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PeruPolice in Peru seize more than 16,000 dried seahorses, destined to be illegally exported to Asia where they are used in traditional medicine.
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NorwayA Norwegian court is due to deliver its verdict in the trial of Anders Behring Breivik, who has admitted killing 77 people last year.
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LibyaAt least three people are killed in clashes between rival tribes Libya's northern town of Zlitan, security officials say.
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LibyaMore than 100 tanks are seized from a militia group loyal to former leader Col Muammar Gaddafi, Libyan officials say.
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New Zealand, 
ChinaA New Zealand man who fled to China with millions of dollars accidentally credited to his bank account is sent to jail while his former girlfriend gets home detention.
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United KingdomKey UK economic growth figures are published later that will show whether the contraction experienced in the second quarter was as bad as first announced.
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Ecuador, United KingdomThe diplomatic row over Julian Assange could be ended at any time by the UK offering him safe passage to Ecuador, the country's president says.
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United StatesUS cycling star Lance Armstrong announces he will no longer fight drug charges from the US anti-doping agency, saying he is weary of "nonsense" claims.
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New ZealandA New Zealand man, dubbed the 'accidental millionaire', has been sentenced to more than four and a half years in jail for theft.
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Haiti, 
Dominican Republic, 
DominicaHaiti and the Dominican Republic brace for a battering as Tropical Storm Isaac is fast approaching the island of Hispaniola.
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China, United StatesTwo students from the US are trying to raise awareness of pollution by conducting workshops for Beijing residents on how to build air quality sensors.
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North KoreaA South Korean court rules that Apple and Samsung both infringed each other's patents on mobile devices and bans the sale of some products in South Korea.
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IrelandThe family of singer, Amy Winehouse, will donate the proceeds from her posthumous album, "Lioness", to a children's hospice in Dublin.
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Australia, United StatesAustralia's high court upholds an appeal by surgeon Jayant Patel, jailed in 2010 for triple manslaughter, and orders a retrial.
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United KingdomScientists investigating the behaviour of the UK's largest ant are to tag around 1,000 of the insects in the first study of its kind.
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ChinaA section of a multi-million dollar bridge in China that opened in November has collapsed, leaving three people dead, state media say.
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Japan, United Kingdom, United StatesBritain's Johanna Konta moves to within one win of the US Open main draw after beating Japan's Kurumi Nara.
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United KingdomThe Sun is the first British newspaper to publish the naked pictures of Prince Harry, in defiance of royal warnings about breaching his privacy.
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Egypt, 
IranEgyptian leader's visit to Iran raises questions about Cairo's aim
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Burma, ChinaA human rights group says China is forcing Kachin refugees fleeing conflict in northern Burma to return.
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United KingdomInsurance group Aviva announces that up to 800 positions in the UK could be at risk as it continues its £400m cost-cutting programme.
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United StatesUS cycling star Lance Armstrong will no longer fight "nonsense" claims over drug accusations from the US anti-doping agency.
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ChinaMulti-million dollar bridge collapses in northeast China.
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NorwayA Norwegian gallery admits losing a Rembrandt etching worth up to £5,400 in the post after trying to save money on couriers and insurance.
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RussiaSix Greenpeace activists board a Russian offshore oil rig in protest over gas and oil exploration in the Arctic.
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United KingdomThe first of four ceremonial cauldrons around the UK is lit in London to launch the 24-hour Paralympic torch relay which begins next week.
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IrelandIrish comedian Aisling Bea becomes only the second woman to win the Edinburgh Fringe's So You Think You're Funny? competition in 25 years.
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South AfricaA team of experts is to attempt to rescue a hippopotamus which has taken over a swimming pool at a game reserve lodge in South Africa.
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South AfricaMiner Lonmin, grappling with the fallout from a violent strike in South Africa, names an acting boss as its chief executive begins treatment for an unspecified illness.
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VietnamA second top executive in Vietnam, Ly Xuan Hai, is arrested in a case that has led to a plunge in bank shares and a run on deposits, state-run media report.
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Pakistan, United StatesA US drone kills at least 16 suspected militants in Pakistan's north-west, officials say, a day after the government protested against such strikes.
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ChileManchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson says Chilean striker Angelo Henriquez will be the club's final summer signing.
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North KoreaA South Korean court has ruled that Apple and Samsung both infringed each other's patents on mobile devices.
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South AfricaA hippopotamus which had been stuck in a swimming pool of a game reserve lodge in northern South Africa for four days dies.
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EgyptPresident Mohammed Mursi passes a law to release a detained journalist, amid concern over curbs on press freedom in Egypt.
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United KingdomThe UK economy shrank by 0.5% between April and June, less than previously thought, revised official figures show.
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United KingdomThere have been almost twice the number of measles cases in England and Wales in the first six months of this year compared to the same period last year, official figures show.
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EgyptEgyptian police and military forces are conducting daily operations to weed out Islamic militants from the Sinai peninsula.
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France, 
SpainChelsea complete the signing of Spanish defender Cesar Azpilicueta from Marseille, the French club confirms.
