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United StatesMarines' 'Gumpathon' across US raises money for injured buddies
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Israel, United StatesUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu commit themselves to seeking the resumption of direct Middle East peace talks.
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IraqShia politician Nouri Maliki is reappointed as Iraq's prime minister, despite a walk-out from parliament by his main rival Iyad Allawi.
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Russia, United StatesA Moscow newspaper names the Russian intelligence agent it claims helped the US break up a Russian spy ring last summer.
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MexicoA disabled cruise ship that caught fire off the coast of Mexico is towed into port in San Diego and evacuates some 4,500 passengers and crew.
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IraqNewly re-elected Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has reappointed Shia leader Nouri Maliki as prime minister.
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South KoreaA blaze at a nursing home for the elderly in Pohang in South Korea kills 10 people and injures 17 others, officials say.
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South KoreaLeaders of the G20 group of major economies are holding a second day of difficult talks in the South Korea capital, Seoul.
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HaitiCholera is spreading quickly in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, as the death toll rises across the quake-hit country.
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IndiaDunno Y - a film being touted as Bollywood's answer to Brokeback Mountain - is released in Indian cinemas and is the first movie in the country to feature a male homosexual kiss.
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IndiaIndia's industrial output slowed to 4.4% year-on-year in September, pointing to a shrinking of capital goods output.
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JapanPast winners of the Nobel Peace Prize meet in Japan's Hiroshima city to call for nuclear disarmament, and the release of jailed laureates like Liu Xiaobo.
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United StatesHow the US hopes free radios will counter Taliban propaganda
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United KingdomEngland's four bowlers and their opening batsmen all impress on day two of the second Ashes warm-up match against South Australia.
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ItalyA one-day strike by workers will close hundreds of museums, art galleries and archaeological sites in Italy.
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BeninCholera fears and canoe taxis in Benin's flooded main city
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ItalyMost of Italy's major cultural attractions are closed because of a strike over government plans to cut their funding.
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Angola, 
ChinaAn Angolan minister tells the BBC that a convoy carrying Chinese mine workers was attacked in the region of Cabinda this week.
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Iraq, United StatesUS President Barack Obama says the new power-sharing agreement in Iraq after eight months of deadlock marks another "milestone" for the country.
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ChinaA Chinese court has ruled against a man who says he was denied a teaching job because he is HIV positive, his lawyer says.
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United KingdomHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1, the penultimate instalment in the fantasy franchise, receives a mixed reaction from UK film critics.
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IsraelAriel Sharon, the former Israeli prime minister who has been in a coma since 2006, is moved from a hospital to his home.
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SudanThousands of southerners are fleeing northern Sudan, as tension grows in the build-up to January's referendum on possible independence for the south.
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United Arab EmiratesLewis Hamilton sets the fastest time in second practice for Sunday's title-deciding Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
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Somalia, India, 
PanamaPirates hijack a Panamanian-flagged chemical tanker in waters closer to India than to Somalia.
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France, 
GermanyEconomic recovery has slowed across Europe, with Germany, which had experienced record growth, showing the sharpest change.
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United StatesLong-running US cartoon The Simpsons is to return for its 23rd series, Fox Television announces.
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ChinaShares fall around the world, with European markets hit by concerns about Irish government debt, and China fearing rate rises.
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South KoreaThe G20 group of countries agrees to avoid "competitive devaluation" of currencies but falls short of limiting trade deficits.
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Democratic Republic of the CongoThe trial starts of eight officers charged with the murder of prominent human rights activist Floribert Chebeya in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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MexicoBattle with drugs cartels puts Mexico's army under pressure
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SudanThousands of southern Sudanese flee the north as tension grows in the build-up to January's referendum on possible southern independence.
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PolandPolish composer Henryk Gorecki, who sold a million copies of his Symphony No 3 in the 1990s, dies aged 76, the country's national orchestra announces.
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AfghanistanA car bomb has exploded near a convoy of international troops in the Afghan capital, Kabul, the Nato-led force says.
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RussiaJournalists outraged by latest beating of a reporter
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PakistanFunerals are held for victims of the attack on anti-terrorist police headquarters in the Pakistani city of Karachi, which left 20 dead.
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United Arab EmiratesLewis Hamilton sets the fastest lap in Friday practice at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, just ahead of title rivals Sebastian Vettel, Fernando Alonso and Mark Webber.
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Iraq, 
IranThe Iraqi government has been accused of denying Iranian dissidents living in Camp Ashraf free access to medical treatment.
