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Somalia, 
North Korea, 
JapanThe crew of a North Korean cargo ship, with US Navy help, fights off pirates after an attack off Somalia.
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BurmaA human rights charity claims children are being forcibly recruited into Burma's army due to a lack of adult recruits.
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United StatesUS singer Britney Spears is granted three monitored weekly visits to her two small sons by a US court.
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United States, 
MexicoUS action on the drugs trade is more important than money to help fight it, says Mexico's attorney general.
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United StatesThe US Supreme Court halts a Mississippi execution as the lethal injection method comes under scrutiny.
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United KingdomWomen seeking an abortion should not need approval from two doctors, a British parliamentary committee says.
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ChinaOrganisers of the Beijing Olympics suspend ticket sales until Monday as vast demand crashes their systems.
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Netherlands, 
BelgiumA criminal who escaped from prison in Belgium for the fourth time has been recaptured in the Netherlands.
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IndiaThe police in India's north-eastern Meghalaya state say they have killed five tribal separatists.
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IndiaA four-day World Toilet Summit opens in the Indian capital Delhi with more than 40 countries participating.
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United StatesCIA director Michael Hayden defends the methods used by the US to gain intelligence from terror suspects.
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RussiaAt least seven people are killed and more than 20 injured by a bomb on a bus in a southern Russia city.
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BermudaMotorsport boss Max Mosley says Lewis Hamilton could have a similarly negative effect on Formula One to Michael Schumacher if his success continues.
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India, United StatesA communist ally of India's government does not want early polls despite a rift over a nuclear deal with the US.
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Israel, 
Gaza StripFour people are killed in an Israeli strike on a police station in the southern Gaza Strip, Palestinians say.
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BurmaScores of monks march in Burma for the first time since the government's brutal crackdown on protests.
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ParaguayParaguay's ex-army chief Lino Oviedo is cleared to run for president after his jail term for plotting a 1996 coup is quashed.
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Liberia, United StatesA US report on atrocities committed in Liberia is being given to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
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RussiaEight people are killed and more than 50 hurt by a suspected bomb on a bus in Togliatti, southern Russia.
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IndiaThe Indian state of West Bengal is badly hit by a strike called in protest against political violence.
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South AfricaJake White will leave his post as Springboks coach in December.
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IsraelIsrael's interior minister calls for reforming the law that grants Jews around the world Israeli citizenship.
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United KingdomThe UK is on track to receive about £115m from the European Union, to help cover the costs of its summer floods.
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SpainSecurity forces are on alert in Spain as a court delivers its verdict on the March 2004 Madrid train blasts.
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Iraq, United StatesIraq dismisses a US warning that the Mosul Dam is at risk of collapse and threatens thousands of lives.
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ChinaBeijing introduces a new law to raise standards of food production after a series of damaging scandals.
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SomaliaInternational aid agencies warn of an "unfolding humanitarian catastrophe" after fierce fighting.
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Syria, 
LebanonSyria rejects claims by Lebanon's parliament majority leader, Saad Hariri, that it is plotting to murder him.
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United StatesThe US economy grew at its fastest rate in one and a half years in the summer, a government report says.
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Kenya, United KingdomA Kenyan pastor facing baby snatching charges is accused of conspiracy to commit murder in a UK court.
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AustraliaAustralia's opposition leader is on the defensive after seemingly changing stance on a post-Kyoto agreement.
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United StatesA man faces up to five years' jail after pleading guilty to providing weapons for a plot to attack a US army base.
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Sri LankaSri Lanka's government says it will lift measures to restrict reporting of the civil war, just hours after news of the censorship emerged.
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Nigeria, 
NigerAt least two people are killed in a clash between the Nigerian navy and suspected militants in the Niger Delta.
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PakistanPro-Taleban militants in Pakistan's Swat valley tell the BBC they will fight until Islamic law is enforced.
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United StatesKaren Hughes, long-time adviser to US President George W Bush, announces she is to quit in December.
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SpainA Spanish court sentences 21 men to jail, some for thousands of years, over the 2004 Madrid train bombings.
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France, 
ChadPeople in the Chadian town of Abeche protest about last week's alleged attempt to smuggle children to France.
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Saudi Arabia, United KingdomGordon Brown's talks with King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia were very positive, British officials say.
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RussiaRussia wants "unprecedented" curbs on observers at parliament elections, the OSCE watchdog says.
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Iraq, United StatesHundreds of US diplomats condemn a move to force them to fill vacancies at the Iraq embassy in Baghdad.
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FranceRoger Federer beats Ivo Karlovic in three sets reach the third round of the Paris Masters.
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Israel, United StatesA Chechen rebel leader reportedly describes the US, Britain and Israel as legitimate targets in a holy war.
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