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Beaches in both Alicante, in southern Spain, and near San Sebastian, on its northern coast, have been affected.
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Brazil orders its air force and civilian pilots to officially report any UFO sightings.
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The Russian Air Force and the North American Aerospace Defense Command conduct their first joint air defence exercise - a simulated terrorist hijacking.
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A curious exhibition involving pickles has opened at a museum in Salzburg.
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An Iraqi man is convicted of smuggling more than 500 asylum seekers in two boats from Indonesia to Australia in 2001.
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Flags will fly at half-mast across Russia as the country remembers the sailors who lost their lives in one of the greatest tragedies in Russian naval history.
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A Thai ship thought to be carrying Tamil refugees from Sri Lanka is approaching Canada's Pacific coast, officials say.
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Australian airline Qantas reports a 4.3% fall in annual profits, but says it is cautiously optimistic for the future.
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Breast cancer deaths have fallen in the UK since the 1980s, but mortality rates from the disease continue to be among the highest in Europe, a study shows.
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Heavy rain in north-west China is disrupting rescue efforts after a huge landslide last week, which killed more than 1,000 people.
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American captain Corey Pavin denies saying Tiger Woods is assured of a Ryder Cup wild card and rows with the journalist behind the claims.
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Australia's unemployment rate rose to 5.3% in July, according to figures released ahead of the country's national elections.
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This devastating earthquake in Haiti in January was caused by a previously unknown fault, say scientists.
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Denmark midfielder Christian Poulsen is set to join Liverpool from Juventus for an initial fee of £4.5m, according to the Italian club.
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Defender Ricardo Carvalho joins Real Madrid from Chelsea in a £6.7m deal after passing a medical.
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Hundreds of firefighters continue to battle dozens of forest fires that have killed two of their colleagues in Portugal.
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Pakistan's floods have caused "huge losses" to its crops, the country's food minister has told the BBC.
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It is two weeks since disastrous floods hit Pakistan which have claimed the lives of at least 1,600 people.
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The Indian government gives approval for including information on caste in the ongoing population census.
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Nearly 200 Japanese centenarians are missing, according to a national audit carried out amid growing fears of widespread welfare fraud.
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Most Americans say the government's plans for broadband are not a priority, a survey finds, amid fierce debate about the issue.
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Anti-government protests, including strikes and road blocks, in the Bolivian region of Potosi disrupt mining operations.
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Police arrest three people after a grenade explosion in the capital Kigali injures at least seven days after the election.
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Rebecca Flint seems just like a normal 14-year-old, but after 13m YouTube hits for her dancing she has found fame in the most unlikely of places - Japan.
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The Greek economy contracted by a further 1.5% in the second quarter of the year, the country's statistics agency says.
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Ceremonies are being held in Russia and on board its naval vessels to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Kursk nuclear submarine disaster.
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Portuguese firefighters have been battling dozens of forest fires which are sweeping through the country and have killed two of their colleagues.
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Ugandan Lord's Resistance Army rebels are on a massive forced recruitment campaign in central Africa, says Human Rights Watch.
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Some of the cattle cloned to boost food production in the US have been created from the cells of dead animals.
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Ranchers in the US are using cloning to boost the quality and quantity of the meat they produce. Our science correspondent Pallab Ghosh went there to follow how the process works - from lab to plate.
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Japan says it is monitoring rises in the value of the yen, but is tight-lipped on talk it will intervene in the currency markets.
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An Australian woman who went looking for a missing girl after a premonition found a woman's torso instead, police say.
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Iraq's top army officer says US pull-out plans are premature, as Washington says troops are on target to end combat operations by the end of the month.
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A British soldier dies in a UK hospital after being injured in an explosion in Afghanistan last month, the Ministry of Defence says.
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Iranian television broadcasts what it says is a confession by Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, who is under threat of being stoned to death.
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At least two inmates are killed and more than 80 injured during a prison riot in Kazakhstan, in an apparent protest over poor conditions.
