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MexicoHurricane Karl is downgraded to a tropical storm after making landfall on Mexico's south-eastern coast near Veracruz.
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ParaguayThe director of Paraguay's largest prison is suspended after child pornography thought to have been shot there is found on a computer at the jail.
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MexicoHurricane Karl has been downgraded to a tropical storm after making landfall on Mexico's southern coast.
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United StatesA freak storm with two tornadoes is to blame for a trail of destruction across New York City that left one person dead, US weather experts say.
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Sri LankaSri Lanka's defence ministry blocks the BBC from reporting on public hearings in former rebel-held territory.
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ChileA drill reaches the 33 men trapped in a Chilean mine since early August, but it will take several weeks to widen the hole to free them.
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United KingdomBritish actor and comedian Russell Brand is arrested after allegedly pushing a photographer at Los Angeles airport.
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Pakistan, United KingdomThe International Cricket Council is to probe scoring patterns in Friday's one-day match between England and Pakistan at The Oval.
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Japan, 
ChinaSmall protests against Japan are held in several Chinese cities on a senstitive anniversary, amid already heightened tensions.
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ChileIn Chile, rescuers say they've completed the drilling of the first part of a shaft which will be used to bring the men trapped in the collapsed mine back to the surface.
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PakistanFury of flood victims in Pakistan's Punjab
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United KingdomHearts win at Inverness in the early kick-off ahead of four other Scottish Premier League games, including Rangers v Dundee United and Motherwell v Aberdeen.
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United StatesUS cadets take philosophy classes to learn ethics of war
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IndiaPolice and protesters clash violently in Indian-administered Kashmir as residents continued to defy a valley-wide curfew.
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United KingdomHearts come from behind against Inverness to record their second win of the Scottish Premier League season.
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AfghanistanCredibility of Afghan parliamentary poll put to the test
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South AfricaHundreds of demonstrators have marched in Johannesburg, South Africa, against new measures they fear will muzzle the country's media.
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Pakistan, United KingdomA Pakistani politician attacked on his way home from work in London died from multiple stab wounds, police say.
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AfghanistanAfghans vote in a key parliamentary election with turnout estimated at about 40%, but Taliban attacks kill at least 14 people.
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Argentina, 
FranceFrance reach the Davis Cup final by taking an unassailable 3-0 lead over Argentina in Lyon.
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United KingdomPolice launch a murder inquiry after a 19-month-old girl dies following a fire at a south-east London flat.
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PakistanEngland coach Andy Flower believes the one-day international series against Pakistan has been "devalued" by the continuing spot-fixing allegations.
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ChileThe 33 trapped Chilean miners join compatriots in singing the national anthem to mark the country's 200th anniversary of independence.
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FranceA Frenchman whose limbs were amputated after an accident successfully completes his attempt to swim the English Channel.
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United KingdomPope Benedict XVI expresses his "deep sorrow" for the "unspeakable crimes" of child abuse within the Catholic Church.
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Mali, 
MauritaniaDeadly clashes erupt between Mauritanian troops and militants linked to al-Qaeda in northern Mali after Mauritania launches an operation against the militants, reports say.
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GermanyThousands of people have taken to the streets of Berlin to protest against plans to extend the life of Germany's nuclear power stations.
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BrazilColourful election candidates shed light on Brazil's politics
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CanadaA Canadian who helped make the bomb that destroyed an Air India jet in 1985 is convicted of committing perjury at the subsequent trial.
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AfghanistanNato and the UN praise Afghan voters who defied Taliban threats to turn out to vote in a key parliamentary election.
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ChileChilean president Sebastian Pinera promises investment and dialogue to address the grievances of the indigenous Mapuche people, in response to a hunger strike by jailed Mapuche activists.
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