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SingaporeSingapore's tough chase for sporting gold
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United StatesThe 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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North KoreaState media in North Korea confirm for the first time that the country's leader Kim Jong-un is married and mention his wife by name.
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South KoreaSouth Korea's economic growth slowed between April and June, coming in at 0.4%, down from 0.9% in the first quarter, official figures show.
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United StatesThe US department for agriculture says that prices for milk, eggs and meat are likely to rise above the normal rate of inflation because of drought.
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JapanShares in the Japanese camera and office equipment maker Canon fall after the firm cuts its earnings forecast.
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NigeriaHow oil thieves run lucrative refineries in Nigeria's creeks
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United KingdomBollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan tweets that he will be carrying the Olympic flame in London, a day before the opening ceremony.
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IranIranian plan to tackle prostitution signals rare admission
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PakistanA bomb kills at least seven people in the north-western Pakistani tribal region of Bajaur, reports say.
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South KoreaNorth Korea floats propaganda leaflets over the border for the first time in 12 years, South Korea's defence ministry says.
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United StatesColorado killings suspect James Holmes sent a notebook describing a massacre to a psychiatrist at his university, according to US media reports.
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ArubaAn 81-year-old man is jailed for sending bullets, detonators and threats to the Australian prime minister and other top politicians.
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United KingdomUK Athletics head coach Charles van Commenee says Paula Radcliffe's Olympic medal chances in London are only 50/50.
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United KingdomBorder checks should be relaxed to prevent three hour queues at airports - now that the "panic" over Brodie Clark's resignation has died down, MPs say.
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AustriaAn Austrian man has jumped from a balloon some 29km (18 miles) above the Earth in preparation for his attempt to make the world's highest skydive.
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ChinaChen Guanming, a Chinese farmer, has travelled thousands of kilometres from his home country to "spread Olympic spirit".
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United KingdomAfrica's Olympian medal contenders at London 2012
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ChinaChina names 2.13m (7ft) basketball player Yi Jianlian as flag-bearer for the Olympic opening ceremony, maintaining a tradition of tall picks.
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United KingdomThe actor, and former artistic director, returns to London's Globe theatre as Richard III, seven years after his last performance there.
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LiberiaThe UN Security Council lifts sanctions against 17 Liberians linked to former Liberian president and convicted war criminal Charles Taylor.
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United KingdomCentrica, the owner of British Gas, reports a 15% rise in first-half profits to £1.45bn, including a 23% rise in profits at British Gas.
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North KoreaOlympic organisers apologise to the North Korean women's football team after their images were shown on a screen beside a South Korean flag.
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United StatesUS President Barack Obama says he wants to introduce common-sense measures to control guns in the wake of the Denver killings.
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United Kingdom, ChinaChen Guanming cycled more than 37,000 miles from eastern China to London to "spread the Olympic spirit".
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GermanySusanne Lothar, one of Germany's best-known film actresses with roles in such international hits as The Reader and The White Ribbon, dies aged 51.
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Costa Rica, GermanyA Canadian marine conservationist wanted by Costa Rica over a clash at sea jumps bail in Germany and disappears.
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KenyaA Kenyan court lifts a ban on a group demanding an independent state around the coastal city of Mombasa - a popular tourist destination.
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JapanThe chief executive of Japan's Nomura Holdings resigns following a damaging insider-trading scandal at the investment bank.
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United KingdomUK Athletics head coach Charles van Commenee says he will not apologise to triple jumper Phillips Idowu.
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EgyptMembers of the Egyptian Olympic team have been given fake Nike gear, a synchronised swimmer alleges, leaving officials shocked and embarrassed.
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GermanyGerman car giant Volkswagen reports record vehicle sales for the first half of the year, helped by its geographical spread.
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United KingdomThere have been falls in the numbers of teenagers drinking, smoking and taking drugs in England, a survey suggests.
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SpainProfits at the Spanish banking giant Santander halve as it makes further write-downs against property loans.
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BrazilConcerns over future of Brazil's acclaimed anti-HIV campaign
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United KingdomThe number of police officers in England and Wales has fallen by more than 5,000 in the past year, Home Office figures reveal.
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United KingdomAndy Murray has been handed a tough draw as he bids to win an Olympic singles gold medal at London 2012.
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AustriaAustrian contemporary artist Franz West dies aged 65 in Vienna, after a long illness.
