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JordanJordan's King Abdullah welcomes proposals which would increase the power of parliament but critics say the reforms do not go far enough.
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United StatesAmerican rookie Keegan Bradley beats countryman Jason Dufner in a play-off to clinch his first major title at the USPGA in Atlanta.
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DenmarkNew direction for Danish hippy commune with right to self-rule
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United StatesIs the US ready for another president from Texas?
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SyriaSyrian government forces attack democracy activists in the port town of Latakia, as one resident tells the BBC that the army stormed two residential neighbourhoods.
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EgyptThe trial of Egypt's former President Hosni Mubarak is expected to resume before a Cairo court on Monday.
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SomaliaHuman Rights Watch says all sides involved in Somalia's conflict are guilty of serious violations of international law, and criticises the West for inaction.
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ChinaGary Locke, the new US ambassador to China, says that Beijing's investments in the US are safe despite recent debt problems.
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JapanJapan's economy contracted less than expected in the last quarter, showing signs of recovery from the deadly tsunami.
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JerseySix people, including three children, are dead after an attack at a flat in the island's capital, St Helier, police say.
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SomaliaHuman Rights Watch has said all sides in Somalia's conflict are guilty of serious violations of international law.
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United StatesReaction as Cesc Fabregas completes his move to Barcelona, rookie Keegan Bradley celebrates his US PGA Championship win, Joey Barton admits feigning injury in his altercation with Arsenal's Gervinho, plus more.
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IndiaIndian PM Manmohan Singh says hunger strikes by campaigners will not help in fighting corruption.
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NetherlandsA pen-and-ink drawing by Dutch master Rembrandt has been stolen from a hotel in California in a "well thought-out, well-executed theft", police say.
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IndiaWhat motivates veteran Indian activist Anna Hazare?
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United StatesMichele Bachmann has narrowly won a straw poll in Iowa as the race to become the Republican presidential candidate for 2012 gathered pace in the US.
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BoliviaThousands of indigenous people have taken to the streets of Bolivia's capital to protest against the construction of a highway that cuts across ancestral land.
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IndonesiaRights groups express outrage after an Indonesian Muslim sect member is jailed for six months for defending himself from a brutal attack.
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United KingdomBusiness confidence among UK firms is falling, thanks largely to a fragile manufacturing sector, two surveys suggest.
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Pakistan, ChinaPakistan allowed China to examine the remains of the US stealth helicopter downed in the raid on Osama Bin Laden, US officials believe.
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NigeriaNigeria and Chelsea midfielder John Mikel Obi appeals for the release of his father who has been abducted in Nigeria.
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PhilippinesA Philippines regional governor, whose wife was among 57 people killed in a 2009 massacre, escapes unhurt after a car bomb explodes near his motorcade.
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BangladeshAward-winning Bangladeshi film-maker Tareque Masud is among four people killed in a bus crash near Dhaka.
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IraqThe number of children abandoning school for work is on the increase in Iraq.
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TurkeySenior Turkish general Bilgin Balanli and 27 others go on trial accused of plotting to undermine the government.
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JapanThe recovery of Japan's economy from the devastation caused by the tsunami in March may happen sooner than expected.
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United StatesA 3D concert movie featuring the cast of TV's Glee fails to make the US box office Top 10 after taking $5.7m (£3.5m) over the weekend.
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LibyaLibya's interior minister arrives in Egypt on an unannounced holiday, officials at Cairo airport say, leading to speculation of a possible defection.
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TajikistanA BBC reporter who has been accused by Tajikistan authorities of associating with a banned Islamist group is to face trial on Tuesday.
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ArgentinaArgentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner wins the country's first national primary election.
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IndiaThe funeral of veteran Indian film star Shammi Kapoor is held in the city of Mumbai (Bombay) attended by Bollywood stars, friends and family.
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EgyptThe judge in the trial of Egypt's ex-President Hosni Mubarak bans TV cameras from the courtroom and merges the case with that of a former minister.
