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ChinaThe best places to eat, drink and shop in China's capital
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MexicoFormer US President Bill Clinton calls for the cost of HIV drugs to be kept down, in a speech to Mexico conference.
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NepalThe government of Nepal and the UN warn that hundreds of thousands of people are facing severe food shortages.
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AlbaniaAn Albanian family among the Serbs of north Kosovo
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JapanTaro Aso, the man who could be Japan's next prime minister, reportedly likens the opposition to the Nazis.
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South Africa, 
United KingdomKevin Pietersen starts his new job as England captain at The Oval on Tuesday, with Thursday's fourth Test against South Africa looming.
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JordanA new Jewish colony takes shape in the Jordan Valley
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ChinaChina's track hero leads our picks
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South KoreaScientists in South Korea say they have successfully completed the world's first commercial cloning of a pet dog.
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LebanonThe new Lebanese cabinet unanimously approves a policy statement aimed at ending the country's political deadlock.
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JapanA Tokyo worker is killed and four are reported missing after being struck by sewage surging through a drain.
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United StatesUS presidential hopeful Barack Obama outlines his plans to tackle the cost of energy and its impact on the US economy.
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United StatesFormer US President Bill Clinton says lack of health services, not money, is the main challenge to fighting Aids in Africa.
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United KingdomUK mortgage lender Northern Rock reports a bigger-than-expected loss of £585m for the first six months of the year.
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ChinaChina stresses the Beijing Olympics will be safe, following an attack that killed 16 policemen in the north-west of the country.
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United StatesThe US revokes visas of three postgraduate students from Gaza whose cases it championed at the highest levels.
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ChinaAn earthquake rocks China's Sichuan province, devastated by a powerful quake three months ago.
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South AfricaSouth Africa's ruling party leader will find out next month whether corruption charges against him will be dropped.
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BangladeshCandidates backed by the Awami League in Bangladesh perform strongly in local elections, officials say.
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AngolaAngola's leader says parliamentary elections will be held every four years, ahead of the first polls in 16 years.
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GeorgiaRussia warns it will intervene in Georgia's breakaway South Ossetia region if violence there escalates.
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IndiaA demonstrator is shot dead by police during land protests in Jammu in Indian-administered Kashmir, officials say.
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IndiaThe world will fail to reach millennium development goals unless India improves healthcare for children, the UN says.
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IranIran suspends the punishment of death by stoning, handed down for adultery in the Islamic republic, but rarely carried out.
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GhanaDumped computers cause toxic concerns in Ghana
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IraqIraqi political leaders again postpone a vote by MPs on a draft provincial election law seen as crucial for reconciliation.
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IranIran says it has sent a message to the EU, but not a response to the latest proposals on its nuclear programme.
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NigeriaSoldiers attack a village in Nigeria's Delta region looking for militants and find missiles.
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PakistanMore than 30 people die in torrential rains and floods in north west Pakistan, officials say.
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RussiaSolzhenitsyn drew on Russian tradition to expose evil
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PakistanSuspected pro-Taleban militants burn down three girls' high schools in the Swat valley of north-west Pakistan, officials say.
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France, 
RwandaRwanda's government accuses France of playing an active role in the 1994 genocide.
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Italy, 
SomaliaTwo Italian aid workers kidnapped in Somalia in May are released and are in good health, Italy's foreign minister said.
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Iraq, United KingdomDes Browne says reports UK soldiers delayed helping Iraqi troops in Basra because of a deal with militiamen are "simply not true".
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United StatesUS authorities charge 11 people over the alleged theft of credit card details in the country's largest ID theft case.
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United StatesThe US Federal Reserve keeps its key interest rate on hold at 2%, as widely expected, amid recession and inflation fears.
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United StatesStock markets rally strongly in the US and Europe on the back of a continued fall in the price of oil.
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United StatesUS authorities charge 11 people over the alleged theft of credit card details in the country's largest ID theft case.
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BurmaThree months on, Burmese villagers are still struggling
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FranceWhy Rwanda has issued allegations against France
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NetherlandsA new class of cosmic object has been found by a 25-year-old Dutch schoolteacher through an online astronomy project.
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Bolivia, 
Argentina, 
VenezuelaThe leaders of Venezuela and Argentina cancel a trip to Bolivia after clashes between police and opponents of President Morales.
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United StatesA powerful tropical storm hits Texas with heavy rains and near-hurricane strength winds, US weather forecasters say.
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Afghanistan, Pakistan, United StatesA Pakistani woman scientist accused of links to al-Qaeda appears in a US court charged with trying to kill US soldiers.
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ChinaPeople from across China can't wait for the Games to begin
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