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MexicoTrotsky's grandson recalls Mexico assassination
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MaliMali army troops search out Islamist insurgents
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United StatesAmerican-born Taliban fighter John Walker Lindh testifies in federal court that restrictions on group prayer for Muslim prisoners are "absurd".
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ChinaChinese car and battery maker BYD, posts a 94% drop in earnings for the first half of the year.
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Afghanistan, United StatesNine US troops are disciplined for incinerating scores of Korans and for urinating on the bodies of dead Taliban soldiers in Afghanistan.
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United StatesThree-time US Open champion Kim Clijsters begins her final Grand Slam with a straight-sets win over Victoria Duval.
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United StatesUS Republicans open their national presidential nominating convention, but adjourn until Tuesday amid concern over the path of Tropical Storm Isaac.
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IndiaIndia 'tightening cream' sparks sex debate
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UgandaWoodball is a game growing in popularity in the African country of Uganda
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Kenya, 
SomaliaRiots have broken out in the Kenyan city of Mombasa after the killing of a controversial Islamic cleric, accused of financing militant Somali group Al Shabaab
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United StatesWorld number one Roger Federer eases to straight-sets victory over Donald Young in the first round of the US Open.
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IndiaOne man is killed and three others are injured in fresh violence in India's Assam state, police say.
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ColombiaColombian President Juan Manuel Santos has confirmed his government is holding exploratory talks with the country's largest rebel group, the Farc.
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United StatesThe US Republican Party's national convention in Tampa, Florida gets underway later. The event will formally put forward Mitt Romney as the party's presidential candidate.
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United StatesTwo Tibetan teenagers die after setting themselves alight in Sichuan, bringing the total number of self-immolations past 50 since 2009, rights groups say.
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Japan, ChinaJapan calls an incident in which an unknown man ripped the flag off a car carrying its ambassador in Beijing "very regrettable".
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PhilippinesThe Philippines holds a state funeral for Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo, who died in a plane crash, after six days of national mourning.
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United KingdomSecurity firm G4S says the contract to provide security for the London 2012 Olympic Games has cost it £50m, after it failed to provide enough guards.
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BotswanaAn 11-year-old Brazilian boy has earned a place at the Barcelona football team's summer training camp - despite being born without feet.
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United StatesUS President Barack Obama declares an emergency in Louisiana, as a strengthening Tropical Storm Isaac churns directly toward New Orleans.
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FranceFrench bank Credit Agricole reports a drop in second quarter profits after taking charges against assets in Greece and Italy.
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UkraineLawyers for the jailed Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko will put her complaint against imprisonment to European judges in Strasbourg.
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South Korea, ChinaAt least five Chinese fishermen are killed and 10 others are missing after their boats capsize as Typhoon Bolaven hit South Korea, officials say.
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United StatesAll four members of a US rock band which was involved in a serious tour bus crash near Bath leave hospital.
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United StatesDuran Duran cancel a concert for a second consecutive night in the US after doctors advise keyboardist Nick Rhodes to not perform.
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South Korea, ChinaTyphoon Bolaven has left at least nine people dead and several others missing on the Korean peninsula.
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United KingdomThe 24-hour Paralympic torch relay is due to leave Stoke Mandeville at 20:00 BST on Tuesday where it begins its journey to London for the Games.
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RussiaA Russian opposition activist is jailed for possession of heroin for eight years - double the sentence requested by the prosecution.
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United StatesThe US space agency's Curiosity rover snaps increasingly informative images and relays audio from Earth ahead of its trip to the Glenelg junction.
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PeruPeru meeting seeks to tackle violence affecting young people
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Guadeloupe, FranceFrench rock star Johnny Hallyday is being treated in hospital in the Caribbean, where he is said to be "doing well" and could soon be released.
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BelgiumAston Villa fail with a £5.5m offer for Genk's Belgium international striker Christian Benteke, according to his agent.
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TogoPirates have seized a Greek-owned oil tanker off the coast of Togo in West Africa, a maritime group reports.
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MaliThe government of Mali in West Africa is calling for international help in defeating Islamist extremists who have taken over two-thirds of the country.
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United KingdomThe London 2012 Paralympic Games will be shown in more countries than any previous Paralympics after organisers agree a series of global TV deals.
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SpainThe debt-ridden Spanish region of Catalonia asks for a bailout of 5bn euros ($6.3bn; £4bn) from the central government.
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ColombiaColombian President Juan Manuel Santos confirms his government has held exploratory talks with left-wing Farc rebels in a bid to end the five-decade conflict.
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PakistanDoctors in Pakistan have established that a Christian girl jailed on blasphemy charges is aged about 14, her lawyer says.
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BurmaBurma announces the removal of 2,082 names from its blacklist, which bars people deemed a threat to national security from the country.
