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United StatesUS officials order a security review after the US Senate website was hacked at the weekend by a group identifying itself as Lulz Security.
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MexicoSome 70% of guns seized from crime scenes in Mexico and submitted for tracing stem from the US, according to a US Congressional report.
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PakistanBackpacker who joined ancestor-worshippers in hills of Pakistan
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United StatesUS grapples with legacy of forced sterilisation
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Venezuela, 
CubaVenezuelan President Hugo Chavez says he is recovering well after surgery in Cuba last week for a pelvic abscess.
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Turkey, 
SyriaMore than 6,000 people are now thought to have crossed into Turkey from Syria as its forces pursue rebels through the area around Jisr al-Shughour.
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Vietnam, United StatesA top secret US government report into the Vietnam War has been officially released.
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United StatesContenders for the Republican presidential nomination hit out at President Obama's economic record in the first major debate of the 2012 race.
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AfghanistanA gunman who shot dead 42 Afghans in a bank in the eastern city of Jalalabad in February is sentenced to death, court officials say.
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JapanThe Bank of Japan unveils a 500bn yen ($6.2bn; £3.8bn) credit line in an attempt to help small businesses in the country.
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JapanJapan's cabinet approves plan to help Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco) compensate victims of its tsunami-crippled nuclear plant.
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United StatesThe US Army is getting rid of the black woollen berets worn by its soldiers after many of them complained it was too impractical to wear.
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ItalyItalian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi accepts the rejection of his nuclear power plans and other policies in a popular referendum.
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MalaysiaMalaysia's minister for women's affairs says a new club teaching women to be more obedient to their husbands is giving the Muslim nation a bad image.
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United KingdomTesco reports strong sales growth overseas for the first three months of its financial year, but UK sales remain moribund.
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SudanSudan's president and his southern counterpart reportedly agree to withdraw troops from the disputed town of Abyei, as aid workers say southerners are being targeted for ethnic cleansing.
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AlgeriaThe Algeria Football Federation reveals it has a shortlist of five for a new coach but will not say if Raymond Domenech is among the names under consideration.
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JapanHonda becomes the second Japanese carmaker in a week to warn of lower profits due to reduced production resulting from March's earthquake.
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Iraq, United KingdomA team set up to investigate allegations that British troops abused Iraqi civilians has so far only interviewed one alleged victim, it emerges.
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VenezuelaVenezuelan consumers face increased charges if they fail to cut their electricity use in the wake of recent outages, the government announces.
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United StatesA second person dies after attending the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in the US, officials announce.
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ChileAerial footage shows the smoke and ash plume rising from the Cordon Caulle volcano.
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ChinaChina says it will not use force to resolve disputes in the South China Sea, a day after Vietnam held live-fire exercises near a disputed area of water.
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ChileUdinese owner Gianpaolo Pozzo claims Manchester City are in pole position to sign Chile international Alexis Sanchez this summer.
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Syria, United StatesA "lesbian" website owner who posted comments from a hoax Syrian gay blogger is himself outed as a straight man and US Air Force veteran.
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PakistanTwo top officials in the Pakistani province of Sindh are removed following the killing of a man by paramilitary soldiers, officials say.
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SpainWinger Cristiano Ronaldo, who has been linked to Manchester City, would be happy to stay at Real Madrid for another 10 years.
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New ZealandNew Zealand officials say Monday's earthquake has made some areas of Christchurch uninhabitable, confirming fears many homes will be condemned.
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TurkeyTurkish police have arrested 32 people believed to be members of hacker collective Anonymous.
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Libya, United KingdomThe head of the armed forces says UK operations can continue in Libya as long as necessary - after concerns were raised by the head of the Royal Navy.
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Chile, New ZealandFlights in South America, Australia and New Zealand continue to be hit by an ash cloud from a Chilean volcano that began erupting 10 days ago.
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Aruba, United KingdomA group of former British child migrants have launched a class action suit against the Australian government.
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ChinaInflation in China's rapidly growing economy hits a 34-month high as consumer prices continue to surge.
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IndiaIndia's inflation rate rose by more than expected in May, raising expectations of a further interest rate rise.
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ChinaChinese security forces are out in force around the southern city of Zengcheng, where witnesses say unrest among migrant workers has been halted.
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United KingdomThe UK's CPI inflation rate remained unchanged at 4.5% in May, while RPI stayed at 5.2%, official figures show.
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LibyaLibyan rape victims face death to save family 'honour'
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Israel, 
Egypt, United StatesThe Israeli foreign minister, Avigdor Lieberman, says a suspected Mossad spy detained in Egypt is actually a dual US-Israeli student.
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RussiaGiant Russian dolls celebrate folk art
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JapanJapan's Fukushima city is to give radiation dosimeters to 34,000 children to assess their exposure from the tsunami-hit nuclear power plant.
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SyriaUnverified footage from inside Syria suggests there is a deepening humanitarian crisis inside the country as many are made homeless.
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United KingdomA former juror admits contacting a defendant via Facebook, in the first contempt of court case of its kind to be heard in the UK.
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EthiopiaThe man who combined Charlie Parker with tribal sounds
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IsraelThe unemployment rate in Gaza is among the highest in the world, a UN report finds, as Israel's blockade of the coastal strip enters its fifth year.
