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CubaCuba launches a public debate on plans to transform its socialist economy, saying everyone should be able to voice opinions on the future of the country.
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Georgia, 
United StatesA tornado has swept through the town of Buford in the US state of Georgia, damaging more than 50 homes.
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Brazil, 
BotswanaOs Mutantes was one of Brazil's biggest bands in the 1960s, their leader Sergio Dias reveals what it was like playing under a dictatorship and the band's comeback.
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United StatesAmerican rockers Foo Fighters will headline next year's T in the Park festival, organisers confirm.
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Russia, United StatesFormer Secretary of State Colin Powell presses the US Senate quickly to ratify a new nuclear arms treaty with Russia.
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PakistanPakistani flood victims must now brace for winter
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ColombiaColombian President Juan Manuel Santos has promised to stop the infiltration of drug money into the country's professional football clubs.
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HaitiFlawed elections leave Haiti in political limbo
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PeruThe earliest known medicinal use of the coca plant - from which cocaine is made - has been pushed back by thousands of years.
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EgyptThree tourists have been injured by a shark in three separate attacks at the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh.
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Canada, 
India, United StatesA murder trial begins for a Canadian man accused of shooting an American Indian Movement activist 35 years ago in the US state of South Dakota.
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New ZealandA memorial service has taken place in New Zealand for the 29 miners who were killed in the Pike River coal mine.
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GreeceBleak scenes in Greek detention centres for illegal migrants
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Philippines, 
Hong KongRepresentatives of the Philippines government and the long-running communist insurgency are meeting in Hong Kong to find a way to reopen peace talks.
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Sri LankaSri Lanka is turning jungle formerly used as a base by Tamil Tiger rebels into a wildlife sanctuary.
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Afghanistan, United StatesA US Army staff sergeant is jailed for nine months over attacks on Afghan civilians after he agrees to give evidence against other soldiers.
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United States, Russia, 
SpainRussia has become a virtual "mafia state" with widespread corruption, bribery and protection rackets, US diplomatic cables revealed by Wikileaks say.
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PakistanUN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos is visiting Pakistan to refocus attention on those still suffering as a result of the flood disaster earlier this year.
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United KingdomAustralia drop left-arm fast bowler Mitchell Johnson from their side to face England in the second Ashes Test at Adelaide.
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VanuatuThe prime minister of Vanuatu, Edward Natapei, is ousted by a vote of no confidence in parliament while out of the country.
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Aruba, 
ChinaAn Australian citizen of Chinese origin is charged with embezzlement amid a business dispute in China's southern city of Guangzhou.
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AustraliaQantas begins legal action against the engine supplier Rolls-Royce following the explosion of an engine on one of the airline's Airbus A380s.
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United Kingdom, United StatesThe UK Foreign Office kept quiet about a loophole that allows the US to store cluster bombs on British territory despite a ban, a classified US diplomatic cable released by Wikileaks suggests.
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IndiaTwo men are arrested in connection with the abduction and gang rape of a call centre worker last week in the Indian capital, Delhi.
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BrazilA legal overhaul of Brazil's oil sector is approved which could increase development of offshore oil fields.
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Australia, New ZealandA long-running dispute between New Zealand and Australia over who invented the pavlova dessert may be over after the Oxford English Dictionary lists its origins.
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United KingdomRoyal Bank of Scotland is cleared of any wrongdoing in the years running up to the financial crisis by the UK's City watchdog.
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United StatesMichael Jackson's father refiles a wrongful death claim against the late singer's doctor an a US court
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IndiaIndian software tycoon Azim Premji donates nearly $2bn (£1.3bn) to fund rural education and development programmes.
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ItalyAfter a series of wall collapses at Italy's ancient city of Pompeii, experts from Unesco arrive to examine the site.
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VenezuelaWidespread flooding and mudslides caused by days of torrential rain in Venezuela leave at least 25 dead and destroy thousands of homes.
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MalaysiaMalaysia expresses concern about drug syndicates using social networking websites like Facebook to recruit young Malaysian women as drug mules.
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Sri Lanka, United StatesA US envoy believed Sri Lanka's president bore responsibility for an alleged 2009 massacre of Tamils, suggests a classified report obtained by Wikileaks.
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Hong KongHungarian newspapers publish blank front pages or cartoons in protest at a bill they say would restrict media freedom.
