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ColombiaColombian President Juan Manuel Santos calls on foreign governments to take more responsibility for illegal drug use in their countries.
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SpainGavin Hewitt on the hard times facing Spain's new PM
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EgyptThousands of Egyptian protesters remain in Cairo's Tahrir Square after two days of violence in which at least 13 people were killed and hundreds injured.
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United KingdomThe Children's Commissioners for England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are warning that child poverty could rise.
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IndiaAt least 14 people die and over 40 others are injured in a fire at a gathering of eunuchs in the Indian capital, Delhi.
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EgyptProtesters in Cairo demand the resignation of the head of Egypt governing military council amid growing concern that the armed forces do not want to hand over power.
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BurmaBurmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi will try to win a seat in parliament in forthcoming by-elections, her party says.
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JapanToyota Motor has restored vehicle output in Japan to "near-normal levels" on Monday, after severe flooding in Thailand disrupted supply chains.
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United StatesMark Mardell on the countdown to a US budget cuts deadline
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SpainSpain's ruling socialist party has seen a crushing and humiliating defeat in Sunday's national elections, as voters gave the centre-right Populist Party a clear majority.
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ArubaAustralian airline Qantas fails to reach a deal with pilots and ground staff, meaning their dispute will now go to forced arbitration.
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EgyptHugh Sykes reports from Tahrir Square in Cairo where protesters have once again taken to the streets to demand the removal of the governing military regime.
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Democratic Republic of the CongoIs DR Congo really the world's worst country?
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AustraliaTobacco giant Philip Morris is suing the Australian government over a new law making plain packaging mandatory for cigarettes from December 2012.
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IndiaPolice in India's Jharkhand state are looking at the possible involvement of Maoist rebels in the murder of a nun who campaigned for tribal rights.
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South Africa, AustraliaSportsday Live featuring reaction to the weekend's football and all the action and reaction from the ATP World Tour Finals.
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CambodiaRob Hamill's brother Kerry was on board a yacht which was intercepted by the Cambodian navy during the Khmer Rouge era.
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NorwayCentrica signs a gas supply deal with Norway's Statoil and also buys production rights for Norwegian parts of the North Sea.
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United KingdomDavid Cameron is set to tell the CBI conference the financial crisis in the eurozone is having a "chilling" effect on the UK's economy.
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CambodiaThe three top surviving leaders of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge regime go on trial, more than 30 years after atrocities that killed up to two million people.
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JapanThe final legal case related to the Tokyo 1995 sarin gas attack ends with judges upholding a death sentence against one of the perpetrators.
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United StatesAdele and Taylor Swift win three awards each at the American Music Awards, with the US country star crowned artist of the year.
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NetherlandsA Dutch judge will decide on Monday if a killer whale should be returned to the wild or sent to live in a theme park in the Canary Islands.
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United KingdomPassengers are facing a second day of disruption as hundreds of flights are cancelled or delayed because of dense fog in London.
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United StatesTalks aimed at cutting US government debt are on the verge of failure, the BBC understands
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IndiaThe assembly in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh passes a resolution which seeks to divide the state into four smaller ones.
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TurkeyTwo young children from Hampshire are found dead in a seaside town in Turkey.
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United StatesThe Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 makes its debut at the top of the US box office chart, with takings of $139.5m (£88.6m).
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France, SpainRafael Nadal claims French tennis legend Yannick Noah's allegations about doping in Spanish sport are "stupid".
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SwazilandA Swazi royal official denies reports that King Mswati III's 12th wife, Nothando Dube, accused of having an affair last year, has been evicted from the palace.
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SpainVoters and media in Spain react to centre-right Mariano Rajoy's victory and the Socialist Party's worst ever defeat in general elections.
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United StatesHackers are believed to have destroyed a pump used to pipe water to thousands of homes in a US city in Illinois.
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FranceArsenal manager Arsene Wenger insists "I will stay and that's it" having sparked speculation about his Arsenal future with an interview in the French media.
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SyriaA bus carrying Turkish Muslim pilgrims comes under gun attack in central Syria with two people injured, Turkish media and officials say.
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FrancePeople in Marseilles are trying to stop the French government from designating an area right next to the city as the country's first new national park for 30 years.
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HungaryHungary asks the International Monetary Fund and the European Union for assistance as its financial situation grows more precarious.
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TurkeyTurkey enters a new era of national self-confidence
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RussiaRussian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is apparently booed at a martial arts contest in Moscow in what would be a rare show of public dissent.
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NigeriaA four-fold increase in polio is reported in northern Nigeria, with the disease spreading to neighbouring countries, a World Health Organisation official says.
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GermanyA musical version of boxing movie Rocky, backed by the film's star Sylvester Stallone, will debut in Germany in November next year.
