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United StatesDirty Dancing film star Patrick Swayze dies aged 57 after a long battle with cancer, his publicist says.
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United StatesJuan Martin del Potro ends the five-year unbeaten US Open reign of Roger Federer in five sets to win his first Grand Slam title.
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ArubaThe Australian government says telecoms giant Telstra must break up, ahead of a national broadband roll-out.
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Nigeria, 
NigerA main faction of militants in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta says it will end its ceasefire, but its stance appears isolated.
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China, 
MacauChinese authorities unveil a blueprint to develop an almost empty island between Zhuhai, southern China, and Macau.
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South Korea, 
North KoreaSouth Korea's army pledges to keep the noise down to help students during English language tests this month.
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BangladeshBangladesh's army is ordered onto the streets of the capital Dhaka, to help deal the city's chronic traffic congestion.
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United States, ChinaChina says it does not think its trade dispute over tyres with the US will hurt ties, playing down the threat of a trade war.
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PakistanAn investigation is launched into Monday's stampede in the Pakistani city of Karachi which killed at least 14, officials say.
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United StatesUS actor Patrick Swayze has died, aged 57, of pancreatic cancer. How will you remember him?
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Iraq, 
Afghanistan, United StatesThe US commander in Iraq tells the BBC that he is concerned that it will be forgotten, amid the current focus on Afghanistan.
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ChinaThe city that encourages population growth
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QatarParisian fury over Qatari prince's plans for landmark
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PakistanPakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari says foreign powers guaranteed a "safe exit" to his predecessor Pervez Musharraf.
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NorwayNorway's centre-left ruling coalition wins a narrow victory in general elections, near-complete results show.
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Cuba, United StatesPresident Barack Obama signs an order, extending the US trade embargo against Cuba for another year.
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Ireland, 
United KingdomA medal-winning Irish Olympic boxer is found dead at his south London flat by his manager, Frank Maloney.
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IndiaConcerns over India's plans for the 2010 Commonwealth Games are valid, a top official says.
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Ireland, 
PortugalIrish Lisbon Treaty vote could be nail-biting again
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NigerNiger opposition leader Mahamadou Issoufou says the corruption charges he faces are politically motivated.
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ChinaChina's Communist Party opens an annual meeting which is expected to indicate leadership succession plans.
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IraqThe Iraqi man feted in the Arab world after throwing shoes at George W Bush is released from jail in Baghdad, his brother says.
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SomaliaUS forces are "likely" to have killed a top al-Qaeda suspect during a military raid in Somalia, US officials say.
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Somalia, 
YemenSome 65 migrants are feared to have died this week, trying to cross from Somalia to Yemen, the UN says.
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United KingdomGeorge Burley will continue as Scotland manager, the Scottish Football Association has confirmed.
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IndiaIndia's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh says his country is losing the battle against Maoist rebels.
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AfghanistanBallots from 10% of Afghan polling stations must be recounted because of fraud indications, a top election official says.
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NepalThe authorities in Nepal try to make more goats available for slaughter ahead of the country's biggest religious festival of the year.
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AustraliaRicky Ponting hits his 26th one-day hundred as Australia look set for a 5-0 lead over England in the NatWest one-day series.
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SpainSpain must stop holding suspects without access to lawyers of their choice and without informing their families, activists say.
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United StatesUS retail sales rose sharply in August, boosted by the 'cash for clunkers' incentive scheme, figures show.
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ChinaBeijing sees another rise in birth defects, mirroring increases elsewhere in China, amid fears pollution is to blame.
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IraqThe Iraqi man who was jailed after throwing shoes at George W Bush says he was tortured by senior government officials.
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United KingdomA year after Lehman Brothers collapsed, a UK think tank echoes President Obama's warnings about complacency in banking.
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IndonesiaAt least 38 people have been killed after flash floods struck six villages in a remote region of Indonesia.
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Republic of the Congo, 
Democratic Republic of the CongoAn undercover investigation reveals that up to two gorillas are being killed and eaten each week in the Republic of Congo.
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United StatesUS may have to scale down foreign policy ambitions
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FranceFrance Telecom is to set up a hotline for workers suffering from stress after a number of recent suicides among employees.
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United StatesDirty Dancing film star Patrick Swayze dies aged 57 after a long battle with pancreatic cancer, his publicist says.
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KenyaA least 29 people are killed and dozens injured in a cattle raid in drought-stricken central Kenya.
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Somalia, United StatesSomali Islamists will avenge the US raid which reportedly killed a top al-Qaeda suspect, a commander tells the BBC.
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FranceA hard-line piracy law moves closer to adoption in France as National Assembly narrowly votes in favour.
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IndiaIndian designer woos fashion world with homespun
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RussiaRussia's President Medvedev refuses to rule out running for a second term in office, Russian news agencies report.
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Iraq, United StatesSeveral mortars or rockets are fired into the fortified Green Zone in Baghdad as US Vice-President was visiting, police say.
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Israel, United StatesUS Middle East envoy George Mitchell meets Israeli and Palestinian leaders in a bid to set up new peace talks.
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Afghanistan, United StatesThe US may need to deploy even more troops in Afghanistan to defeat the Taliban, its top military officer says.
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United StatesThe US recession is probably over but the economy will remain weak for some time, says Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke.
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Iraq, United StatesSeveral mortars or rockets are fired into the fortified Green Zone in Baghdad as US Vice-President was visiting, police say.
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IndonesiaPolice in Indonesia name two senior anti-corruption officials as suspects in a criminal bribery case.
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United StatesThe execution of an inmate in Ohio is delayed for a week after US officials fail to find his veins to inject lethal chemicals.
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RussiaThe ties that bind Russia's president and prime minister
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