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United StatesAn explosion injures six workers at a manufacturing plant in the US state of Tennessee that produces flares for the US military.
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United KingdomScientists at the UK's Health Protection Agency say they have devised a new test which can detect the presence of the tuberculosis bacterium in one hour.
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Iran, United StatesAmerican Sarah Shourd, freed after a year in an Iranian jail, pledges to campaign for the release of the two men she was arrested with.
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United KingdomA collection of letters that shed "real insight" into the lives of poets Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath is acquired by the British Library.
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Pakistan, United StatesTwelve people die as missiles are fired by a suspected US drone targeting militants in north-west Pakistan - the third such raid in under 24 hours.
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IsraelPalestinian leaders have threatened to pull out of revitalised Middle East peace talks if Israel resumes buildings Jewish settlements on occupied land.
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SenegalAs many as 50,000 boys in the west African state of Senegal are living in slave-like conditions and being forced to beg, according to human rights workers.
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Chile, 
SpainThe wife of one of the 33 miners trapped underground in Chile has given birth to a baby girl, who has been named Esperanza - the Spanish for 'hope'.
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MexicoMexico's top immigration official resigns, less than a month after the murder by suspected drug traffickers of 72 migrants in the country's north.
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SenegalChildren exploited in Senegal's Koranic schools
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GreeceScientists have created a new face from the skeletal reamins of a girl from Athens who died around 430 BC.
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CambodiaCambodia launches the country's first methadone-treatment programme, in a new approach to help heroin users.
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United StatesUS President Barack Obama is to release a children's book on 16 November, two weeks after Congressional mid-term elections.
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North KoreaDozens of people died in North Korea in landslides caused by a typhoon which hit the country earlier this month, state media say.
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PakistanFormer Pakistan military ruler Pervez Musharraf says he will launch his party next month, touting his Facebook support as a harbinger of change.
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IraqNine Iraqi soldiers are killed and six more injured by a roadside bomb on the outskirts of the northern city of Mosul, police say.
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France, 
RwandaA French court refuses to extradite to Rwanda a doctor suspected of taking part in the country's 1994 genocide.
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United KingdomThe UK jobless total fell to 2.47 million in the three months to July, but August's claimant count rose, official figures show.
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Czech RepublicAuthorities in the Czech Republic have stopped Google from collecting images for its Street View mapping service amid privacy concerns.
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United KingdomEngland's post-World Cup revival continues as they rise to sixth in the Fifa world rankings.
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ArgentinaArgentine footballer Diego Buonanotte is charged with involuntary manslaughter following the deaths of three friends in a car he was driving.
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South AfricaSouth Africa's municipal police are searching for a man said to be using Twitter to warn the public of police road blocks and speed traps.
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Niger, United StatesMillions of people across central and western Africa are going hungry. The worst affected is Niger, a country larger than the US states of California and Texas put together, but with a population of just 15 million.
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Macedonia, 
Serbia and MontenegroThe head of Deutsche Telekom, Rene Obermann, is being investigated over suspected bribery cases in Macedonia and Montenegro.
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Russia, 
PolandPoland warns leading Chechen rebel Akhmed Zakayev he faces arrest on a Russian warrant if he visits the country this week.
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JapanFinance Minister Yoshihiko Noda says Japan has taken action to weaken the yen, after it hit a 15-year high against the dollar.
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IndiaA meeting of India's main political parties fails to make headway on the crisis in Indian-administered Kashmir, as police shoot dead four more protesters.
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FranceThe two ministers at the heart of France's Roma deportation policy angrily reject criticism from EU justice commissioner.
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NigeriaPresident Goodluck Jonathan ends months of speculation and announces, on Facebook, he will contest January's elections in Nigeria.
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EthiopiaEthiopian forces have killed 123 separatist rebels in the eastern region of the country, a senior Ethiopian official has told the BBC.
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MexicoTropical Storm Karl makes landfall in Mexico as two category four hurricanes - Igor and Julia - also sweep in from the Atlantic.
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Italy, United KingdomA 12th Century manuscript which was housed in the British Library is to be returned to Italy because it was looted during the Second World War.
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United KingdomBank of England governor Mervyn King blames financial firms and political policy-makers for the financial crisis, admitting: "We let it slip."
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FranceA controversial bill to raise France's pension age to 62 is approved by the lower house of parliament, amid threats of fresh strike action.
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Sri LankaA former spokesman for Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels says the decades-long war between them and the state was a waste of people's lives.
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United StatesConservative challengers deal a blow to mainstream Republicans in US primary contests, ahead of crucial November mid-term polls.
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Egypt, SpainPieces of an ancient Egyptian necropolis which were pillaged from Egypt in 1999 have been discovered in a antiques shop in Spain.
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IsraelIsraeli aircraft bomb smuggling tunnels in Gaza, killing one, hours after militants launch rocket and mortar attacks in southern Israel.
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EgyptEgypt's main state-run newspaper is condemned for doctoring a photograph to suggest President Hosni Mubarak was leading Middle East peace talks.
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India, United KingdomThe Indian government says it is debating whether it should still accept any development aid from Britain.
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Afghanistan, United StatesAt least nine people are injured in a protest in Kabul, Afghanistan, over a cancelled plan to burn copies of the Koran in the US.
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Serbia and MontenegroRadomir Antic is sacked as Serbia coach following his side's poor results at the World Cup and a mediocre start to qualifying for Euro 2012.
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United KingdomThe speed of a crucial review of the UK's defence and security needs could put combat operations at risk, the chair of an MPs' committee says.
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United KingdomOne of the Pope's senior advisers pulls out of the visit to Britain, after making derogatory comments about the UK in a magazine interview.
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United States, MexicoThe US says oil companies will soon have to plug 3,500 idle Gulf of Mexico oil wells and dismantle old kit in an effort to prevent future leaks.
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MexicoBP's departing chief executive Tony Hayward tells a committee of MPs the Gulf of Mexico spill was "devastating" to him.
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GuineaGuinea's presidential elections are postponed, say officials, after violence sparked by the fraud conviction of two senior electoral officials.
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United StatesThe World Trade Organisation has ruled some US government subsidies should be withdrawn from Boeing, say agencies.
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Egypt, IsraelIsraeli-Palestinian peace talks have made progress on the issue of Jewish settlements, US envoy George Mitchell says.
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Pakistan, United StatesThe US dismisses suggestions that Pakistan's army should take over from the civilian government, which has been criticised for its handling of the floods.
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ChileChilean engineers say they may be able to free the 33 trapped in early November, some six weeks earlier than their previous estimate.
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PortugalArsenal manager Arsene Wenger thinks they will be hard to stop this season after a 6-0 Champions League thrashing of Portuguese side Braga.
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Arctic Ocean, United StatesIce floating on the Arctic Ocean melted unusually quickly this year, but did not shrink down to the record minimum area seen in 2007, say US scientists.
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United Kingdom, United StatesUS universities dominate an international league table of the best institutions, with the UK featuring just five times in the top 50.
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United KingdomThere are fundamental weaknesses in the way cosmetic surgery is carried out in the UK, which are putting patients at risk, an official review body says.
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