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AzerbaijanAmnesty International urges the world to act over what it says are continuing human rights violations and crackdown on dissent in Azerbaijan.
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ThailandComputer firm Dell warns its revenues could be hit by a worldwide shortage of hard drives caused by the flooding in Thailand.
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United KingdomAll smoking in cars should be banned across the UK to protect people from second-hand smoke, doctors say.
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SyriaArab foreign ministers are to hold talks on Syria, a day after one of the bloodiest crackdowns on protesters.
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Guatemala, 
United StatesFormer Guatemalan president Alfonso Portillo will be extradited to the United States, after the current president granted the extradition order.
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ChinaThe organisers of China's so-called Confucius Peace Prize say they are determined to give the award to Vladimir Putin, despite official opposition.
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IndiaThe chief minister of India's Uttar Pradesh state proposes the division of the populous and politically influential state into four parts.
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United KingdomCuts to defence spending contributed to a £466m rise in the cost of the UK's 15 largest military equipment projects in a year, the spending watchdog says.
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ChinaChinese artist Ai Weiwei has said he feels like he has been 'robbed' after being handed a $2.4m tax bill.
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Thailand, 
JapanThe Bank of Japan warns that economic growth may be hurt by the eurozone debt crisis, flooding in Thailand and a strong yen.
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United KingdomSportsday Live featuring reaction to Martin Johnson leaving his England post, Fifa president Sepp Blatter's views on racism plus more.
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New ZealandInvasive rats can compensate for the loss of native pollinators in New Zealand, scientists report.
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Russia, United StatesRussia's Soyuz spacecraft, with a three-man Russian and US crew, successfully docks with the International Space Station.
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United KingdomFormer UK border force head Brodie Clark says he was "surprised" ministers did not know passport checks had been relaxed.
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ItalyNew Italian PM aims to break Berlusconi mould of politics
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PolandHow a warrior bear boosted Polish morale in WWII
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AfghanistanAfghan President Hamid Karzai has told a meeting of tribal elders that a security pact with the US is in the best interests of both nations.
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United StatesThe singer says she is "on the mend" after having an operation on her throat which forced her to cancel her US tour last month.
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Ireland, 
GreeceGiovanni Trapattoni says his Republic of Ireland team should aim to emulate Greece's shock 2004 triumph at next summer's Euro 2012 finals.
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BrazilProfits at Vivendi, Europe's biggest telecom and entertainment group, are boosted by its games business and strong demand from Brazil.
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Zimbabwe, United Kingdom, 
Hong KongZimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe praises Hong Kong's authorities for protecting his daughter from "harassment" by British journalists.
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ArubaDavid Cameron's attempt to impersonate Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has been described as "so bad it could cause a diplomatic row".
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Iraq, United StatesThere are still some 30,000 US troops in Iraq, by the end of the year they are expected to leave.
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Sri LankaSri Lanka is still a country struggling to put decades of civil war behind it.
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Australia, United StatesThe US is to begin deploying 2,500 military personnel to Australia to boost security in the Pacific region, President Obama says on a visit.
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South AfricaSouth African Muslims react with outrage after a leading Cape Town-based meat importer is accused of labelling pork as halal.
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IndiaWill Aishwarya Rai's baby join India's top acting dynasty?
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ChinaChinese people are paying for the country's heavy pollution with their health, the head of the UN Environment Programme says.
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ArgentinaHow the world can learn from Argentina's tortured past
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RussiaA prominent anti-separatist poet from Chechnya, Ruslan Akhtakhanov, is shot dead in Moscow in what police say appears to be a contract killing.
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France, 
SpainChristians plan protests as a provocative Spanish play about Jesus called Golgota Picnic premieres in the southern French city of Toulouse.
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TurkeyGuus Hiddink steps down as Turkey coach after his side failed to qualify for Euro 2012.
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Philippines, United StatesUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has been targeted by anti-US protesters during a visit to the Philippines.
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SpainSpanish writer and director Pedro Almodovar is honoured by the Museum of Modern Art at a benefit in New York.
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Portugal, 
AngolaPortugal's Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho is travelling to oil-rich Angola, which is boosting its investments in the cash-strapped former colonial power.
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United StatesGoogle, Facebook and others have written to the US government to voice opposition against new piracy legislation.