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India, 
Sri LankaIndia and Sri Lanka resume ferry services after a gap of almost 30 years caused by the island's civil war.
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Argentina, United StatesArgentina returns cargo confiscated from a US military aircraft at Buenos Aires in February that led to a diplomatic spat.
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United KingdomSchools in England and Wales are set to be hit by a programme of widespread strike action over teachers' pensions.
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PakistanPolice in Pakistan say they have arrested two men for stripping a woman and forcing her to parade naked in a village.
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Greece, ItalyItaly replaces Greece as the main point of entry for illegal migrants to the EU as numbers more than double in the first quarter of 2011.
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NigeriaNigeria's pastors run multi-million dollar empires which rival that of oil tycoons, a Nigerian blogger who researches the issue tells the BBC.
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United StatesCould China's military power one day match the US?
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AustriaThe Austrian government suspends the planned sale of two Alpine peaks, following protests from local politicians and residents.
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United StatesUS retail sales fell in May for the first time in almost a year, due in large part to a sharp drop in car sales, figures show.
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ChinaAn elderly man who fell two floors from his 10th floor Beijing apartment while trying to clean his windows, was saved when his leg became caught in a window grill.
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SudanThe UN accuses the Sudanese government of carrying out an "intensive bombing campaign" along the north-south border.
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IraqSuicide bombers storm an Iraqi provincial building in the central city of Baquba, killing at least eight people and wounding at least 17.
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Tunisia, LibyaLibyan rebels say forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi have been launching attacks near a border crossing with Tunisia, amid a resurgence in fighting in Libya.
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Syria, United StatesSyrian tanks fan out around towns and villages near the Turkish border, widening a crackdown on a 12-week anti-government protest.
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SomaliaSomalia's Prime Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo refuses to resign, defying a UN-backed deal to oust him.
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United KingdomDavid Cameron agrees to major changes to plans for the NHS in England, but insists the government has not made "a humiliating U-turn".
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Iraq, United StatesSome $6.6bn (£4bn) sent to Iraq eight years ago to pay for reconstruction may have been stolen, says a US official investigating fraud in the country.
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NetherlandsA Chechen football club loses a key match, despite warning Dutch coach Ruud Gullit he will be sacked for being "distracted by discos" unless it wins.
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RussiaRuud Gullit is sacked as manager of Terek Grozny, according to Russian media reports.
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LibyaThe Confederation of African Football (Caf) says Libya are still the hosts of the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, but they are watching events there closely.
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IndiaLegislators in the Indian state of West Bengal pass measures to return land to farmers which was forcibly acquired to make way for a Tata car factory.
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RussiaRussian prosecutors deny that senior judges intervened to increase the latest sentence given to former billionaire Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
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Nepal, ChinaThe UN declares Nepal free of landmines five years after the end of a bitterly-fought civil war with Maoist rebels.
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South Africa, 
RwandaSouth African human rights groups launch legal action to force the government to revoke the refugee status of a former head of the Rwandan army.
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MacedoniaWork begins in Macedonia to erect a giant bronze statue resembling Alexander the Great as a bitter row over heritage simmers with Greece.
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United StatesA Californian salvage diver tells the BBC why he is setting out on a mission to try to find the body of Osama Bin Laden under the north Arabian Sea.
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India, Sri LankaA ferry service has reopened between India and Sri Lanka after almost 30 years of suspension due to the civil war in the north of the island nation.
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VenezuelaSome 19 people have died and many more have been hurt in a prison riot near Venezuela's capital, Caracas, officials say.
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Burma, ChinaBurmese troops are involved in deadly clashes with Kachin rebels near a site where China is building hydro-electric power plants.
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United States, ChinaThe former US ambassador to China, Jon Huntsman, becomes the latest Republican to enter the 2012 presidential race for the White House.
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United KingdomCardiff City are in talks with ex-England striker Alan Shearer about succeeding Dave Jones as boss, BBC Sport Wales understands.
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Canada, LibyaCanada recognises a coalition of anti-Gaddafi rebels as the "legitimate representative" of the Libyan people and pledges new humanitarian aid.
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United KingdomThe UK's biggest banks are to be forced to ring-fence their retail operations from investment banking, Chancellor George Osborne is to announce.
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India, United KingdomThe UK must "fundamentally" change its aid relationship with India after 2015 by giving less to the increasingly prosperous country, MPs say.
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Taiwan, ChinaTaiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou has given a rare interview to the BBC about last year's landmark trade deal with China and whether his country is becoming too economically dependent on China.
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CubaCuba publishes the diary Ernesto Che Guevara wrote during his guerrilla campaign alongside Fidel Castro in the late 1950s.
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ChinaHow a street vendor became China's top art collector
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Puerto Rico, United StatesUS President Barack Obama has used a rare visit to Puerto Rico to offer support for a referendum on the island's political future.
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United StatesThe head of the US Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, warns politicians that blocking a rise in the debt ceiling could put US and global finance at risk.
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United KingdomThe revamped Edinburgh International Film Festival is beginning its 11-day run in the Scottish capital.
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South KoreaThe dark side of South Korea's sugary pop industry
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