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DenmarkSpouses of heart attack victims have an increased risk of depression and anxiety, even if their partner survives, Danish research suggests.
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ChinaWhy Chinese millionaires are buying foreign residency
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SyriaSyria's ethnic and religious minorities drawn into conflict
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ArubaIndians make up the largest immigrant population down under
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Syria, 
Russia, 
United StatesSyria's deputy prime minister says all issues - including President Assad's resignation - are up for discussion, but the West should not intervene.
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ChinaMore and more Chinese millionaires are securing foreign residency rights amid uncertainty back home
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United States, ChinaFoxconn, Apple's main manufacturer in China, is improving working hours and conditions, says the US-based Fair Labour Association (FLA).
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North KoreaNorth Korea has completed a ''major step'' by placing a dome on a light water reactor that could support its nuclear programme, a defence analyst says.
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United StatesClosing arguments are delivered in the US patent trial between the two biggest smartphone-makers in the world, Samsung and Apple.
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IndiaIndia's parliament is disrupted again on Wednesday over a recent report that the country lost $33bn by selling coalfields cheaply.
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GuatemalaA former Guatemalan head of police is jailed for 70 years for the 1981 kidnapping of a student, in the latest trial for civil war-era abuses
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South Africa, 
United KingdomSouth African shark survivor hopes for Paralympic medal
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ArubaWomen struggle to flourish in the Australian military, and both recruitment quotas and targeted measures are needed, a review warns.
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ItalyThe magnificent set of doors, weighing 9 tonnes, cast in bronze and coated in gold have been described as one of the defining works of the Italian Renaissance.
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ArubaAustralian miner BHP Billiton reports a sharp drop in annual profits, due in part to weaker commodity prices.
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Japan, ChinaJapan reports a wider-than-expected trade deficit in July, as slowing demand from China and Europe weighs on exports.
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GreeceRajan Datar takes a look at the damaged reputation Greece is trying to repair and the young Greeks who are taking taking matters into their own hands.
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United StatesThe American version of hit comedy The Office will end its eight-year run on US television after the departure of several key cast members.
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ArgentinaAn Argentine court convicts two people of illegally spraying farm chemicals near residential areas, in the first case of its kind in the country.
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DenmarkDanish wind turbine firm Vestas announces plans to cut another 1,400 jobs and says 2013 will be "even tougher" than this year.
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United StatesUS late-night chat show Jimmy Kimmel Live is to go head-to-head with Jay Leno and David Letterman from next year when it moves to an earlier time slot.
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EgyptEgypt's health minister is locked inside a hospital room by villagers after allegedly contaminated water caused dozens of people to fall ill.
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SpainReal Madrid's Ricardo Carvalho could join Spurs' Michael Dawson at Loftus Road after QPR agree a season-long loan.
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Portugal, United KingdomA British man and his five-year-old granddaughter who drowned after being hit by a wave in Portugal are named.
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South AfricaA court in South Africa sentences a black farmworker to life in prison for the murder of white supremacist leader Eugene Terreblanche in 2010.
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Cuba, United StatesThe American endurance swimmer Diana Nyad has abandoned her latest attempt to swim from Cuba to Florida.
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Ireland, United KingdomAnimated film fantasy Brave claims top spot in the UK and Ireland box office chart, holding off competition from The Bourne Legacy.
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EthiopiaWhat the death of Meles Zenawi means for Africa
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MexicoMexico's top court says a military code that stipulates soldiers accused of crimes against civilians should be tried in army courts is unconstitutional.
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United KingdomFour teams scale the highest peaks of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, to create the Paralympic flames.
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South Korea, United KingdomSouth Korea's Olympic badminton coach Sung Han-kook has a lifetime suspension cut following controversy at London 2012.
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RussiaRussia's entry into the World Trade Organization will provide an important boost to European companies, the EU says.
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United StatesA security researcher who looked into power plant equipment in his spare time has alerted the US government to a potential vulnerability.
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ItalyCoach Antonio Conte will miss Juventus's defence of their Italian title after his 10-month suspension is upheld.
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IndiaIndian authorities move to clamp down on social media following unrest and a mass exodus of migrant workers.
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Democratic Republic of the CongoThe charity Medicines sons Frontiers says ten people have died in an outbreak of a strain of the deadly Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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GermanyOne of the oldest male giant pandas in the world, Bao Bao, dies at the age of 34 at Berlin zoo.
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United StatesGiving antibiotics to young babies may increase their weight later in life, according to US researchers.
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Sri LankaSri Lanka's government closes down almost all universities for an indefinite period amid a row about the future of education in the island.
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SyriaThe New York Times has released video of rebels from the Free Syrian Army trying to use a prisoner as an unwitting suicide bomber in their attacks on government forces.
