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Continuing misery in southern Russia despite promises
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Why is China buying North Sea companies?
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Malaysian shooter eyes Olympic glory for unborn child
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Orchestras across the US face funding crisis
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The ruling that upheld the Obama health law will save the government $84bn (£54bn), but mean less coverage for millions of poor people, US auditors say.
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Sherman Hemsley, who starred as a wise-cracking black businessman in the hit 1970s US sitcom The Jeffersons, dies at the age of 74.
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Japan posts a record half-yearly trade deficit as exports weaken and increased demand for fuel results in jump in imports.
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A powerful 6.4 magnitude earthquake strikes off the west coast of Sumatra in Indonesia, leaving one man dead as he fled his home.
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Syrian pro-government forces launch a counter-attack after rebels seize parts of Aleppo, and a former Assad aide confirms he has defected.
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A wi-fi network is launched in central London's West End offering free internet access.
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) warns that the worsening debt crisis in the eurozone poses a "key risk" to China's growth.
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The actor who plays Batman, Christian Bale, has paid his respects to the victims of last week's shooting at a cinema in the US state of Colorado.
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Cuban police arrest several dissidents after the funeral mass of prominent activist Oswaldo Paya, who died in a car crash on Sunday.
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Pranab Mukherjee, a political veteran from the Congress Party, is sworn in as Indian president - a largely ceremonial position.
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Pakistan's Supreme Court gives PM Raja Pervez Ashraf another two weeks to pursue corruption cases against President Asif Ali Zardari.
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The surface of Greenland's massive ice sheet has melted this month over an unusually large area, Nasa has said.
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More than 900 jobs will be created as part of a £4.5bn contract to build and maintain new inter-city trains, the Department for Transport says.
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Christian Bale, who plays Batman in the Dark Knight Rises, visits survivors of last week's cinema shooting in Colorado.
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President Hugo Chavez says Venezuela will no longer recognise the Inter-American Court of Human Rights after a controversial ruling.
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Struggling French car firm Peugeot reports a loss of 819m euros (£638m) for the first half of the year and details 1.5bn euros of cost savings.
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Five stars of hit US comedy show Modern Family are suing to have their contracts declared void in a dispute over pay.
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Nur Suryani Mohamed Taibi, a shooter from Malaysia, will compete in the London Olympics while eight months pregnant.
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US carmaker Chevrolet signs a four-year deal with Liverpool to become the football club's automotive sponsor.
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Spain and Germany try to play down speculation of a bail-out not just for ailing banks but for the whole country.
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Nasa has said satellites have recorded what it calls "unprecedented" surface melting in Greenland. It comes after a boat owner narrowly escaped a glacier collapse last week.
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Former Philippine President Gloria Arroyo leaves a military hospital where she has been detained for eight months after being released on bail.
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Fourteen years after becoming an orphan in war-torn Sierra Leone, Michaela De Prince has become a professional ballerina.
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Applications for background checks to buy a firearm rose by 43% in the US state of Colorado days after last week's cinema shooting, say officials.
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Arm Holdings, the UK firm behind the computer chip technology powering Apple's iPhone and iPad, reports a 23% boost to second-quarter profits.
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Jamaica seeks to preserve submerged pirate heritage
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Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi calls for laws to protect the rights of ethnic minorities in her first statement in parliament.
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A wandering bull that forced the closure of a Vietnamese airport dies following its capture after being on the run for two days, officials say.
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Papua New Guinea PM Peter O'Neill announces that he will be heading the next government with the support of former bitter rival Sir Michael Somare.
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Madagascar's leader Andry Rajoelina holds his first meeting with the man he ousted in 2009, Marc Ravalomanana, in talks to move the country out of its political crisis.
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The number of people killed in ethnic violence in India's Assam state has risen to at least 38 as troops try to quell the unrest, officials say.
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A group of farmers from Thailand are sentenced to three-and-a-half years in jail in Burma for growing rubber across the border illegally.
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Officials sentence two activists from mainland China to labour camp terms for joining Hong Kong's annual pro-democracy protests, reports say.
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The family of former Afghan soldier Abdul Saboor, who is awaiting execution after being convicted of killing five French soldiers, is calling for his life to be spared, claiming he has mental health problems.
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Lewis Hamilton insists his McLaren team will be much stronger in the second half of the Formula 1 season.
