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AfghanistanAfghanistan outcry over messy poster campaigns
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NepalHundreds of gays, lesbians, transvestites and their supporters danced through the Nepalese capital on Wednesday in the country's first international gay parade.
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CubaCuba announces the end of the cigarette subsidy for people over 55 in the communist state's latest attempt to reduce spending.
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FranceFrench President Nicolas Sarkozy says he will continue his controversial policy of Roma camp clearances and deportations.
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ArgentinaBattle between Argentina's president and papers turns nasty
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United StatesThe 72 people found murdered at a ranch in the north of the country were migrants trying to reach the United States, officials say.
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RussiaU2 took to the stage for their first ever performance in Russia greeted by a crowd of 85,000 in Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium.
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JapanPowerful party insider Ichiro Ozawa says he will challenge PM Naoto Kan for leadership of Japan's Democratic Party and the premiership.
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Philippines, 
Hong KongPeople across Hong Kong observe three minutes' silence for the eight tourists killed in a Philippines bus hijack on Monday.
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AfghanistanTaliban militants have killed eight Afghan police officers in the northern province of Kunduz, police say.
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NigeriaHealth authorities in Nigeria warn that the entire country is threatened by an outbreak of cholera.
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Greece, FranceFrench bank Credit Agricole reports a big rise in profits despite feeling the impact of the Greek debt crisis.
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GermanyA German court is set to deliver its verdict in the trial of Nadja Benaissa, an HIV-positive German popstar accused of infecting a former partner.
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IndiaHundreds of Catholic nuns and slum dwellers in the Indian city of Calcutta mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of Mother Teresa.
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South AfricaResearchers in South Africa have revealed the earliest direct evidence of human-made arrows.
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North Korea, 
ChinaNorth Korean leader Kim Jong-il visits a school as he makes his second visit to China within a year, media reports say.
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United StatesUS songwriter George David Weiss, who co-wrote Louis Armstong's chart-topping track What a Wonderful World, dies aged 89.
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United KingdomFurther tests are to be carried out on the body of an MI6 worker which was found in a holdall in the bath at his central London flat.
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FranceFormer French minister Jack Lang is to become the new UN special adviser on piracy, officials say.
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TurkmenistanA giant arch topped by a gold-plated statue of Turkmenistan's late leader, Saparmurat Niyazov, is being removed from central Ashgabat.
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Pakistan, United KingdomThe start of the final Test between England and Pakistan is delayed because of poor weather.
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ChileThe challenge ahead to reach trapped Chile miners
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IndonesiaThe former editor of Indonesian Playboy could face jail after prosecutors said they would enforce a 2009 court ruling convicting him of public indecency.
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GermanyA glamorous German spy may have been responsible for one of the biggest defeats suffered by allied forces during WW2, newly released MI5 files show.
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RussiaU2's first concert in Russia is marred by police arrests of activists from human rights group Amnesty International before the gig began.
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France, 
SpainFrance defender Sebastien Squillaci completes his move to Arsenal from Spanish club Sevilla for an undisclosed fee.
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Saudi Arabia, 
Sri LankaA Sri Lankan housemaid who accused her former employers in Saudi Arabia of implanting nails in her body is to undergo surgery, her doctors say.
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United KingdomMore tributes are paid to Gareth Williams, the MI6 worker whose body was discovered in a holdall in his London flat.
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PakistanBad light and rain halt play on a truncated opening day of the final Test between England and Pakistan at Lord's.
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IranOne of Iran's star footballers who had been fired for breaking the fast during the holy month of Ramadan is reinstated by his club.
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GermanyAn HIV-positive German popstar accused of infecting a former partner with the virus has been given a two-year suspended sentence.
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Pakistan, 
Yemen, United KingdomBritish military personnel are now stationed in militant hotspots Yemen and Pakistan, official figures show.
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Israel, 
West BankThe European Union criticises Israel for convicting an organiser of the weekly Palestinian protests against the West Bank separation barrier.
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Hong KongMichael Schumacher personally apologises to Rubens Barrichello for nearly running his ex-team-mate into a pit wall at the Hungarian Grand Prix.
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IraqExperts warn Iraq 'bleeding antiquities' as instability continues
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ChileA group of 33 miners trapped 700m underground in Chile has been told they may not be rescued until Christmas.