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United KingdomUK unemployment rose by 129,000 in the three months to September to 2.62 million, as youth unemployment also rose above a million.
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IraqThree women tell how their lives have changed in the new Iraq
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SyriaUnverified pictures emerge which appear to show members of the Syrian security forces beating opposition supporters.
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SyriaSyrian army defectors attack a military intelligence base near Damascus, opposition groups say, in what would be their highest-profile attack so far.
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United KingdomMountaineer Mark Inglis says he regrets not turning around and going back as a young British climber, David Sharp, was dying of hypothermia on Mount Everest in 2006 but says as a double amputee he could not have helped carry him down the mountain.
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United KingdomBank of England governor Sir Mervyn King cuts UK growth predictions and says Britain's economy could stagnate until mid-2012.
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United StatesUS consumer prices fell by 0.1% in October, the first drop since June, helped by a fall in the cost of petrol.
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ItalyMario Monti unveils a cabinet comprising experts, not politicians, to steer Italy through its debt crisis after the fall of Silvio Berlusconi.
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United KingdomMartin Johnson says his decision to quit as England manager is in the best interests of the team and himself.
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SwazilandSwaziland's government fails to pay more than $10m (£6.3m) in grants to Aids orphans because of an acute financial crisis, an IMF official says.
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Pakistan, 
QatarPakistani customs officials seize 74 hunting falcons they say were being unlawfully brought into the country by a member of the Qatari royal family.
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FranceThe Yugoslav war crimes tribunal issues a warrant for the arrest of its former spokeswoman, French national Florence Hartmann.
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GreeceThe new Greek government wins a confidence vote in parliament, amid an ongoing debt crisis threatening its membership of the eurozone.
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GermanyGerman Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich calls for a registry of neo-Nazi extremists, after revelations of a series of murders.
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CubaCuban government allows barbers to work privately in another economic reform in the country.
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ItalyItaly's incoming prime minister, Mario Monti, has formed a new government made up entirely of technocrats and no politicians.
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GermanyWhat will Germany do to protect the eurozone?
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Afghanistan, United StatesAfghan President Hamid Karzai has told a meeting of tribal elders that a security pact with the US is in the best interests of both nations.
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IndiaA judge in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh sentences eight men to death and 20 others to life imprisonment for so-called honour killings that took place 20 years ago.
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United StatesNext year's inaugural United States Grand Prix in Austin, Texas, is on the brink of being axed, says Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone.
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CanadaCanada's famed Mounted Police will investigate the force's handling of sexual harassment claims, says new Commissioner Bob Paulson.
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MexicoSecurity forces have been identifying and destroying poppy crops in rural Mexico.
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United KingdomEngland and Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand says he is astonished by Fifa president Sepp Blatter's "condescending" and "laughable" view that football does not have on-field racism problems.
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United StatesApollo 11 astronauts receive the US Congressional gold medal, the first time it has been awarded to those involved in America's space programme.
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United StatesA man wanted in connection with a shooting near the White House is arrested, officials say, after bullet casings are found at the White House.
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IraqThe publication of Iraq Inquiry report will be delayed by at least six months to the summer of 2012 due in part to a dispute over the release of secret documents.
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BotswanaFormer Brazilian President Lula da Silva has his hair and trademark beard shaved off ahead of his next session of chemotherapy for throat cancer.
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Egypt, ItalyItalian clothing firm Benetton pulls an advertisement with a photo montage of Pope Benedict kissing an Egyptian imam after the Vatican complains.
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Turkey, SyriaThe Arab League says it is giving Syria three days to "stop the bloody repression" of protesters and allow in observers or face economic sanctions.
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FranceParis prosecutors drop an inquiry into claims that ex-French President Jacques Chirac and ex-PM Dominique de Villepin were given up to $20m by African leaders.
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PakistanAt least seven people are killed in a shoot-out between militants and policemen in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi, officials say.
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United States, MexicoUS police say they have seized 14 tons of marijuana after finding a major tunnel under the border with Mexico used to smuggle drugs.
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SyriaThere are reports from Syria that a group of army defectors has attacked a military base near Damascus.
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KuwaitDozens of Kuwaiti protesters briefly occupy parliament, as hundreds more demonstrate outside, demanding the prime minister step down.
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United StatesShares in US banks tumble in late trading on Wall Street after ratings agency Fitch warns over their exposure to the eurozone.
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