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United StatesIt has taken more than 10 years but finally a US space shuttle is pictured docked to the International Space Station by a departing Soyuz capsule.
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ChinaTens of thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes in southwest China after days of flooding caused by heavy rains.
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KenyaImages of the Kenyan pastors offering to exorcise demons
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IrelandIreland under the watchful eye of the IMF
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BrazilBrazil orchestra split over auditions
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AfghanistanTaliban attacks threaten security transfer in Afghan north
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United StatesUS police say there are no bodies found at a house in eastern Texas, where an anonymous caller claiming to be a psychic said there was a mass grave.
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ChinaChina has agreed to halt subsidies to wind power manufacturers that violate World Trade Organization (WTO) rules.
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IndiaAt least 22 people die after the bus they were travelling in falls into a ditch and catches fire in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
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India, 
FranceIndia's finance minister offers 'no assurance' to support French finance minister Christine Lagarde's bid to head the IMF.
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ChinaChina restructures its rare earth industry in the region of Inner Mongolia, allowing only one company to continue to operate there.
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KyrgyzstanFailure to deliver justice for last year's killings of civilians in ethnic clashes in Kyrgyzstan could spark more violence, Amnesty International warns.
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ChinaChinese car maker BYD's expansion plans receive a big boost as its bid to list on Shenzen Stock Exchange is approved.
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JordanLiverpool and Sunderland a £20m deal for midfielder Jordan Henderson, BBC Sport understands.
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HungaryHungary's vigilante squads accused of stirring racism
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GermanyGerman exports fell sharply to 84.3bn euros in April after surging to record levels the previous month, figures show.
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MexicoAttackers open fire at a drugs rehabilitation clinic in northern Mexico, killing 11 people and injuring two others.
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BahrainFormula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone says October's reinstated Bahrain Grand Prix cannot go ahead without the agreement of the teams.
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Peru, United StatesPeruvian president-elect Ollanta Humala says he wants to deepen Latin American integration and sees the US as a "strategic partner".
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Syria, FranceBritain and France are stepping up pressure for a UN Security Council vote condemning the Syrian government's suppression of months of unrest.
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PhilippinesA Philippine court has frozen $23m (£14m) of assets belonging to the Ampatuan clan, suspected perpetrators of the worst massacre in the country's recent history.
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Germany, United StatesAngela Merkel and Barack Obama smooth over policy differences as Washington gives the German chancellor a lavish reception in Washington.
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Indonesia, 
ArubaThe Australian government suspends all live cattle exports to Indonesia in a growing row over alleged animal cruelty.
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ChinaChina's building of aircraft carrier heralds power shift
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France, 
SpainJorge Semprun, the Spanish writer and resistance fighter who spent decades in exile in Paris, dies at home in the French capital aged 87.
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FinlandArsenal announce the signing of 19-year-old Finland Under-21 defender Carl Jenkinson from Charlton.
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JapanThe International Monetary Fund says it expects Japan's economy to shrink this year because of March's earthquake and tsunami.
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Afghanistan, United StatesAfghanistan faces a financial crisis when foreign troops leave in 2014, Democrats on the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee warn.
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Pakistan, United StatesAt least 15 people are killed in a US drone strike in the Pakistani tribal area of North Waziristan, officials say.
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United StatesIs the US ready for its first Mormon president?
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SpainSpanish police arrest a man said to have smuggled himself inside a case on to Barcelona airport coaches in order to burgle the luggage compartments.
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Peru, United StatesThe left wing president-elect of Peru, Ollanta Humala, has told reporters that he views the United States as a strategic partner.
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JapanJapanese inventors devise a gadget that measures brainwaves to give wearers furry cat's ears that match their mood.
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PakistanBanned Pakistan bowler Mohammad Amir admits to playing for a village team but says he thought it was a friendly and did not contravene his suspension.
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ChinaA top Chinese military official confirms that Beijing is building an aircraft carrier, in the first official acknowledgement of the ship's existence.
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United StatesThe world's worst food security crisis is putting millions of lives at risk in the eastern Horn of Africa, a US agency warns.
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Sri LankaIt is over five hundred days since a website journalist and cartoonist in Sri Lanka, Prageeth Ekneligoda, disappeared after apparently being abducted.
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LibyaWyre Davies looks around a nature reserve outside Tripoli that has come under Nato attack.
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IndiaVeteran Indian activist Anna Hazare condemns a police crackdown on an anti-corruption fast at the weekend by yoga guru Baba Ramdev.
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Turkey, SyriaHundreds of Syrians are crossing the northern border into Turkey in an attempt to escape growing violence in their own country.
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Belgium, LibyaNato head Anders Fogh Rasmussen urges the UN and other world bodies to plan for a post-Gaddafi Libya, as the alliance steps up its campaign.
