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United StatesThe US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, was taken by surprise as she read the news of Col Muammar Gaddafi's capture on her phone.
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DenmarkThere is no link between mobile phones and brain cancer, suggests further research in Denmark, based on a study of 350,000 people.
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ChinaChina allows four local governments to sell bonds for the first time in 17 years, in a move to help them pay their debts.
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NetherlandsDutch brewer signs up as RWC sponsor until 2015, as research says the rugby final weekend may generate £40m for the regional economy.
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Afghanistan, United StatesInside the mind of an Afghan who killed his US trainers
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IndiaWorkers at India's top car maker Maruti Suzuki call off a 14-day strike that had seriously affected production.
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LibyaLibya's Col Gaddafi was shot dead during a gun battle, the acting prime minister says.
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JapanJapan's government approves as extra budget for the reconstruction of areas devastated by the earthquake and tsunami.
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IndiaAn assembly member in India is disqualified for not disclosing money spent on media coverage during a 2007 election, in the first such move of its kind.
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ChinaA two-year-old girl in southern China, who was run over by two vans in an incident which shocked the country, has died, hospital officials say.
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Australia, 
United KingdomWales lose 21-18 to Tri-Nations champions Australia in the Rugby World Cup third-place play-off at Eden Park.
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ChileDozens of students in Chile occupy the Senate headquarters in Santiago for several hours to demand a referendum on education and other social policies.
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IndiaA court in India's Uttar Pradesh state directs the government to return land it had acquired from farmers for various projects.
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ThailandMore districts in the north of the Thai capital are told to brace for flooding as water begins to drain through Bangkok's canals to the sea.
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LibyaJim Swire whose daughter died in the Lockerbie bombing spoke to Breakfast News and said he would have preferred to see the Libyan leader kept alive and forced to face an international criminal court.
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LithuaniaA judge in Lithuania is due to deliver his verdict in the case of a Dundalk man accused of trying to buy guns and bombs for the Real IRA.
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IndonesiaThree people are killed by gunmen near Freeport-McMoran's strike-hit gold and copper mine in Indonesia's Papua region.
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Aruba, 
New ZealandThe Queen pays tribute to the courage shown by people during a "difficult year" of heavy flooding in Australian towns and a devastating earthquake in New Zealand.
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AustraliaWales' hopes of equalling their best World Cup finish are dashed as Australia win the third-place play-off at Auckland's Eden Park.
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Mexico, United StatesMexican President Felipe Calderon says violence in border areas is partly fuelled by the US deporting criminals rather than prosecuting them.
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France, 
GermanyNo easy solution in sight as Germany and France differ
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GermanyGerman business confidence hits a 16-month low, a closely-watched survey shows, on concerns for the economy.
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United KingdomPublic sector net borrowing in the UK was lower than expected in September, official figures show.
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LithuaniaA Real IRA man caught trying to buy a weapons wish-list in an MI5 sting operation is found guilty and sentenced to 12 years in prison in Lithuania.
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Pakistan, United StatesUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton calls on Pakistan to take "strong steps" to deny Afghan insurgents sanctuary on its soil.
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United StatesThe European Commission (EC) has invested billions of euros in its own version of the American GPS system.
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SeychellesAn oil painting of Queen Victoria and her servant John Brown, by one of her favourite artists, is expected to fetch up to £30,000 at auction on 1 November.
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NetherlandsThe EU announces it's investigating whether drug companies Novartis and Johnson & Johnson colluded to keep a painkiller out of the Dutch market.
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LibyaThe bullet wound to Colonel Gaddafi's head, that he received after he was captured, was the cause of crossfire between revolutionary forces and loyalist supporters, according to the Libyan prime minister.
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Lithuania, 
IrelandAn Irish man accused of involvement in gun smuggling for the Real IRA in Lithuania has been found guilty and sentenced to 12 years in prison.
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NorwayNorwegian oil firm Statoil says there are twice the oil reserves it previously thought in its newly discovered North Sea field.