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South Korea, North KoreaMore details are emerging in South Korea about Ri Sol-ju, the woman identified as the wife of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
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RussiaFormer England manager Fabio Capello will take over as coach of Russia in a two-year deal, succeeding Dick Advocaat.
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United KingdomOlympic officials in London say they are to blame for a flag row which jeopardised a women's football game at Hampden Stadium in Glasgow.
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ChinaAuthorities say more than 10,000 suspects have been arrested in China in the latest effort to enforce internet laws.
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JapanJapanese carmaker Nissan reports a 15% drop in net profit in the first quarter after the strong yen hit its results.
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ChinaAt least 77 people died in floods in Beijing at the weekend, more than double the number previously said to have died, state media report.
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Somalia, United KingdomThe UK has established a small military presence in Somalia to advise the African Union force in Mogadishu, the British Ministry of Defence confirms.
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United KingdomGreat Britain coach Stuart Pearce hopes there will be a GB football team at future Olympic competitions.
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ArgentinaSixty years after the death of Eva Peron, three actresses describe how they are approaching their portrayal of the flamboyant Argentine First Lady in stage productions of her life in Buenos Aires.
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United StatesFacebook, Google, Amazon and eBay are joining forces to lobby and "educate" the US government on internet issues.
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United KingdomBlink 182 have cancelled a show at London's Brixton Academy (26 July) due to illness.
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RussiaFormer England manager Fabio Capello will take over as coach of Russia in a two-year deal, succeeding Dick Advocaat.
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ChinaThe wife of disgraced Chinese political leader Bo Xilai is charged with murdering UK businessman Neil Heywood, state news agency Xinhua reports.
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North KoreaFootage has been released of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and his wife Ri Sol-ju at the opening of an amusement park.
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United KingdomPayments have been taken twice from hundreds of thousands of Nationwide accounts, while technical problems have hit NatWest's online banking.
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Sweden, United KingdomEcuador has given Swedish authorities permission to interview Wikileaks founder Julian Assange at its London embassy, where he took refuge last month.
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FranceMembers of the French parliament throw out a proposal to audit their allowances as the government prepares austerity measures for the economy.
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Japan, SpainJapan pull off the first shock of the Olympic football competition by beating 10-man Spain 1-0 at Hampden Park.
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IndiaA man is convicted of murdering Indian student Anuj Bidve in Greater Manchester.
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SyriaSyrian rebels prepare for a major battle in Aleppo, as government forces are said to be encircling the city and awaiting reinforcements.
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United KingdomThe UK prime minister comes to the defence of the London 2012 Olympics, after Mitt Romney said preparations for the Games had been "disconcerting".
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United KingdomUsain Bolt says he has overcome injury problems and is ready to defend his Olympic titles in London.
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United StatesComedian and actor Russell Brand is fined $500 and ordered to do 20 hours of community service for damaging a photographer's mobile phone.
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United StatesEight high-ranking employees of the US justice department improperly promoted hiring of relatives, an investigation finds.
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GreeceEuropean Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso tells the Greek government to "deliver, deliver, deliver" key structural reforms.
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Cuba, United StatesCuban President Raul Castro, in an apparently impromptu address at the Revolution Day ceremony, says he is willing to hold talks with the US.
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North KoreaNorth Korea's Kim Jong-un seen at theme park with wife
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Chile, RussiaMaxim Molokoedov, a former second division football player in Russia jailed for drug trafficking in Chile, is being allowed out every day to train and play with a local football team
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United KingdomMichael Phelps admits his greatest battle at London 2012 could be with his mind rather than rival Ryan Lochte.
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United Kingdom, United StatesUS presidential candidate Mitt Romney predicts a "successful" London Olympics after earlier raising doubts about Britain's readiness.
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SenegalSenegal strike a late but deserved equaliser to frustrate Great Britain on their return to the men's Olympic football tournament after a 52-year hiatus.
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ItalyItalian authorities approve the exhumation of national hero Giuseppe Garibaldi, amid doubts over whether the body in his grave is his.
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MexicoPolice in southern Mexico hunt a man who shot dead four people celebrating the feast of St James the Apostle in the town of Huehuetan.
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United KingdomGreat Britain's Mark Cavendish is confident that he can win gold at London 2012, with the help of his "dream team".
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SpainThe white elephants that dragged Spain into the red
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Syria, United StatesThe US says it fears Syrian forces are preparing to carry out a massacre in the country's most-populous city, Aleppo, as troops encircle it.
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