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United StatesA street preacher who kidnapped and raped a 14-year-old girl in the US state of Utah in 2002 is sentenced to life in prison.
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United KingdomSerious concerns are raised by the NHS care regulator after some hospitals failed to meet legal standards for looking after elderly patients.
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SpainUnemployed graduate Juan Lopez shows BBC News around the tent city in Madrid's Puerta del Sol which has been the site of demonstration since 15 May.
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SingaporeSingapore Airlines says it plans to start a budget carrier flying across longer distances, as it expands its network.
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Pakistan, United StatesThe US military says it is withdrawing some of the more than 200 troops it has in Pakistan, after a request from the government in Islamabad.
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United KingdomAt least 64 children are sexually abused every day in England and Wales, figures obtained by the NSPCC suggest.
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YemenThe airport in Yemen's capital Sanaa is reportedly shut after security forces clashed with tribal fighters opposed to President Ali Abdullah Saleh.
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United StatesFreedom Riders reunite to teach a new US generation
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GeorgiaRiot police in Georgia use tear gas and water cannon to clear an anti-government protest in Tbilisi ahead of independence day celebrations.
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IndiaAuthorities in India investigate the crash of a small medical ambulance aircraft near the capital, Delhi, which killed 10 people.
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JapanJapan office equipment maker Ricoh says it plans to cut its global workforce by about 10,000 people to cut costs.
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SpainBarcelona star Lionel Messi is "relaxed" ahead of Saturday's Champions League Final and wants to stay with the Spanish side for the rest of his career.
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Switzerland, JapanSwitzerland has become the first European country to announce plans to phase out nuclear power, in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear accident in Japan.
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South KoreaThe BBC goes to South Korea in search of the country's next football superstar.
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RussiaThe BBC's Daniel Sandford reports on one man's fight to keep his company in Russia.
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HaitiHaiti's government rows back on a call to scrap the international commission on post-earthquake rebuilding, saying it wants talks on improving it.
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United StatesThe home of a 91-year-old Californian woman who sells kits to help people kill themselves is raided by federal agents, she says.
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MonacoFirst practice is under way for the sixth race of the 2011 season as Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel looks to increase his lead in the championship.
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CanadaThe part of the brain used by people who can "see like a bat" has been identified by researchers in Canada.
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United Kingdom, United StatesBritish pop star Cheryl Cole is dropped from the judging panel of the US version of The X Factor, according to a report in America.
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France, United KingdomFourth seed Victoria Azarenka plays at the French Open, Britain's Heather Watson and Elena Baltacha are knocked out, Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray ease through following a shock defeat for Kim Clijsters.
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MexicoA shootout between rival Mexican drug gangs in the Pacific coast state of Nayarit leaves at least 28 people dead, officials say.
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Sri Lanka, United KingdomEngland fight back but Sri Lanka are still in the ascendancy, closing on 133-2 on a rain-affected opening day of the first Test in Cardiff.
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Malaysia, 
AustraliaSelf-harm and suicides are a major concern in immigration centres, Australia's human rights watchdog says, in the latest attack on the country's asylum policy.
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Hong KongA feng shui master in Hong Kong is charged with forging a will on which he based a claim to the multi-billion dollar fortune of tycoon Nina Wang.
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GhanaImages from the festivities at one of Ghana's oldest competitions
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Malaysia, United Kingdom, 
ChinaSome 39% of UK people have a financial plan to save for their retirement - far fewer than people in Malaysia and China, a report suggests.
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GeorgiaThe Georgian capital Tbilisi is tense after an overnight crackdown on anti-government protesters, during which two people died.
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United KingdomEuro MPs want a 5% rise in the EU's long-term budget - despite calls for a freeze from the UK and some other states.
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United KingdomThe UK may have to slow the pace of spending cuts if growth remains weak, a top economist says, but the government and Labour disagree over the analysis.
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United StatesSeventeen-year-old country singer Scotty McCreery has been crowned the winner of American Idol, beating off competition from a 16-year-old.
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TurkeyA bomb blast in the Turkish city of Istanbul injures seven people in a busy shopping district, weeks before an election.
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ChinaNear-simultaneous explosions hit government buildings in eastern China's Jiangxi province, state media say, killing two people and injuring six others.
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Bosnia and Herzegovina, 
Serbia and MontenegroThe fugitive Bosnian war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic has been arrested in Serbia.
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Iran, SpainSpanish police say they have prevented the illegal sale of military transport helicopters to Iran and have detained eight people, including three Iranians.
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United KingdomThe deputy prime minister has suggested further delaying plans to change the way the NHS in England is run.
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Yemen, United StatesThe US orders all its non-essential diplomatic staff to leave Yemen and issues an advisory against travel there as clashes escalate.
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United StatesUS economic growth slowed in the first three months of 2011 to an annualised rate of 1.8%, the Commerce Department confirms.
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United KingdomA drama about two British rowers who won gold at the London 1948 Olympics is part of BBC One's offering for 2012.