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RussiaSoft drinks maker PepsiCo says it is buying a 66% stake in Russian dairy and fruit juice maker Wimm-Bill-Dann for $3.8bn.
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United KingdomRap star Eminem heads the Grammy Awards shortlist with 10 nominations including album of the year, while UK acts including Susan Boyle are recognised.
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North KoreaThe head of the UN's nuclear watchdog expresses "great concern" over reports that North Korea has built a new uranium enrichment plant.
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SwedenSwedish authorities issue a new detention order for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange following a procedural error with the first.
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Kuwait, 
SudanDonors and investors have promised $3.5bn (£2.2bn) for Sudan's impoverished east at a donors' conference in Kuwait.
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United StatesA man sought for questioning over the murder of Hollywood publicist Ronni Chasen shot himself dead as investigators called on him, police say.
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United KingdomBidders for the 2018 World Cup make their final presentations, as Fifa prepares to vote on the venues for 2018 and 2022.
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Poland, 
GermanySnow brings more disruption to northern Europe, with 18 deaths in Poland and thousands sleeping in trains in Germany.
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EgyptThere is confusion over whether a shark which attacked four tourists off Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh has been captured.
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IsraelAt least 10 people have been killed by a forest fire raging in the Carmel Mountains near the northern Israeli city of Haifa.
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United KingdomRussia beats England, Spain/Portugal and Holland/Belgium for right to host 2018 World Cup, while Qatar will stage the 2022 tournament.
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RomaniaLiverpool travel to Europa League Group K rivals Steaua Bucharest in a bid to secure their qualification for the last 32.
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NorwayNorway examines allegations that Nobel Peace Laureate Muhammad Yunus diverted millions of dollars of aid money from a bank.
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United KingdomEngland 2018 bid chief Andy Anson says the results of the votes for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups shows the need for changes to the Fifa bidding process.
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CanadaAn Ontario court delays the overturn of the Canadian province's anti-prostitution laws pending a government appeal.
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Qatar, RussiaRussia are chosen to host the 2018 World Cup and Qatar will stage the tournament in 2022.
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Netherlands, 
Belgium, Russia, United Kingdom, SpainEngland miss out on the right to host the 2018 World Cup after football's governing body Fifa picks Russia to stage the event for the first time.
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SpainSpanish police reveal that 28 works of art, including one by Picasso, have been stolen from a warehouse near Madrid.
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RomaniaLiverpool secure their passage to the last 32 of the Europa League, despite a blunder from goalkeeper Pepe Reina in a draw at Steaua Bucharest.
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United KingdomTravellers are facing further misery as airports, roads and rail continue to be badly hit by snow in parts of the UK.
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United StatesPrisoners in the US state of Iowa could soon be making their own toilet paper, in what officials describe as a bid to save taxpayers money.
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United Kingdom, United StatesAid worker Linda Norgrove was killed by a grenade thrown by a US soldier sent to rescue her, a joint US-UK investigation finds.
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RussiaRussian Prime Minister Valdimir Putin has said how honoured that his country has been picked to host the 2018 World Cup.
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United KingdomRupert Murdoch's News Corporation is prepared to modify the terms of its takeover bid for satellite broadcaster BSkyB.
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New ZealandA memorial service has been held in New Zealand for the 29 men killed in the Pike River coal mine.
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United StatesNigeria's anti-corruption agency is to charge US former Vice-President Dick Cheney over a bribery scandal involving a former subsidiary of energy firm Halliburton.
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Afghanistan, United StatesThe US envoy to Kabul viewed Afghan President Karzai as "paranoid" and "weak", fresh disclosures of US diplomatic cables by Wikileaks show.
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Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), 
Argentina, United KingdomA second British company finds oil off the Falkland Islands, where exploration has angered Argentina.
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RussiaRussian PM Vladimir Putin thanks Fifa "from the bottom of my heart" for choosing Russia to host the 2018 World Cup
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Afghanistan, United Kingdom, United StatesThe latest US cables revealed by Wikileaks expose Afghan and American criticism of British forces and strategy in Helmand in 2008.
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United KingdomJimmy Anderson takes four wickets as England dismiss Australia for 245 on day one of the second Test in Adelaide.
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United StatesThe US House of Representatives votes to censure veteran New York Democratic Congressman Charles Rangel for ethics violations.
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