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The GambiaThe African Union asks Gambia's leader to renounce plans to execute all death row prisoners next month - announced in a speech to celebrate Eid.
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AustraliaAustralia's resources minister has said that the country's resources boom, one of the biggest drivers of its economic growth, is "over".
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Greece, 
GermanyGreek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras asks Germany's Angela Merkel to give his country "breathing space" after the two leaders met in Berlin.
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United StatesTony Award-winner David Henry Hwang wins the $200,000 Steinberg Distinguished Playwright Award - US theatre's richest prize.
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IraqIraq's national wheelchair tennis team is giving hope to young men and women learning to live with the physical and emotional trauma of years of fighting in their country.
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SyriaThe BBC's Barbara Plett said the growing numbers of refugees had become a big political issue.
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Sri LankaSri Lanka mobilises armed forces to deal with an oil slick heading toward tourist resorts on the west coast after a cargo ship sank.
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Syria, 
Lebanon, LibyaThree people, including a Sunni cleric, have been killed in the Lebanese city of Tripoli amid new sectarian clashes fuelled by the conflict in Syria.
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SyriaThe United Nations refugee agency has said more than 200,000 Syrians have now fled the country as the conflict intensifies. That is already more than the figure forecast by the UNHCR for the end of 2012.
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JerseyA man who admitted killing six people in Jersey, including his wife and children, is found not guilty of murder.
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ItalyPolice in Italy are hunting the killers of a Camorra mafia boss who was gunned down on a beach south of Rome in front of terrified bathers.
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France, United StatesLance Armstrong has been stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and given a lifetime ban by the United States Anti-Doping Agency.
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France, United KingdomBritish fashion designer John Galliano, convicted last year of making anti-Semitic remarks, is stripped of France's prestigious Legion d'Honneur.
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KenyaKenya's education minister sacks two top education officers after eight girls died in a dormitory fire at a private junior school near Kisumu.
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United StatesJoel Tenenbaum loses his retrial request in his fight against copyright infringement charges brought by US record labels.
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South Africa, United KingdomRain forces the first one-day international between England and South Africa to be abandoned after only 5.3 overs are possible in Cardiff.
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JordanGrowing discontent among Jordan's opposition forces
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SyriaThe United Nations refugee agency says that more than 200,000 Syrian refugees have fled to neighbouring countries as the conflict has intensified.
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NorwayAnders Breivik rejects the prison sentence handed to him by a Norwegian court for terrorism and premeditated murder, but says he will not appeal against the decision.
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NorwayAnders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people in two attacks in Norway last year, is found to be sane and is sentenced to 21 years in jail by a court.
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Vietnam, RussiaRussian police have decided not to press criminal charges against owners of a factory where Vietnamese illegal immigrants were forced to live and work in 'slave-like conditions'.
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Syria, LebanonFighting over Syria spills over into Lebanon
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FranceLance Armstrong is stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and banned by the United States Anti-Doping Agency.
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NorwayAnders Breivik's defence counsel describes what it is like to defend Norway's most notorious mass murderer.
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South AfricaMine killings sound a wake-up call for South Africa's ANC
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NorwayThe prison where Norway will keep mass killer Breivik
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France, United StatesLance Armstrong has been stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and given a lifetime ban by the United States Anti-Doping Agency.
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United KingdomSunderland sign England winger Adam Johnson on a four-year deal for an undisclosed fee from Manchester City.
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United StatesThe Obama campaign attacks Republican candidate Mitt Romney as he alludes to a debunked theory that the president was not born in the US.
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United StatesNineteen people were shot overnight in Chicago - more than a dozen of them in just half an hour - as the US city's gun violence epidemic continues.
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NorwayNorwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik and the prosecution both rule out an appeal against a court ruling sentencing him to 21 years in jail.
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NorwayAnders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people in two attacks in Norway last year, is found to be sane and is sentenced to 21 years in jail by a court.
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The GambiaGambia executes nine prisoners after President Yahya Jammeh vows to kill all death row inmates by next month, Amnesty International says.
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United StatesThe jury prepares to deliver its verdict in a lawsuit in which both Apple and Samsung have claimed the other infringed its intellectual property.
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Ecuador, United Kingdom, United StatesAmerican foreign ministers pass a motion backing the "inviolability of diplomatic missions" amid the UK and Ecuador's row over Julian Assange.
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United States, 
MexicoTwo people employed at the US embassy in Mexico are wounded when police open fire at their vehicle, mistaking them for criminals, officials say.
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United States, MexicoTwo people employed at the US embassy in Mexico have been wounded after their car was mistakenly fired on by police south of Mexico City, officials say.
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Belarus, GermanyGermany admits that in 2008-2010 it trained members of the security forces of Belarus - the country branded by the West as Europe's "last dictatorship".
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ArubaThe BBC has been given an exclusive interview with the Australian billionaire who is in the process of building a replica of the Titanic.
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BrazilOlympic planning gives chance for Brazil's African heritage
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TurkeyModern Indo-European tongues 'originated in Turkey'
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