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ChinaWill Japan inevitably be eclipsed by China?
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IrelandEuropean leaders ease investors' fears that they would have to bear heavy losses if the Irish government defaults on its debts.
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United Kingdom, 
New ZealandNew Zealand hooker Keven Mealamu has his four-week ban for butting England captain Lewis Moody reduced to two weeks on appeal.
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United KingdomBritish Gas customers will face a 7% rise in gas and electricity bills this winter, the company has announced.
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Russia, 
Sri Lanka, 
GabonA Sri Lankan journalist, a Russian lawyer and a Gabonese activist are commended by anti-corruption watchdog Transparency International.
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IndiaIndian officials move sloth bears thousands of miles across the country after fears their forest home in West Bengal is under threat from Maoist rebels.
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ChinaThe 16th annual Asian Games is taking place in Guangzhou, China, and cricket is among the sporting events.
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Greece, United KingdomBritish aid workers allegedly taken captive on a ship say they are being held by Greek commandos.
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United Kingdom, ChinaA Chinese vase found during a house clearance in a London suburb, has sold at auction for a staggering £43m.
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PakistanRelatives of a Pakistani Christian woman sentenced to death for insulting the Prophet Muhammad say they will appeal against her conviction.
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Nigeria, IranIran allows Nigeria to question one of its citizens inside its embassy, over a weapons shipment seized in Lagos.
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Spain, 
Western Sahara, 
MoroccoSpain presses Morocco for more information about a police raid at a refugee camp in the disputed territory of Western Sahara.
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HaitiThe UN appeals for nearly $164m in aid to help fight a cholera outbreak in Haiti which has now claimed 724 lives.
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United KingdomDavid Haye tips the scales three stone lighter than Audley Harrison for Saturday's all-British WBA heavyweight title fight.
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BoliviaBolivia's government defends its policy of nationalising companies that it says are vital to the country's economy.
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Afghanistan, 
NetherlandsThe Dutch army accuses two soldiers of blowing up their own armoured car in Afghanistan in a blast they narrowly escaped.
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ItalyThe European Commission investigates why Italian officials spent 720,000 euros (£613,000) of EU cash on a gig by Sir Elton John.
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LebanonThe radical Muslim cleric, Omar Bakri Muhammad, has been sentenced to life in prison by a military court in Lebanon.
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IndiaIndia's Tata Steel reports a profit for the second quarter of the financial year, thanks to a rise in demand in domestic markets.
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GreeceA ship carrying a group of 10 aid workers, including seven Britons, who alleged that the captain had held them captive, dock at a Greek port.
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BurmaBurma's generals are said to have signed an order authorising the release of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, possibly on Saturday.
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United StatesA mountain lion meets its match when a Jack Russell terrier traps it up a tree on a farm in eastern South Dakota, US.
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United StatesOne of the US' oldest magazines, Newsweek, is to merge with news website The Daily Beast under the editorship of Tina Brown.
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BrazilBrazil's vice-president, Jose Alencar, is in a stable condition and has been moved out of intensive care, after suffering a heart attack on Thursday.
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United KingdomA file containing new evidence on the News of the World phone hacking scandal has been submitted to prosecutors, Scotland Yard says.
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BurmaBurma's generals are said to have signed an order authorising the release of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
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United StatesThe US Supreme Court refuses to force to the US military to allow openly gay troops to serve, while a lower court considers the issue.
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IranThe European Union agrees to meet Iranian representatives for long-stalled talks on the country's nuclear programme on 5 December.
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United Arab Emirates, 
BermudaChampionship leader Fernando Alonso hopes McLaren rival Lewis Hamilton can aid his title bid by qualifying in pole position for Sunday's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
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France, United KingdomBritish number one Andy Murray takes on home favourite Gael Monfils at the Paris Masters with a semi-final against Roger Federer at stake.
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United KingdomOne of Esperanza Spalding's biggest admirers is Barack Obama, so it is no wonder tickets for her performance at the London Jazz Festival have already sold out
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United StatesA woman accused of attacking US actor Leonardo DiCaprio with a broken bottle in 2005 pleads no contest at a court in Los Angeles.
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FranceFrance's Gael Monfils defeats Andy Murray in three sets to reach the semi-finals of the Paris Masters.
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Canada, AfghanistanCanada's parliament will not be asked to vote on whether to extend a military mission in Afghanistan, Prime Minister Stephen Harper says.
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IraqThe rivalries behind Iraq's struggle to form a government
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