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MexicoEight human heads are found outside the northern Mexican city of Durango after anonymous tip-offs to police.
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CubaFidel Castro unveils plans to release a volume of memoirs, telling how his revolutionaries defeated the Cuban army.
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MexicoBP says it will emerge from the oil spill crisis a smaller and wiser company, as it announces a record $17bn (£11bn) loss.
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ZimbabweZimbabwean politician Roy Bennett accuses President Robert Mugabe of being the front for by a military junta.
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Afghanistan, 
United StatesThe US Congress approves funds to pay for President Barack Obama's plan to increase US troops in Afghanistan, by a 308 to 114 vote.
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NetherlandsA 14-year-old girl has been given permission by a Dutch court to try to become the youngest person to sail around the world.
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SpainLawmakers in Catalonia could make the semi-autonomous region the first mainland part of Spain to outlaw bullfighting.
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ItalyStar conductor Antonio Pappano has just finished a three-day recording session in Rome, working on a rarely-heard choral piece by Rossini.
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North KoreaSouth Korean electronics firm LG Electronics reports a slump in profits as it struggles to keep pace with competitors in the mobile phone market.
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JapanThe new Japanese government carries out its first executions - but the justice minister calls for debate on the death penalty.
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Iran, 
ChinaDespite a trading history that goes back centuries, China has reluctantly backed UN sanctions against Iran in light of its nuclear programme.
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France, ChinaFrench car giant Peugeot Citroen reports a return to profit in the first half of the year, driven by strong demand in China.
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IrelandA five-year-old Irish boy who was wrongly accused of stealing a bag of crisps wins 7,500 euros damages for defamation of character.
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BotswanaA Brazilian TV presenter accused of ordering murders to boost his crime show's ratings dies in hospital without facing trial.
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FranceFrench first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy makes her acting debut in a Woody Allen film being shot in Paris.
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ArubaTelecoms giant Telstra is fined 18.5m Australian dollars ($16.6m; £10.6m) for blocking rivals from accessing its infrastructure.
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United StatesFormer US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice joins veteran singer Aretha Franklin on stage to perform at a charitable gig on Tuesday.
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United KingdomThe A-Team star Liam Neeson calls the government's decision to axe the UK Film Council 'deplorable'.
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United KingdomMovies starring British actors including James McAvoy and Keira Knightley will premiere at this year's Toronto film festival.
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SloveniaOne of the hackers behind a computer virus that infected nearly 13m computers has been tracked down by international authorities.
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ChinaAt least five people are killed and dozens injured in an explosion at an abandoned plastics factory in the Chinese city of Nanjing.
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Portugal, Botswana, SpainSpanish telecom firm Telefonica agrees to buy Portugal Telecom's stake in Brazilian mobile company Vivo, ending weeks of negotiations.
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BhutanCab drivers in Bhutan are urged to improve their manners at a transport authority course in the town of Paro.
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United KingdomA British schoolboy has stunned the art world by producing paintings that look like Picasso's.
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IndiaThe government of Indian-administered Kashmir sets up a commission of inquiry into the killings of civilians during recent anti-India protests.
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Russia, United StatesA 24-year-old beautician has been arrested after allegedly trying to smuggle night-vision rifle scopes from the US to Russia.
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United KingdomBritish Gas profits almost double as the energy supplier benefits from rising customer numbers and last winter's cold weather.
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SpainThe parliament of Catalonia votes to ban bullfighting - the first region of mainland Spain to do so.
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BelgiumMusician and songwriter Plastic Bertrand did not sing on the 1977 track Ca Plane Pour Moi, a linguist tells a court in Belgium.
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AfghanistanA roadside bomb kills 25 civilians and wounds 20 travelling on a bus in south-western Afghanistan, officials say.
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IndiaBAE Systems and Rolls-Royce sign a £700m deal to supply India's Hindustan Aeronautics with 57 Hawk training jets.
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Puerto RicoA Puerto Rican drug dealer's story
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IraqA sandstorm downs an Iraqi military helicopter, killing its five-member crew, while a Baghdad blast kills five Iraqis, officials say.
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IraqA sandstorm downs an Iraqi military helicopter, killing its five-member crew, while a Baghdad blast kills five Iraqis, officials say.
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HaitiHaitian-born musician Wyclef Jean is considering running for president of the Caribbean country, his family say.
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India, United KingdomDavid Cameron begins a two-day visit to India with the aim of strengthening relations and creating jobs back in Britain.