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Greece, GermanyGerman Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble says the aid package for Greece is "insufficient" and there is risk of default if funds are not released.
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United StatesThe jury is set to begin deliberations in the trial of Chicago businessman Tahawwur Rana, accused of a role in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks.
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Mongolia, ChinaA Chinese coalmine worker is sentenced to death for killing an ethnic Mongolian herder, in a case that sparked Inner Mongolia's worst unrest in many years.
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Jersey, 
NigeriaA man who laundered money in a business deal with ex-Nigerian dictator General Sani Abacha is ordered to repay £26.5m by Jersey's Royal Court.
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IndiaTwo wild elephants have gone on a rampage in Mysore in southern India, killing at least one person, officials say.
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France, 
AustraliaFrench Open champion Rafael Nadal opens his campaign at Queen's with a second-round match win over Australia's Matthew Ebden
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France, JapanLearning all the lessons from Japan's worst nuclear accident may take a decade, regulators tell a Paris conference.
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Syria, FranceSyria's ambassador in Paris attempts to clear up confusion over her status by appearing on French TV to deny that she has resigned.
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Libya, 
RomaniaEman al-Obeidi, a Libyan woman who says she was raped by pro-Gaddafi men, is recovering in a Romanian refugee centre, the UN says.
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GermanyGermany's health minister says the number of new E. coli infections from a deadly outbreak is dropping significantly.
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NepalThirty-four Nepalese police officers are charged with stealing more than $4m in the procurement of armoured vehicles for a UN peacekeeping mission.
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IranAs Iran announces it is tripling its uranium research, President Ahmadinejad says the country will not stop.
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RussiaA Lenin impersonator who posed for photos with tourists on Moscow's Red Square falls ill after being arrested for allegedly swearing.
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United KingdomThe London 2012 Olympic torch has been unveiled as a slim three-sided form of perforated golden metal, light enough for young torchbearers to carry.
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United StatesAyman al-Zawahiri, al Qaeda's number two, warns in a newly-posted video that Osama Bin Laden will continue to "terrify" the US from beyond the grave.
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TunisiaTunisia's interim government delays the country's first elections by three months, scheduling the vote for an assembly to rewrite the constitution for October.
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United KingdomPlans to offer sentence discounts of up to 50% for an early guilty plea could be shelved - as Labour says crime policy is in "a total mess".
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ArubaRafael Nadal effortlessly reaches the third round of Queen's with a 6-4 6-4 victory over Australian qualifier Matthew Ebden.
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IndiaA court in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh sentences 10 people to death for killing a young couple who married against their parents' wishes.
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LibyaLibyan rebels suffer casualties as they try to move out of their western enclave of Misrata, as Nato urges the UN to plan for the post-Gaddafi era.
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MexicoFormer mayor of Tijuana Jorge Hank Rhon is charged with stockpiling weapons after soldiers seize guns at his home in northern Mexico.
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United StatesForeign hedge funds are behind "land grabs" in Africa to boost their profits in the food and biofuel sectors, according to a US think-tank.
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United StatesSerbian-American author Tea Obreht has won the 2011 Orange Prize for Fiction for her debut novel, The Tiger's Wife.
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IndiaTwo elephants went on the rampage in the Indian city of Mysore, in the state of Karnataka killing at least one person.
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Turkey, SyriaHundreds of Syrians flee across the Turkish border, as the UK and France submit a Security Council resolution condemning the clampdown.
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France, 
MoroccoMorocco launches an inquiry into allegations that an unnamed French ex-minister was caught in an orgy with young boys in the city of Marrakesh.
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LibyaThe International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor says there is evidence that Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi ordered the rape of hundreds of women as a weapon.
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Saudi Arabia, 
YemenYemen's ruling party denies it has held talks with the opposition bloc since President Ali Abdullah Saleh flew to Saudi Arabia for medical treatment.
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NorwayTriple Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt says he is fully focused on the world championships as he prepares to run his first 200m in 13 months at Oslo's Bislett Games.
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Trinidad and TobagoIndia open up a 2-0 series lead after defeating West Indies by seven wickets on the Duckworth-Lewis method in the second one-day international in Trinidad.
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ChinaChina has officially confirmed that it is building its first ever aircraft carrier, the centrepiece for an expanding naval force.
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Syria, France, United KingdomThe UK and France present a draft UN resolution condemning Syria's suppression of protests, but stopping short of authorising concrete action.
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ChinaChinese woman sets herself alight in 'land grab' protest
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TurkeyYoung Kurds' rising anger hangs over Turkish election
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United KingdomFears are sparked after Scotland's largest education authority calls for all probationer teachers to be put on half pay.
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