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Sri LankaSri Lankan army gets bigger yet the war has been won
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HondurasTroops in Honduras have ousted the president. What affect will this have on Honduras?
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ChinaShanghai officials detain nine people in an inquiry over why a nearly finished building collapsed over the weekend.
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Ireland, 
South Africa, 
United KingdomSouth Africa flanker Schalk Burger receives an eight-week ban for eye-gouging, while his team-mate Bakkies Botha is suspended for two weeks.
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JapanJapanese industrial output rose 5.9% in May, the third consecutive monthly climb, with car production especially strong.
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Afghanistan, 
PakistanTaliban militants kill 12 soldiers in an ambush on a Pakistani military convoy near the Afghan border, the army says.
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United KingdomThe body monitoring decommissioning in Northern Ireland confirms two commando groups have destroyed arms.
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HondurasInterim President Roberto Micheletti imposes a curfew in Honduras, hours after the removal of Manuel Zelaya.
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IndiaAn Indian soldier in the disputed territory of Kashmir is killed by firing across the Line of Control (LoC), army officials say.
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BurmaBurma's highest court refuses to allow two top dissidents to testify in defence of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
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Afghanistan, 
United StatesA provincial police chief and at least six other officers are killed in a clash with US-trained Afghan forces in Kandahar, reports say.
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KenyaKenya's police deny allegations of torture and rape during their disarmament of rival clan militias in the north-east.
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ArgentinaPresident Cristina Fernandez' party seems set to lose control of Argentina's Congress, after Sunday's mid-term elections.
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CambodiaCambodia's Khmer Rouge Tribunal hears testimony from one of only three living survivors of the notorious Tuol Sleng prison.
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Afghanistan, United StatesA provincial police chief and at least eight other officers are killed in a clash with US-trained Afghan guards in Kandahar, reports say.
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United States, 
Sudan, 
ChadThe US envoy to Sudan, Scott Gration, is due to meet Darfur rebel leaders in Chad to revive the moribund peace process.
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BangladeshThousands of garment workers clash with the police for a third consecutive day outside the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka.
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Israel, 
West BankIsrael approves construction of 50 new housing units in a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank.
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FranceRoger Federer beats Robin Soderling 6-4 7-6 7-6 to reach the Wimbledon quarter-finals.
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Nicaragua, Honduras, United StatesLeft-wing Latin American leaders declare their support for ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya at a meeting in Nicaragua.
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IndiaIndian security forces clash with Maoist guerrillas as they launch fresh operations against rebel strongholds, officials say.
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Nigeria, 
NetherlandsNigerian militants attack a Royal Dutch Shell oil facility, the second attack since a government amnesty offer.
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ZimbabweMinisters in Zimbabwe's ex-opposition boycott a cabinet meeting chaired by President Robert Mugabe.
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Georgia, 
RussiaGeorgia condemns Russia's largest military exercises just over their border since their 2008 war as "pure provocation".
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Afghanistan, United StatesForty-one US-trained Afghan guards are arrested in Kandahar after a clash in which the provincial police chief was killed.
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AlbaniaPM Sali Berisha leads in exit polls after a tightly-fought Albanian election, but rival parties urge caution over results.
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IranIran releases five out of nine UK embassy's local staff detained over their alleged role in post-election protests.
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Saudi ArabiaA member of the Saudi royal family denounces his own brother, accusing him of disseminating vice.
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Azerbaijan, RussiaRussian gas giant Gazprom signs a deal allowing it to import natural gas from Azerbaijan and then pipe it to Europe.
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Saudi ArabiaA Saudi anti-smoking campaign targets young grooms with an unusual incentive: kick the habit for a free wedding.
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United StatesBernard Madoff faces his victims in a New York court as he awaits sentencing for running a $65bn (£40bn) fraud.
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United StatesThe US Supreme Court overturns a ruling by Sonia Sotomayor, President Barack Obama's nominee to fill a vacancy on the court.
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Sri LankaSri Lanka's army is to establish an ethnic Tamil regiment for the first time, the minister for national reconciliation tells the BBC.
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IranIranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad calls for a probe into the death of a woman who has become an icon of opposition protests.
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ZambiaNurses in Zambia defy a government deadline to end their three-week strike or face dismissal.
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IndiaThe Indian politician Mayawati is accused of wrongly using huge sums of public money to build statues of herself and her allies.
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BurmaUN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has announced he will travel to Burma to press for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi.
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Netherlands, United KingdomA former top banker at troubled ABN Amro is found dead in woodland after going missing from his London home.
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SwitzerlandAndy Murray is locked in a tense battle with Switzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka on Centre Court.
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Georgia, United StatesA section of a car park collapses near the centre of Atlanta city in the US state of Georgia, crushing vehicles.
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Iraq, United StatesIraq throws a giant party in a Baghdad park as US troops approach their deadline to quit cities and towns.
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Honduras, United StatesUS President Barack Obama describes the removal of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya as illegal.
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United StatesUS financier Bernard Madoff is sentenced to 150 years in jail for a massive fraud that robbed investors of $65bn (£40bn).
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IranIran's top electoral body, the Guardian Council, confirms President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's disputed re-election.
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ArgentinaCan Argentine first couple recover from huge poll defeat?
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Iraq, United KingdomThe two hostages whose bodies were returned from Iraq two years after the men were seized had been shot, the BBC learns.
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ArgentinaFormer Argentine President Nestor Kirchner says he will quit as head of the ruling Peronist party after a mid-term poll loss.
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South Africa, 
Democratic Republic of the CongoCongolese fashion show makes South African friends
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