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BrazilScientists in Brazil are worried after hundreds of penguins are washed up dead on the country's beaches.
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United KingdomThere has been a substantial increase in the number of older people in the UK catching HIV, latest figures reveal.
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United StatesUK Prime Minister David Cameron insists BP should not be blamed for the "completely wrong" decision to release the Lockerbie bomber.
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NicaraguaA huge dump in the capital of Nicaragua is being rehabilitated after almost 40 years of taking in the country's waste.
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IraqIn northern Iraq, a 26 year conflict has been causing thousands of villagers to flee their homes. Gabriel Gatehouse has been to see the effects of the attacks.
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South Korea, 
North Korea, United StatesThe US secretary of state and defence secretary visit the Demilitarized Zone between North and South Korea, in a show of support of Seoul.
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FranceAndy Schleck believes his battle with Alberto Contador for the Tour de France title will be decided during Thursday's climb up Col du Tourmalet.
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United Kingdom, United StatesA group of US senators repeat calls for an inquiry into the release of the Lockerbie bomber after meeting UK Prime Minister David Cameron.
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BangladeshThree police officers and a civilian die in an attack by suspected left-wing extremists in the western Bangladesh, officials say.
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RussiaThe world's biggest producer of asbestos, Russia, says an EU ban on the substance is unnecessary, and a worldwide ban would be a direct attack on Russian industry and jobs.
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Afghanistan, United KingdomThe withdrawal of British troops from Afghanistan could start as early as next year, says Prime Minister David Cameron.
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RussiaA bomb and gun attack on a hydroelectric power station in Russia's Kabardino-Balkaria region kills two guards.
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AustriaAn Austrian museum agrees to pay a Jewish woman's estate $19m (£12m) for a painting that the Nazis stole from her during World War II.
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South Korea, United StatesUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, on a visit to South Korea, says new sanctions against the North will target arms sales and luxury imports.
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LibyaJacques Villeneuve distances himself from reports that the son of controversial Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is an investor in his new team.
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VenezuelaVenezuelan President Hugo Chavez says his government will take control of a minority stake in anti-Chavez TV Globovision and put a representative on the broadcaster's board.
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JapanA Japanese electronics firm shows off a vibration-harvesting generator that could replace batteries.
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IsraelThe Israeli military tells the UN it will limit the use of a controversial weapon in future conflicts.
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TurkeyThe leader of a Kurdish rebel group tells the BBC it would disarm in return for greater political and cultural rights for Turkey's Kurds.
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RwandaRwanda's government should allow an independent autopsy on a murdered opposition politician, Human Rights Watch says.
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India, 
Sri LankaIndia close day four of the first Test in Galle 63 behind Sri Lanka at 181-5 in their follow-on as Muttiah Muralitharan moves to 798 wickets.
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RomaniaScientists in Romania are exhuming what are thought to be the remains of former dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife.
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BrazilBrazil prepares - slowly - for World Cup
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ChinaPollution worries and fears of a disruption to oil supplies increase after a large pipeline blast in eastern China.
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ChinaThree police officers in China are disciplined after beating up an official's wife thinking she was a local petitioner.
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IndiaOne year on from homosexuality being decriminalised in India, businesses are competing for a lucrative new market - the "pink rupee".
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United StatesOn the hunt for wildlife affected by US Gulf oil spill
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Indian Ocean, India, 
Maldives, United StatesUS envoy visits the Maldives in an attempt to mediate the political deadlock in the Indian ocean archipelago.
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United StatesThirty people were injured when a United Airlines jet hit "heavy turbulence" over Kansas on Tuesday.
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IsraelAn Israeli Arab who had consensual sex with a woman who thought he was a Jew is convicted of 'rape by deception' in Israel.
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UkraineArsenal agree to sell striker Eduardo da Silva to Ukrainian outfit Shaktar Donetsk for a reported fee of £6m.
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United StatesPresident Obama signs into law the biggest overhaul of US financial regulation in decades - a major political victory for the Democrats.
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Pakistan, 
AustraliaPakistan bowl out Australia for 88 and close 60 runs ahead on 148-3 in reply after day one of the final Test at Headingley.
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SyriaSyrian students consider a ban on face veils
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Afghanistan, United KingdomDavid Cameron denies sending "mixed messages" over plans to withdraw British troops from Afghanistan by 2015.
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BotswanaA group of San bushmen in Botswana have lost a court case to allow them to re-open a vital Kalahari waterhole.
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IraqA car bomb explodes near the Iraqi city of Baquba, killing at least 15 people and wounding many others, police say.
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United StatesScotland's First Minister Alex Salmond writes to US senators concerned about the release of the Lockerbie bomber.
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Sudan, 
ChadSudan President Omar al-Bashir pays a landmark visit to Chad - his first trip to a country required to arrest him for war crimes.
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KenyaKenyan judges award compensation to victims of police torture during the rule of Daniel Arap Moi in the 1980s.
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Somalia, United StatesUS authorities charge a man with providing material support to Somali Islamist militant group al-Shabab.
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Iraq, United StatesCancer, leukaemia and infant mortality are all increasing in the Iraqi town of Fallujah, which saw fierce fighting between US forces and Sunni insurgents.
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United StatesThe White House apologises to a black US official fired after an edited video clip appeared to show her making racially charged remarks.
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Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)Morgan Stanley sees a better than expected profit between April and June, despite weakness in the wider banking sector.
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Germany, United KingdomDavid Cameron is criticised after saying the UK was the "junior partner" in the allied fight against Germany in 1940.
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