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KenyaKenya discovers the potential of Vinyasa yoga
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SpainSpaniards resist government austerity plan
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ChinaHonda halts production at two of its four car assembly factories in China after another strike by workers at a local parts supplier.
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South Korea, 
North KoreaSouth Korea delays the launch of a rocket to put a satellite into space due to fire safety problems, officials say.
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IsraelThe UN secretary general makes second demand that Israel allow an international investigation into the Gaza flotilla raid.
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The GambiaAt least two tonnes of cocaine with a street value of some $1bn is seized in The Gambia, destined for Europe.
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United StatesSecond-generation US Hispanics get language boost
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ChinaTwo judges could partially lose their sight after being attacked with acid over a debt case in China, state media reports.
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IndiaAt least 30 people are killed and about 20 others injured as a bus ploughs into a tree in eastern India.
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Poland, SpainSpain playmaker Andres Iniesta has a minor thigh injury, according to the national team doctor.
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United KingdomThe UN and other international bodies funded by the UK must prove they deliver results, it is announced.
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TurkeyRed Bull team principal Christian Horner tells BBC Sport that Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel will not be held back despite their collision at the Turkish Grand Prix.
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Argentina, 
ChileThe Chilean ambassador to Argentina resigns after praising the military rule of General Augusto Pinochet.
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NetherlandsThe new contenders for Dutch PM post
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United KingdomThe UK government is bringing forward new rules requiring many immigrants marrying UK citizens to learn English.
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United StatesFemale candidates are the big winners in US primaries, where voters picked candidates for November's mid-term polls.
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Senegal, 
FranceFrance is closing its military bases in Senegal - 50 years after the independence of its former West Africa colony.
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PolandPrisoners help restore Poland's Jewish graveyards
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United KingdomThousands of people attend memorial services in northern England, a week after a guman shot dead 12 people.
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Iran, United StatesIran faces its toughest sanctions over its nuclear policy, the US says, as the UN prepares to vote on the issue.
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United States, 
MexicoUS Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is to testify at a Senate hearing on offshore oil exploration safety, in the wake of a disastrous spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
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United StatesUS incumbents are under pressure - but not that much
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United Kingdom, United StatesJoe Cole believes his experience could win him a place in the England team to face the United States in their World Cup opener on Saturday.
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Nigeria
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CroatiaA Serbian man sentenced in his absence to 30 years for his part in the killing of Serbian PM Zoran Djindjic is arrested in Croatia.
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United States, MexicoMexico demands a full inquiry after a youth is shot dead by a US agent near a border crossing between the two nations.
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SomaliaSomalia's defence minister, who leads the fight against Islamist insurgents, resigns - a blow for the embattled interim president.
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India, 
Sri LankaSri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa meets Indian leaders in Delhi during his first visit since his re-election earlier this year.
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SwedenYouths in a mainly immigrant suburb of Stockholm rampage for a second night after being refused entry to a school dance.
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PakistanGunmen attack a Nato supply convoy just outside Pakistan's capital, killing seven people and setting vehicles on fire.
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Democratic Republic of the Congo, United KingdomCongolese ambassador to the UK tells the BBC opposition activists may have been behind an arson attack on his London home.
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MexicoMexico's long struggle to win 'war on drugs'
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North KoreaThe secretive world of N Korean football
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South AfricaThree foreign journalists covering the World Cup in South Africa are robbed at gunpoint, police say, amid concerns over security.
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France, 
GermanyFrance and Germany urge the European Commission to impose an EU-wide ban on speculative trading known as naked short-selling.
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IranThe UN Security Council has voted in favour of fresh sanctions against Iran. Do you think these are necessary?
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MexicoA Mexican father who claimed he had given his children away to pay a debt confesses to murdering them, police say.
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South Korea, North KoreaNorth Korea tells the UN it did not sink a South Korean warship, as Seoul installs propaganda loudspeakers along its border.
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Sri LankaPolice in two Sri Lankan towns detain nearly 200 young couples they accuse of indecent behaviour.
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MalawiA gay couple whose jailing in Malawi sparked an international furore have split, as one moves in with a woman, reports say.
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SwitzerlandThe inventor of a low-cost solar cell that could create electricity generating windows has won the Millennium Technology Prize.
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The GambiaTwelve people go on trial for drugs trafficking in The Gambia, a day after a record $1bn cocaine seizure.
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United StatesUS President Barack Obama says the situation in Gaza is "unsustainable" and promises millions of dollars in new aid.
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Turkey, Israel, United StatesTurkey's growing hostility to Israel could be partly caused by its effective rejection by the EU, the US defence secretary says.
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Romania, United KingdomA Romanian man who stowed away on a private jet flying to London survived the journey because the plane flew at a lower altitude than usual.
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AfghanistanFour American soldiers are killed after their helicopter is shot down in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan, Nato says.
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IranThe UN Security Council votes in favour of a fourth round of sanctions against Iran over its controversial nuclear programme.
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VenezuelaPopular beer under nationalisation threat in Venezuela
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