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Israel, United StatesIsrael was not at fault for the death of US activist Rachel Corrie, killed in Gaza by an Israeli army bulldozer in 2003, an Israeli court rules.
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Vietnam, United StatesA US journalist who shot the iconic 1963 photo of a Vietnamese monk in flames in a Saigon street dies in New Hampshire at the age of 81.
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United StatesTechnology analysts on the industry impact of the US verdict
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SyriaTwelve people are reported killed by a car bomb at a funeral for supporters of President Bashar al-Assad in the Jaramana suburb of Damascus.
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Vietnam, United StatesJournalist whose Vietnam image changed US policy has died
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IraqLearning to play a musical instrument is hard enough on is own, but to do it when you are scared for your life and without any teachers to show you how, is an even more daunting prospect.
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SomaliaFormer minister Mohamed Osman Jawari is elected as Somalia's new speaker of parliament in the latest step in a UN peace process.
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VenezuelaVenezuela's energy minister says all fires are out at an oil refinery where an explosion on Saturday killed 48 people, but witnesses report further flames.
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Iran, United StatesUS trade regulations have forced Blizzard to stop people in Iran playing its popular World of Warcraft video game.
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NorwayNorwegian PM Jens Stoltenberg apologises for errors in the response to Anders Behring Breivik's attacks last year, pledging new anti-terror measures.
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RussiaA bomb blast kills a leading Islamic scholar and at least five others in Russia's volatile North Caucasus republic of Dagestan.
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FranceFrench police break up one of the biggest Roma (Gypsy) camps in the city of Lyon, following a similar action in Paris on Monday.
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Afghanistan, United KingdomAfghanistan is sending a single competitor to the London 2012 Paralympics but there are signs of progress for the country's many victims of years of war.
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United StatesPresident Barack Obama warns residents in the path of Tropical Storm Isaac that they should not "tempt fate" by not heeding evacuation warnings.
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IraqArchbishop Desmond Tutu refuses to share a platform with Tony Blair, saying his support for the Iraq war was "morally indefensible".
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United StatesTropical Storm Isaac becomes a hurricane with winds of 75 mph (120km/h), US forecasters say, as it bears down on the Gulf Coast.
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United KingdomThe deaths of three children after a canoeing accident has devastated the small communities where they had lived, say local councillors.
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KenyaA grenade is thrown at police in the Kenyan city of Mombasa, killing one officer and wounding 16 others, the Red Cross says.
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GermanyGermany's John Degenkolb wins the 10th stage of the Vuelta a Espana as Joaquim Rodriguez holds on to the overall lead.
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BotswanaA notary in the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo sparks controversy by accepting a civil union between a man and two women.
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AustraliaA koala who experts think felt trapped on a tidal bank swims out to a group of canoeists and hitches a ride on Australia's Gold Coast.
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ColombiaFive men suspected of involvement in the attack on Colombian ex-Interior Minister Fernando Londono in May are arrested in the cities of Cali and Bogota.
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Slovakia, United StatesJo-Wilfried Tsonga books his place in the US Open second round with a straight sets win against Karol Beck of Slovakia.
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South Africa, United KingdomOpener Hashim Amla hits 150 as South Africa beat England by 80 runs to move top of the one-day international rankings.
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United StatesYosemite National Park warns 1,700 visitors who stayed in some of its tent cabins this summer that they may have been exposed to a deadly virus.
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United StatesAgnieszka Radwanska eases into round two of the US Open and is joined there by Ana Ivanovic and Venus Williams.
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BelgiumThe ex-wife and accomplice of Belgian child killer Marc Dutroux is released from prison to enter a convent, following a court ruling.
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ArubaAn Australian supermarket contractor sparks outrage by advertising for cleaners, but stipulating, "No Indians or Asians please".
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Brazil, BotswanaBrazil's Supreme Court approves the resumption on the Belo Monte hydro-electric dam in the Brazilian Amazon, a project opposed by environmentalists.
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Germany, United StatesA bomb disposal team detonates an American bomb from World War II discovered in the German city of Munich.
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GermanyUnions at the Germany's biggest airline have announced plans for a series of strikes by cabin crew - which could begin anytime from Wednesday.
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United StatesUS Republicans begin the first full day of their national convention pageantry, after a delay over hurricane concerns.
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Israel, United StatesIsrael was not at fault for the death of US activist Rachel Corrie, killed in Gaza by an Israeli army bulldozer in 2003, an Israeli court rules.
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United StatesTropical Storm Isaac is moving towards the US with increased ferocity. It's now threatening to hit states on the Gulf coast, possibly as early as Tuesday night, as a category two hurricane.
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FranceFrance opens a murder inquiry into the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, weeks after his family filed papers alleging he was poisoned.
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United KingdomDeputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg suggests the wealthiest people in the UK could be asked to pay more tax for a limited period.
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United KingdomFive meanings behind the famous White Cliffs
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ArubaGood times for all in Australian city?
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