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ItalyHundreds of demonstrators with banners invaded the red carpet at the Rome Film Festival to protest government cuts to the film and TV industry.
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MexicoThe firms drilling a BP Gulf of Mexico oil well had tests showing cement used to seal it before it blew out was unstable, US investigators have found.
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ThailandMore than three million people have been affected by flooding which has hit Thailand.
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ArubaAn Australian man is lucky to be alive after a car crashed into his bedroom wall in a house in Melbourne's outer east suburb.
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ItalyActresses Keira Knightley and Eva Mendes avoid the red carpet at the Rome Film Festival opening after protesters picket the event.
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PakistanThe UN warns its supply of food aid for victims of Pakistan's floods will run out by the start of December, and that with winter's onset, seven million people still do not have adequate shelter.
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New ZealandNew Zealand's parliament passes legislation that will keep the production of two Hobbit films in the country.
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MexicoAt least nine Mexican police officers are shot and killed in an ambush - the sixth multiple killing in Mexico in less than a week.
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SwedenSpyker Cars, the owner of Saab, sees its third quarter losses rise substantially following it takeover of the Swedish carmaker.
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United States, MexicoThe companies drilling the BP Gulf of Mexico oil well had test results showing cement used to seal it before the blowout was unstable, US investigators find.
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India, 
ChinaChinese Premier Wen Jiabao tells his Indian counterpart, Manmohan Singh, there is "enough space" in the world for the two countries to develop and co-operate.
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SpainBritish Airways reports a profit of £158m, its first in two years, as the company prepares to merge with Iberia of Spain.
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AfghanistanThe parents of Linda Norgrove, killed in Afghanistan during a failed rescue attempt, speak about her kidnapping and death.
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JapanAn Ariane-5 rocket has been successfully launched from the Guiana Space Center, delivering communications satellites which will relay services to European and Japanese operators.
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BurmaBurma's top court hears pro-democracy leader Suu Kyi's release plea, as UN chief Ban Ki-moon calls for credible elections.
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JapanJapanese electronics company Sony Corp returns to profit thanks to strong sales of its Vaio laptops and PlayStations.
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UgandaUganda's evicted Batwa forest-dwellers get first graduate
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FranceFrench oil giant Total reports a 35% rise in quarterly profit, fuelled by higher prices and production.
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Iran, United StatesIran says it is prepared to hold talks on its nuclear programme in November, as the US confirms it is working on a new fuel swap offer for Tehran.
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United KingdomBoth the San Francisco 49ers and Denver Broncos are desperate for a change of fortunes in Sunday's NFL clash at Wembley Stadium.
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IndonesiaBad weather is again obstructing efforts to get aid to the survivors of the Indonesian tsunami as the death toll tops 400.
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United KingdomThe London Symphony Orchestra's former principal trumpeter Maurice Murphy passes away aged 75.
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JapanIndustrial output in Japan falls in September, but companies report better-than-expected profits, despite the strong yen.
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SpainSpain's unemployment rate has fallen for the first time in more than three years, but remains the highest in Europe, official data shows.
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Russia, United StatesRussian and US agents have taken part in a joint operation to destroy drug laboratories in Afghanistan, Russia's drug control agency says.
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NepalClimbers of Mount Everest can now make video phone calls and surf the internet through a 3G mobile phone network, a Nepalese telecoms provider says.
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North KoreaNorth Korean troops have fired two shots across the border into South Korean territory and the South has returned fire, Seoul says.
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JapanAfter intense negotiations, UN delegates appear close to sealing a new deal aimed at protecting nature and equitably sharing in its benefits.
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Australia, United KingdomEngland's cricketers fly to Australia to begin their defence of the Ashes they won on home soil in 2009.
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MaldivesThe Maldives' president promises strict new guidelines on conducting wedding ceremonies for tourists, after a couple renewing their marriage vows were abused.
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IndiaAn army signals officer with more than 1,200 base jumps to his credit has launched himself off the 235m high Doordarshan TV tower at Pitam Pura in Delhi.