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United KingdomA labourer who evaded justice for decades over two 1980s double killings in Pembrokeshire is jailed for life, ending one of Wales' longest murder hunts.
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IndiaTelevision channels in India are ordered not to broadcast "overtly sexual" deodorant adverts that use female models in racy storylines.
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Pakistan, United StatesAfter the killing of Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan, many have called for America to cut the aid it offers to Islamabad.
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France, United StatesLeaders of some of the world's wealthiest nations meet in France for a summit set to be dominated by uprisings in the Arab world.
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MonacoFerrari's Fernando Alonso is in impressive form as he beats McLaren's Lewis Hamilton in practice at the Monaco Grand Prix.
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YemenThe repercussions if Yemen continues to disintegrate
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France, RussiaFrance and Russia reach a long-awaited agreement on the sale of four French warships to Russia.
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South Africa, 
SomaliaMore than 50 Somali-owned shops in the South African city of Port Elizabeth are attacked and looted overnight by local residents.
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Pakistan, United StatesWhy American aid to Pakistan leaves few happy
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Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and MontenegroRatko Mladic, wanted for war crimes in Bosnia, is arrested in Serbia and moves to extradite him to The Hague tribunal begin.
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Bosnia and HerzegovinaWomen who lost their husbands and sons during the massacre at Srebrenica have called for justice after the arrest of fugitive Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic.
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ItalyPope Benedict XVI shuts down a famous monastery in Rome because of rumours of a lack of financial and moral discipline, Italian media reports say.
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United KingdomSurrealist painter and sculptor Leonora Carrington dies aged 94, Mexico's National Arts Council confirms.
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Serbia and MontenegroLocal media in Serbia have shown pictures of a home in Lazarevo where they say Ratko Mladic had allegedly been hiding from authorities for over 10 years.
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Democratic Republic of the Congo, 
RwandaA Rwandan genocide suspect, Bernard Munyagishari, is arrested in eastern DR of Congo after being on the run for 17 years.
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ItalyUsain Bolt is the main draw as Rome hosts the third Diamond League meeting of the season.
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IndiaIndian carmaker Tata Motors reports a tripling of profits as its Jaguar Land Rover subsidiary sees a sharp turnaround.
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Serbia and MontenegroThe arrest of Ratko Mladic will be viewed as "an injustice" in Serbia according to Nenad Vukicevic, owner of the website Serbian Nationalists.
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United StatesThe US Supreme Court has upheld a law in Arizona's that imposes penalties on businesses that hire illegal immigrants.
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United StatesThe US state of Missouri releases a list of more than 230 people missing since a devastating tornado struck the city of Joplin on Sunday.
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United KingdomPrime Minister David Cameron says the arrest of war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic shows international law has "a very long reach and a very long memory".
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FranceWorld number one Rafael Nadal is forced to dig deep to see off the challenge of compatriot Pablo Andujar in the French Open second round.
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Iraq, United StatesIraqi cleric and militia leader Moqtada al-Sadr warns that his followers will take up arms against US troops unless they leave the country by the end of the year.
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Serbia and MontenegroEU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Baroness Ashton, who is with a delegation in Belgrade, says that the timing of Ratko Mladic's arrest is a "coincidence", unrelated to Serbia's EU membership bid.
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SomaliaOn the Ohio River in West Virginia, a former captain and his company demonstrate how to defend against pirate attacks off the Somali coast.
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United KingdomLeading nations' financial support for the so-called Arab Spring will reduce extremism and immigration, says UK Prime Minister David Cameron.
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ColombiaThe Colombian government identifies the remains of 10,000 people missing in the past 20 years of the long-standing internal conflict.
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PakistanAt least 32 people are killed after a suicide bomber in a car targets government buildings in Pakistan's volatile north-west.
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AfghanistanSeven US soldiers are killed in a roadside bomb in Afghanistan in the deadliest incident for foreign troops in a month, officials say.
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Libya, United KingdomThe prime minister has given the go ahead for the deployment of Apache helicopters in Libya, the BBC learns.
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Iraq, United StatesIraqi cleric and militia leader Moqtada al-Sadr has threatened to take up arms against US troops unless they leave the country by the end of the year.
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Libya, FranceFrench President Nicolas Sarkozy tells journalists at the G8 summit in France that "all options are open" if Libya's leader steps down quickly.
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Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and MontenegroRatko Mladic faces a Belgrade court within hours of his arrest as Serbia seeks to send the former Bosnian Serb army chief to the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague.
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ItalyWorld 100m record holder Usain Bolt marks his return to the track after a near 10-month absence with victory at the Diamond League meeting in Rome.
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MexicoLeonora Carrington, considered one of the last of the original surrealist artists, has died at the age of 94, Mexican officials say.
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SomaliaIs it possible to guard your yacht from Somali pirates?
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YemenElite factions struggle for power as Yemen unrest continues
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MexicoGun battles between rival factions of a Mexican gang drive more than 2,000 residents out of their homes in Michoacan state.
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