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IndiaDo people have a problem with Indian accents?
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Afghanistan, 
United KingdomBritish photographer records signs of conflict in Afghanistan
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United StatesThe US Senate approves a budget bill, amid a dispute over disaster relief that threatened a partial government shutdown.
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ArgentinaA man is arrested in Argentina on suspicion of planning the kidnapping and killing of an 11-year-old girl, Candela Rodriguez.
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United StatesNew advances in facial recognition technology could mark the end of anonymity in public spaces and help usher in a new age of law enforcement in the US.
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ParaguayA species of ant that lives in Paraguay and builds gigantic nests creates turrets specifically to ventilate its home, scientists find.
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Egypt, 
Jordan, 
IsraelA pipeline carrying gas from Egypt to Israel and Jordan is blown up, in the latest of a series of attacks on the export route.
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Greece, 
JapanJapan's finance minister says it may consider being part of a global plan to help bail out Greece from its ongoing debt crisis.
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South KoreaSouth Korea looks to increase its spending for the next financial year in a bid to boost job creation and domestic growth.
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South Africa, 
AustraliaFormer England bowling coach Troy Cooley is named as Australia's interim head coach for their tour of South Africa.
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ThailandAmnesty International accuses insurgents in southern Thailand of deliberately targeting civilians, and is also critical of efforts by the authorities to end the crisis.
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IndiaThe telecoms regulator in India limits the number of text messages which can be sent from a mobile phone to 100 a day in a bid to deter tele-marketers.
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IndiaMore than two million people have been affected by floods in India as torrential rains lash Orissa, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar states.
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IndiaIn the past four years there have been 18 cases of suicide by lower caste students in India.
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United KingdomDelon Armitage says England are fully prepared to withstand the challenge of "dangerous" Scotland when they meet in Auckland on Saturday.
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IraqHushyar Ali has devoted his life to defusing thousands of explosives in his home region of Halabja in Iraq.
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Canada, JapanA late Ander Monro penalty for Canada denies Japan their first victory of the Rugby World Cup.
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IndiaSportsday Live - breaking sports news, featuring Rugby World Cup news, Anderson rested for India tour and more.
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United KingdomSign language, hip-hop and Swahili are just some of the diverse ways in which all of Shakespeare's plays will be performed at London's Globe theatre as part of 2012's Cultural Olylmpiad.
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LibyaSailors who took part in the Libya campaign will be among hundreds of Royal Navy personnel to learn they are being made redundant later this week.
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BoliviaBolivian President Evo Morales suspends work on a highway being built in the Amazon, amid furore over forced used against opponents to the project.
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United StatesActor Charlie Sheen settles a legal dispute with the makers of US TV sitcom Two and a Half Men over being fired from the show.
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PakistanThe official website of Pakistan's Supreme Court has been hacked with derogatory remarks about the court and Pakistan's chief justice left by the hacker.
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CubaCuba's Fidel Castro uses his first published article since July to attack President Barack Obama's recent speech to the UN as "gibberish".
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United StatesItaly keep alive their hopes of qualifying for the quarter-finals of the World Cup with a bonus-point victory over the United States in Nelson.
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GermanyA high-ranking Nazi officer who helped develop a mobile gas chamber became a spy for West Germany after World War II, archives reveal.
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AustraliaAustralia lifts all restrictions on the roles that women can carry out in its armed forces, including serving in special forces and front-line combat units.
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PhilippinesTyphoon Nesat wreaks havoc in the Philippines
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SenegalLarge deposits of gold were found five years ago in Senegal and while international companies settled in the eastern part of the country, informal mining has also boomed.
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United StatesGospel singer Jessy Dixon, who also wrote songs for numerous artists including Cher and Diana Ross, dies at his Chicago home aged 73.
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United States, 
MexicoThe wife of Mexico's most wanted drug baron, Joaquin Guzman, gives birth to twin girls at a US hospital.
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ChinaHow Mao shaped my teenage years
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Gaza StripNew restrictions on foreign journalists working in the Gaza Strip appear to have been introduced by the Hamas authorities.
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YemenYemen Defence Minister Mohamed Nasser Ali survives an attack on his convoy in the southern city of Aden, officials say.
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PakistanAt least six miners are killed following a marble mine collapse in the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, police tell the BBC.
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PakistanAt least 26 people, mostly children, die after a bus plunges into a ravine in Pakistan, police say.
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Greece, GermanyGreek Prime Minister George Papandreou has made an impassioned plea to German business leaders to help his country out of its debt crisis.
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Saudi ArabiaA Saudi woman is sentenced to 10 lashes for breaking the country's ban on female drivers.
