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BotswanaA prominent Brazilian fertility doctor is jailed for sexually assaulting 39 patients at his reproductive health clinic in Sao Paulo.
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IsraelHow the Israeli army is using Facebook to stop women from dodging military service.
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BotswanaBrazilian police kill two suspects in a major operation to tackle a wave of gang violence in Rio de Janeiro, where gangs have been blocking roads and torching cars.
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HaitiThe cholera epidemic in Haiti is spreading much faster than predicted, the UN says, and could cause 200,000 cases in the next three months.
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North Korea, 
United StatesPresident Barack Obama condemns North Korea's shelling of South Korean territory and says the US is committed to defending South Korea.
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AfghanistanTwo of Afghanistan's most senior election officials have been suspended, hours before results from September's poll are due, the BBC learns.
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PortugalPortuguese workers will stage what unions say will be the country's biggest ever general strike on Wednesday.
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Thailand, 
ArubaAn Australian government inquiry blames a Thai-owned oil rig operator for the country's worst ever offshore oil leak in the Timor Sea.
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BurmaBurma says it ordered the eviction of HIV/Aids patients from a centre in Rangoon visited by Aung San Suu Kyi on the grounds of poor hygiene.
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BotswanaBrazilian police have launched a major operation in Rio de Janeiro to try to stop a new wave of violence.
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Italy, 
United KingdomAmanda Knox and her former boyfriend are starting an appeal in Italy against their convictions for the murder of British student Meredith Kercher.
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Germany, United StatesEuropean software giant SAP is ordered by a Californian court to pay US rival Oracle $1.3bn after losing a data theft case.
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IrelandThe Irish government is set to publish an austerity plan required for its EU and IMF bail-out.
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PakistanPakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik defends the way his country is distributing millions of dollars of flood relief.
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Japan, 
ChinaChina begins exporting rare earths to Japan after a two-month suspension following a territorial row.
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United StatesCaroline Hepker reports on the way US banks have seized homes where owners have fallen behind on mortgage payments.
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SpainReal Madrid manager Jose Mourinho denies that two of his players were deliberately sent off while seven-times winners AC Milan book their place in the last 16 of the Champions League.
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United KingdomPlanned reforms to education in England are being unveiled, including a scheme to retrain former troops as teachers to improve classroom discipline.
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United KingdomFirst-time novelist Amy Sackville is named the winner of one of the UK's oldest literary prizes for her book at a ceremony in London.
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United KingdomAfter five years in development Gran Turismo 5 has been released in the UK but how does it compare to the real thing and does it match up to the competition?
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United KingdomAmerican Amanda Knox has appeared in an Italian court as she begins a bid to overturn her conviction for the murder of Briton Meredith Kercher.
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IndiaThis year's special SONY Professional Impact Award went to a moving story about the lives of impoverished children in the Indian city of Mumbai.
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ItalyOscar-winning actor Adrien Brody wins a legal battle against the makers of an Italian-set thriller movie for which he claims he was not fully paid.
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YemenA car bomb targeting a Shia religious procession in the north of Yemen kills 15 people, reports say.
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Italy, United StatesAmerican Amanda Knox made a brief appearance in an Italian court as she began a bid to overturn her conviction for the murder of Meredith Kercher.
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IranWhy some Iranian conservatives want the president removed
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United KingdomEurythmics star Dave Stewart is to tell the story of a landmark London cafe which he regularly visits in a new stage musical.
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Nigeria, 
EgyptThe number of people living in African cities will triple over the next 40 years and by 2050 60% of Africans will be city dwellers, a UN report says.
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RussiaRussian President Dmitriy Medvedev warns that his country runs the risk of slipping into a period of political "stagnation".
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United Kingdom, 
New ZealandThe Queen passes on her condolences after 29 men, including two Scots, are believed to have died in a new Zealand mining blast.
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PortugalPortuguese workers are staging what unions say will be the country's biggest ever general strike. It comes a day after borrowing costs spike.
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FranceA Paris pensioner has survived for 20 days on warm water after getting stuck in her bathroom, before neighbours realised she was trapped.
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United KingdomThe UK's economy grew by 0.8% between July and September, the Office for National Statistics confirms.
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GermanyGerman business confidence has hit its highest level since reunification, a closely-watched survey says.
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TaiwanPolice in Taiwan arrest a man who allegedly killed another man and used the body to fake his own suicide and avoid prison.
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ChinaThe Vatican threatens a bishop with excommunication after he is ordained by China's state-backed Church without papal approval.
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AfghanistanResults are released from all but one of Afghanistan's 34 provinces in September's parliamentary elections, with the outcome still unclear in volatile Ghazni.
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CambodiaAn initial investigation into the stampede that killed more than 450 people in Cambodia on Monday finds a swaying footbridge triggered the panic.
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New ZealandAll 29 miners, including two Britons, trapped underground in a New Zealand mine are believed to be dead after a second explosion.
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United KingdomA formation of Harrier jets make their final journey from HMS Ark Royal - the last such flight from a UK aircraft carrier for 10 years.
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IrelandThe Irish Republic's government is set to publish a four-year austerity programme required for its EU- and IMF-led bail-out.
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IndiaThe chief minister of India's Bihar state, Nitish Kumar, sweeps back to power with a landslide victory in assembly elections.
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EgyptPolice in Egypt clash with Coptic Christians over the construction of a new church, leaving one protester dead.
