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ColombiaColombian police find cocaine 'megalab' in remote region
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ChinaChina's Communist Party central committee begins its last plenum before leadership changes next year, with culture as the chosen theme.
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Bermuda, 
North KoreaLewis Hamilton takes pole ahead of world champion Sebastian Vettel and Jenson Button for the Korean Grand Prix.
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CubaLaura Pollan, who founded the influential Cuban protest group, Ladies in White, has died, aged 63, after suffering from Dengue fever.
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SyriaThe United Nations says the death toll in seven months of protests in Syria against the rule of President Bashar al-Assad has reached 3,000.
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United KingdomFauja Singh, a 100-year-old British man, has run his way to eight sprinting world records and is aiming to set another, when he takes part in this weekend's Toronto Waterfront Marathon.
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United StatesProtesters from the ''Occupy Wall Street'' movement heckled News Corporation boss Rupert Murdoch during a speech at an education forum on Friday in San Francisco, California, accusing him of of trying to profit from public education.
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Afghanistan, United StatesFour militants are killed as their attack on a US base in the eastern Afghan region of Panjshir is repulsed.
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France, United KingdomWales, down to 14 men after the dismissal of captain Sam Waburton, lose their World Cup semi-final against France in heartbreaking fashion.
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United KingdomUnbeaten Frankel tops a high-quality list of runners for the inaugural British Champions Day at Ascot on Saturday.
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ThailandThailand's military and civilians continue efforts to prevent flood waters from the north inundating the capital, Bangkok.
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LibyaLibyan interim government forces clash with gunmen they say support Col Gaddafi in Tripoli, in the most serious clash since the city's fall.
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Bermuda, North KoreaMcLaren's Lewis Hamilton takes pole position for the Korean Grand Prix to break Red Bull's season-long run as stewards investigate Sebastian Vettel, who was second.
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France, United KingdomWales' World Cup campaign ends in controversial fashion as France edge a nailbiting semi-final after Welsh captain Sam Warburton is sent off.
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Switzerland, United KingdomThe Foreign Office is investigating a report that a UK pilot and his passenger died in a plane crash in Switzerland on Friday.
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EgyptHuman loss of Cairo's violent clashes
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United KingdomFive matches kick off at 1500 BST in the Scottish Premier League after Celtic recover from three goals down to draw at Kilmarnock.
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United KingdomThe inquiry into Liam Fox's conduct should continue - despite him stepping down as defence secretary, Labour says
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ThailandPeople in the Thai capital, Bangkok, are bracing themselves for severe floods - which have already affected around a third of the country.
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France, United KingdomWales narrowly lose their World Cup semi-final to France in New Zealand, as 61,500 fans watch on big screens at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium.
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New Zealand, 
AustraliaNew Zealand captain Richie McCaw says it is important his side do not let the pressure get to them as they prepare to face Australia in the Rugby World Cup semi-final.
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France, United KingdomFormer Wales captain Robert Jones says Sam Warburton's sending-off in the World Cup semi-final defeat by France was the correct decision, although he believes 'the best team lost'.
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IndiaThe former chief minister of the southern Indian state of Karnataka is arrested in connection with a multi-million dollar corruption scandal.
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FranceThe EU summit later this month will be "decisive" in tackling the eurozone debt crisis, says the French finance minister at the end of G20 talks in Paris.
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YemenViolent protests against Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh erupt in the capital Sanaa, with at least 12 people killed and 80 wounded.
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Venezuela, CubaVenezuelan President Hugo Chavez heads to Cuba for a health check-up, four months after having surgery for cancer.
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United KingdomDemonstrators in London's financial district are trying to set up camp as part of a worldwide protest against alleged corporate greed.
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YemenSecurity forces in Yemen have shot dead at least 12 people and wounded 80 others during protests against President Ali Abdullah Saleh in the capital, Sanaa.
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ItalyItalian riot police fight militant protesters in Rome as the biggest of a series of global protests against banks and politicians tips into violence.
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LiberiaOpposition parties in Liberia say they are pulling out from the presidential election vote-count favouring President Sirleaf, calling it "fraudulent".
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MexicoA fight between prisoners at a jail in a city in northern Mexico near the US border leaves 20 inmates dead, the authorities say.
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HaitiHaitian lawmakers approve Prime Minister Garry Conille's cabinet, giving the island nation an operating government after months of delay.
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ItalyItalian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi promises to punish rioters after a peaceful mass rally against austerity in Rome descends into street battles.
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