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SpainSpain's prime minister welcomes Eta's decision to end its armed campaign but one of his ministers rules out talks with the Basque separatist group.
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IndiaBollywood star Shah Rukh Khan is ordered to pay $200,000 to an Indian court to secure release of his new film Ra One amidst claims of copyright breaches.
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Libya, United KingdomA former police officer who was with PC Yvonne Fletcher when she was murdered outside the Libyan embassy in London says Col Gaddafi's death leaves many questions unanswered.
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ChinaCash-strapped carmaker Saab rejects an offer from its Chinese suitors to buy the company, seemingly moving a step closer to bankruptcy.
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Afghanistan, 
IranAfghan authorities prevent the domestic release of an Afghan film called The School, about the life of an Afghan refugee girl in Iran.
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Libya, United StatesThe US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said Col Gaddafi's death marks the end of a dark chapter in Libya's history, but also opens up new possibilities.
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SomaliaThe African Union denies that 70 bodies displayed by Somalia's Islamist group al-Shabab were those of its troops killed in fighting in the capital, Mogadishu.
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France, 
French GuianaThe first satellites for Galileo - Europe's GPS - are launched from French Guiana on a Soyuz rocket.
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United StatesThe US has held a preliminary meeting with representatives of the Haqqani militant network, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reveals.
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Turkey, IranTurkey and Iran say they will work together to defeat separatist Kurdish rebels active in both countries, as Turkey continues its military offensive.
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United StatesThe US Senate fails to pass a key piece of President Barack Obama's jobs bill that would have seen higher taxes on the rich being used to create jobs.
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New ZealandNew Zealand will begin Sunday's World Cup final as red-hot favourites to clinch the Webb Ellis trophy for the first time since 1987.
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United StatesTwo US senators introduce a bill offering visas for foreigners who buy US property worth $500,000 or more, in an effort to kick-start the housing market.
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NetherlandsA Dutch court convicts five Dutch ethnic Tamil men of raising funds for the banned Tamil Tiger rebels.
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IndiaAt least six policemen are feared dead after Maoist insurgents launch an attack in the eastern Indian state of Chhattisgarh, reports say.
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BurmaReports from Pakokku in central Burma say flash floods have left dozens of people dead or missing, after days of torrential rain.
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BoliviaBolivian President Evo Morales says a planned road that provoked a long march by indigenous protesters will no longer go through a rainforest reserve.
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Iraq, United StatesAll US troops will leave Iraq by the end of the year, President Obama announces, bringing to an end a nine-year military campaign there.
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BelgiumEurozone finance ministers approve the next tranche of Greek bailout funds in a bid to save the country from a potentially disastrous default.
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United KingdomThree gold medals for Britain on the opening night of track cycling's European Championships mask an error which sees the men's sprint team, featuring Sir Chris Hoy, finish a lowly fifth.
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United KingdomSt Paul's Cathedral is forced to close to visitors for the first time since World War II because of the Occupy London protest camp outside.
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LibyaThe burial of Muammar Gaddafi is delayed, amid differences among Libyan officials about what should be done with his body.
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SyriaAt least 24 people are killed in Syria as protesters return to the streets after Friday prayers, activists say.
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MexicoBP wins approval to resume drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, 18 months after an explosion that killed 11 rig workers and caused an environmental disaster.
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YemenThe UN Security Council urges Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down after months of anti-government protests, but activists are critical.
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NetherlandsDutch gangster Willem Holleeder loses a court bid to block the release of a film fictionalising his 1983 kidnapping of beer tycoon Freddy Heineken.
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Pakistan, IndiaPakistan wins a UN Security Council seat alongside regional rival India, as a total of six new temporary members are elected.
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IndiaChildren dying in India's battle against encephalitis
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United KingdomThe OFT refers the UK's big accountancy firms to the Competition Commission to examine if they have stranglehold on the audit market.
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FranceDebate rages in France over its World Cup final team
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Russia, United StatesCould a Russia-US rail line become a reality?
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