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Taiwan, 
ChinaTaiwan prepares to make its 15th attempt to become a member of the UN - a bid fiercely opposed by China.
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ArgentinaDemonstrations are staged across Argentina to mark a year since a key witness in a human rights trial vanished.
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IndiaAnother 4,000 police are sacked in India's Uttar Pradesh state over claims they were recruited illegally.
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ChinaChinese petitioners appealing to the government against injustices are ordered to leave their Beijing homes.
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Afghanistan, 
United KingdomA British-led multinational force launches an offensive against the Taleban in the southern Afghanistan.
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JapanThe Bank of Japan opts to keep interest rates unchanged at 0.5% for the seventh month in a row.
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India, 
United StatesIndia's ruling alliance is meeting its communist allies after the latter asks to put on hold a nuclear deal with US.
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United StatesEx-US footballer OJ Simpson faces charges, including kidnapping, over an alleged armed robbery in Las Vegas.
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SomaliaSomali insurgents launch a rocket attack on an army base in southern Mogadishu, killing at least two civilians.
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New Zealand, 
AustraliaPolice searching for the parents of a girl abandoned in Australia find a woman's body at the child's NZ home.
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NigeriaNigerian President Yar'Adua orders an inquiry into claims that state officials are linked to criminal gangs.
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MexicoMexican billionaire Carlos Slim - the world's richest person - opens a health centre for Latin America's poor.
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Israel, United StatesThe US secretary of state says "critical issues" will be tackled at a Mid-East peace conference later this year.
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ZimbabweSouth African Archbishop Desmond Tutu says tougher action is needed to end the crisis in Zimbabwe.
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ChinaTyphoon Wipha pummels China's east coast, but Shanghai is likely to escape the worst of the storm.
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Iran, United StatesThe US secretary of state attacks the UN nuclear chief for urging caution on military intervention in Iran.
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PeruHundreds of people in Peru require treatment after visiting what some say is a meteorite impact site.
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Iraq, United StatesThe US suspends all road journeys by its diplomats in Iraq outside Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone.
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CambodiaPol Pot's former deputy is arrested in Cambodia and charged with war crimes by a UN-backed genocide tribunal.
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GreeceA new centre-right government takes office in Greece, after PM Costas Karamanlis's election win.
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Sri LankaA presidential commission in Sri Lanka investigating human rights abuses is in danger of failing, observers say.
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BurmaThousands of monks march through several Burmese cities in a new wave of protest against the ruling junta.
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United StatesUS, Asian and European markets advance after the US Federal Reserve cuts interest rates for the first time in four years.
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United StatesThe Pope refused to meet US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice last month, Vatican sources say.
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United StatesUS inflation fell slightly in August, dipping by 0.1% after a sharp drop in energy prices, figures show.
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TurkeyTurkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan calls for lifting a ban on headscarves at state universities.
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NepalNepal's governing alliance meets former Maoist rebels to try to persuade them to rejoin the interim coalition.
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United StatesA US high school teacher is suing her employers for the right to carry a concealed handgun to work.
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KenyaKenya's Anti-Corruption Commission says its ability to investigate corrupt politicians has been sabotaged
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MaliTuareg rebels who ambushed a Malian army base last week agree a truce and promise to free captured soldiers.
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Israel, IranTehran has plans to bomb Israel if it launches an attack on Iranian soil first, military officials say.
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India, United KingdomYuvraj Singh is the first player in Twenty20 history to hit six sixes in an over in India's match against England.
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Sierra LeoneSierra Leone's new president assures the outgoing government of their safety, after days of violence.
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Israel, 
Gaza StripIsrael declares the Gaza Strip a "hostile entity", which may lead to it cutting off vital fuel and electricity supplies.
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LebanonAnti-Syrian MP Antoine Ghanim is killed in a car bombing in a mainly Christian suburb of Beirut.
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Portugal, 
Italy, United KingdomItaly warm up for their crunch group game with Scotland with another disjointed win over a determined and well-organised Portugal.
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United StatesEx-US footballer OJ Simpson is freed on bail after appearing in court over an alleged armed robbery in Las Vegas.
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Iraq, United StatesUS and Iraq set up a joint commission to investigate a deadly shootout in Baghdad involving a US security firm.
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TaiwanThe UN again rejects a membership bid from Taiwan as the general assembly begins in New York.
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GeorgiaA team of scientists working in Georgia unearths the remains of four primitive human ancestors dating to 1.8 million years ago.
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FranceFrance's president vows to cut thousands of civil service jobs, as unions threaten strikes over pension reform.
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