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The US Episcopal Church ordains an openly lesbian bishop in a move likely to add to turmoil in the Anglican Communion.
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BP's boss says the Gulf of Mexico disaster should not end deep-water oil drilling but admits it is a "transforming event".
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A Cuban appeal court quashes the jail sentence given to dissident writer Dania Garcia and gives her a minor fine instead.
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Indian villagers eat mud as food fails to reach them
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Red Bull's Mark Webber qualifies on pole for the Monaco GP.
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A Chinese court sentences a man to death for knifing 29 children and three teachers at a kindergarten.
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Thai troops clash with protesters in Bangkok on a third day of violence that has killed at least 16 people.
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Kyrgyzstan's interim government pledges to bring to justice those responsible for deadly clashes in Jalalabad.
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The father of two British children who died from carbon monoxide poisoning in Corfu in 2006 says he has won a retrial of the case.
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Allan Little reveals how a little-known British officer changed the fate of a nation.
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On the trail of the dragon-slaying dervish saint
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What makes New Zealand a lifestyle superpower?
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At least 60 people are abducted by suspected militants in Pakistan's volatile north-west tribal region, police say.
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The Dutch boy who was the only survivor of a plane crash in Libya that killed 103 people arrives back in the Netherlands.
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Sudan's military says it has killed more than 100 rebels to seize control of their stronghold in the western region of Darfur.
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Ed Miliband joins the race to be the next Labour Party leader - a contest in which he will stand against his brother David.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai flies to London for talks with the new UK Prime Minister David Cameron.
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Proud gun-owners display wares at NRA convention
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Insurgent campaigners on rise in US primaries
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Red Bull's Mark Webber produces a superb display in qualifying to snatch pole position from Renault's Robert Kubica in Monaco.
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A French academic accused of spying in Iran after its 2009 election, will be allowed to leave the country, her lawyer says.
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One of India's best known politicians, Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, dies in Jaipur at the age of 87.
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Italy fines Irish airline Ryanair 3m euros (£2.5m) for failing to help stranded passengers during the volcanic ash crisis.
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The US demands immediate clarification from BP over its commitment to pay costs for the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
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An influential former presidential candidate in Mexico goes missing amid "signs of violence", prosecutors say.
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Pakistan spinner Danish Kaneria is one of two cricketers arrested in a UK investigation into match irregularities.
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Thailand's PM Abhisit Vejjajiva says troops will "push forward" with an operation to end a huge protest in the heart of Bangkok.
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Sudanese authorities arrest Islamist opposition leader Hassan al-Turabi, his family and senior members of his party say.
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A by-election is under way in Hong Kong aimed at putting pressure on China to speed the move to full democracy.
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