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Colombia, 
United StatesColombian President Alvaro Uribe urges the US to give extradited drug traffickers longer prison sentences.
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MexicoMexican caterers make a 44-metre (44-yard) sandwich in what they say is the longest "torta" in Latin America.
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Mexico, United StatesA Mexican police chief is charged in the US with having more than $0.5m (£254,000) from suspected drug-trafficking.
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Israel, 
IranIsrael says Iran is near to a nuclear breakthrough, as a deadline for Tehran to respond to a Western offer is set to expire.
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South Africa, 
United KingdomGraeme Smith passes 100 as South Africa chase 281 to win the third Test against England.
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Iraq, United StatesThe US military says it has freed more than 10,000 Iraqi detainees so far in 2008, more than in the whole of 2007.
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ColombiaColombia confronts decade of paramilitary killings
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Bermuda, 
Hong KongMcLaren's Lewis Hamilton is favourite to grab pole as he seeks a hat-trick of victories at the Hungarian Grand Prix.
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Hungary, Bermuda, Hong KongLewis Hamilton confidently eases his McLaren into pole position for Sunday's Grand Prix in Hungary.
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ChinaOlympic organisers deny agreeing to curbs on internet access for foreign journalists at the Beijing Games next week.
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Afghanistan, 
FranceA French aid organisation says two of its workers have been freed after being held hostage in Afghanistan.
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AfghanistanA bride and groom are among at least 10 people killed as an explosion hits a wedding party bus in southern Afghanistan.
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Sri LankaPakistan offers to investigate the bombing of India's Kabul embassy after claims its spy agency was involved, India says.
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Antigua and Barbuda, United KingdomAntigua police say every effort is being made to catch a gunman who killed a UK bride and left her husband in a coma.
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South Africa, United KingdomGraeme Smith leads South Africa to a five-wicket win against England in the third Test to seal the series 2-0.
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Iran, 
GermanyIran's president says it will not retreat "one iota" on its nuclear programme, on the day of an international deadline.
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Iraq, United StatesTwo American soldiers are charged with the premeditated murder of an Iraqi prisoner, US military officials say.
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TurkeyA number of suspects are arrested over bombings in Istanbul that killed 17 people, Turkey's interior minister says.
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United StatesA 12-year-old girl who fell 14 floors down a chimney in New York is saved by a pile of soot at the bottom.
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Georgia, 
RussiaThe separatist government in the breakaway Georgian province of South Ossetia evacuates children to Russia after renewed violence.
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South Africa, United KingdomEngland captain Michael Vaughan admits his poor batting against South Africa has put his place in question.
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United Kingdom, United StatesClark Rockefeller, who is accused of snatching his UK-based daughter during a supervised visit to the US, is now in custody.
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YemenStephanie Hancock discovers Yemen's national pastime - chewing qat plants.
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ChinaHugh Sykes is able to go exploring in China unescorted in the run-up to the Olympics.
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