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IsraelThe Middle East Quartet urges Israel and the Palestinians to resume peace talks within a month, after the Palestinians ask the UN to recognise their state.
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Venezuela, 
CubaVenezuelan President Hugo Chavez has returned home from Cuba after having what he says was his final round of chemotherapy.
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United KingdomA London hospital's trial of a new cancer drug, which accurately targets tumours, has been so successful it has been stopped early.
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Turkey, 
SyriaTurkey says it has seized a Syrian ship with weapons, in another sign of rapidly deteriorating relations between the two countries.
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United KingdomThousands of Muslims are expected at a peace conference at London's Wembley Arena to condemn terrorism, organisers say.
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Italy, United KingdomItalian prosecutors urge a jury considering an appeal by two convicted murderers of British student Meredith Kercher to remember her family.
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Romania, United KingdomEngland face Pool B minnows Romania at the Otago Stadium in Dunedin.
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RussiaRussian Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin, is to address delegates of his United Russia party later today, amid speculation that he may announce if he will run for president in the 2012 election.
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Australia, 
United StatesA man accused of locking a teenage girl to a fake bomb is extradited from the US to his home country of Australia to face formal charges over the incident.
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GreeceConstantine Papadopolos: "We have to keep the show on the road because all other options are going to be worse."
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Romania, United KingdomMark Cueto and Chris Ashton both grab hat-tricks as England rack up 10 tries in a crushing win over Romania in Dunedin.
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France, 
New ZealandNew Zealand score three quick first-half tries to stun France in Auckland.
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United KingdomMan Utd travel to Stoke after a busy afternoon that sees Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Man City and Tottenham all victorious among a full English and Scottish league programme of football.
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FranceNew Zealand brush aside World Cup bogey team France to take a decisive grip on Pool A.
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SingaporeRed Bull's Sebastian Vettel, third fastest in final practice earlier in the day, is quickest in the second session of qualifying as he aims for his 11th pole of the season at the Singapore Grand Prix.
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United KingdomRangers hammer Dunfermline in the lunchtime kick off, while Celtic host Inverness in one of four games at three o' clock.
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AustraliaA man has been extradited to Australia to face charges over an alleged attempt to extort money by locking a teenage woman to a fake bomb.
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IsraelThe Quartet of Middle East peace negotiators have called for direct talks between Israel and the Palestinians to resume within a month.
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SwitzerlandUBS CEO Oswald Gruebel, resigns over an alleged £1.5bn ($2.3bn) rogue-trading loss as the firm cuts back on investment banking.
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EgyptEgypt's military ruler Field Marshal Tantawi gives evidence at the trial of former President Mubarak - but behind closed doors due to security concerns.
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LibyaWhy a part of me will always remain in Libya
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JapanIs Tokyo turning its back on the high-rise lifestyle?
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United StatesUS Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner calls on European leaders to urgently send a decisive signal that they have a strategy for tackling the debt crisis.
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ChinaA Chinese tourist was beaten unconscious after being mistaken for a petitioner who wanted to lobby the authorities in Beijing, state media report.
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NigeriaThe Nigerian police say they have arrested two people in connection with the gang-rape of a woman posted on the internet.
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United StatesNasa says its six-tonne UARS satellite landed off the US west coast early on Saturday with no reports of injury or damage to property.
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United KingdomA mother and five of her children are killed in a house fire in north-west London which police and fire investigators say was not suspicious.
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United KingdomProsecutors in the appeal of two people convicted of killing a British student call for the defendants to have their sentences extended to life terms.
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Bermuda, SingaporeRed Bull's Sebastian Vettel storms to his 11th pole of the season at the Singapore Grand Prix ahead of team-mate Mark Webber and McLaren's Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton.
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YemenMany people are reportedly killed in fighting between rival army factions in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, as protests against President Saleh continue.
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BoliviaIndigenous protesters in the Bolivian Amazon force their way through a police blockade using the foreign minister as a hostage, officials say.
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LibyaTroops loyal to Libya's transition government clash with pro-Gaddafi forces in Sirte, one of the ousted leader's last bastions of support.
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RussiaRussian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announces he has accepted a proposal to run for president next year, all but guaranteeing his return to the Kremlin.
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SpainCorrida fans in Catalonia are to see the last bullfights before a ban on the age-old tradition comes into effect in Spain's north-eastern region.
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United KingdomA body found off the coast of Scotland has been formally identified as a woman who went missing in Northern Ireland two weeks ago.
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Venezuela, United StatesVenezuelan opposition politician Leopoldo Lopez launches his bid for the presidency, after the Inter-American Human Rights Court rules that he should be allowed to stand.
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GeorgiaGeorgia businessman Herman Cain wins a surprise victory in a Republican presidential straw poll in Florida, defeating front-runner Texas Governor Rick Perry.
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