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The head of the main opposition party in Serbia resigns after colleagues refuse to back efforts to join the EU.
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French anger at court's apparent decision to postpone a trial because it was to take place during Ramadan.
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Thailand's PM Samak Sundaravej says the army will not stage a coup against his government, despite weeks of street protests.
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Rescuers in Cairo continue their search for survivors after a rockslide hit dozens of homes in Egypt's capital, killing at least 31.
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Workers at the world's biggest aircraft manufacturer, Boeing, go on strike in the US.
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England coach Fabio Capello says he vented his fury at Joe Cole and Wayne Rooney for not following instructions against Andorra.
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Kimi Raikkonen leads from Lewis Hamilton at Spa-Francorchamps as he bids to extend his championship lead.
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At least 11 people are killed as two landslides triggered by heavy rains bury several houses on Mindanao island in the Philippines.
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Angola's ruling MPLA party is heading for a landslide win in parliamentary polls, preliminary results show.
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Two suicide bomb blasts kill at least two people and injure 29 in a police station in the Afghan city of Kandahar, officials say.
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Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper calls an early election in a bid to strengthen his minority government.
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US officials will outline plans for mortgage giants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, which are expected to be put under federal control.
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Massive flood rescue operation in eastern India
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Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai challenges President Mugabe to hold new polls if he will not share power.
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Images of the aftermath of the Cairo rockslide
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McLaren's Lewis Hamilton is stripped of victory in a dramatic Belgian Grand Prix and demoted to third as the win is handed to Ferrari's Felipe Massa.
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Palaeontologists lift a "rare" mammoth skull out of its resting place in France and move it to a museum.
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McLaren intend to appeal against the penalty that saw Lewis Hamilton demoted from first to third in the Belgian Grand Prix.
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice discusses terrorism and reforms in Morocco.
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Voters in Hong Kong choose between pro-government and more pro-democracy candidates in a hotly contested poll.
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African immigrants react with anger in southern Spain after a Senegalese man is stabbed to death in a street.
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President Bush says the US is taking over two mortgage giants because they posed "an unacceptable risk".
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Germany's Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier will run against Chancellor Angela Merkel in next year's election.
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Aid workers struggle to provide emergency aid
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Britain's Andy Murray completes a stunning win over world number one Rafael Nadal at the US Open to reach his first Grand Slam final.
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Thousands of people hunker down across the Caribbean as Hurricane Ike pounds the region, on course for Cuba.
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The former UK chief scientist says the climate challenge is so great, it demands the most brilliant minds tackle it.
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The former UK chief scientist says the climate challenge is so great, it demands the most brilliant minds tackle it.
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An incredibly rare frog is filmed for what is thought to be the first time, writes BBC reporter Rebecca Morelle.
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