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Haiti, 
United StatesUS health authorities say the cholera outbreak which killed more than 330 people in Haiti most closely resembles a South Asian strain of the disease.
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ArubaForcing food manufacturers to cut salt levels in processed food could help cut heart disease rates, claim Australian researchers.
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United KingdomStandards for the care of sick babies have not improved in England despite government action, says a charity.
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Pakistan, 
GermanyLife and work of the German nun dubbed Pakistan's 'Mother Teresa'
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ChinaA human rights group criticises UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon for failing to discuss human rights at talks with China's President Hu Jintao.
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United StatesThe trial starts of former US House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, who is accused of helping to illegally finance legislative races in 2002.
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FranceAmericain becomes the first French-trained winner of the Melbourne Cup as hot favourite So You Think finishes third in the 150th running of Australia's big race.
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United StatesCandidates have made a last push for votes ahead of the US Congressional mid-term elections, with Barack Obama's Democrats facing a serious reverse.
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IsraelGaza business owners hit by Israeli export ban
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United StatesMillions of voters are preparing to vote in the US mid-term elections, with President Barack Obama's Democrats facing a serious setback in the polls.
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North KoreaNorth Korea says it is willing to hand over samples of its torpedos to prove it was not behind the deadly sinking of a South Korean warship.
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United States, 
Japan, ChinaChina rejects an offer from the US to host three-way talks with Japan over the future of a group of disputed islands in the East China Sea.
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United KingdomThe government is updating guidance on adoption in England to stress that consideration of a child's race should not be a barrier to finding a match.
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BermudaMcLaren's Lewis Hamilton believes having to come from behind in the title race could work to his advantage.
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Taiwan, ChinaA senior military intelligence officer has been arrested in Taiwan for being a double agent for China, Taiwan's defence ministry says.
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ArgentinaWidowed Argentine President Cristina Fernandez makes a televised address, vowing to honour the legacy of her husband Nestor Kirchner, who died last week.
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ChinaHow the internet is allowing new expression to Chinese citizens
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United StatesUS actress Laura Dern and her parents, Bruce Dern and Diane Ladd, become the first family to be honoured together on Hollywood's Walk Of Fame.
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IndonesiaInternational airlines cancel flights to airports near Mount Merapi, as Indonesia's most volatile volcano continues to pump out clouds of ash.
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United StatesUS intelligence officials tracked suspicious shipments in September that they now suspect were a dry run for last week's foiled parcel bomb plot.
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ArgentinaArgentina's widowed leader must show she can govern on her own
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South AfricaSouth Africa bowler Makhaya Ntini retires from international cricket.
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United StatesGoogle is suing the US authorities, saying it was unfairly excluded from a $58m deal to revamp government e-mail systems.
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RussiaFormer oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky tells a court in Moscow that the fate of the entire nation rests on the outcome of his trial for embezzlement.
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FranceAn 18-month-old girl is unharmed after falling from a sixth-floor apartment and bouncing off a cafe awning into the arms of a passer-by, French media say.
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Serbia and MontenegroSerbian police search three locations - two in the capital, one in a village in central Serbia - for the war-crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic
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NetherlandsDutch researchers identify a new genus and species of dolphin that appears to have had a broad snout and balloon-like forehead.
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United KingdomTiger Woods tells BBC Sport he is focused on overhauling Jack Nicklaus' major record after losing his world number one spot to England's Lee Westwood.
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IsraelIsrael's internal security service subjected Palestinians to abuse and torture while in custody, says a report by two Israeli rights groups.
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BrazilHow green will Brazil's next president Dilma Rousseff be?
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AfghanistanDozens of Afghan parliamentary candidates march in the capital, Kabul, to protest at what they say were flaws in the 18 September vote.
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Russia, JapanRussian President Dmitry Medvedev is said to be planning to visit more of the disputed Kuril Islands, despite growing anger from Japan.
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RussiaPreview followed by live coverage of Wednesday's game between Chelsea and Spartak Moscow in the Champions League.
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TanzaniaAn albino is elected as an MP for the first time in Tanzania, telling the BBC it is a "victory for all albinos", who face widespread persecution in the East African nation.
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United StatesA US couple whose resilient attitude to their misfortunes inspired a letter from President Barack Obama has sold the note for $7,000 (£4,380).
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India, ArubaThe Australian and Indian central banks both raise interest rates by a quarter percentage point amid fears of rising inflation.
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YemenYemen launches a manhunt for suspects behind the failed US parcel bomb plot as suspected al-Qaeda militants blow up an oil pipeline.
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PakistanPolice in Pakistan force a family of the Ahmadi sect to exhume the body of a relative because it was buried in a Muslim graveyard.
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ChinaAmazon's Kindle is proving popular in China because it allows users to log on to banned websites.
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IraqAt least 30 people are killed as a series of co-ordinated explosions hits the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, reports say.
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United KingdomBritain has a "legal obligation" to let some prisoners vote under a 2005 European court ruling, a minister tells the Commons.
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IndiaThe Indian environment minister blames fans of boy wizard Harry Potter for their role in the dwindling number of wild owls.
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ThailandThousands of people in Thailand have been affected by flash flooding caused by heavy rainfall.
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LebanonLebanon's Prime Minister Saad Hariri says the Middle East is "heading for disaster" unless comprehensive peace is achieved.
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KenyaKenya's truth and reconciliation commission head announces he is stepping aside so a tribunal can investigate his human rights record.
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Zambia, ChinaA Zambian court orders the release on bail of two Chinese mine managers accused attempted murder after they allegedly shot a group of miners.
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South Africa, PakistanSouth Africa narrowly avoid a second successive last-over defeat by Pakistan to win a thrilling third one-day international in Dubai.
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GermanyA package sent to German Chancellor Angela Merkel from Greece contained explosives, officials say.
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France, United KingdomDavid Cameron and France's Nicolas Sarkozy sign treaties agreeing to military co-operation, including the testing of nuclear warheads.
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TurkeyManchester United eventually stroll to Champions League victory against a blunt Bursaspor in Turkey to virtually guarantee their place in the last 16.
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United KingdomStudents in universities in England could face tuition fees of up to £9,000 per year - as the government reveals its plans for higher education.
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Greece, 
SwitzerlandBombs explode at the Swiss and Russian embassies in Athens and several other suspicious packages are destroyed, police say.
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United StatesUS President Barack Obama has urged supporters to turn out and vote in the US mid-term elections
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LebanonLebanon's Prime Minister Saad Hariri says the Middle East is "heading for disaster" unless comprehensive peace is achieved.
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United StatesThe highest court in the US hears arguments over whether children can be stopped from buying violent video games involving murder and sexual assault.
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