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United StatesFormer champion Serena Williams takes on second seed Jelena Jankovic in the US Open final.
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United StatesSerena Williams sees off a valiant display from Jelena Jankovic to win her third US Open title and regain the number one ranking.
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IndiaOpposition groups blocking work at a Tata Motors plant suspend protests after the government agrees to return land.
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NigeriaCommercial threat to Nigerian spirit-god festival
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PhilippinesHave peace talks in the Philippines collapsed for good?
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United StatesNew world number one Serena Williams warns her rivals she has a renewed passion for tennis after winning her third US Open title.
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ThailandThailand's PM Samak Sundaravej says the army will not stage a coup against his government, despite weeks of street protests.
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Iceland, 
Iraq, 
SyriaAbout 30 Palestinians from a refugee camp along the Iraqi-Syrian border are due to leave for resettlement in Iceland.
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BrazilProfits from major new offshore oil fields will be used to eradicate poverty and boost education, Brazil's President Lula vows.
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Hong KongHong Kong's pro-democracy camp does better than expected in legislative elections, and retains key powers of veto, say reports.
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IsraelIsraeli police formally recommend to prosecutors that PM Ehud Olmert be indicted in a corruption investigation.
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FranceA French doctor whose cosmetic surgery mutilated dozens of patients is given three years in prison.
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Afghanistan, United StatesUS forces in Afghanistan re-open an inquiry into an air raid after the emergence of video suggesting scores of civilians were killed.
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GuyanaGuyana's president on forests' role to curb climate shift
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Afghanistan, United StatesUS forces in Afghanistan are to review an inquiry into an air raid as video evidence suggests scores of civilians were killed.
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South Africa, 
ZimbabweSouth Africa's President Thabo Mbeki arrives in Zimbabwe to revive deadlocked talks.
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Venezuela, 
RussiaThe Russian navy says it will visit Venezuela in November and may hold joint exercises in its territorial waters.
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MaldivesThe Maldives will hold its first multi-party presidential election on 4 October pending parliamentary approval.
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EgyptAt least 51 people are known to have died and many more are missing in a rockslide at a shanty town in Egypt's capital, Cairo.
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UgandaUganda holds a public holiday as the king of the Busoga people is laid to rest.
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IndiaMore than 250,000 people displaced by floods in the Indian state of Bihar could spend up to six months in temporary camps.
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FranceThe Church of Scientology in France is to be tried in court for "organised fraud", according to legal sources.
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AfghanistanA giant Buddha is found near the famous Bamiyan Buddhas that were destroyed by the Taleban in Afghanistan.
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Russia, 
Georgia, FranceFrench President Nicolas Sarkozy leads an EU mission to press Russia to honour the terms of a peace plan for Georgia.
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Afghanistan, 
PakistanAt least 14 people are reported killed in a suspected US attack on a religious school in Pakistan's border region.
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FranceFrench goalkeeping academy with a higher purpose
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United StatesThe US presidential rivals step up their campaigns, as an opinion poll puts John McCain ahead of Barack Obama.
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LebanonHezbollah head Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah says he is ready for peace talks with pro-Western Lebanese politician Saad Hariri.
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AngolaAn EU observer mission says elections in Angola represent an advance for democracy but stops short of calling them free and fair.
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UgandaJustice dilemma haunts Uganda's war-torn north
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NigeriaNigeria's president Umaru Yar'Adua appears in public for the first time in two weeks and sacks a top government official.
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EgyptA prisoner dies and at least 20 people, mostly inmates are wounded in rioting at a prison in Assiut, southern Egypt.
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Sri LankaSri Lanka's government says foreign aid workers and many of their local colleagues must leave Tamil-rebel held areas.
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IraqA state of emergency is declared in Iraq's Babil province after six people die from cholera, with more cases confirmed elsewhere.
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Democratic Republic of the CongoA military operation begins in the DR Congo against Joseph Kony, Lord's Resistance Army leader.
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AustriaA Pole is suspected of caging a daughter for six years and raping her in a case 'similar' to Austrian Josef Fritzl, police say.
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United StatesBritain's Andy Murray is two sets down against four-time champion Roger Federer in his maiden Grand Slam final at the US Open.
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United KingdomThree British men are found guilty of a massive terrorism conspiracy to murder involving home-made bombs.
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United Kingdom, United StatesA US-UK team of scientists find more spectacular fossil forests deep in the coal mines of Illinois.
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United StatesFinancial markets rally as the US government takes over mortgage firms Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae - the biggest bail-out of its kind.
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Kuwait, 
IranThe UAE and Kuwait find themselves in opposition to Iran on oil production levels, as Opec ministers gather.
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United StatesJury selection is under way at a Nevada court in the robbery and kidnapping trial of US ex-football star OJ Simpson.
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France, Georgia, RussiaRussia will withdraw its forces from undisputed Georgian land within a month, French President Nicolas Sarkozy says.
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United Kingdom, United StatesRoger Federer is at his brilliant best as he wins a fifth straight US Open title and ends Andy Murray's hopes of a first Grand Slam crown.
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