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Brazilian workers who helped World War II effort fight for pay
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Sightsavers tackles river blindness in Nigeria
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Switzerland watches EU's economy from a safe distance
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Police officers in the Mexican city of Juarez have detained their commander at gunpoint.
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More than 200 police officers in Ciudad Juarez in Mexico detain their commander, accusing him of corruption.
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Colombia's new President Juan Manuel Santos and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez are to meet for talks on Tuesday, officials say.
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China Everbright Bank says it hopes to raise up to 21.7bn yuan ($3.2bn) in the country's second biggest IPO this year.
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Mexicana de Aviacion, one of Mexico's biggest airlines, cancels some flights, days after filing for bankruptcy.
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The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has cost BP a total of $6.1bn to date, the company says.
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Tiger Woods raises doubts about his participation in October's Ryder Cup at Celtic Manor in Wales after enduring his worst finish as a professional.
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Actress Patricia Neal, who won an Oscar for her role in the 1963 film Hud and was the first wife of author Roald Dahl, dies in the US at the age of 84.
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Stuart Broad is fined 50% of his match fee for throwing the ball at Pakistan batsman Zulqarnain Haider during the second Test.
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A father of four from Northern Ireland has been shot dead in Helmand in Afghanistan.
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A woman who was born in Hong Kong as a man but underwent a sex change is fighting for the right to marry her boyfriend.
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The son of a couple murdered in Pakistan in a suspected "honour killing" is back in the UK, a friend of the victims says.
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At least 10 people have been killed and dozens are missing after a passenger boat sinks in waters off eastern Indonesia, police say.
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Wyclef Jean's former Fugees bandmate Pras Michel has criticised the singer's bid to become president of earthquake hit Haiti, saying he's not qualified.
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Rwandans vote for their future for the second time since the 1994 genocide.
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Oscar-winning film star Clint Eastwood writes to Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne appealing not to axe the UK Film Council.
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England reach lunch on 71-1 needing a further 47 to win the second Test against Pakistan at Edgbaston.
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An Israeli man, who had been held in Libya since March on suspicion of spying, is released after prolonged, indirect negotiations.
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Financial rewards for whistleblowers at US firms are expected to bring a surge in tip-offs to the financial watchdog, a report says.
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Germany's exports rose faster than expected in June, a further sign of recovery in Europe's biggest economy.
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Indian PM Manmohan Singh orders an investigation into an oil spill caused by a collision between two cargo ships off Mumbai on Saturday.
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The controversial Muslim cleric, Abu Bakar Ba’asyir, is arrested in Indonesia on terror charges, accused of links to a militant training camp.
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Troops blast a dam made by landslides in western China, releasing trapped river water to reduce the chances of further floods.
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Drug giant AstraZeneca is to pay $198m to settle 17,500 US personal injury claims related to its drug Seroquel.
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Car sales in India have risen 38% over the past year, figures from Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers show.
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Sudan halts BBC Arabic broadcasts on FM radio stations in four northern cities, including the capital Khartoum.
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Indian Railway Minister Mamata Banerji addresses a huge rally - supported by Maoists - at a rebel stronghold in West Bengal.
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North Korea is said to have fired shells into the Yellow Sea near its border with the South as Seoul ends naval exercises.
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A moving ceremony is held in Nagasaki, Japan, to mark the atomic bombing of 1945 which led to Japan's surrender.
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Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation media group is selling a controlling stake in three Chinese television channels.
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Waters exceed the danger level at a key flood barrier in Pakistan's southern province of Sindh, threatening to deluge the whole area.
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Turkey's government appoints generals to two top posts, ending a stand-off with the military.
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US carmaker Chrysler sees its losses narrow after higher sales, but says it still has work to do to turn itself around.
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Actress Mia Farrow contradicts Naomi Campbell's testimony to the war crimes trial of Liberian warlord Charles Taylor, saying Ms Campbell named Mr Taylor as the man who sent her a diamond in 1997.
