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United KingdomAdmissions to England's visitor attractions rose by 3% in 2010, a survey by tourism body VisitEngland suggests.
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India, 
BangladeshMarket set up in no-man's-land between India and Bangladesh
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IsraelArab-Israeli land dispute writ large on road signs
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United StatesFive tobacco companies sue the US government over a new law that would force them to place graphic health warnings on their cigarette packets.
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Syria, United KingdomSyria's President Bashar Assad is losing "the last shreds of his legitimacy" according to the British Foreign Secretary William Hague.
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United States, 
ChinaThe economic crisis in the US has had a massive impact on China's export industry and a five-day trip by US Vice President Biden is likely to focus on ways the two countries can overcome the recession.
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JapanJapanese electronics firm Sony cuts the price of its Playstation 3 games console by 17% in an effort to lift weakening sales.
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FranceUnderneath the streets of most cities is a complex web of tunnels, cables and pipes carrying everything from water to trains, but under the feet of people in Paris exists one of the most complex system of tunnels ever seen.
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Venezuela, 
CubaVenezuelan President Hugo Chavez says he is in good spirits after returning home from Cuba following a second round of cancer treatment there.
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IndiaA right to information activist is shot dead by an unidentified gunman in the northern Indian city of Bhopal, police say.
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SwitzerlandSwiss government ministers meet later on Wednesday to discuss the continued strength of the franc.
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AustraliaFrom Sydney, Phil Mercer reports on the indigenous people from the Torres Strait islands in northern Australia who have told the government they are in danger of becoming the world's first "climate change refugees", due to the effects of rising sea l
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United States, 
Pakistan, ChinaChina denies a report that Pakistan gave it access to the wreckage of a US "stealth" helicopter used in the covert raid to kill Osama Bin Laden in May.
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IndiaIndia's anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare has spent a night in Tihar jail in the capital, Delhi, despite the government's decision to free him.
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SeychellesA British man on his honeymoon dies in the Seychelles after a second shark attack off one of the country's islands in just over two weeks.
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United KingdomBill Nighy and Rachel Weisz's British spy tale Page Eight will close next month's Toronto International Film Festival, it is announced.
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ArubaAn Australian man who donated sperm to a lesbian couple is told by a court that his name must be removed from the child's birth certificate.
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United KingdomAll nine members of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee voted to keep interest rates on hold earlier this month.
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Sweden, United StatesMore than 200 passengers are left stranded after a mouse is seen inside an SAS plane scheduled to fly from the Swedish capital to the US, and evades all attempts to capture it.
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Hong Kong, ChinaChina announces plans to bolster Hong Kong's role as a leading off-shore trading hub for the yuan.
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VenezuelaPrivate hospitals in Venezuela agree not to raise fees for three weeks as the government discusses moves to tackle rising healthcare costs.
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ChinaOfficials in Beijing close dozens of schools for the children of migrant workers, leaving many with nowhere to go.
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SwitzerlandStrong Swiss franc punches holes in exporters' purses
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United KingdomSome MPs, campaigners and lawyers say a number of sentences given to those involved in last week's riots in England are too harsh.
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SwitzerlandThe 26th meeting of amphibious cars is taking place in Saint-Blaise, in Neuchatel, Switzerland. It is the largest event of this kind in Europe with 55 cars on site.
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ArubaAn Australian man has been convicted of drink driving after turning a coolbox into a 'car' and taking it for a test drive.
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MalaysiaThe BBC launches an investigation into one of its independent film-makers said to be in receipt of payments from the Malaysian government.
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IndiaThe Indian PM criticises detained anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare, whose hunger strike has gained widespread popular support.
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United States, ChinaUS Vice-President Joe Biden is visiting China, with talks likely to focus on addressing concerns over his country's budget deficit.
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New Zealand, ChinaA Chinese court jails a man over a death in New Zealand, in the first such case of co-operation between the two countries.
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IndiaThousands of protesters have gathered outside the Delhi jail where Indian anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare is on hunger strike.
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LibyaLibyan forces loyal to Col Muammar Gaddafi are fighting rebels for control of the coastal town of Zawiya, less than 50km (30 miles) west of Tripoli.
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SpainMadrid police arrest a chemistry student for allegedly plotting to gas protesters against the Pope during the city's giant Catholic youth festival.
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NetherlandsInter Milan president Massimo Moratti says midfielder Wesley Sneijder will not be sold this summer, describing the Dutch playmaker as "untouchable".
