to monitor a Sri Lankan probe into rights abuses warns it could end in failure.
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United Kingdom, United StatesA weight loss drug used widely in the UK is rejected by US safety officials over fears of an increased suicide risk.
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Russia, United KingdomRussia launches a spying case over claims by the man the UK accuses of killing ex-KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko.
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ChinaAustralian PM John Howard has met the Dalai Lama in Sydney, amid fierce opposition from China.
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Syria, 
LebanonA Lebanese TV news presenter is sacked for gloating over the killing of a leading anti-Syrian MP.
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SwitzerlandSwitzerland opens the world's longest rail tunnel on land - the 34km Loetschberg tunnel under the Alps.
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United StatesAuction website eBay pulls its US advertising from search engine giant and adversary Google.
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LebanonFour Lebanese soldiers die during fresh clashes between the army and Islamist militants in a Palestinian refugee camp.
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ZimbabweZimbabwe's internet providers condemn the law to let the government monitor e-mails and other communications.
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IndonesiaIndonesian police say they have captured the head of the Islamist group blamed for the 2002 Bali bombs.
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TurkeyTurkey's president calls a referendum on a government plan to have his successor elected by the people.
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United KingdomDowning Street has indicated the treaty that emerges from next week's EU summit will not be put to a referendum.
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ItalyTwo trains have collided on the Italian island of Sardinia, killing at least three people, including one Briton, and injuring seven others.
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Somalia, United StatesFive people are killed when a grenade is thrown at a cinema in the central Somali town of Baidoa.
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ArubaAn Australian inquiry says it found cases of child sex abuse in every aboriginal community visited.
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PhilippinesA bomb blast on a bus in the southern Philippines kills at least five people and injures five others, police say.
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IsraelIsrael's new Labour Party chief and former PM, Ehud Barak, is appointed the country's defence minister.
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MalawiMalawi's Supreme Court says MPs who switch parties can be expelled, which could bring down the government.
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AfghanistanAt least six children and three adult civilians die in a suicide attack on a Nato convoy in the Afghan province of Uruzgan, police say.
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PakistanPolice in Pakistan say they have arrested twelve people in connection with an attack which left nine people dead.
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ThailandOusted Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra calls for fresh elections in a video shown to supporters in Bangkok.
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RussiaRussia warns Nato it could freeze participation in Europe's arms control pact, after talks end in deadlock.
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Democratic Republic of the CongoTwo Democratic Republic of Congo soldiers are put on trial for the killing of a prominent journalist.
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United StatesSouth American football nations ask Fifa to suspend its ban on international games at high altitude.
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Iraq, United StatesThe US military says all the extra troops sent to Iraq in the "surge" strategy are in place, ready to operate fully.
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SloveniaSlovenia is to honour two Pakistani pilots who carried out the daring rescue of a mountaineer.
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United StatesMcLaren's Fernando Alonso records the fastest laps in each of the practice sessions for Sunday's United States Grand Prix.
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Austria, RussiaMoscow demands the release of a Russian space agency official who was arrested in Austria on suspicion of spying.
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United StatesThe US prosecutor in a high-profile case where three lacrosse players were cleared of rape says he will resign.
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FranceFrench police probe how two illegal immigrants ended up working at a residence used by President Sarkozy.
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IranIndian-born Salman Rushdie, who went into hiding after an Iranian fatwa, is knighted by the Queen.
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United KingdomKGB defector Oleg Gordievsky is honoured with the same title held by fictional spook James Bond.
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United StatesThe US military's outgoing top commander says he opposed plans to replace him at the end of his term.
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