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Singer George Michael is charged with possession of cannabis and driving while unfit through drink or drugs, says Scotland Yard.
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There are warnings in Pakistan that flooding has caused so much damage to crops that it could cost billions of dollars to replace them.
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Why nothing short of a civil war may keep US troops in Iraq
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The result of a union strike ballot that could lead to closure of BAA's six UK airports will be revealed shortly.
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The defence lawyer of the former Liberian President Charles Taylor was temporarily banned from speaking at war crimes trial after losing his temper in court.
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Afghan villagers protest over the deaths of three men allegedly killed in a raid by Nato-led forces in Wardak province.
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Gemma Spofforth leads Lizzie Simmonds to another British backstroke one-two as Rebecca Adlington struggles in the pool on day four of swimming's European Championships in Hungary.
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India labels "malicious propaganda" a claim by British scientists that a new superbug resistant to even the most powerful antibiotics has entered the UK from India.
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An earthquake measuring 6.9 hits Ecuador, about 170km (105 miles) south-east of the capital, Quito, the US Geological Survey says.
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Oil and gas company Cairn Energy confirms it is in talks to sell an interest in its operations in India.
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Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari visits a camp for flood victims, in his first tour of areas hit by the country's worst humanitarian crisis since it began two weeks ago.
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A 13-year-old American schoolboy is hoping to go where few senior US politicians have been before, to North Korea for a meeting with Kim Jong-il.
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Poland extradites to Germany a suspected Israeli agent wanted in connection with the killing in Dubai of a Hamas commander, officials say.
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Satellite image shows intensity of monsoon from Pakistan to China
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The chief executive of the US car giant General Motors announces plans to resign, as the company reports increased profits.
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Investigators in Uganda arrest four men who they say planned the deadly twin bomb attacks during the World Cup final last month.
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Four policemen face prosecution for actual bodily harm on a terror suspect in London in December 2003.
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Pakistani Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani has visited one of the worst affected areas hit by rising flood waters in the country.
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The health ministry in China is investigating reports that a brand of powdered milk caused infant girls to grow breasts.
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The US Department of Agriculture cuts its outlook for world wheat production after revising down its forecast for Russia.
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The head of a Russian dairy says it will sack Russian Orthodox Christian employees who have abortions or refuse a religious marriage.
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A suspected car bomb explodes near the studios of a radio station in the north of the Colombian capital, Bogota, injuring nine people.
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Staff at airport operator BAA vote three to one in favour of strike action that could close Heathrow and five other UK airports.
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Atlanta police arrest a man as he tries to board a flight to Israel, after some 20 stabbings leave five people dead across three states.
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Some 30,000 people queue for rent assistance in Atlanta, Georgia, as the US housing crisis places a growing strain on poorer people.
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The US Senate is recalled from its summer break to pass a bill which increases security along the US-Mexico border.
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Doctors in Moscow are being told not to diagnose heatstroke as a cause of death after the mortality rate jumps, Russia media report.
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Bangladesh orders the partial shut-down of natural gas stations in and around the capital to counter a growing power crisis.
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Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari tries to ease public anger at his handling of the country's floods crisis by visiting affected areas for the first time.
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Valentino Rossi says he will reveal who he will ride for next season after Sunday's Czech Grand Prix.
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As scientists in the US launch a survey of adult eating habits, one very picky eater took BBC News grocery shopping to highlight her turmoil.
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Brazil and the US agree a $21m debt for nature swap to protect threatened tropical forests.
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A Swedish man who was caught by Swiss police driving at 290km/h is facing a world-record speeding fine of SFr1.08m ($1m; £656,000).
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A US judge who overturned California's same-sex marriage ban rules gay nuptials may resume next week, while appeals against the ruling are heard.
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Young midwife on family planning and infant mortality
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Beer taster, koala catcher - why does Australia want you?
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The southern part of Pakistan's most populous and economically important province is bearing the brunt of the huge volume of water that has passed down the Indus River in recent days.
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