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United StatesWall Street protests spread across US
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United StatesFormer Alaska Governor Sarah Palin declares she will not run for the White House in the 2012 presidential elections.
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FranceEngland pick both Toby Flood and Jonny Wilkinson for the World Cup quarter-final against France, while Nick Easter, Tom Palmer and Mark Cueto return to the side.
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SyriaThe BBC's Lyse Doucet reports from Douma, a suburb of Damascus, after being granted permission to enter by the Syrian authorities.
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Aruba, 
AustraliaAustralian farmers told to use a third less water
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MexicoMexican security forces arrest a man believed to be a key figure in the country's most powerful drugs gang, the Sinaloa cartel.
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United StatesThousands of protesters march on New York's financial district, as students stage campus walk-outs and rallies are also held in other US cities.
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MexicoProsecutors in Mexico say federal Congressman Moises Villanueva was killed on the orders of a local politician in the southern state of Guerrero.
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AustraliaCould this ring of rocks be Australia's Stonehenge?
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AfghanistanAfghanistan is appealing for $142m to feed 2.6 million people this winter as it faces the worst drought for a decade, with half the country's provinces affected.
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South Korea, United StatesThe free trade pact between the US and South Korea has cleared the first hurdle four years after the deal was first agreed.
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ZimbabweThe Archbishop of Canterbury begins a pastoral visit to central Africa during which he will try to heal divisions in the Church in Zimbabwe.
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ChinaFears are growing that China may face its own debt crisis amid signs of a slowdown and an explosion in underground lending.
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Hong KongCitic Securities has fallen on its debut at the Hong Kong stock exchange as market volatility continues to dent sentiment.
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United StatesThousands of protesters have marched on New York's financial district, with rallies also held in other US cities.
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Afghanistan, United StatesTen years after the US-led invasion, Afghanistan is appealing for food aid, as it faces an unprecedented drought.
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JapanIchiro Ozawa, one of Japan's most influential politicians, denies breaking political fundraising laws as his trial begins in Tokyo.
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IndiaNearly half the iron ore exported from the western Indian state of Goa is illegally mined, the leader of the state opposition alleges.
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Australia, United StatesEuropean aircraft maker Airbus strikes a deal worth US$9.5bn (£6.2bn) with Australia's Qantas for 110 jets.
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AustraliaAustralia's top court rules two transgender people can be legally recognised as men, even though they have not had complete sex changes.
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VenezuelaSupporters of former Venezuela President Carlos Andres Perez are paying their last respects as he lies in state at his party headquarters in Caracas.
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Serbia and Montenegro, 
United KingdomManager Fabio Capello considers giving teenage Manchester United defender Phil Jones his England debut in Friday's Euro 2012 qualifier against Montenegro.
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FranceLivelier exchanges mark the final TV debate between the six rivals for the right to stand for France's opposition Socialists at the 2012 presidential poll.
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United KingdomThe number of heroin and crack cocaine users needing treatment in England has fallen by 10,000 in two years, figures show.
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ThailandMedecins Sans Frontieres ceases operations in Thailand because of a row over medical treatment for migrant workers and unregistered foreigners.
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AfghanistanDocumentary film looks at foreign troops in Afghanistan
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United StatesUS singer David Cassidy sues Sony, claiming he was not paid for sales of Partridge Family merchandise bearing his image.
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New ZealandA 47,000-tonne container ship which ran aground on a reef off the New Zealand coast is leaking oil, with a slick doubling in size.
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Samoa, 
TokelauThe South Pacific community of Tokelau says it will jump to the other side of the international dateline, following a similar move by Samoa.
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BermudaUnder-fire Lewis Hamilton insists he is doing nothing wrong in his driving, but admits he is not "in the best place in his life".
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SyriaThe BBC visits the Damascus protest suburb of Douma
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Turkey, 
SomaliaThirty-six of the most severely wounded people in Tuesday's Islamist suicide attack in Somalia's capital are being flown to Turkey for treatment.
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FranceA small number of French net users could be thrown offline as the country moves to enforce its tough anti-piracy laws.
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JapanJapan's tourism industry shows signs of recovery following the devastating tsunami last March, according to a report.
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United StatesUS buyout fund Lone Star has been fined $20.9m and its former boss has been jailed over stock market manipulation.
