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Zimbabwe's opposition rejects presidential poll results that put it in the lead, but not by enough to avoid a run-off.
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The first legalised home computers go on sale in Cuba, in the latest relaxation of restrictions on daily life.
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Engine failure is blamed for a plane crash in which South Sudan's defence minister died along with at least 22 others.
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Envoys of the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, are to meet Chinese officials in Beijing.
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Colin Edwards takes pole position for the China MotoGP, while Jorge Lorenzo is fourth despite his crash on Friday.
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Chinese state media renews its criticism of the Dalai Lama, as his envoys prepare to meet Chinese officials.
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China issues a nationwide alert in an effort to control the outbreak of a virus which has killed 22 children.
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Conservative Boris Johnson wins the London poll, adding to a bad set of local results for the UK governing party.
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At least eight people are killed in Arkansas after violent storms and tornadoes hit central US states.
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Mark Urban tells how a suicide bomber nearly brought his assignment in Kabul to an abrupt end.
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Nick Squires examines the attempts by China and other large nations to get a piece of the action in the South Pacific.
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Dan Cruickshank visits an architectural wonder which is under threat, the 12th century minaret at Jam in Afghanistan.
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In Baghdad, 14 suspected Shia militants are killed, while 20 people are wounded in a US air strike near a hospital.
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Eleven US diplomats leave Belarus after being declared "personae non gratae" amid escalating tensions.
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Boris Johnson signs the declaration of office for mayor of London and vows to deal with youth crime and disorder.
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The Turkish army says it killed over 150 Kurdish guerrillas in air raids over northern Iraq this week.
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British citizens may have been on board a small aircraft which has gone missing in Brazil, according to officials.
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Forensic work in the dungeon where an Austrian allegedly held and raped his daughter is "oppressive", police say.
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Spain's Ignacio Garrido will take a three-shot lead into the final day of the Spanish Open despite a bogey on the final hole.
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Lebanon Shia group Hezbollah is accused of possible terror motives in secretly filming planes at Beirut airport.
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The Chaiten volcano erupts in southern Chile, forcing more than 4,000 people to leave their homes.
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Swiss-based multinational Nestle apologises after its giveaway CD-ROM causes outrage in Azerbaijan.
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A long-lost opera by the Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi is performed in Prague for the first time since 1730.
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Militants blow up a Shell-owned oil flow station in the Niger Delta, the fifth such attack in recent weeks.
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The president of Turkmenistan orders the removal of a giant statue of his predecessor from central Ashgabat.
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