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Two British toddlers have been killed and their mother injured in a car crash in northern Spain, local police say.
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England beat Pakistan by nine wickets in the second Test at Edgbaston to take a 2-0 lead in the four-match series.
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The Maldives' attorney general has quit in protest at parliament's refusal to appoint a new Supreme Court.
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The United Nations says the disaster in Pakistan, where nearly 14 million people have been affected by monsoon flooding, is on a bigger scale than the Boxing Day tsunami of 2004.
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England boss Fabio Capello says he hopes to "improve the minds" of his players for the team's Euro 2012 qualifying campaign.
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Peat and forest fires are still raging in Russia, specifically in the Sverdlovsk and Chuvashia regions. Thousands of people have lost their homes and there are 52 deaths so far from fires that have ravaged over 16,000 hectares of land.
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Day one of swimming's European Championships in Hungary sees Hannah Miley win a superb gold medal in the women's 400m individual medley.
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Troops have begun blasting through rubble from a landslide blocking a river in western China, in an attempt to prevent further floods.
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin warns this year's drought-hit grain harvest will be worse than previously forecast.
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Moscow's health chief confirms the mortality rate has doubled as a heatwave and wildfire smog continue to grip the Russian capital.
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Internet phone firm Skype files for an initial public offering in the US, hoping to raise $100m through the flotation.
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Skipper Andrew Strauss is delighted as England beat Pakistan to take a 2-0 series lead with their sixth successive Test victory.
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Rescuers in Chile drill shafts for oxygen, water and food in a bid to rescue 33 workers who have been trapped since a mine collapse on Thursday.
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The death toll from landslides in north-west China rises to 337, with 1,148 people missing, state-run Xinhua news agency reports.
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BP makes its first deposit of $3bn (£1.8bn) into a $20bn account to pay for the oil spill after finishing talks with the US Department of Justice.
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Charity Barnardo's calls for time limits on courts in England and Wales to issue care orders, because children at risk of abuse are being "damaged".
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A Zambian court sentences former Defence Minister George Mpombo to 60 days in prison for issuing a cheque that bounced.
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Baghdad traffic police are reportedly being given Kalashnikov assault rifles to defend themselves after a series of attacks.
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German police shut down the Hamburg mosque where the 9/11 hijackers met before their suicide attacks on the US in 2001.
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Pakistani Marines have been working round the clock to rescue villagers trapped by the region's worst deluge in 80 years.
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Officials schedule Guinea's presidential run-off for 19 September, after repeated delays while fraud allegations were investigated.
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Floods wash away roads and homes in Pakistan's Swat Valley
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Bangladesh bans corporal punishment in all educational institutions across the country, following a high court order.
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Japanese car maker Honda is recalling more than 384,000 vehicles in the US because of problems with the ignition.
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US federal agents capture one of two inmates who escaped from a prison in Arizona, but are still searching for two other fugitives.
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Moscow's health chief has confirmed that the mortality rate has doubled as a heatwave and wildfire smog continue to grip the Russian capital.
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A US House committee formally charges a California Democrat with using her influence to benefit a bank in which her husband was a shareholder.
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Votes are being counted in the Rwandan presidential election, with incumbent Paul Kagame widely predicted to win a landslide victory.
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Tunisian star Saleem Bakkoush cancels his concert at the Carthage festival after criticism over his performance at a synagogue.
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Colombia's new Vice-President, Angelino Garzon, has emergency heart surgery - just two days after he took office.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defends a commando raid on ships bringing aid to Gaza, while giving evidence before a government-appointed commission.
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A teenager is killed by a train in north London moments after fleeing a car being chased by police.
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Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah reveals what he says is evidence of Israeli involvement in the murder of ex-Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri.
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Former Mexican president Vicente Fox backs the legalisation of drugs, saying prohibition has failed to curb violence.
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