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Greece, 
BelgiumEU leaders say tough new budget rules agreed at their summit in Brussels will protect the euro from a future Greek-style debt crisis.
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IndiaA court in India's Karnataka state upholds the decision of the speaker of the state assembly to disqualify 11 rebel lawmakers.
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United StatesThe US economy grew at an annualised rate of 2% in July-September, an acceleration on the previous quarter, official figures show.
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Japan, ChinaA diplomatic spat between China and Japan over a group of disputed islands flares up again, hours after an apparently friendly bilateral meeting.
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India, United StatesOnline encyclopaedia, Wikipedia, plans to open its first office outside the United States in India.
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Serbia and Montenegro, ItalyUefa has awarded Italy a 3-0 win over Serbia after their Euro 2012 qualifier in Genoa on 12 October was abandoned.
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Seychelles, United StatesDavid Beckham made an appearance on US chat show "The Ellen DeGeneres Show", in which he and wife Victoria argued about his bad habits.
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Belgium, United KingdomUK PM David Cameron says he has protected British taxpayers at a Brussels summit - amid criticism he has agreed to an EU budget rise that will cost the UK an extra £450m.
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FranceParis-based Eutelsat announces the loss of its W3B spacecraft the day after it was launched by an Ariane rocket.
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MaldivesPolice in the Maldives arrest two employees of a resort allegedly involved in abusing a European couple renewing their marriage vows.
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LebanonThe UN tribunal investigating the killing of former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri says it expects full co-operation from the government.
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ItalyItalian authorities sentence a group of doctors to prison for carrying out dozens of unnecessary operations for financial gain.
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IranIs the new round of Iranian nuclear talks set up to fail?
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United Kingdom, United StatesAmerican football's plans to expand in the UK
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Afghanistan, AustraliaAfghan militants are flown to Australia to train the country's special forces in how to tackle the Taliban insurgency.
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GermanyAlstom, the French engineering company, fails in an attempt to prevent Eurostar from running German trains through the Channel Tunnel.
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IndonesiaA surfer who filmed his and his friends' narrow escape from the Indonesian tsunami has said he "thought it was the end".
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Antarctica, France, ArubaAn Australian plane searching for survivors of a French helicopter crash in Antarctica spots three bodies, French officials say.
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QatarOlympic champion and world number nine Elena Dementieva announces her retirement from tennis after her final match at the WTA Championships in Doha.
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FranceAfter a month of industrial action, striking workers at French oil refineries and the Marseille dock are back at work.
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YemenA "suspicious object" found at East Midlands Airport was on a plane flying Yemen to Chicago, the BBC understands.
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South AfricaSouth Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province say it is "overwhelmed" by the number of prisoners wanting to be circumcised to help combat HIV.
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JapanAn international biodiversity summit in Japan agrees a 10-year plan aimed at preserving nature, but conservation groups fear the deal is too weak.
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IsraelEhud Netzer, 76, the Israeli archaeologist credited with discovering the tomb of the biblical King Herod, has died after falling during a dig.
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BrazilDilma Rousseff looks set to become Brazil's first female president when the country votes in the second round of its closely contested presidential election on Sunday.
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IndonesiaBad weather is again obstructing efforts to get aid to the survivors of Monday's tsunami in Indonesia.
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IraqA suicide bomber strikes a cafe north of Baghdad killing at least 25 people in the country's first major attack in more than a month.
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IndonesiaIndonesia's Mount Merapi volcano erupts again violently, sparking panic and causing ash to rain down at least 30km (19 miles) away.
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ArgentinaThousands of Argentines bid farewell to their former President Nestor Kirchner, as his body is taken for burial in his home town of Rio Gallegos.
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TurkeyTurkey's main opposition leader and military officials fail to attend the Republic Day reception hosted by President Gul in a row over the Islamic headscarf.
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BoliviaBolivia's struggle to preserve its film heritage
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ChadYouTube co-founder Chad Hurley announces he is stepping down as chief executive of the online video-sharing website.
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