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IndiaWhy Mumbai is the favourite muse of Indian fiction writers
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Afghanistan, 
Pakistan, IndiaAfghanistan and Pakistan sign a trade deal allowing Afghan lorries to use a route through Pakistan to carry goods to India.
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SudanSudan's security services are accused of a campaign of violence and intimidation against anyone expressing opposition to the government of President Omar al-Bashir.
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United States, 
MexicoUS officials fear oil may be seeping from the ocean floor near the stricken Gulf of Mexico well, and order BP to submit a plan to lessen wellhead pressure.
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IrelandCredit ratings agency Moody's downgrades the Irish Republic's sovereign bond rating.
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MexicoGunmen attack partygoers in the north Mexican city of Torreon, leaving 17 people dead and more than a dozen injured.
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Russia, 
ThailandRussian pianist Mikhail Pletnev, accused of raping a 14-year-old boy, returns to Thailand for a brief appearance in court.
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United KingdomSchool staff and pupils are to join a Westminster rally over the axing of England's school rebuilding scheme.
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United StatesChristopher Nolan's Inception tops the North American box office taking $60.4m (£39.5m), according to studio estimates.
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ChinaChina launches an operation to clean up an oil spill in the Yellow Sea after two oil pipelines exploded causing a massive fire.
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SwitzerlandSafe deposit boxes believed to contain manuscripts and drawings by the late author Franz Kafka are due to be opened at a bank in Zurich.
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Arctic OceanInuit living on the edge of the Arctic Ocean fear their unique way of life could be destroyed if oil drilling goes ahead.
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CanadaThe Canadian singer has overtaken Lady Gaga to have the most viewed music video on YouTube.
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FranceHundreds of soldiers patrol a normally tranquil village in France's Loire Valley after dozens of armed travellers clashed with police there.
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Germany, 
SpainA 'transfer request' from Spain for the World Cup's star performer, Paul the "psychic" octopus, has been rejected by a German zoo.
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IndiaImages from scene of deadly Indian train crash
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NetherlandsA Dutch film-maker says he does not take seriously threats made against him over his biological horror film The Human Centipede.
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United Kingdom, 
SingaporeSingapore police arrest the British author of a book about the city-state's use of the death penalty for 'criminal defamation'.
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FinlandWorld 800m champion Caster Semenya wins her second race in Finland following her return to competition after undergoing gender tests.
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ItalyAn undiscovered Caravaggio painting may have been discovered in Rome, according to the Vatican newspaper.
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Pakistan, United StatesUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has announced aid projects worth $7.5bn (£5bn) for Pakistan at the start of talks in the capital, Islamabad.
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FranceStage 15 finally explodes into life at the top of the Port de Bales, where Alberto Contador takes advantage of Andy Schleck suffering a mechanical problem.
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Iran, United StatesThe US must stop using "cowboy logic" if it wants dialogue with Iran over its nuclear programme, the Iranian president says.
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United StatesThe troubled A400M military plane is expected to land orders from the US military, says the boss of Airbus' parent firm EADS.
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SomaliaA mortar strike injures 10 children at a Koranic school in Mogadishu amid fresh fighting between Somali troops and militants.
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United StatesUS defence firm Raytheon unveils a solid state, anti-aircraft laser system at the Farnborough Airshow in Hampshire.
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Hungary, 
Hong KongThe Hungarian forint falls against the euro after the IMF said the country had to do more to cut its deficit.
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KenyaA Kenyan pastor pleads not guilty to two charges over an alleged plot to bomb a campaign rally for next month's constitutional referendum.
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United StatesMobile phone network operator Nokia Siemens plans to take over some of its US rival Motorola's network operations in a $1.2bn deal.
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Sri LankaResearchers working in Sri Lanka take the first known photograph of a rare primate which was feared extinct.
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United KingdomLiverpool sign England midfielder Joe Cole on a four-year deal - subject to a medical - following his release by Chelsea.
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IndiaAt least 60 people die as a speeding express ploughs into a stationary passenger train in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal.
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IndiaAt least 60 people die as a speeding express ploughs into a stationary passenger train in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal.
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United StatesUS intelligence gathering has grown so much since 9/11 no-one knows its true cost, nor size, the Washington Post newspaper says.
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BangladeshThe Bangladeshi High Court orders a halt to corporal punishment in schools, a week after a 10-year-old boy took his own life after he was allegedly beaten by his teacher.
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MexicoOil and gas drilling company Halliburton has announced a big jump in profits despite its involvement in the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster.
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SyriaFemale students wearing a full face veil will be barred from Syrian university campuses, the country's minister of higher education says.
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Pakistan, United StatesHillary Clinton announces US aid projects worth $500m (£328m) for Pakistan, as part of attempts to counter anti-US sentiment in the country.
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FranceAlberto Contador controversially takes advantage of Andy Schleck's misfortune on the 15th stage of the Tour de France to take the overall lead from his nearest rival.
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IndiaFor many of India's poor, home ownership is something they consider to be beyond their reach.
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HungaryHungary has has been given a sharp reminder of Europe's financial crisis.
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AustraliaFossil hunters in Australia have discovered a cave filled with the 15-million-year-old remains of prehistoric marsupials.
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AfghanistanLyse Doucet assesses meeting on Afghanistan's future
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GreeceA Greek investigative journalist is shot dead outside his home in Athens in an attack linked by police to leftist militants.
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United Kingdom, United StatesShares in BP are one of the heaviest fallers on the London stock market as US officials fear oil may be seeping again.
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TurkeyA court in Istanbul indicts 196 people, including senior military figures, for plotting to overthrow the government, reports say.
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France, 
Aruba, United KingdomThe last of 250 British and Australian WWI troops recovered from mass graves has been reburied in France.
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Suriname, United StatesThe former military ruler of Suriname, Desi Bouterse, is elected president by the South American nation's parliament.
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United States, MexicoThe US official in charge of the Gulf of Mexico oil clean-up allows BP to keep the cap on its damaged well shut for another 24 hours.
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South AfricaA vaginal gel significantly cuts the rate of women contracting HIV from infected men in a South African experiment, researchers say.
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Serbia and Montenegro, 
CroatiaCroatia's president has said a lawsuit accusing Serbia of genocide could be dropped if relations between the two countries improve.
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MexicoA man is arrested in Mexico trying to smuggle 18 monkeys into the country by hiding them in a girdle around his waist.
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South AfricaThe South African sculptors who build far more than castles
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