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United StatesTechnology pioneer and co-founder of Apple, Steve Jobs, dies at the age of 56 with President Obama saying "the world has lost a visionary".
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New ZealandNew Zealand's Rugby World Cup minister Gerry Brownlee tells BBC Sport it is "unthinkable" that the All Blacks would miss the 2015 Rugby World Cup despite a dispute over the costs of hosting the current tournament.
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SwedenTomas Transtroemer, Scandinavia's best-known living poet, becomes the 108th recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature.
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United StatesOlympic champion LaShawn Merritt successfully challenges a doping rule in a move that could put pressure on Great Britain's by-law that stops Dwain Chambers and others from competing in the 2012 Games.
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United KingdomThe Bank of England says it will inject a further £75bn into the economy through quantitative easing (QE) but holds interest rates at 0.5%.
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PakistanA further three Pakistan cricketers are named in court as being allegedly involved in a betting scam as the trial of two players for match fixing continues.
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SyriaThe death toll in Syria rises to more than 2,900 since the pro-democracy protests began in March, the UN human rights office says.
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Serbia and MontenegroFabio Capello says Wayne Rooney has told him he is relaxed and ready to face Montenegro on Friday despite his father's arrest.
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United StatesUS actor Charles Napier, who portrayed a succession of movie tough guys, dies at the age of 75.
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EgyptEgypt's military leader says the country is undergoing a "sensitive stage" in its history, and calling for people to "rally round national goals".
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South AfricaRights activists in South Africa condemn the police for failing to solve the murders of five gay men by a suspected serial killer or homophobic gang.
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Belgium, 
LuxembourgTrading of shares in Dexia is suspended as the troubled Franco-Belgian bank negotiates the sale of its Luxembourg business.
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North KoreaReports from North Korea say that children in some areas of the country are severely malnourished.
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Pakistan, United StatesA Pakistani inquiry into the US raid that killed Osama Bin Laden urges treason charges against a doctor accused of working for the CIA.
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PakistanPakistan's Supreme Court says ruling coalition parties - especially the MQM - are involved in murdering civilians in the port city of Karachi.
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LibyaLibya's ousted leader Col Muammar Gaddafi urges Libyans on to the streets "in their millions" to resist the country's interim leadership.
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United StatesUS President Barack Obama says his jobs act would insure the American economy against another downturn, as he challenges Republicans to back the bill.
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United Kingdom, United StatesA group of 30 veterans from the US and UK are taking part in a transatlantic charity cycle ride to raise funds for other wounded servicemen.
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United StatesEricsson shares rise nearly 8% in US trading on a report that Sony will buy it out of their mobile phone handsets joint venture.
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MalawiMalawi's President Bingu wa Mutharika tells the BBC that he will establish a commission of enquiry into the deadly riots that took place in July.
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Argentina, New ZealandNew Zealand select Sonny Bill Williams on the wing and Colin Slade at fly-half for their World Cup quarter-final against Argentina.
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Portugal, United StatesConvicted killer and plane hijacker George Wright, on the run from the FBI for more than 40 years, fights extradition from Portugal to the US.
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PolandPolice in Poland have seized one million euros in forged banknotes.
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United StatesOne of two men accused of driving around a US city with their friend's corpse in the back seat thought the dead man was just drunk, a court hears.
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Iraq, United StatesUS defence secretary Leon Panetta insists that any US troops remaining in Iraq after 2011 must remain immune from prosecution.
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ChileWork on a multi-billion-dollar dam project in Chile's Patagonia region is allowed to go ahead after an appeals court lifts a suspension order.
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AfghanistanAfghanistan is facing an unprecedented drought and is appealing for food aid for 10 million people.
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Syria, 
LebanonSyrian forces cross into Lebanon and shoot dead a Syrian living in a border area, reports say, raising fears of a spillover of unrest.
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United StatesPolice shoot dead a man believed to be the California quarry worker who gunned down three colleagues and wounded six others on Wednesday.
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United KingdomEngland captain John Terry praises the way in which England rugby manager Martin Johnson has defended his players at the World Cup.
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NigeriaNigeria's anti-corruption agency arrests three former state governors for allegedly embezzling funds amounting to $615m (£400m).
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