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India, United KingdomKevin Pietersen has been recalled to the England squad for the one-day series against India in October.
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RussiaThe Russian army says it is halting orders of the famous Kalashnikov assault rifle until a newer model is developed by its manufacturer.
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United KingdomEd Miliband gives his speech to Labour's annual conference, declaring war on "predatory, asset-stripping" companies and anti-social tenants.
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RussiaRussian finance minister Alexei Kudrin resigned from the cabinet after a public falling out with President Medvedev.
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United KingdomBritish cinema goers say 3D is a "gimmick" and makes little difference to the quality of a movie, according to a new poll.
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United KingdomEd Miliband vows to build a new kind of Britain in his speech to the Labour Party conference.
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AfghanistanStand-up comedy is drawing large audiences in Afghanistan as television channels push the boundaries with political satire.
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ChinaMore than 200 people have been injured after two subway trains collided in central Shanghai, according to Chinese state media.
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AfghanistanAt least 16 people, including 11 children, are killed when a bus hits a roadside bomb in western Afghanistan, local officials say.
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Somalia, 
Sierra Leone, 
DjiboutiAfrican Union commanders holding the Somali capital Mogadishu are promised fresh forces from Djibouti and Sierra Leone.
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RussiaRussian PM Vladimir Putin names Anton Siluanov as Russia's acting finance minister after Alexei Kudrin's dramatic departure from government.
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IranIran's young revellers continue to risk arrest at parties where both men and women attend, despite a woman's recent death while fleeing a police raid.
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PhilippinesA powerful typhoon strikes the Philippines, triggering floods and power cuts, with at least 16 people - including children - reported dead.
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LibyaHeavy fighting continues in the Libyan city of Sirte, where anti-Gaddafi troops are facing strong resistance from loyalists.
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Canada, United StatesApple's iPad captured 80% of the tablet computer market in the US and Canada in April to July, a report says.
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India, United KingdomFast bowler Stuart Meaker has been given his first England call-up, while Kevin Pietersen returns to the squad to face India.
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Ukraine, RussiaProsecutors ask for Ukrainian ex-PM Yulia Tymoshenko to be jailed for seven years over a gas deal with Russia, at a trial which alarms the West.
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United StatesEngineers abseil from the top of the Washington Monument for a closer inspection of damage from last month's earthquake.
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United StatesA wild bear whose birth was shown live around the world on the internet is believed to have been shot and killed by a hunter in Minnesota, US.
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SyriaSyrian troops firing machine-guns and backed by tanks are reported to have stormed the restive central town of Rastan following a two-day siege.
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IndiaThe chief minister of Indian-administered Kashmir, Omar Abdullah, promises DNA tests on thousands of bodies discovered in some 40 mass graves.
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United StatesHow Latinos are falling behind at school - and why US will suffer
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IsraelIsrael approves the construction of 1,100 homes in the Jewish settlement of Gilo, days after Palestinian leaders called for full UN membership.
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GuineaAt least three protesters die in the Guinean capital, Conakry, when security forces break up an opposition demonstration, amid fears of electoral fraud.
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BotswanaBrazilian authorities arrest a senior police officer on suspicion of ordering the murder of corruption-fighting judge Patricia Acioli.
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United StatesAn organisation in the US city of Los Angeles is collecting firearms from street gangs and transforming them into angel sculptures.
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BrazilFifa president Sebb Blatter has expressed his concern over preparations over the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
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Greece, GermanyGreek Prime Minister George Papandreou says it is important his country gets indications of support from "European partners".
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LibyaThere has been heavy fighting in the Libyan city of Sirte, where armed supporters of the transitional authorities are facing strong resistance from Gaddafi loyalists.
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LibyaLibya's Islamists keen to dispel doubts over their past ties
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LibyaWestern officials express growing fears for tens of thousands of civilians caught in fierce fighting in Libya's remaining pro-Gaddafi strongholds.
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Iraq, United StatesIraq makes the first payment in a deal to buy 18 US F-16 fighter jets which officials say is aimed at securing air sovereignty after US troops leave.
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Sweden, Israel, 
France, United StatesThe US, EU, France, Britain and Sweden express their disappointment as Israel approves the construction of 1,100 homes in the Jewish settlement of Gilo.
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Portugal, United StatesConvicted killer George Wright, on the run from US justice for more than 40 years, is arrested in Portugal, the FBI says.
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LibyaAs the process of forming a new government in Libya looks to be delayed until the entire country is liberated, the BBC's Allan Little reports from Tripoli on its chances for democracy.
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IsraelCan Israel turn rock into oil and solve its energy deficit?
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