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NigeriaNigeria is to sell off the state power monopoly PHCN, President Goodluck Jonathan announces.
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New ZealandAir New Zealand has reported a fourfold increase in profits, leading signs of recovery in the airline industry.
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MonacoLiverpool and Man City qualify for the group stage of the Europa League, but Aston Villa, Celtic, Dundee United, Motherwell and TNS all crash out of the competition.
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Philippines, Hong KongA three-minute silence has been observed across Hong Kong for the eight tourists killed in a bus hijack in the Philippines on Monday.
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United KingdomFugitive Polly Peck tycoon Asil Nadir returns to the UK, after evading trial since 1993.
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United KingdomFees paid to fundraising companies by UK charities for recruiting new donors often effectively wipe out the amount a person gives, a Newsnight investigation finds.
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RussiaRussian President Dmitry Medvedev suspends controversial plans to build a new motorway through a forest outside Moscow.
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IndiaThousands of farmers hold a protest in the Indian capital, Delhi, against the forced acquisition of their land for a new motorway.
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South AfricaSouth African unions threaten to call a nationwide strike across all sectors in support of public workers, who marched through the country's cities.
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SyriaSyrian soaps have become popular across the region in recent years due to their realistic plots which have also caused controversy.
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Slovakia, United StatesBritain's Andy Murray will play Lukas Lacko of Slovakia in the first round of the US Open.
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United KingdomUefa president Michel Platini warns the Football Association that delaying naming a new chairman could damage England's 2018 World Cup bid.
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IndiaHundreds of Catholic nuns and slum dwellers in the Indian city of Calcutta have marked the 100th anniversary of the birth of Mother Teresa.
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United KingdomFewer people came to the country last year but even fewer left, leading to a small overall increase, official figures show.
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PakistanRising water levels are breaching flood defences and threatening hundreds of thousands of people in Pakistan, four weeks after the crisis began.
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GermanyAn HIV-positive German pop star accused of infecting a former partner with the virus is given a two-year suspended sentence.
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Democratic Republic of the CongoThe UN says more must be done to prevent such "atrocities" as a recent mass rape in DR Congo, and criticises peacekeepers' failure to act.
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CanadaThree Canadians arrested in an alleged terrorist conspiracy had bomb parts and planned attacks, Canadian police say.
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ItalyItalian Francesco Molinari clinches a place in Europe's Ryder Cup team after Ross McGowan pulls out of the Johnnie Walker Championship with injury.
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BrazilBrazil's government approves the controversial construction on a tributary of the Amazon of the world's third biggest hydroelectric dam.
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United StatesToyota announces another recall involving more than one million cars in the US and Canada with potentially faulty engine control systems.
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Democratic Republic of the CongoThe UN has said everything possible must be done to prevent atrocities like the recent rape of more than 150 women and children in DR Congo.
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ThailandA two-month-old tiger cub is found sedated and hidden among stuffed toys in a woman's luggage at Bangkok's international airport.
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AustriaAston Villa are sent crashing out of Europe by Rapid Vienna for the second year running after missing a second-half penalty in a 3-2 loss.
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Spain, 
MexicoBusinesses in the Gulf of Mexico face a long struggle after the BP oil spill - but they can take heart from the example set by those on Spain's Galician coast.
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PakistanFlying with Pakistan's air force over the latest flood zone
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FranceA further 300 Roma settlers have been deported from France in President Sarkozy's continued crackdown on the community.
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Pakistan, United StatesThe UN reviews security measures for its aid workers in Pakistan, after the US says the Taliban has threatened foreign staff.
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PhilippinesPolice handling the armed siege of a tour bus in Manila made no use of an offer of help from a military squad trained in hostage negotiations.
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United StatesTiger Woods shares the lead after round one of The Barclays, the first event of the US Tour's FedEx Cup, as he bids to earn a US Ryder Cup wildcard pick.
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ChinaWhy one Chinese factory values Christian workers
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United KingdomThe draft sequences of the wheat genome released by UK scientists may prove to be a vital contribution to the efforts of securing global food supply.
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SpainGalicians demand answers over Spain's 2002 Prestige oil spill
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MexicoMexican President Felipe Calderon condemns the murder of 72 suspected migrants in the north, believed to be linked to the ongoing drugs war.
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