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PolandPoland's Catholic Church blighted by consumerist society
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PakistanPakistan's president says his country is fighting for its survival against the Taleban, whose influence, he says, has spread.
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ChinaTaleban militants in north-western Pakistan release a Chinese engineer held hostage for more than five months.
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NetherlandsThe last surviving member of the group who helped hide the Jewish girl Anne Frank from the Nazis in Amsterdam turns 100.
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ZimbabweZimbabwe authorities drop a treason charge against politician Roy Bennett, replacing it with lesser charges, his party says.
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AustraliaVictims of Australia's devastating bush fires have been mourned at services across the country.
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Vietnam, 
United StatesThe US army is to accept immigrants with temporary US visas for the first time since the Vietnam war, a report says.
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New Zealand, AustraliaNathan Bracken's fine bowling display earns Australia a thrilling one-run win over New Zealand in the one-off Twenty20 match in Sydney.
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United StatesUS turns to songs to deter illegal border crossings
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Israel, 
United KingdomA group of British MPs has been allowed into Gaza to assess damage caused by the recent Israeli military offensive.
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Antigua and Barbuda, United KingdomAndrew Strauss departs for 169 but England's total closes on 300 in the third Test in Antigua.
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RussiaAt least 15 people are killed and seven more injured as a fire consumes a hostel in southern Russia.
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TanzaniaChina's President Hu Jintao grants $22m in aid to Tanzania as he continues an African tour aimed at building ties.
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Democratic Republic of the CongoUganda says DR Congo will allow its army to continue operations against Lord's Resistance Army rebels in the country.
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Afghanistan, Pakistan, United StatesThe Obama administration is to include Afghanistan in a major US policy review of the region, President Hamid Karzai says.
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United StatesThe programme giving US inmates business acumen
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PakistanTaleban fighters in north-west Pakistan's Swat Valley announce a 10-day ceasefire after talks with government officials.
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TurkeyDemonstrators marking 10 years since the arrest of Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan clash with Turkish police for a second day.
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AfghanistanSoviet war veterans mark Afghan anniversary
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ItalyJose Mourinho's Inter Milan beat AC Milan 2-1 to take a nine-point lead in Serie A.
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United KingdomA British man held at Guantanamo Bay - Binyam Mohamed - is fit enough to return to the UK, the Foreign Office says.
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ZimbabweZimbabwe's central bank is at the heart of the nation's economic decay, new Finance Minister Tendai Biti says.
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United KingdomAndrew Strauss makes a superb century as England reach 301-3 at stumps on day one of third Test against West Indies.
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VenezuelaCounting is under way in Venezuela in a referendum which could allow President Chavez to run for office indefinitely.
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Antigua and Barbuda, 
Jamaica, United KingdomCaptain Andrew Strauss says England were determined to put the record straight in Antigua after the innings defeat in Jamaica.
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IndiaStory of cleft-lip girl is India's other Oscar hope
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