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BermudaMcLaren team boss Martin Whitmarsh says Lewis Hamilton has told him he wants to sign a new contract with the team.
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EthiopiaThe body of ex-PM Meles Zenawi lies in state in the Ethiopian capital as preparations are made for the funeral of the powerful and divisive leader.
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Chile, United StatesA judge in Chile orders the arrest of eight former police and army officials on suspicion of kidnapping a US hiker who vanished during the Pinochet years.
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KenyaTwo Kenyan pilots and two German tourists are killed in a plane crash in Kenya's Masai Mara national park.
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United StatesUS authorities shut down three Android app piracy sites in their latest effort to restrict copyright infringement on the internet.
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EgyptEgypt asks the head of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, for a $4.8bn loan to help revive its struggling economy.
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South AfricaSouth Africa's President Jacob Zuma visits the Lonmin-owned Marikana mine where police shot dead 34 striking workers last week.
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TajikistanPolice in Tajikistan fire on a crowd of demonstrators in the east of the country, weeks after 50 people were killed in clashes between the army and militants.
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Iran, United Kingdom, United StatesRoyal Bank of Scotland is understood to be facing investigations into whether it has broken economic sanctions against Iran.
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South AfricaA South African court has sentenced farm worker Chris Mahlangu to life in prison for the murder of white Supremacist Eugene Terreblanche.
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JordanThe King of Jordan takes a personal interest in the case of three members of the Jordanian Paralympian squad facing sex charges, a court hears.
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SpainAn elderly parishioner stuns Spanish cultural officials with an alarming do-it-yourself attempt to restore a prized fresco of Jesus Christ.
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NepalNepal has introduced a law banning women under the age of 30 from going to work in the Middle East over concerns about exploitation.
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GermanyGermany's John Degenkolb wins the fifth stage of the Vuelta a Espana, while Chris Froome retains second place overall.
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GermanyGerman prosecutors examine a case file on an 87-year-old Nazi suspect accused of involvement in mass murder at the Auschwitz death camp.
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United StatesPictures showing Prince Harry and a young woman naked in a Las Vegas hotel room have been published on a US website.
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GermanyGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel is named as the world's most powerful woman by Forbes magazine for the second year running.
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United StatesAbout 2,800 cars fitted with kit that lets them communicate with each other are being tested on a US city's roads.
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United StatesA man accused of threatening US President Barack Obama by email and showing a shotgun to officers at his door is due to appear in a court.
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GreeceEurozone finance boss Jean-Claude Juncker says the Greek people have to be aware their country only has one more opportunity to cut its deficit.
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United StatesThe US space agency's Curiosity rover has finally begun to roll, moving forward just a few metres.
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United KingdomTycoon Asil Nadir is found guilty of stealing nearly £29m from his UK-based Polly Peck International conglomerate more than 20 years ago.
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EcuadorMore than a hundred families have been evacuated as Ecuador's Tungurahua volcano continues to spew molten rock and lava.
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FranceStaff at a jail in western France say they have found cannabis plants growing in a vegetable patch tended by prisoners.
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United StatesHealth officials say the US is in the midst of one of its largest ever outbreaks of West Nile virus, with more than triple the usual number of cases.
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United StatesThe US economy could face recession if Congress does not avert a so-called fiscal cliff due to come into effect in 2013, a congressional report says.
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China, Syria, United StatesChinese state media accuse US President Barack Obama of planning to use Syria's chemical weapons as an excuse for intervening militarily.
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EthiopiaAuthorities in Addis Ababa postpone a special parliamentary session arranged to officially endorse Meles Zenawi's successor, Hailemariam Desalegn.
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Syria, United Kingdom, United StatesThe UK joins the US in warning Syria that the use or threat of chemical weapons would force the nations "to revisit their approach".
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United StatesThe US Federal Trade Commission gives Facebook's takeover bid for photo-sharing network Instagram the go-ahead.
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United KingdomThe UK should give more priority to helping the poorest countries collect their taxes as part of its overseas development strategy, MPs say.
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Israel, South AfricaSouth Africa's cabinet draws criticism from Israel and Jewish groups for approving the placing of "Occupied Territories" labels on goods made in Israeli settlements.
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LebanonTwelve people are killed and at least 100 wounded after fighting in a north Lebanese city between two Muslim communities divided over Syria.
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Syria, Lebanon, 
LibyaThe Syrian crisis has spilled over into Lebanon as tensions remain high in the country's north eastern city of Tripoli.
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North KoreaSearching for North Korea's secret border passages
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KenyaAt least 52 people are killed in ethnic clashes in south-eastern Kenya, in the worst single incident since post-election violence four years ago.
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