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A new government of national unity has been formed in Mali in the latest effort to restore stability after a military coup in March.
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The US authorities seize $150m (£95m) allegedly linked to money laundering by the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, officials say.
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The EU should continue to use warships to tackle pirates off the coast of Somalia following a reduction in kidnappings, a Lords committee says.
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Shareholders of China's online video firms, Youku and Tudou, approve their plan to merge and create the biggest online video firm in China.
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A team of Ukrainian students have developed gloves that can turn hand gestures into speech using computer technology.
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US comedian Phyllis Diller died on Monday morning in Los Angeles at the age of 95, her manager says.
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A Japanese journalist, Mika Yamamoto, has been killed reporting fighting in Aleppo, Syria, Japan's foreign ministry confirms.
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Maruti Suzuki's car factory in India's Haryana state reopens, after a month-long lock-out following violent clashes.
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Ecuador's president says it would be diplomatic suicide for the UK to enter his country's London embassy amid the row over Julian Assange.
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Proposed changes to the laws on prostitution and human trafficking in Northern Ireland are due to go out to public consultation later.
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Nguyen Duc Kien, one of Vietnam's richest businessmen, is arrested for suspected "economic violations", according to the local media.
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The body of Philippine Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo is recovered from the sea after the plane he was travelling in crashed on Saturday.
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Gazans feel effect of Egyptian moves to shut down tunnels
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High-profile NHS hospitals in England are to be encouraged by the government to set up profit-making branches abroad to help fund UK services.
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President Barack Obama says the use of chemical weapons by Syria would change his calculations on US military action in the conflict.
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Teams of firefighters are battling to control wildfires in Spain, Greece and Croatia which have already scorched thousands of hectares of land.
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Tom Cruise is among dozens of stars paying tribute to British director Tony Scott, while the Los Angeles coroner denies the film-maker had cancer.
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Venezuelan officials pledge action after a prison riot leaves 25 people dead, the latest bloody clash in the nation's overcrowded jails.
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One of the biggest tourist attractions in France, Mont Saint Michel, is being restored
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Cuba spruces up its zoo ahead of 'Noah's Ark' gift from Namibia
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US comedian and talk show host Rosie O' Donnell says she is "lucky to be here" after suffering a heart attack last week.
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Belize is in danger of defaulting on its debt after it missed a $23m payment to bondholders that was due on Monday.
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An insurgent rocket attack on a US air base in Afghanistan damages the plane of America's top military officer while he was on a visit - but no-one is seriously injured.
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At least three people are killed and 25 hurt in clashes in the Lebanese city of Tripoli between opponents and supporters of Syria's president.
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An overnight squall holds up the bid by US woman Diana Nyad to become the first person to swim from Cuba to the US without a shark cage.
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Ukraine postpones the extradition to Russia of a Chechen man suspected of plotting to kill Russian leader Vladimir Putin this year.
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Local residents object to plans to convert London's Church Studios, where Bob Dylan and the Eurythmics recorded, into five flats.
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Kevin Pietersen is left out of the England squads for both the World Twenty20 and the one-day series with South Africa.
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India's parliament is adjourned for a day after opposition MPs urge PM Manmohan Singh to quit over a recent report that the country lost $33bn by selling coalfields cheaply.
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UK government websites are attacked as computer hackers collective Anonymous retaliates for the way the Julian Assange case has been handled.
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South Korean troops have been rehearsing a terror attack by staging a mock exercise in Seoul.
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Romania's suspended President Traian Basescu is set to return after the Constitutional Court rules that a referendum on his impeachment was invalid.
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Medecins Sans Frontiers says it is currently the only international medical organisation working inside Syria to treat the wounded.
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Ecuador's Tungurahua volcano spews lava and ash
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The UK government borrowed £600m to cover a budget shortfall in July, usually a good month for tax receipts, leading to fears it will fail to cut borrowing this year.
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Missouri congressman Todd Akin has recorded a television advertisement apologising for his remarks that 'legitimate rape' rarely resulted in pregnancy.
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Manchester United complete the signing of Dutch left-back Alexander Buttner from Vitesse Arnhem on a five-year deal.
