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United StatesUS Africa command battles scepticism as it begins work
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JapanFifteen people are killed and 10 more hurt as a blaze rips through a video rental shop in the western Japanese city of Osaka.
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United StatesThe US Senate is to vote on a financial rescue package after a $700bn plan was rejected by the House of Representatives.
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IndiaA Hindu temple in the north-western Indian state of Rajasthan reopens, a day after a stampede killed at least 147 people.
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IndiaCurfew is imposed in some parts of a troubled region in the eastern Indian state of Orissa after a fresh clash between two communities.
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Saudi ArabiaFatwas, religion and menswear all up for discussion
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IraqIraq's former insurgents worry about the future
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United StatesAsians shares post strong gains after the news US senators will vote later on Wednesday on a revamped financial rescue plan.
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AustraliaA search is under way for a man thought to have been dragged to his death by a crocodile in northern Australia.
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MexicoMexican President Felipe Calderon sends a security bill to Congress to tackle drug-related violence that has killed 3,000 this year.
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Iraq, United StatesThe US says Iraq remains locked in a communal struggle, despite dramatic security improvements.
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Iraq, 
CanadaCanadian PM Stephen Harper read a 2003 speech on Iraq which had identical sections to one by Australia's ex-PM John Howard.
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United StatesThe head of the new US military Africa command says it has "no hidden agenda" as it becomes fully operational.
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RussiaRussia's last Tsar, Nicholas II, and his family were victims of political repression and should be rehabilitated, a top court rules.
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United StatesOne year on, how's our nightly US news programme doing?
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North Korea, United StatesTop US envoy Christopher Hill arrives in North Korea to try to breathe life into a stalled denuclearisation deal.
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NigeriaNigerian oil militants claim they have avoided a military campaign of mass arrests.
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Pakistan, United StatesPakistani security officials say at least six people were killed by missiles fired from a US drone in a north-west border region.
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RussiaA staircase collapses at a school in western Russia, killing at least five children, the emergency services ministry says.
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AustraliaFormer captain Sourav Ganguly is included in a 15-man squad for the first two Tests against Australia from 9 October.
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United KingdomUK plans to enable police to hold terror suspects without charge for longer cause concern at Europe's human rights watchdog.
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ColombiaA Colombian rights group says there has been a big jump in the number of displaced people, but the government disputes this.
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SpainSpanish police arrest 121 people in an operation against internet child pornography, described as the biggest of its kind.
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IrelandEurope's Competition Commissioner, Neelie Kroes, is speaking to the Irish government over Dublin's move to guarantee all bank deposits.
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NetherlandsThe Dutch city of Eindhoven is to award credit points to street prostitutes in exchange for good behaviour.
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PakistanA spokesman for the Taleban in Pakistan denies media reports that leading militant Baitullah Mehsud has died after an illness.
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North KoreaAn arrested South Korean man took $440,000 after opening a private museum stuffed with fakes, police say.
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ArubaAn Australian climate change adviser urges a switch from beef to kangaroo to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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BahrainBahrain's foreign minister proposes forming a Mid-East forum including Arab states, Iran and Israel to resolve conflicts.
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IndiaWork at India's film industry hub of Bollywood is halted as thousands of employees strike over pay and conditions.
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RussiaNorth Caucasus violence spills onto Moscow streets
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South AfricaMedical charity MSF criticises the South African authorities for closing migrants camps over the last two days.
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United StatesUS shares decline in early trading ahead of a key Senate vote on a new version of the $700bn banking rescue plan.
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ChinaThe company at the centre of China's tainted milk scandal asked for help to cover up the problem, the official People's Daily says.
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Syria, IranIran says it has dropped its bid for a seat on the board of the UN nuclear watchdog in favour of its regional ally Syria.
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Georgia, RussiaEU observers enter the buffer zone around South Ossetia, as they begin monitoring a truce between Georgia and Russia.
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Pakistan, United KingdomChildren of UK diplomats based in Pakistan are to be withdrawn from the country in the wake of the bombing at the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad.
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Mexico, United StatesThe slower US economy sparks a sharp drop in the money Mexican migrants are sending home, official figures show.
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SomaliaPirates who hijacked a tank-laden ship are in negotiations with its owners, the Somali government says.
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IndiaAt least four people are killed and 70 hurt in five bomb blasts in the north-east Indian state of Tripura, police say.
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GeorgiaIn convoy with EU monitors on patrol in Georgia
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IndiaBut can India's public smoking ban be made to work?
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United StatesItems possibly belonging to missing US adventurer Steve Fossett are found by a hiker in woods in east California.
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RomaniaA below-par Chelsea side are held to a goalless draw away to Romanian champions CFR Cluj.
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United StatesPresident Bush and US Senate leaders back a new draft of a $700bn (£380bn) Wall Street bail-out, ahead of a key vote.
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MaltaConservation groups criticise Malta for failing to stop "rogue hunters" killing protected bird species.
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ZimbabweHalf the population of Zimbabwe could soon be in need of constant aid, the UN's humanitarian chief tells the BBC.
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