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RussiaBusiness Secretary Vince Cable is visiting Moscow to discuss investment opportunities with Russian Finance Minister Alexey Kudrin.
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New ZealandAll 29 miners trapped underground in a mine on New Zealand's South Island are believed to be dead after a second explosion.
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United KingdomWimbledon finalist Tomas Berdych beats world number eight Andy Roddick 7-5 6-3 on the fourth day of the ATP World Tour Finals in London.
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IndiaPolice in the Indian city of Mumbai arrest eight people, including senior executives of top state banks, over a suspected loans scam.
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PortugalStrikers bring Portuguese public services to a halt in a bid to weaken the government's resolve to make deep budget cuts.
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SomaliaAfrican Union peacekeepers in Somalia apologise for the deaths of two civilians, killed after troops opened fire on a group of people near Mogadishu airport.
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Australia, United KingdomEngland skipper Andrew Strauss refuses to get caught up in talk of a first Ashes series win in Australia for 24 years.
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IraqParliament has reconvened in Iraq after nearly nine months of deadlock, only to discover that the country has run out of money for incapacity benefits and other payments.
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KyrgyzstanSeventeen ethnic Uzbeks are jailed for life for their role in June's deadly ethnic clashes in southern Kyrgyzstan, amid accusations of bias.
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North KoreaThe bodies of two civilians are found on the South Korean island of Yeonpyeong, shelled during the attack by North Korea.
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GermanyUKIP MEP Godfrey Bloom is ordered out of the chamber of the European Parliament after he directed a Nazi slogan at a German socialist.
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SwitzerlandSwiss bank UBS is sued for $2bn over claims it hid the Ponzi scheme of fraudster Bernard Madoff that lost clients billions.
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PakistanPakistan's security agencies are "definitely" involved in extrajudicial killings in Balochistan, the province's chief minister tells the BBC.
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LebanonA court in Lebanon releases the radical Muslim cleric, Omar Bakri Muhammad, on bail pending a retrial.
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Iraq, United KingdomThe majority of the remaining 150 British troops in Iraq will return home next spring, a senior military spokesman says.
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SwedenA Swedish court rejects Wikileaks founder Julian Assange's appeal against a detention order in a rape case.
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BotswanaPolice and gang members clash in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro for a fourth day, despite further raids by security forces.
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United KingdomImmediately recognisable by its precise geometrical shapes - Bridget Riley's work, and the paintings of Impressionists and old masters that inspired her, are being displayed together at The National Gallery in London.
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United KingdomThe government signals a return to traditional educational values as it sets out wide-ranging plans for school reforms in England.
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Cuba, United StatesIsrael's prime minister phones a Cuban-born US congresswoman to clarify his praise of remarks by former Cuban leader Fidel Castro.
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United StatesFears of jams at US airport security check points are failing to materialise on one of the busiest travel days of the year.
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Iraq, IndiaA four-year-old Iraqi girl has heard her mother's voice - and other sounds - for the first time following an operation in India.
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United StatesUS President Barack Obama has pardoned a turkey at the White House as part of an annual presidential tradition held in advance of the Thanksgiving holiday.
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IrelandThe Republic of Ireland's austerity programme fails to ease fears about the financial health of Europe's economies.
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Somalia, United StatesFive young Somali men face life in prison after being found guilty of attacking a US Navy warship, the first US piracy conviction for nearly 200 years.
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China, North Korea, United StatesThe US urges Beijing to rein in North Korea, whose shelling of a South Korean island has caused outrage around the world.
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Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia's King Abdullah undergoes a successful back operation for a herniated disc in a New York hospital, according to media reports.
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United KingdomWorld number one Rafael Nadal eases past Novak Djokovic 7-5 6-2 at the ATP World Tour Finals in London.
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New ZealandNew Zealand begins to mourn 29 miners who were earlier declared dead in one of the country's worst-ever mining disasters.
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SudanSouthern Sudan's military accuses the north of launching a helicopter attack on its troops, as tensions rise before a crucial referendum.
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United StatesWhat furore over airport security says about the American soul
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Canada, AfghanistanThe Canadian military is investigating fake calls to families of soldiers in Afghanistan saying their relative has died in combat, authorities say.
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United Kingdom"Keeping the show on the road" may be all governments can hope for at next week's UN climate talks, the UK admits.
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MexicoTwenty Mexican tourists kidnapped and murdered in Acapulco were victims of mistaken identity, a suspected drugs baron tells police.
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United StatesHousehold incomes and spending rise in the US in October, giving Wall Street a lift, despite continuing housing market woes.
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United Arab EmiratesThe Queen and Prince Philip have arrived in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates for a five-day visit to the Gulf.
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United StatesThe US state department warns that a Wikileaks plan to release millions more classified documents risks lives and national security.
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Australia, United KingdomFast bowler Peter Siddle takes a hat-trick as Australia bowl out England for 260 to take control of the first Ashes Test in Brisbane.
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IrelandThe Irish government unveils a range of tough austerity measures designed to help solve the country's debt crisis.
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United KingdomPolice disperse the final student demonstrators in central London, after a day of protests against higher tuition fees and university cuts.
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United StatesA jury convicts Republican former US House Majority Leader Tom DeLay on charges of illegally funnelling corporate money to Texas candidates in 2002.
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United StatesA US judge overseeing a settlement for workers exposed to toxic dust after the 9/11 attacks says he will extend a deadline for people to take it.
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