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AustraliaAustralia launches a competition to build a new generation of military robots that can do some of the army's "dirty work".
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Indonesia, 
ArubaAn autopsy on a man killed at a Papuan mine and rebels' denial of any role cast doubt over who committed recent shootings.
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IndiaAt least seven people die after a bus they were travelling in is swept away by a flash flood in the Indian state of Orissa.
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IndiaAn indefinite strike called by a regional political party affects life in India's tea-producing Darjeeling hills in West Bengal state.
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South AfricaFormer England captain David Beckham says he would consider a return to the Premier League to boost his chances of playing at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
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Russia, 
United KingdomThe Russian billionaire tells the BBC's Newsnight programme he may sever ties with Britain after the 'yachtgate' scandal.
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United KingdomNationalists in Northern Ireland attack police in an attempt to prevent an annual parade by members of Protestants.
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HondurasOusted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya says the interim government must step down by the end of the week.
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FranceFrench youths set 317 cars on fire and wounded 13 police officers in unrest on the eve of Bastille Day, police say.
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IranIran executes 13 members of a Sunni rebel group blamed for attacks in the country's south-east, state media says.
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United StatesThe US Episcopal Church votes to overturn a three-year ban on the election of gay bishops, a move that could lead to its eventual exit from the worldwide Anglican Communion.
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Australia, 
ChinaChina investigates five more steel firms, as Australia presses for haste the case of a detained Rio Tinto executive.
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France, 
SudanFrance condemns the flogging of several women in Sudan, who were accused of breaking Islamic rules by wearing trousers.
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PakistanTwenty three militants die in clashes between pro-government tribesmen and Taliban insurgents in north-west Pakistan.
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United KingdomRenowned British conductor Sir Edward Downes ends his life at the Swiss right-to-die clinic Dignitas.
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GermanyConfidence among German analysts and investors falls for the first time since October 2008, a survey suggests.
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Israel, United StatesAn alleged white supremacist on the run from US police, Micky Louis Mayon, is arrested in Israel after an international manhunt.
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Afghanistan, United KingdomAt least six civilians are killed when a private helicopter crashes in the southern Afghan province of Helmand, Nato says.
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GermanyA German brothel goes green to boost its business, offering customers money off if they arrive by bicycle.
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JapanJapan's PM Taro Aso is still under pressure, after he wins a lower house vote of no-confidence but is censured in the upper house.
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TurkeyAn explosion of ammunition in south-eastern Turkey kills four soldiers and injures several more, reports say.
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IndiaWhy an obscure Indian village is in the limelight
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RwandaA UN court sentences the former governor of the Rwandan capital, Kigali, to life in prison for his role in the 1994 genocide.
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ItalyThe throwing of a bride's bouquet at an Italian wedding ends in disaster when the flowers cause a plane to crash.
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ZimbabweTalks aimed at framing a new constitution for Zimbabwe resume a day after they were disrupted by scuffles.
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Pakistan, 
Sri LankaPakistan lose nine wickets for 35 runs as Sri Lanka win the second Test to secure the three-match series.
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FranceFrance celebrates Bastille Day with a military parade
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SomaliaGunmen in the Somali capital Mogadishu kidnap two French security advisers who were helping the interim government.
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United KingdomA London art gallery refuses to end a sale of prints by Nelson Mandela, despite a long-running legal dispute.
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United KingdomA London art gallery refuses to end a sale of prints by Nelson Mandela, despite a long-running legal dispute.
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PakistanSome 8,800 of the more than two million Pakistanis displaced by fighting in Swat have now left relief camps, officials say.
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PolandThe European Parliament elects former Polish PM Jerzy Buzek as its new president - the first from the former communist bloc.
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Turkey, ChinaChina urges the Turkish prime minister to retract his accusation that Beijing practised genocide against ethnic Uighurs.
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Canada, 
Czech Republic, 
MexicoCanada imposes visas on travellers from Mexico and the Czech Republic, the top two sources of refugee claimants.
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United StatesA US airline inspects planes after a hole opens up in the passenger cabin during a flight, forcing an emergency landing.
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IndonesiaThe EU takes Garuda and three other Indonesian carriers off its aviation blacklist, citing safety improvements.
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France, Sri LankaSri Lanka's top human rights panel clears the military of killing 17 employees of a French charity in the north-east in 2006.
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United StatesUS Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor defends controversial comments on the second day of her Senate confirmation hearing.
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LiberiaEx-Liberian President Charles Taylor testifies at his war crimes trial in The Hague, dismissing the charges as "lies" and "rumours".
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ThailandThailand's rice policy puts farmers in poverty
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LithuaniaLithuania's parliament backs a law restricting certain information, including on homosexuality, from reaching minors.
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EgyptA civil servant in Egypt is jailed for three years for writing a satirical poem about President Hosni Mubarak.
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Switzerland, 
Democratic Republic of the CongoA Swiss court rules that the assets of the former Congolese leader, Mobutu Sese Seko, be returned to his family.
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United StatesUS bank Goldman Sachs unveils a profit of $3.4bn (£2.1bn) for the second quarter of 2009, beating analysts expectations.
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IndiaOne of India's main tiger parks, Panna National Park in the central state of Madhya Pradesh, admits it no longer has any tigers.
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KenyaKenyan authorities seize almost 300kg of ivory and rhinoceros horn hidden in coffins on a plane bound for Asia.
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PolandPolish president and BNP at first Strasbourg session
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IranIsrael says two of its warships have sailed through the Suez Canal, in what is being seen as a warning to Iran.
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United StatesUS chipmaker Intel reports better-than-expected net profits, excluding a massive European Commission fine.
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