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About 100 Colombian soldiers are driven from their base by an indigenous group who say the army attracts attacks by Farc rebels.
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Results from Libya's first elections after the overthrow of Col Gaddafi have shown gains for an alliance of parties seen as broadly liberal.
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Washington is to become the first US state to enrol voters via a Facebook app that could be available as early as next week, officials say.
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Mining giant BHP Billiton boosts its quarterly iron ore output by 15%, despite worries over weaker demand from China.
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The US Food and Drug Administration approves the weight-loss drug Qsymia, the second such drug to be approved in recent months.
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Burma's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is to travel to the US in September, in her first trip there in more than 20 years.
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Property prices in 70 Chinese cities level off in June, compared to May, after eight months of decline.
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Mumbai has made a name for itself as India's entertainment capital. But the city's police have been cracking down on clubs and bars. They say they're just dealing with trouble-makers.
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Spain's King Juan Carlos and his family are to take a pay cut following a recent bitterly contested cut to public sector wages, the royal palace says.
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Cambodia says a French architect with alleged links to scandal-hit Chinese politician Bo Xilai is returning to China.
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Syrian officials have dismissed claims by rebels that they have launched an all-out offensive in Damascus.
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Cuba has has won 32 gold medals in boxing over the years, but their team at the last Olympics in Bejing was hit by five defections and failed to win gold.
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At least eight people are killed when a passenger van hit a landmine in a Shia Muslim area of north-western Pakistan, officials say.
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Victoria Pendleton tells a BBC One documentary to be aired on Wednesday she struggles with the huge expectation on her.
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Asia's fast-growing beer market is facing a shake up after ThaiBev, Thailand's biggest brewer, offers to buy stakes in two breweries.
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The government says it will underwrite £50bn of investment in infrastructure and exports to try to lift the economy.
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Frank Schleck is out of this year's Tour de France after failing a drugs test, but categorically denies wrongdoing.
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Results from Libya's first elections after the overthrow of Col Gaddafi show gains for an alliance led by former interim PM Mahmoud Jibril.
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South Korea is investigating banks and brokerages over possible manipulation of a savings interest rate - the latest in a series of allegations against banks.
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Bruce Springsteen responds to the abrupt ending of his Hyde Park gig on Saturday by poking fun at officials throughout a three-hour set in Dublin.
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Swiss bank Credit Suisse says it is raising 8.7bn Swiss francs (£5.69bn) to bolster its financial resources to cushion against future losses.
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A Chinese navy vessel takes the crew of a Taiwanese trawler to safety after they were released by Somali pirates following ransom talks.
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PSA Peugeot Citroen, the car company planning to cut 8,000 jobs, will have to make concessions in return for state aid, France's industry minister says.
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The German government is ordered by the country's highest court to pay a 50% rise in benefits to asylum seekers.
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Pop star Madonna has disappointed fans in Australia by cancelling her first dates in the country for 20 years.
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A bomb planted by the Taliban in northern Afghanistan destroys 22 Nato fuel tankers carrying supplies to coalition forces, local officials say.
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Ethiopia's government denies reports the Prime Minister Meles Zenawi is critically ill, but admits he has received hospital treatment.
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The faces of ancient Egyptians painted on to panels found on mummies go on show in Manchester.
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Japan's women footballers complain about being made to fly economy to the London Olympics while the men's team were in business class.
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Kevin Pietersen is left out of England's 30-man preliminary squad for World Twenty20 but one-day captain Alastair Cook makes cut.
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Spain's banks have 155.84bn euros (£122bn) of loans on their books that are at risk of not being repaid, the highest level since 1994, official figures show.
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Cuban architect spent 47 days on a ferry before being allowed to re-enter Russia.
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Cambodia closes schools weeks ahead of the summer holidays to prevent the spread of a virus that has killed dozens of children since April.
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Syrian Defence Minister Daoud Rajiha has been killed and other officials have been injured in a suicide attack on the national security headquarters in Damascus, according to state TV.
