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Canada, 
Sri Lanka, 
United KingdomImmigration officials in Canada begin processing some 490 migrants, who are believed to be from Sri Lanka and to have been on a cargo ship for three months.
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United KingdomMatt Kuchar leads after day two of the USPGA Championship, with Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy and England's Simon Khan tied for third and Tiger Woods unable to finish on another abbreviated day.
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ColombiaThe Colombian president, Juan Manuel Santos, has offered a $270,000 reward for information leading to the capture of those behind a car bomb attack in Bogota on Thursday.
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BoliviaCheap nose-jobs tempt Bolivia's indigenous people
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NorwayThe Oya festival in Oslo is hoping to show how things can be done differently.
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Afghanistan, 
United StatesThe US and Afghan presidents pledge to continue working together to combat the Taliban during a lengthy video conference conversation.
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Germany, United KingdomA German S boat which played a deadly role in World War II is being restored in the UK.
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FranceParis shows bees prefer the city to the countryside
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Afghanistan, United KingdomA British soldier has been shot dead in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence says.
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Sri LankaA Sri Lankan government war inquiry hears testimonies from Tamils who allege their loved ones were abducted or detained by the army.
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MexicoDeserted city streets left by Mexico's drug wars
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SwedenPlight of Iraqis facing deportation, instead of asylum, in Sweden
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Japan, 
SpainAn alleged member of a gang of international jewel thieves is extradited to Japan from Spain over a robbery in Tokyo in 2007.
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United KingdomNorthern Ireland's justice minister calls for calm as up to 15,000 people attend the annual Apprentice Boys parade in Londonderry.
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JapanJean-Marie Le Pen and other European far-right politicians visit a controversial shrine honouring Japan's war dead.
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Egypt, 
IsraelSix migrants trying to enter Israel from Egypt are killed; four in a gunfight with people smugglers and two by Egyptian border guards.
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PakistanAt least 16 people, including five security personnel, are killed in two separate attacks in Pakistan's troubled south-western province of Balochistan.
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ChinaTorrential rain continues to fall in China, a week after a mudslide engulfed a town in Gansu province killing more than 1000 people.
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Netherlands, United KingdomHundreds of British families are still waiting for compensation from Dutch airline KLM for delays caused by the volcanic ash cloud earlier this year.
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LebanonLebanon's defence minister says the country has opened a bank account to receive donations to supply its poorly-equipped army.
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PakistanPakistan's PM Yusuf Raza Gilani says 20 million people have been affected by flooding - a much higher figure than UN estimates.
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Afghanistan, Pakistan, United StatesA suspected US drone strike on Pakistan kills at least 12 militants in a tribal area near the Afghan border, officials say.
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Sri LankaA Sri Lankan government war commission has heard testimonies from Tamils alleging their loved ones were abducted or detained by the army.
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PortugalMore than 600 firefighters are battling wildfires in three separate areas of Portugal, where gusting winds have fanned at least 26 blazes.
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MexicoOn a trip to the Gulf coast, President Obama urges Americans to visit and help revive the economy stricken by the recent oil spill.
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SudanTwo peacekeepers with the joint UN-African Union force in the Sudanese region of Darfur are kidnapped at gunpoint.
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MexicoSecurity forces in Monterrey, in northern Mexico, say a drug cartel cut off major streets leading into the city in a show of force.
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IraqGunmen shoot dead four Iraqi policemen and two government-backed militiamen in a spate of attacks at Baghdad checkpoints.
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LebanonLebanese security officials say they have killed the suspected leader of the militant Sunni Islamist group Fatah al-Islam.
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United KingdomNick Watney leads after the third round of the USPGA Championship, with Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy tied for second and Tiger Woods a long way back.
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