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Denmark, 
United KingdomThe climate deal planned for Copenhagen in 10 weeks time is in grave danger of failure, UK PM Gordon Brown says.
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PakistanVeteran Pakistani actor Yousuf Khan dies at the age of 80 in the eastern city of Lahore, family members say.
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ArubaAn Australian quadriplegic, who last month won a landmark legal right to starve to death, dies.
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MacauDemocrats won one more seat than previously but remain a tiny minority following Macau's legislature elections.
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Iran, 
United StatesIran's supreme leader denounces nuclear weapons and says US allegations of a covert programme are false.
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ThailandThailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world's longest-serving monarch, is admitted to hospital suffering from fever.
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BulgariaExodus of Bulgaria's Turks in sound and pictures
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South AfricaSouth Africa's aim to provide universal access to the electricity grid by 2012 may not be realised, says its state power firm.
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CubaHavana hosts the biggest open-air concert since Cuba's 1959 revolution, drawing hundreds of thousands of people.
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SudanSudan's military confirms fighting between rebels and the army has taken place in Darfur, but gives no details of casualties.
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ArubaMad Men, the period show about the advertising industry, wins an Emmy award for best drama, as Glenn Close takes lead actress.
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Iraq, United StatesThe US closes Camp Bucca, its largest jail in Iraq
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India, 
AustraliaAustralia take on India in a Champions Trophy group match in Centurion.
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Pakistan, AustraliaAustralia take on Pakistan in a Champions Trophy group match in Centurion.
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PakistanPolice in Pakistan restrict the movement of an Islamic charity leader accused of involvement in the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
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Afghanistan, United StatesA top US general said the mission will "likely result in failure" if there is no change of strategy. What is your view?
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Afghanistan, 
ItalyItaly holds a day of mourning for six soldiers killed in a bomb attack in Afghanistan last week, with a state funeral in Rome.
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JapanOne-quarter of Japanese women are aged 65 or over, official figures indicate, highlighting a looming demographic crisis.
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Iraq, United KingdomBritish soldiers who abused an Iraqi detainee who died in their custody were not just "a few bad apples", a public inquiry is told.
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IndiaIndia's government obtains a leaked report by Maoist rebels, in which the insurgents' plans for future attacks are revealed.
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MaltaThe bodies of 150 protected birds are found stashed in Malta as the island's annual autumn bird hunt gets under way.
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FranceLife in French asylum camp in audio and pictures
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FranceRenault are given a two-year suspended ban from Formula 1 after a hearing into their role in fixing last year's Singapore Grand Prix.
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KenyaKenya drought takes its toll on people and wildlife
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United StatesThe US communications regulator proposes new rules that would require ISPs to respect the principle of "network neutrality".
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Israel, IranIsrael has not ruled out any possibly responses to Iran's nuclear programme, a senior Israeli official says.
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FranceFormer French leader Valery Giscard d'Estaing may raise eyebrows with his new novel, a fictional account of a president's liaison with an English princess.
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FranceFormer French PM Dominique de Villepin, charged with plotting to discredit President Nicolas Sarkozy, goes on trial in Paris.
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Israel, United StatesThe US has "no grand expectations" from talks President Obama is hosting with Israeli and Palestinian leaders, the White House says.
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Afghanistan, United StatesThe US mission in Afghanistan will "fail" unless troops are increased, the top military commander there says in a confidential report.
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GhanaGhana is marking 100 years since the birth of its first president, Kwame Nkrumah, a champion of African independence.
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TaiwanA 22-year-old man is arrested after stabbing a nurse during a bungled robbery and returning to profess his love, Taiwanese police say.
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Afghanistan, United StatesTough task of selling Afghan policy to US public
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GermanyThe German sportswear companies Adidas and Puma have ended a 60-year feud with handshakes and a football match
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United Kingdom, United StatesThe US government says it does not want to punish Scotland for releasing the man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing.
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BhutanAt least 10 people are killed after a 6.1 magnitude quake strikes the remote mountain kingdom of Bhutan.
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SwitzerlandA Swiss football referee is banned for three games for waving at fans at a game using his middle finger.
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SudanMore than 100 people die in ethnic violence in southern Sudan, officials say - the latest in a spate of deadly attacks.
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United KingdomThree quarters of rivers in England and Wales fall below a new European environmental standard, according to a report.
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UgandaUganda's brutal rebels once again stalk central Africa
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ChinaChina ensures 60th birthday bash goes off without a hitch
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HondurasOusted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya makes a dramatic return to the country, nearly three months after his expulsion.
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IndiaA new India on show at the Toronto film festival
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