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LibyaCaricatures of Gaddafi adorn the streets of Benghazi
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MexicoPrisoners in three jails in the eastern Mexican state of Veracruz stage an almost simultaneous prison break, during which 32 inmates escape.
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CanadaFilm-maker develops camera to replace his lost eye
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United StatesRestrictions end but gays in US military still face fight for rights
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IsraelIsraeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu offers peace talks with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to prevent his bid for Palestinian statehood at the UN.
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GermanyMerkel's coalition shaky after poll battering
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United StatesAs the US military repeals its 'don't ask don't tell' policy, a gay soldier and his partner discuss their lives in the military community.
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United KingdomTeenagers who watch films showing actors smoking are more likely to take up smoking themselves, new UK research suggests.
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ItalyItalian luxury brand Prada's profits rise 74% on surging demand for its products in Asia.
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JapanOne of Japan's richest men, the billionaire property developer Akira Mori, has called for a halt to the building of skyscrapers.
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ChinaFloods and landslides in China triggered by days of heavy rain kill dozens of people and force more than a million from their homes.
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CanadaThe rockers, who picked up two Brit awards earlier this year, accepted the award and a cheque for $30,000 for their album The Suburbs.
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GuatemalaThousands of people spend the night in tents after four earthquakes hit Guatemala in quick succession, killing at least one person.
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Netherlands, 
RomaniaRomania impounds more than a dozen truckloads of tulips from the Netherlands, prompting an angry reaction from Dutch politicians.
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Egypt, United KingdomA British firm offered to supply "cyber-spy" technology used by Egypt to target pro-democracy activists, documents seen by the BBC suggest.
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Hong Kong, ChinaAn elderly farmer from mainland China is jailed in Hong Kong for burning the national flag, in the first sentence of its kind.
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United KingdomBen Ainslie is on course for a fourth consecutive Olympic gold medal after being named in the Great Britain sailing team for London 2012.
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FranceEngineering group Siemens has withdrawn 500m euros from a French bank over concerns about its stability, according to reports.
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MexicoMexico's Mr Handsome announces run for president
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SomaliaA radio station run by Somalia's al-Shabab Islamist group awards weapons to children who won a Koran-reciting and general knowledge competition.
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SingaporeUBS bank directors will meet in Singapore this week after the firm disclosed a $2.3bn (£1.5bn) loss due to alleged unauthorised trades.
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ThailandTwo people are jailed in Thailand over a fire in a Bangkok nightclub on New Year's Day 2009 that killed 67 people and injured more than 100.
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United StatesA US appeals court lifts a block on Ecuadoreans collecting multi-billion dollar damages from Chevron in a long-running legal battle over Amazon oil pollution.
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JapanJapan's biggest weapons maker is investigating a cyber attack, believed to be the first of its kind against the country's defence industry.
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United StatesUS researchers demonstrate how power cells fuelled by bacteria can be self-powered and produce a limitless supply of hydrogen.
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Ireland, United KingdomThe new film adaptation of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, starring Gary Oldman, knocks The Inbetweeners off the top of the UK and Ireland box office.
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United StatesEurope is looking to play a significant role in America's plans for the manned exploration of deep space by providing the unit that would push the new US Orion astronaut capsule across space.
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France, United KingdomA British man dies after a fight breaks out in the French Riviera resort of Cannes.
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BoliviaIndigenous protesters in Bolivia say they are resuming a march against plans to build a road through their land, after a temporary halt amid fears of confrontation.
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South Korea, 
North Korea, ChinaSouth Korea's nuclear envoy arrives in Beijing to meet his North Korean counterpart, amid some signs efforts to restart stalled talks are under way.
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AustraliaTim Nielsen steps down as the head coach of Australia's national cricket team after four years in the role.
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BangladeshPolice in Bangladesh arrest hundreds of supporters of the country's largest Islamist party, Jamaat-e-Islami, on charges of inciting violence during a protest rally on Monday.
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Afghanistan, United StatesA fresh wave of forged US dollars and Afghan banknotes is affecting Afghanistan's biggest currency exchange market in Kabul.
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TurkeyAn explosion thought to have been caused by a bomb rocks the centre of the Turkish capital, Ankara, leaving three people dead.
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JapanMore than a million people in central Japan are urged to leave their homes as a powerful typhoon approaches, bringing heavy rains and flooding.
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RussiaThe European Court of Human Rights issues a split ruling on a complaint by the collapsed oil giant Yukos that it was illegally driven out of business by Russia's government.
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YemenYemeni government forces continue shelling a protester camp, killing more civilians in the third day of a crackdown, witnesses and doctors say.