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United Kingdom, SpainBritish number one Andy Murray begins his ATP World Tour Finals campaign against Spain's David Ferrer.
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IranIranian gamers sign a petition against a new video game, Battlefield 3, which includes a search for nuclear bombs in a future Iran.
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ArubaAn Australian man is paid thousands of dollars in compensation after being wrongly accused of smuggling ecstasy in shampoo bottles.
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EgyptStephen Sackur speaks to protesters in Alexandria, Egypt - who say they are frustrated and do not trust the armed forces.
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NetherlandsCampaigners are overruled as the Netherlands prepares to send a rescued killer whale to a theme park in the Canary Islands.
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SpainSpain's conservative leader Mariano Rajoy says the country's voice must be respected again, after a resounding election win for his Popular Party.
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ChinaA dog in the Chinese village of Panjiatun refuses to leave the graveyard where its owner is buried.
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United KingdomAndy Murray appears to sustain an injury as he loses 6-4 7-5 to David Ferrer in the ATP World Tour Finals in London.
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United KingdomDavid Cameron vows to restart the housing market as he unveils a range of plans including help for buyers of new homes in England.
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AfghanistanAfghan intelligence foiled rocket and bomb plots involving Pakistanis against last week's tribal assembly in Kabul, officials say.
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EgyptClashes erupt again in Cairo after a weekend of violence, with reports of more than 20 people killed and hundreds wounded in protests at military rule.
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Bahrain"Excessive force" was used by security forces in Bahrain against pro-democracy protesters earlier this year, the government finds.
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Italy, United StatesCardinal Bernard Law, forced to resign as archbishop of Boston in 2002 over a sex abuse scandal, retires from his new post in Rome, the Vatican says.
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United KingdomScottish track legend Liz McColgan is found not guilty of assaulting her estranged husband at their home.
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South Africa, AustraliaAustralia beat South Africa by two wickets on the final day to level their two-match series 1-1.
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United StatesHollywood actress Mila Kunis has kept her promise to a US marine and gone with him to his Marine Corps Birthday gala.
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Sri LankaThe government of Sri Lanka appears to want military and police families to have more children, offering them a cash incentive for doing so.
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PakistanAt least 14 Pakistani paramilitary soldiers are killed as gunmen ambush them in the restive south-western province of Balochistan, officials say.
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EgyptClashes erupt again in Cairo after a weekend of violence, with reports of more than 20 people killed and hundreds wounded in protests at military rule.
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EgyptEgyptians continue to swell the ranks of protesters in Cairo's Tahrir Square after three days of bloody unrest, and the cabinet offers its resignation.
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United Kingdom, ChinaTwo pandas are heading to Edinburgh Zoo from China, as part of an international conservation effort.
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United KingdomWorld number one Novak Djokovic beats Tomas Berdych in the ATP World Tour Finals in London.
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United StatesDemocrats and Republicans are expected to confirm that a congressional "super-committee" tasked with cutting the US deficit has failed to reach a deal.
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NigeriaNigeria's secret police say Boko Haram Islamic militants are receiving funding from certain politicians in the north.
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Iran, United KingdomThe UK imposes new financial sanctions against Iran which it says are needed because Iranian banks may be linked to the country's alleged nuclear weapons programme.
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United StatesUS Army analyst Bradley Manning, accused of leaking government secrets to the website Wikileaks is set to appear before a military panel in December for a preliminary hearing.
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ChinaA healed fracture discovered on a 150,000-year-old skull from China may be the oldest documented evidence of violence between humans.
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Turkey, SyriaThe Turkish President, Abdullah Gul, has told the BBC that Turkey is preparing for the worst in neighbouring Syria
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United StatesThe heads of a congressional committee tasked with finding $1.2tn (£762bn) in spending cuts says it has failed to come to an agreement.
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Iran, United Kingdom, United StatesThe US, Canada and UK announce fresh sanctions against Iran amid growing concern over Tehran's nuclear programme.
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CubaCuban farmers will be allowed to sell their products directly to tourist businesses under new rules to be introduced next month.
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Turkey, SyriaTurkey's president tells the BBC his country will not remain indifferent to the crisis in neighbouring Syria, calling for "fundamental reforms".
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United StatesThe campus police chief at the University of California, Davis is put on administrative leave over Friday's pepper-spraying of peaceful protesters.
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TunisiaThe three parties in Tunisia's coalition agree on senior government officials, including moderate Islamist Hamadi Jebali as prime minister.
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Brazil, 
BotswanaThe Brazilian government says it will fine US oil company Chevron $28m (£17.9m) for causing an oil spill off the coast of Rio de Janeiro.
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SpainMarkets worldwide tumble on fears over global debt - with another impasse due in the US and continuing fears over the eurozone crisis.
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