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ChileThousands of tourists and scientists on Chile's Easter Island see a total solar eclipse as it crosses the South Pacific.
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ColombiaAt least 12 bodyguards of Farc rebel leader Guillermo Saenz have died in an army attack, Colombian special forces say.
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IndonesiaOfficials seek ways to double the number of tigers in the world, at an international forum in Bali, Indonesia.
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The Bahamas, 
United StatesPolice in the Bahamas say they have captured the teenage US fugitive known as the Barefoot Bandit.
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IranIran's judicial chief has temporarily halted the stoning of a woman convicted of adultery, the official news agency says.
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ChinaChina issues new anti-corruption rules which require government workers to report investments, incomes and assets.
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NigeriaImages of students who row to school in Nigeria
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United KingdomKylie Minogue tops the UK album chart for the fifth time with Aphrodite, while JLS score a third number one single.
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SpainFans in Madrid and Amsterdam watch World Cup
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Israel, 
LibyaA ship with supplies for Gaza will dock in Egypt, officials say, following pressure by Israel not to allow it to break the blockade.
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ColombiaFormer Colombian hostage Ingrid Betancourt, who spent six years in captivity, seeks to clarify her bid for $6.8m in damages.
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ColombiaAt least 12 bodyguards of Farc rebel leader Guillermo Saenz have died in an army attack, Colombian special forces say.
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AfghanistanMore than 1,000 Afghan civilians died in attacks in the first half of 2010 but deaths from Nato air strikes fell, a new report says.
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UgandaAt least 74 people were killed in the twin blasts that hit Kampala during the World Cup final, and police suspect Somali militants.
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Russia, IranRussian President Dmitry Medvedev says Iran is "moving close" to having the potential to create nuclear weapons.
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Russia, IranRussian President Dmitry Medvedev says Iran is "moving close" to having the potential to create nuclear weapons.
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East Timor, 
AustraliaEast Timor's parliament rejects a proposal by Australia's new PM that the tiny country hosts a refugee processing centre.
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United KingdomThree police officers who were shot are among 27 injured during disturbances in north and west Belfast.
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JapanWill DPJ drubbing harm efforts to heal Japan's economy?
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Afghanistan, 
PakistanPakistan's interior minister blames Taliban militants from Afghanistan for a bomb blast in a tribal area that killed more than 100 people.
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BangladeshProsecutors in Bangladesh charge 824 people with the killing of dozens of army officers in last year's Dhaka mutiny.
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Australia, 
Fiji, 
ArubaFiji is due to kick out Australia's acting high commissioner Sarah Roberts, amid a years-long simmering row.
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United KingdomTriple Olympic champion Usain Bolt announces he will not compete in London before the 2012 Olympics, because of Britain's tax laws.
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HaitiUnmet aid pledges blamed for Haiti's stalled recovery
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ItalyThe European Commission's Michel Barnier cautiously welcomes a financial rescue fund proposed by Italian bank Unicredit.
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PakistanA Pakistani hotel attendant gains recognition after handing in more than $50,000 (£33,000) in cash left behind by a guest, reports Syed Shoaib Hasan.
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NetherlandsBloggers have seized on a mistake by CBS, whose news website accidentally reported that the Netherlands had won the World Cup.
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HaitiSurvivors keep fighting for better life
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Sri LankaImprisoned former Sri Lankan armed forces chief Gen Sarath Fonseka has been charged in two new cases.
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GermanyGermany's so-called psychic octopus is to retire from making predictions following his World Cup success, his owners say.
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United StatesThe US government announces new rules to make it easier for US veterans to receive benefits for post traumatic stress disorder.
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JapanJapanese PM Naoto Kan rules out calling a snap election following his party's poor performance in upper house polls.
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ItalyAn Italian military police general, Giampaolo Ganzer, is sentenced to 14 years in prison for drug smuggling
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IrelandIrish police release the names of seven young men and an elderly man who died as two cars crashed in County Donegal.
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NetherlandsDutch football legend Johan Cruyff launches a scathing attack on Netherlands' display in the World Cup final, deriding it as "anti-football".
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BangladeshEngland claim the one-day international series against Bangladesh 2-1 after winning the deciding match at Edgbaston by 144 runs.
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United StatesCult comic author Harvey Pekar, creator of American Splendor which inspired the 2003 film, dies at the age of 70.
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GermanyEight people are injured after a tornado hits a German island in the North Sea, after a heat-wave lasting days.
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SpainSpain's victorious World Cup squad have paraded through the streets of Madrid in an open-top bus.
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Switzerland, United StatesSwiss authorities decide not to extradite director Roman Polanski to the US to face sentencing for a case dating back to 1977.
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Italy, LibyaAn Italian court orders one of Libyan leader Gaddafi's sons to pay a $494,000 hotel bill he accumulated in 2007.
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RussiaTwo men who organised a controversial art exhibition in Moscow are found guilty of inciting hatred and fined.
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Uganda, 
SomaliaSomali Islamist group al-Shabab says it was behind twin blasts which hit the Ugandan capital on Sunday, killing 74 people.
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SudanA second arrest warrant is issued for Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir - this time on genocide charges.
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MexicoProfessional baseball players run for cover after gunfire erupts during a game in a Mexican stadium.
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United States, MexicoBP says it is making progress with its efforts to replace a containment cap on the leaking well in the Gulf of Mexico.
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