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Iran, 
United StatesThe US announces additional measures against Iran, days after fresh UN sanctions, amid fears over its nuclear programme.
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United StatesBP is to place $20bn in an independent fund for victims of the Gulf oil spill and will cancel dividend payments for 2010.
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IndiaTribespeople in India's Andamans archipelago are threatened by tourist safaris run by local operators, campaigners say.
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ColombiaColombian informants share a $1.2m reward for helping the rescue of four security personnel after a decade in rebel hands.
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BurmaLandslides and floods caused by torrential rain have killed 46 people in Burma this week, state television has reported.
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IndiaIndia's Maoists announce a protest against a security operation in West Bengal in which eight of their fighters died.
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ZambiaMore than $300m of HIV/Aids health funding to Zambia is being suspended over corruption concerns, aid officials say.
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Israel, 
Gaza StripIsrael says it will allow more civilian goods to enter the Gaza strip. What impact will this have?
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PeruWhy Peruvian villagers are painting a mountain
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ChinaOne of China's most influential newspapers, the official People's Daily, has called for workers' incomes to be raised.
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KyrgyzstanFighting between ethnic Kyrgyz and Uzbeks in Kyrgyzstan has plunged the area into "immense crisis", the Red Cross says.
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United StatesEnigmatic election winner raises questions in US
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Germany, 
AustraliaAustralia's Tim Cahill can still play in the World Cup after receiving a one-match ban for being sent off against Germany.
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PakistanThe Pakistani army says it is searching for dozens of soldiers missing after their checkpoint was attacked by the Taliban.
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CanadaA Canadian commission of inquiry is expected to release a report into the bombing of Air India flight 182 in 1985.
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TurkeyThirty supporters of an outlawed Kurdish party go on trial in south-eastern Turkey, eight months after they returned from exile.
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South Africa, 
UruguaySouth Africa coach Carlos Alberto Parreira criticises the referee after the loss to Uruguay.
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ChinaFloods in southern China triggered by torrential rain have killed 46 people since Sunday, officials say.
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GermanyBones found in a German cathedral are the remains of a Saxon member of the English royal family, scientists claim.
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United States, Pakistan, ChinaChina says its civilian nuclear co-operation with Pakistan is peaceful, after the US asks for details on the sale of reactors.
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Israel, 
SyriaThe Syrian president tells the BBC that Israel's raid on the Gaza flotilla has increased the chances of war in the Middle East.
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ColombiaWill Grant visited Colombia's island paradise of Providencia where he observed a very unusual sport.
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SudanTwo Sudan rebel leaders appear before the ICC in The Hague over an attack on peacekeepers in Darfur.
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Switzerland, 
SpainThe TV reporter girlfriend of Spain goalkeeper Iker Casillas demanded he explain a blunder which lost them their match against Switzerland, live on TV.
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South AfricaNelson Mandela attends the funeral of his great-granddaughter Zenani, who died in a car crash last week.
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Afghanistan, 
JapanThe Japanese prime minister, in talks with the Afghan president, asks for good governance from Kabul as part of a $5bn aid offer.
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KyrgyzstanThe UN says that the number of people displaced by unrest in southern Kyrgyzstan has reached 400,000.
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Iceland, 
Netherlands, 
United KingdomEU leaders agree to open membership talks with Iceland, despite its failure so far to refund the UK and the Netherlands for lost savings.
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South AfricaA South African man is still alive despite shooting himself in the head and being hit by a lorry.
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United StatesPresident Barack Obama is viewed favourably in many countries, despite declining job approval ratings at home, a US study finds.
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KenyaKenya's Assistant Roads Minister Wilfred Machage is suspended by President Kibaki a day after being charged with inciting hatred.
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IranEU leaders back new sanctions on Iran that are tougher than recent measures adopted by the UN Security Council.
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Nigeria, 
France, 
MexicoGreece earn their first World Cup win as they come back from a goal down to beat Nigeria, who have Sani Kaita sent off in the first half.
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Nigeria, 
GreeceGreece earn their first World Cup win as they come back from a goal down to beat Nigeria, who have Sani Kaita sent off in the first half.
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SomaliaA Dutch court sentences five Somali pirates to five years in jail, in the first such case to be tried in Europe.
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FranceThe death toll from floods in southern France rises to 25, with officials warning that more bodies could yet be found.
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Nigeria, GreeceNigeria coach Lars Lagerback praises his side despite their 2-1 defeat by Greece which leaves them with only slim hopes of making the World Cup last 16.
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IsraelUltra-Orthodox Jews have staged one of the biggest protests seen in Israel, to demand their children be educated separately.
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CanadaA "cascading series of errors" led to the 1985 bombing of an Air India jet that killed 329 people, an inquiry in Canada concludes.
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United Kingdom, United StatesEngland's Paul Casey is tied for the lead with American Shaun Micheel and Zimbabwe's Brendon de Jonge after the first round of the US Open at Pebble Beach.
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SpainWhich Spanish footballer is this reporter dating?
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ThailandThai scientists warn about a new complication of stem cell therapy seen in a patient being treated for kidney disease.
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FranceUnder-fire France coach Raymond Domenech admits his side "need a miracle" if they are to avoid World Cup elimination at the first hurdle.
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Sri LankaA panel to advise on human rights issues after the civil war in Sri Lanka could be in place within days, the UN says.
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