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ColombiaThe largest emerald in the world has gone on display for the first time in Colombia, the country where the giant stone was originally discovered.
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United StatesNamesakes helping to rebuild tornado-hit town
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Turkey, 
SyriaActress and UNHCR goodwill ambassador Angelina Jolie has visited camps along Turkey's border with Syria, where she met refugees who have fled the country since the beginning of the unrest.
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LibyaLibya's prime minister insists his government has been in talks with the rebels, despite firm denials from the other side.
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GuatemalaGuatemalan authorities arrest a former armed forces chief accused of joining in massacres during the nation's civil war nearly 30 years ago.
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North KoreaSouth Korean troops armed with rifles fire at a passenger jet with more than 100 people on board, after mistaking it for a North Korean aircraft.
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SyriaFriendships lost as crisis splits Syrians
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JapanOperators of the tsunami-damaged Fukushima nuclear plant suspend an operation to clean contaminated water due to a rapid rise in radiation.
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MoroccoIn a landmark speech, Morocco's King Mohammed VI announces proposals for constitutional amendments, including more powers for parliament.
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FranceNewcastle sign midfielder Sylvain Marveaux from French club Rennes on a five-year deal.
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ZambiaThe first democratically elected president of Zambia, Frederick Chiluba, dies at home aged 68.
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AfghanistanThe UN Security Council splits a sanctions blacklist for the Taliban and al-Qaeda to encourage the Taliban into peace talks in Afghanistan.
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Russia, 
United KingdomBritish brewers have sailed a beer-laden clipper to St Petersburg, retracing a centuries-old trade route, hoping to rekindle interest in imperial stout - once one of Britain's best-loved exports to Tsarist Russia.
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Libya, United StatesBarack Obama overruled legal advice over continuing the US role in Libya without congressional approval, The New York Times reports.
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Sri Lanka, United KingdomEngland build a confident reply to Sri Lanka's 184 all out, with Alastair Cook and Kevin Pietersen each hitting authoritative half-centuries.
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MoroccoMoroccan pro-democracy dismiss reforms announced by King Mohammed VI as inadequate and vow to continue their protests.
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SomaliaThe daily fight for life amid Somalia's gun battles
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Afghanistan, United StatesPresident Karzai of Afghanistan has confirmed that the United States and other countries are engaged in peace talks with the Taliban.
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JapanOperators of Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant have suspended an operation to clean contaminated water hours after it began due to a rapid rise in radiation.
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United StatesRory McIlroy leads the US Open by eight shots from YE Yang at the Congressional Country Club in Maryland.
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SyriaThe Foreign Office is urging Britons in Syria to leave immediately while they can, warning it is unlikely the UK embassy in Damascus will be able to help them.
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SwedenGreat Britain captain Dai Greene and team-mates Dwain Chambers, Perri Shakes-Drayton and Jenny Meadows are in action on the first day of the European Team Championships in Stockholm.
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United StatesColton Harris-Moore, who gained cult status for a string of crimes across the US as a teenager, admits seven charges.
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United KingdomOne of the UK's largest trade unions is warning of the biggest industrial action since the General Strike over pension plans, but the business secretary says most trade unionists are willing to negotiate.
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BurmaBurma's government accuses ethnic Kachin rebels of starting deadly fighting around a hydroelectric plant this month.
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Greece, 
GermanyGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel calls on private creditors to help alleviate Greece's debt crisis amid continued protests in Athens.
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United KingdomChristophe Lemaitre sets a new personal best in beating Dwain Chambers in the 100m at the European Team Championships, while Dai Greene is the only individual British winner in the 400m hurdles.
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Sri Lanka, United KingdomKevin Pietersen hits 85 to put England in firm control of Sri Lanka on a heavily rain-affected third day of the third Test at the Rose Bowl.
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ChileAfter travelling right round the world, ash from a Chilean volcano returns home, disrupting domestic flights for the first time.
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Turkey, SyriaSyrian troops have stormed into a town near the border with Turkey, reports say, as the government presses on with its campaign to crush a popular revolt.
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Afghanistan, United KingdomA British soldier has been shot dead in Afghanistan the Ministry of Defence has said, shortly after naming two others who were killed on Thursday.
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United StatesA Wild West show in the US state of South Dakota ended in near disaster when three tourists were injured in a mock shootout.
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SomaliaSomalia jails six foreigners for bringing $3m (£2m) in cash illegally into the country, allegedly to pay ransoms to pirates.
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LibyaLibyan leader Col Gaddafi is accused of using mosques and children's parks as shields, as Nato admits its aircraft mistakenly attacked rebel forces.
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Libya, United StatesUS President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner team up for a round of golf amid debate over the US budget and military action in Libya.
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Afghanistan, United StatesThe US is engaged in talks with the Taliban, Afghan President Hamid Karzai says, hours before militants kill nine in an attack on a Kabul police station.
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United KingdomA child murderer tells a court he has information which could clear Amanda Knox, who was found guilty of killing British roommate Meredith Kercher.
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VenezuelaVenezuela's authorities bring in extra troops to regain full control of a jail in the capital Caracas, following riots between rival gangs.
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France, United KingdomA British couple have died after the light plane they were in crashed in the south of France.
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Turkey, SyriaSyrian troops sweep into the town of Bdama near the Turkish border, reports say, as a campaign to crush protests continues.
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