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ChinaBeijing is enjoying the best air quality this decade because of measures taken during last year's Olympic Games, officials say.
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GeorgiaGeorgia's war wounds still smarting a year on
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TongaThe authorities in Tonga raise the number missing and feared drowned after an inter-island ferry sank to 85.
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Trinidad and Tobago, 
United KingdomA 25-year-old man is charged over the machete attack of a British couple on the Caribbean island of Tobago.
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Pakistan, 
United StatesThere are growing indications that Pakistan's most wanted man, Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud, has been killed by a US missile.
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Venezuela, 
ColombiaVenezuela is sending its ambassador back to Colombia following a diplomatic row, President Hugo Chavez says.
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PakistanA close associate of one of Pakistan's most wanted men, Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud, denies reports he has been killed.
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IndonesiaOne of South-East Asia's most wanted terror suspects is reported to have been killed by Indonesian police.
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SpainIn Spain, the recession is testing the nation's passion for bullfighting. Steve Kingstone reports from a town that has had to slash dramatically the costs of its annual bullfighting fiesta.
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IndonesiaIndonesia police say DNA tests are needed before they can confirm if a top terror suspect was killed in a shoot-out.
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SomaliaAt least 17 people die during overnight gun-battles near the Somali port of Haradheere as two rival clans clash, reports say.
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IndiaAt least 15 people are reported to have been killed in a landslide in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand.
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Federated States of Micronesia, 
MoldovaMoldova's four pro-Western parties say they have agreed to form a coalition government, following polls on 29 July.
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AlgeriaOne person dies and 11 are missing off Algeria after a coast guard boat collides with one carrying migrants, reports say.
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United StatesSonia Sotomayor is sworn in as America's first Hispanic Supreme Court justice after lengthy confirmation hearings.
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Afghanistan, United KingdomThe UK could be committed to Afghanistan for many years beyond the military phase, the next head of the Army says.
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Australia, United KingdomEngland close day two of the fourth Ashes Test at Headingley on 82-5, still 261 runs behind Australia's first-innings total of 445.
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AustraliaSouth Africa put themselves in pole position to claim the Tri-Nations with victory over Australia in Cape Town.
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South Africa, United StatesThe US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, on the second leg of her African tour, meets South African President Jacob Zuma.
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South Africa, United StatesUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton dances, clears rubble and plants marigolds as she visits South African housing projects.
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Australia, United KingdomEngland close day two of the fourth Ashes Test at Headingley on 82-5, needing 261 to make Australia bat again.
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United KingdomStuart Broad says England can salvage some pride despite being on the verge of an innings defeat in the fourth Test at Headingley.
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IranTwo Iranians employed by the UK and French embassies and a French teacher go on trial over poll protests in Iran.
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Sri LankaSri Lanka's governing coalition wins in Jaffna but suffers a surprise defeat in Vavuniya in the country's first post-war elections.
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France, 
MauritaniaA suicide bomber detonates explosives outside the French embassy in the capital of Mauritania, wounding two guards.
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France, Iran, United KingdomThe EU strongly criticises Iran, as it tries UK and French embassy staff and a French national over post-election unrest.
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PakistanA Pakistani minister challenges the Taliban to prove their leaders are still alive, after reports two of them have been killed.
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United StatesVatican queries 'liberal drift' in the work of US nuns
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