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IranTehran taxi driver Ghasem Jafari has shot to localised fame as customers post footage online of him singing their favourite songs as he drives.
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ItalySix Italian scientists and a former government official are on trial for manslaughter over the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake, which killed more than 300 people.
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Pakistan, United StatesImran Khan has told the BBC that Pakistan should distance itself from the US and 'stand on its own feet'.
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ChinaFloods and landslides in China caused by a week of heavy rain have killed at least 57 people and forced more than a million from their homes.
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NetherlandsDutch security firm DigiNotar has filed for voluntary bankruptcy following a series of attacks by a hacker.
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United StatesThe global economy has entered a "dangerous new phase", the IMF says, warning that the US and Europe could fall back into recession.
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ItalyItaly is the latest in a series of government debt downgrades. Which countries have fallen, and which are feared to be next?
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Nigeria, 
SwitzerlandSwitzerland's highest court orders the retrial of a son of the former Nigerian military ruler Sani Abacha for taking part in a criminal organisation.
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United KingdomInternational Monetary Fund's latest World Economic Outlook cuts UK growth forecasts for 2011 and 2012.
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IndiaRescue workers in the Indian state of Sikkim are struggling to reach victims of Sunday's powerful earthquake.
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AfghanistanThe chairman of the Afghan High Peace Council, Burhanuddin Rabbani, has been killed with several others in a bomb attack in Kabul, officials say.
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ZambiaMillions of Zambians have been voting in what is expected to be a close contest between President Banda and Michael Sata, with some trouble in the capital, Lusaka.
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Pakistan, ChinaHuman rights groups urge China to stop the execution of Pakistani national Zahid Husain Shah, who has been convicted of drug smuggling.
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YemenA ceasefire is agreed in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, reports say, after government forces shell a protester camp there, reportedly killing seven.
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PakistanAt least 26 Shia Muslim pilgrims are killed as unidentified gunmen open fire on a bus in south-west Pakistan, officials say.
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PakistanFlying vital aid to Pakistan's flood-hit Sindh province
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MexicoMexican officials order the detention of the directors of three prisons in Veracruz from which 32 inmates escaped on Monday.
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United States, ChinaThe US accuses China over chicken tariffs in the latest trade dispute between the world's two largest economies.
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AfghanistanFormer Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani, who was leading peace negotiations with the Taliban, is killed in a suicide bomb attack at his home in Kabul.
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LibyaDozens of families are fleeing Colonel Gaddafi's hometown of Sirte, as fighters loyal to the country's interim council prepare to launch fresh assaults to finally capture the town.
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ItalyA Venetian couple seek legal help after failing to persuade their 41-year-old son to leave home, Italian media report.
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United KingdomScotland Yard decides "not to pursue" its legal bid to force the Guardian to reveal the sources it used for stories about phone hacking.
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United StatesUS authorities accuse the owners of online gambling site Full Tilt Poker of operating a Ponzi scheme that defrauded players of $440m.
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GuatemalaThree young children die in a landslide in Guatemala and 12 other people are missing after heavy rain caused a hillside to collapse.
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United StatesA policy known as "don't ask, don't tell" banning open homosexuality in the US Armed Forces is repealed, nearly two decades after it was introduced.
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Pakistan, ChinaPolio has been found in China for the first time since 1999 after spreading from Pakistan, the World Health Organization confirms.
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United StatesA fatal grizzly bear attack in Yellowstone park in July may have been provoked by a couple's screaming and running, an investigation finds.
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AfghanistanFormer President Rabbani of Afghanistan, the man chairing peace talks with the Taliban, has been assassinated at his home in Kabul.
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GreeceEuropean Union says 'good progress' is being made with Greece towards agreeing the release of bailout money.
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United KingdomArsenal, Man Utd, Stoke, Newcastle and Aldershot are among the teams who win through to the fourth round of the Carling Cup, while East Fife shock Aberdeen in the Scottish Communities League Cup.
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Georgia, United StatesA final clemency appeal for Troy Davis, convicted of the 1989 murder of an off-duty policeman, is rejected by the pardons board in the US state of Georgia.
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United KingdomComplex charges and misleading information means UK holidaymakers are paying too much for foreign currency, a watchdog says.
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SomaliaThe Somali refugee uncovering her country's ancient heritage
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MexicoSome of Mexico's main newspapers say they have stopped running sex advertisements which they say could encourage people trafficking.
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LibyaThe African Union recognises Libya's National Transitional Council as the de facto government, as the US says it will re-open its Tripoli embassy.
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