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Photos of the rebirth of Sierra Leone's jungle battleground
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The authorities in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro have set up a grammar hotline to help people who have difficulties using Portuguese.
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An advert for an animal charity working in Afghanistan has been banned by the advertising watchdog for being "likely to mislead".
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Two US astronauts may become the first twins to be flying in space at the same time.
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A Palestinian man who broke into the Turkish embassy in Israel, in an apparent bid for asylum, has been turned over to the Israeli authorities.
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Two former employees of a security company owned by the US firm formerly known as Blackwater plead not guilty to killing two Afghans in 2009.
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Budget travel firm Kiss Flights has ceased trading, the Civil Aviation Authority says.
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A senior leader of India's Maoist rebels says the government will have to declare a "simultaneous" ceasefire in order to enable talks between the two sides.
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Taiwan secures parliamentary approval - despite an opposition boycott - for a historic trade deal with China.
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The chief minister of Indian-administered Kashmir pardons the policeman who threw a shoe at him on Sunday.
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A Colombia court rules a 2009 deal allowing US troops access to army bases is unconstitutional and needs congressional approval.
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Nicolas Anelka calls the French Football Federation "clowns" and says he is "dying with laughter" over his 18-game ban.
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US soul singer Erykah Badu is fined and will serve six months' probation for stripping naked in public for a music video.
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Time magazine journalist Jim Frederick describes the sequence of events which led to four US soldiers committing a war atrocity in Iraq in 2006
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Jay-Z has topped a list of the world's richest rappers, beating Diddy in a list from US magazine Forbes.
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A North Korean aircraft, which may be a fighter jet carrying a suspected defector, has crashed in China, according to reports.
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Pakistan reach 48-1 at stumps after bowling out England for 233 on day one of the third Test at The Oval.
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Pakistan defends its response to the flood crisis, saying relief funds will reach victims and will not fall into the hands of extremists.
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Singer Wyclef Jean says he is in 'hiding' after receiving death threats since announcing his plans to run for president of Haiti.
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One member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee voted again for a rise in interest rates earlier this month.
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The American Ballet Theatre company is to perform in Cuba later this year for the first time in 50 years.
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Brazil's presidential candidates take to the airwaves as daily radio and TV advertising begins ahead of October's elections.
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Spectacular Amazon carnival in Brazilian city of Guajara Mirim
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More than 60 people are rescued in China after a landslide buried their homes as they slept in southern Yunnan province.
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Mudslides and floods have killed more than 1,500 people across China in recent months and as latest pictures show, even the rescuers themselves are struggling to cope with the force of the water.
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Warnings have been issued to aircraft over Scotland after a bird of prey, which soars at up to 37,000 feet, went missing.
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Allan Little heads to the village of Medjugorje in Bosnia-Hercegovina, where many believe the Virgin Mary appears daily.
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Rebels kill three Indian peacekeepers in a night-time ambush at a base in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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A strange double earthquake triggered the Tonga tsunami that killed 192 people in September 2009, scientists say.
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South Korea has staged anti-terror exercises as part of a series of drills to be held over 11 days.
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The authorities in the Philippines investigate mobile phone footage that appears to show police torturing a naked man.
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A court in Tanzania sentences a Kenyan accused of trying to sell an albino man to 17 years in jail and a heavy fine.
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A controversial French politician unveils a statue to the Russian revolutionary leader Vladimir Lenin.
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Public sector workers in South Africa begin an open-ended strike, having rejected an offer of a 7% pay rise from the government.
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The head of the Canada's Firearms Program, a vocal backer of a national firearms registry, is ousted as the government weighs scrapping the scheme.
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BHP Billiton makes a hostile takeover bid for Potash Corp as demand for fertiliser is set to increase to meet rising meat demand.
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An Israeli court approves the detention of a man who broke into the Turkish embassy in Tel Aviv, while the man's lawyer says this client was an Israeli informer.
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Police in Mexico find the body of the kidnapped mayor of the northern city of Santiago three days after he was seized, local media say.
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Shares in Vestas, the world's largest wind turbine maker, have fallen 23% after a delay in orders led to it making a loss.
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A funeral is held in the West Bank for a Palestinian believed to have been involved in the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre.
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Taiwanese iPhone-maker Foxconn holds employee rallies in its factories in China after a string of workers' suicides
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Pakistan take the honours on day one of the third Test at The Oval after debutant Wahab Riaz takes 5-63 to bowl out England for 233.
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Maastricht University woos UK students amid battle for places
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More aid pledges for Pakistan come through after complaints that the world's response to the devastating floods was inadequate.
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Pakistani police arrest two Sunni militants for the murder of politician Raza Haider that sparked widespread violence in Karachi.
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British number one Andy Murray opens his Cincinnati Masters campaign against world number 58 Jeremy Chardy of France.
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President Barack Obama says an over-supply of homes is hindering the US economic recovery, but he says the situation is slowly improving.
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Matt Prior admits England face an uphill task in the third Test against Pakistan after a poor opening day at The Oval.
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A month-long ban begins in Venezuela on national newspapers printing "violent, bloody or grotesque" images, following a government-backed court action.
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Aid agencies are reporting a ten fold increase in deaths from cholera and dehydration in Pakistan.
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The US says it will support the creation of an international commission to investigate alleged war crimes by Burma's military junta.
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An American woman who was imprisoned for aiding left-wing rebels in Peru turns herself in after a court revokes her parole.
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The authorities in southern Sudan unveil a $10bn plan to rebuild the region's cities in the shapes of animals and fruit.
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A Scottish bagpiper, who played his fellow soldiers ashore during the D-Day landings in 1944, has died in hospital in Devon at the age of 88.
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What can be done to save the revolutionary murals which adorn Mexico's buildings?
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The first of up to 1,200 National Guard troops are deployed along the US border with Mexico as part of President Barack Obama's pledge to increase security.
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At least 18 children are killed when a school building collapses in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand following heavy monsoon rains.
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