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Somali Olympic athlete Samia Yusuf Omar drowned trying to reach Europe on a migrant boat from Libya.
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The pathologist responsible for the first post-mortem examination on Ian Tomlinson, who died during the London G20 protests, is ruled not fit to practise.
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A Sri Lankan court gives suspended jail terms to three French tourists for wounding the religious feelings of Buddhists by taking pictures deemed insulting.
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Four children are now known to have died in a bomb blast in the south-eastern Turkish city of Gaziantep on Monday evening.
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More than 500 migrants from north and sub-Saharan Africa arrive on Malta and the Italian island of Lampedusa over three days.
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Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi dies at the age of 57, the government says, after months of speculation about his health.
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A Japanese journalist, Mika Yamamoto, has been killed in the conflict-torn Syrian city of Aleppo, Tokyo has confirmed.
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Three people associated with the Jordanian Paralympic squad are arrested following allegations of indecent assault in County Antrim.
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Liberia's President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf suspends one of her sons from the post of central bank deputy governor, her office says.
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The BBC's Shaimaa Khalil went to visit the Za'atari refugee in Jordan, where Syrian children have the chance to play again safe from the conflict at home.
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Slovenia's attempt to get EU special status for a local sausage is resisted by neighbour Croatia - just months after a similar complaint from Austria.
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Russia warns against unilateral action in Syria after the US said it might intervene militarily if Damascus used chemical weapons on the rebels.
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Struggling US electronics chain Best Buy suspends its profit guidance for the year after a dramatic fall in earnings.
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The billionaire investor George Soros buys a stake in Manchester United football club, according to a US regulatory filing.
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Mining giant Lonmin drops its threat to fire workers who fail to return to work at South Africa's Marikana mine, where 34 people were shot dead by police.
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Figures show a rise in the number of reported crimes in Italy last year, with big increases in burglaries, bag snatching and shop theft.
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad unveils an upgraded version of the country's Fateh-110, a short-range ballistic missile.
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It would be "suicidal" for British authorities to try to enter the Ecuadorian embassy to arrest Julian Assange, Ecuador's president has warned.
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Samsung invests $4bn into a factory in Texas that makes chips for mobile devices including Apple's products.
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How Rome's zoo animals keep cool in a record-breaking heatwave
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Police in Jamaica are investigating the murder on Sunday of human rights activist Clover Graham, almost five years after her son was killed in similar circumstances.
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Ethiopia's government says the country is stable following the death of long-time Prime Minister Meles Zenawi.
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US woman Diana Nyad is pulled from the water during her attempt to become the first person to swim from Cuba to the US without a shark cage.
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A court in Cuba sentences a group of former ministers and officials to terms of between four and 12 years for corruption.
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Technology that could lead to the creation of glasses-free 3D cinemas has been developed by in South Korea.
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US Senate candidate Todd Akin, who caused uproar by saying women's bodies could prevent pregnancy in cases of rape, again refuses to quit the race.
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Kris Commons and Georgios Samaras are on target as Celtic earn a fine Champions League play-off win in Sweden.
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Three men from the Jordanian Paralympic squad are charged following allegations of sexual assault in Northern Ireland.
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US Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney calls on embattled congressman Todd Akin to withdraw from the race for a Senate seat in Missouri.
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The body of Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi arrived back in Addis Ababa on Tuesday following his death in hospital in Brussels at the aged of 57.
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Senior figures in the US Republican party, including Mitt Romney, are urging Missouri congressman Todd Akin to withdraw his candidacy for the Senate.
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Jacksonville Jaguars reach a deal to play annual regular-season games at London's Wembley Stadium from 2013 to 2016.
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The Greek Prime Minister is expected this week to broach the idea of a possible two-year extension to his country's bailout conditions.
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The US Treasury says it will temporarily lift sanctions for US-based NGOs that want to send money for earthquake relief in Iran.
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A British man and his five-year-old granddaughter have drowned at a beach in Portugal, but the child's grandmother was saved, Portuguese officials say.
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A tropical storm forming in the Caribbean poses a potential threat to Florida next week during the Republican National Convention.
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