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A woman living in Damascus, Syria, told 5 live that fighting has intensified in the central areas of the city.
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In Cuba children and young people with disabilities, including Down's syndrome, benefit from a rare rehabilitation programme.
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The European Commission sharply criticises Romania for failing to root out corruption and political influence in its state institutions.
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Paris St-Germain complete the signing Sweden striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic from AC Milan on a three-year deal.
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Former US President Bill Clinton says that Nelson Mandela, on his 94th birthday, is looking healthier and fitter than he did two years ago.
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About 100 Indian workers stranded in Bahrain for six years are able to return home after a deal is reached between the Indian embassy and their former employer.
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Hungarian Nazi war crimes suspect Laszlo Csatary, accused of helping to murder 15,700 Jews, is put under house arrest.
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Bradley Wiggins retains the lead of the Tour de France as, Thomas Voeckler wins stage 16 on a brutal day in the Pyrenees.
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President Assad's brother-in-law and Syria's defence minister have reportedly been killed in a suicide bombing in Damascus.
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A girl of 13 in Sri Lanka identifies four men including a local government politician who she says were involved in gang-raping her in June.
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North Korea's Kim Jong-un is promoted to marshal, and previously little-known Hyon Yong-chol introduced as army chief, as a dramatic reshuffle goes on.
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BP's Russian oligarch partners AAR have said they are interested in taking a bigger share of the TNK-BP joint venture.
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UK unemployment fell by 65,000 to 2.58 million in the three months to May, according to official data, but the number out of work for more than two years rose.
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The Home Office suffers a potentially serious legal setback in its efforts to reduce the numbers of migrant workers in the UK.
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The International Criminal Court launches a preliminary inquiry into alleged atrocities committed in the rebel-held northern Mali.
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A school in India is accused of discriminating against poor children by cutting off tufts of their hair to mark them out from other students.
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US authorities investigating claims JPMorgan manipulated the electricity market are challenging the bank's refusal to hand over subpoenaed emails.
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Why do parties not reflect rise in German extremism?
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Andrew Strauss says the buzz surrounding the three-Test England v South Africa series is reminiscent of the Ashes.
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A UK judge orders Apple to publish adverts saying that Samsung did not copy the design of its iPad.
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Millions of school children across South Africa have sung a specially composed song as part of official celebrations for Nelson Mandela's 94th birthday on Wednesday.
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The Privy Council has ruled that a "vulture fund" cannot collect $100m from the Democratic Republic of Congo following a Newsnight investigation.
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Syria's defence minister, President Assad's brother-in-law and the head of the crisis management office are killed in a suicide bombing, state TV says.
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Official celebrations for Nelson Mandela's 94th birthday are held with millions of schoolchildren across South Africa singing a special song.
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At least 24 people are killed and dozens more are missing as a ferry carrying about 280 passengers sinks near the island of Zanzibar.
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Relatives of Americans killed in anti al-Qaeda drone strikes in Yemen sue four senior US officials, saying the killings were unconstitutional.
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More than 20 people are injured in Colombia as police drive tribesmen from the army post they were occupying.
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At least seven people are killed and more than 20 injured as a bomb explosion rips through a bus which picked up Israeli tourists at a Bulgarian airport.
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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack warns that the worst drought to parch the US in decades will result in higher crop prices.
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A previously little-known general, Hyon Yong-chol, has been confirmed as North Korea's new army chief as Kim Jong-un's dramatic reshuffle goes on.
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Three European aid workers are released by Islamist rebels in Mali after being kidnapped from Algeria last October.
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Tackling ambush marketing at London 2012
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Why are walls being built around Roma communities?
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Can the US lawfully target its own citizens with drone strikes?
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Yemen says it has arrested members of an alleged Iranian-led spy ring, prompting its president to warn Iran to stay out of Yemeni affairs.
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Greenland's northern Petermann Glacier calves an iceberg twice the size of Manhattan, the second to break off in two years, scientists say.
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