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SpainCesc Fabregas is officially a Barcelona player after completing two medicals in the Spanish city and signing a five-year deal at Nou Camp.
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SyriaSyrian forces continue their crackdown on protesters in the port city of Latakia for a third day, reportedly using tanks and gunboats.
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SyriaAs Syrian forces reportedly begin a third day of their land and sea assault on the port of Latakia, newspapers in the region have expressed anger about how Arab states have been reacting to events in that country.
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LibyaLibyan state television has broadcast another message of defiance by Col Muammar Gaddafi as government and opposition forces fight for control of the strategic town of Zawiya, near Tripoli.
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United KingdomThe BBC is to launch a temporary Olympics radio station during London 2012, when BBC Three will be devoted to live Games coverage.
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EgyptThere have been scuffles outside court as the former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak appeared in the dock for a second time.
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TaiwanTaiwan acknowledges its birth rate declined last year, despite the introduction of measures to encourage people to have babies.
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IndiaEngland seam bowler James Anderson is a doubt for the fourth Test against India after picking up a minor thigh injury, while Chris Tremlett is ruled out with a back problem.
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New ZealandA cold blast from the Antarctic has brought snow to New Zealand's capital city of Wellington for the first time in almost 40 years.
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GermanyA boy of 11 calls a German police emergency line to complain of "forced labour" after his mother told him to help clean the home.
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TunisiaPolice use tear gas and truncheons to break up an unauthorised rally in Tunisia as protesters complain of lack of reform since the January uprising.
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United StatesNorth-eastern states in the US have experienced severe flooding following heavy downpours in the region.
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ChinaA Tibetan monk burns himself to death in China's Sichuan province, near to where a similar action sparked a standoff with security forces in March.
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IraqA series of bomb attacks has hit several Iraqi cities, killing more than 60 people.
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NigeriaNigerian police say they shot dead a man who tried to drive an explosives-laden car into their headquarters in the restive north-east city of Maiduguri.
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IraqAt least 60 people are killed in a series of attacks across Iraq, with the deadliest taking place in the south-eastern Iraqi city of Kut.
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Bolivia, IndiaHundreds of Amazonian Indians in Bolivia begin a long march against the construction of a road through their rainforest homeland.
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LibyaLibyan rebels advance into two towns controlling access to Tripoli, as talks are reportedly held in Tunisia with Col Gaddafi's representatives.
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United KingdomThe chief of Strathclyde Police is emerging as the front-runner to be the new Metropolitan Police Commissioner, says a BBC correspondent.
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JerseyJersey's Home Affairs Minister says the island will be in "shock and pain" after the fatal stabbing of six people.
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SomaliaNewly independent South Sudan offers to send African Union troops to Somalia to back the weak interim government fighting Islamist militants.
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CanadaA Japanese exchange student is presumed dead after being swept over the Canadian side of Niagara Falls on Sunday night, authorities say.
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PolandA special Mass is held for the Polish community after six people were killed in a knife attack in Jersey.
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LibyaLibyan rebel fighters have advanced into two strategically important towns controlling access to the capital, Tripoli
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France, GermanyGlobal shares consolidate gains made on Friday ahead of a key meeting between French and German leaders on Tuesday.
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United StatesUS President Barack Obama launches a campaign-style tour focusing on the economy, as leading Republicans to challenge him in 2012 emerge.
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SyriaThousands of Palestinian refugees are fleeing a camp in Syria's port of Latakia which is being shelled by government troops, a UN agency says.
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EgyptThe judge in the trial of Egypt's deposed President Hosni Mubarak has halted live TV coverage
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EgyptWill Hosni Mubarak's trial help to reconcile Egypt?
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IrelandTwenty-one crew members are rescued from a racing yacht which capsized off the Irish coast on Monday.
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United KingdomA 16-year-old boy is charged with murdering a man who was attacked during rioting in Ealing, west London.
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