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State media in North Korea confirm for the first time that the country's leader is married and mention her by name.
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The UN in Nepal condemns an increasing number of attacks on schools by youth activists which it says has put the lives of children in danger.
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Scotland could become the first part of the UK to introduce gay marriage after the SNP government announces plans to make the change.
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The UK recession has deepened, latest official figures show, after the output of the economy fell by a bigger-than-expected 0.7% between April and June.
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Why the new Egyptian PM's beard is causing a stir
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Madonna has spoken about an image used during her current MDNA tour which showed a swastika imposed onto the face of a French politician.
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Ghana's new President John Dramani Mahama pledges to promote unity and stability following the death of his predecessor John Atta Mills on Tuesday.
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The head coach of UK Athletics, Charles van Commenee, admits he is unsure as to the extent of Phillips Idowu's injury concerns.
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Two of the earliest rodents, including the earliest chinchilla, are discovered in Chile
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A couple trapped in a village pavilion during floods in Beijing are finally rescued after a five-hour ordeal.
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Boeing, the US aircraft maker and defence contractor, is to sell up to 100 planes to Mexican airline Aeromexico in a deal worth $11bn (£7.1bn).
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Thousands of government troops stationed on Syria's border with Turkey are heading to Aleppo to join in fighting in the city, activists say.
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North Korean state TV has shown the first footage of Kim Jong-un and his new wife since their marriage was confirmed on Tuesday.
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Great Britain marathon runner David Webb withdraws from the London Olympics due to a stress fracture.
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The figures explaining Spain's economic woes
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Greek triple jumper Voula Papachristou is expelled from her national team after posting comments on Twitter which were deemed racist.
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Great Britain's women's football team begin the 2012 London Olympics with victory over New Zealand in Cardiff.
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UN helicopter gunships have attacked suspected rebel positions in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, reports say.
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Chelsea complete the signing of Brazilian playmaker Oscar on a five-year deal for a fee believed to be worth £25m.
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A group of Cuban dissidents, who had been detained on Tuesday at the funeral of activist Oswaldo Paya, have been released without charge.
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US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has said he warned UK authorities about problems with the Libor inter-bank lending rate in 2008.
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The Sakurajima volcano in Japan's southern Kagoshima region has erupted spewing volcanic ash onto Kagoshima City
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The 2012 London Olympics will see women boxing on the bill for the first time, opening the sport up to a whole new audience and raising its profile around the world.
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France and Spain call for EU leaders to accelerate a rescue plan for Spanish banks to calm fears of a full international bailout.
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UN chief Ban Ki-moon urges the world community to act to stop "slaughter" in Syria, as thousands of troops reportedly move on the city of Aleppo.
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Six people are killed in a civilian helicopter crash in a mountainous area of Provence in southeastern France.
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Moroccan 1500m runner Mariem Alaoui Selsouli fails a drugs test as agencies announce a crackdown on drugs cheats.
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100m and 200m record holder Usain Bolt is fit for the Olympics according to Jamaica team doctor Dr Winston Dawes
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The first day of Olympic events sees a win for Team GB in the women's football in Cardiff, while North Korean players walk off the pitch over a flag mix-up.
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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is in Britain on the first leg of a week-long foreign tour that includes stops in Israel and Poland.
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Afghan taekwondo champion, Rohullah Nikpai, is the only person in his nation's history to take home an Olympic medal. Can he win again in London?
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The US confirms the defection of two more high-level Syrian diplomats, as fighting in the key commercial hub of Aleppo intensifies.
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The British Bankers' Association was given weekly warnings during 2008 that the process of setting the Libor interest rates was being corrupted.
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Japanese carmakers Honda, Toyota and Lexus are the most reliable used car brands in the UK, a survey finds.
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More than 4,000 business leaders and politicians are gathering for an Olympics global investment conference that could generate £1bn of deals.
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Mexican rescue workers recover the bodies of seven miners from the same family who died in a gas blast at a mine in Coahuila state.
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Olympics means both dreams and nightmares for Georgia's athletes
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The North Korean Women's football team walk off the pitch at Hampden Park in Glasgow in a row over flags.
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The Mexican subsidiary of HSBC bank is fined $27.5m for infringing regulations aimed at preventing money-laundering.
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