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FranceTour de France winner Alberto Contador will leave Astana at the end of this season after turning down the offer of a new deal.
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MexicoOil from BP's damaged Gulf of Mexico well has cleared from the sea surface faster than expected, scientists say, 100 days after the disaster began.
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MexicoOil from BP's damaged Gulf of Mexico well has cleared from the sea surface faster than expected, scientists say, 100 days after the disaster began.
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ChinaFlooding in China continues to cause chaos, with 30,000 people trapped in one town and explosive chemicals washed into a major river.
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United KingdomConsumer products giant Procter & Gamble becomes the 11th big firm to sign an Olympics sponsorship deal covering London 2012.
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NigeriaFinancial regulators in Nigeria are to bring charges against a list of people they accuse of illegally manipulating the stock market.
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NigeriaFinancial regulators in Nigeria are to bring charges against a list of people they accuse of illegally manipulating the stock market.
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MexicoFour journalists go missing in the Mexican state of Durango while covering protests at a prison, a human rights body says.
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United KingdomProminent atheists such as Richard Dawkins could set up their own 'free schools' in England, Education Secretary Michael Gove has said.
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IranRights group Amnesty International accuses Iran of persecuting a lawyer involved in the high profile case of a woman sentenced to death by stoning.
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IranRights group Amnesty International accuses Iran of persecuting a lawyer involved in the high profile case of a woman sentenced to death by stoning.
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ChinaAmid the worst floods in China for a decade, at least 20 people are missing in Sichuan province where heavy rain triggered a landslide which buried almost 60 houses.
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ChinaAmid the worst floods in China for a decade, at least 20 people are missing in Sichuan province where heavy rain triggered a landslide which buried almost 60 houses.
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Oman, JapanA Japanese oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz is damaged by what has been reported as a freak wave, injuring crew members.
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South AfricaUnions representing South African public sector workers say the government has seven days to make a deal to stop a planned strike.
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RussiaRussia announces plans for its biggest privatisation since the 1990s - which it hopes will raise about $30bn.
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FranceModel Lara Stone, who married comedian David Walliams in May, takes legal action against the French edition of Playboy magazine.
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United KingdomBritain's Dwain Chambers aims to become European 100m champion with six more gold medals up for grabs at the European Championships in Barcelona.
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RussiaMoscow is engulfed by the worst smog in almost a decade, as the Russian capital swelters in a record heat wave.
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NepalThe government in Nepal lifts a ban that prohibited Nepalis from seeking work in Iraq.
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Pakistan, United KingdomBritish PM David Cameron warns Pakistan not to have any relationship with groups that "promote the export of terror".
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PakistanAn Airblue plane crashes into hills north of the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, killing all 152 people on board.
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FranceFrench police arrest a couple after the bodies of eight newborn babies are found in a village in northern France, officials say.
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GermanyA suspected former Nazi death camp guard is charged over the killing of 430,000 Jews in World War II, German prosecutors say.
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CanadaCanadian archaeologists locate the wreck of HMS Investigator, a British ship abandoned in the Arctic in the 19th Century.
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Canada, United KingdomCanadian archaeologists locate the wreck of HMS Investigator, a British ship abandoned in the Arctic in the 19th Century.
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UkraineAn explosion at an Orthodox church in southern Ukraine kills an 80-year-old woman, officials say.
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South AfricaA pet tiger that escaped in South Africa is found after a two-day search with helicopters, a tracker and sniffer dogs.
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SpainFormer Spain striker Raul joins German side Schalke after ending his 18-year career with Real Madrid.
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GermanyNeo-Nazis hack into the website of Germany's Buchenwald concentration camp, defacing it with fascist slogans and symbols.
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GermanyNeo-Nazis hack into the website of Germany's Buchenwald concentration camp, defacing it with fascist slogans and symbols.
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RussiaRussian planemakers eye global markets
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RussiaRussian planemakers eye global markets
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ArgentinaDiego Maradona accuses the Argentine Football Association of "lies and betrayal" after his reign as national coach ends.
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ArgentinaDiego Maradona accuses the Argentine Football Association of "lies and betrayal" after his reign as national coach ends.
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Saudi ArabiaEnvironmental group WWF apologises to Saudi Arabia after one of its workers vandalised the country's nameplate at a climate conference.
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Saudi ArabiaEnvironmental group WWF apologises to Saudi Arabia after one of its workers vandalised the country's nameplate at a climate conference.
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