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United Kingdom, SeychellesA British man on his honeymoon dies in the Seychelles after a shark attack.
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UkraineOne leader of Ukraine's 2004 Orange Revolution, Viktor Yushchenko, testifies against another, Yulia Tymoshenko, at a controversial trial in Kiev.
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SeychellesThe wife of a Lancashire man who died in a shark attack during their Seychelles honeymoon pays tribute to him.
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Morocco, SpainSpanish police arrest a Moroccan man they say is linked to al-Qaeda's North African offshoot suspected of "indoctrination and terrorist training".
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Jersey, United StatesUS clothing brand Abercrombie and Fitch offers to pay the hard-partying cast of MTV reality show The Jersey Shore not to wear its clothes.
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United StatesThe rising cost of tobacco and trucks helped sustain US wholesale price inflation in July, new data shows.
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LibyaPro-Gaddafi forces are fighting rebels for control of a key coastal oil refinery in Zawiya, as the rebels edge closer to the capital Tripoli.
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UgandaUgandan police fire tear gas and water cannon to break up an opposition vigil near the capital, Kampala.
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United KingdomThe number of people unemployed in the UK rose by 38,000 to 2.49 million in the three months to June, official figures show.
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ItalyThe southern Italian island of Lampedusa experiences a sudden rise in migrants arriving from north Africa, officials say.
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SwitzerlandThe Swiss National Bank takes more steps as it struggles to pull the franc back from record highs that are hurting exporters.
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India, 
Russia, United StatesRussia shows off its first stealth fighter jet, developed jointly with India as a cheaper competitor to the US F-22 Raptor.
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Syria, United StatesThe US tells Syria its diplomats must seek official permission before venturing outside of Washington DC, in a diplomatic tit-for-tat.
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France, 
GermanyShares in European banks and stock exchanges fall after talks between French and German leaders fail to convince investors.
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Germany, ChinaA German court rules that an engineer sacked for marrying a Chinese woman was unjustifiably dismissed.
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LebanonA UN-backed tribunal publishes charges against four suspects in the assassination of Lebanon's Rafik Hariri, saying it has enough evidence to try them.
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NigeriaNigeria has successfully launched two Earth observation satellites which could be used to monitor weather in a region seasonally ravaged by disasters.
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IndiaTens of thousands of Indians pour onto streets across the country in support of jailed anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare, as pressure mounts on India's government.
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United StatesThe US Food and Drug Administration is facing a lawsuit from several tobacco companies over a rule calling for graphic health warnings on their products.
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LibyaLibyan rebels are fighting forces loyal to Colonel Gaddafi for control of a coastal oil refinery in Zawiya, a town just 50km (30 miles) west of Tripoli.
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Somalia, United KingdomThe UK international development secretary warns of a race against time to tackle the "devastating famine" during a trip to the Somali capital.
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PakistanAt least 13 people, including a former parliamentarian, are killed in politically-motivated violence in Pakistan's southern port of Karachi.
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TurkeyKurdish separatist militants in south-eastern Turkey kill nine soldiers in an ambush, prompting Turkish air strikes on Kurdish rebel bases in northern Iraq.
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VenezuelaPresident Hugo Chavez announces that he will nationalise Venezuela's gold industry to boost the country's reserves.
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United StatesShares in Dell fall 10% after the US PC-maker slashes its sales growth forecast, blaming a 'more uncertain demand environment'.
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United StatesWisconsin Democrats successfully defend two state senate seats in recall elections, ending a political saga that roiled the Midwestern US state.
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Somalia, United KingdomAs many as 400,000 children could starve to death in Somalia without urgent action to tackle the famine, according to UK international development secretary Andrew Mitchell.
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RussiaRussia has been showing off its first stealth fighter jet, the Sukhoi T-50, at an airshow near Moscow, watched by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
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SwedenA house on the market in Sweden comes with a former resident who never moved out - with a medieval skeleton in its cellar.
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United StatesHackers launch another attack on a US transport agency that cut off mobile phone services at stations in San Francisco last week to prevent protests.
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SpainCesc Fabregas makes his Barcelona debut as a substitute and helps the Catalans beat Real Madrid in a bad-tempered Spanish Super Cup.
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PakistanAt least 13 people, including a former parliamentarian, have been killed in ongoing politically-motivated violence in Pakistan's southern port of Karachi.
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SenegalMosquitoes can rapidly develop resistance to bed nets treated with insecticide, a new study from Senegal suggests.
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