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Rare early America map discovered

Wednesday 4th of July 2012, 0:04
related countries: Germany Germany

Researchers in Germany discovered a previously unknown copy of a rare 16th century map credited with being the first to name America.
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Meeting India's angry spy

Wednesday 4th of July 2012, 0:22
related countries: India India

How things went horribly wrong for an Indian spy
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Is Laos damming the Mekong river?

Wednesday 4th of July 2012, 0:31
related countries: Laos Laos

The impact of building a dam on Laos' Mekong river
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Goal-line technology heads to vote

Wednesday 4th of July 2012, 0:58
related countries: Germany Germany, United Kingdom United Kingdom

It's England vs Germany as football chiefs prepare to vote
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Should the US scrap the penny?

Wednesday 4th of July 2012, 1:00
related countries: United States United States

Is it time the US ditched the penny?
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Ecuador's mix of folk and modern medicine

Wednesday 4th of July 2012, 1:25
related countries: Ecuador Ecuador

How a hospital in Ecuador blends folk and modern treatments
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Russian police accused of framing drugs suspects

Wednesday 4th of July 2012, 1:51
related countries: Russia Russia

How many Russian drug-crime prisoners are innocent?
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VIDEO: Indonesia to work with Australia

Wednesday 4th of July 2012, 2:00
related countries: Australia Australia

Indonesia and Australia have pledged increased co-operation on people smuggling, following the sinking of two asylum-seeker boats last month.
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Toshiba gets price fixing fine

Wednesday 4th of July 2012, 2:17
related countries: Japan Japan, United States United States

Japanese electronics maker Toshiba gets $87m (£55m) fine for conspiring to fix prices of liquid crystal display panels in the US.
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US power cuts persist for 1.26m

Wednesday 4th of July 2012, 2:36
related countries: United States United States

Some 1.26m storm-struck households in the eastern US are without electricity for a fourth day amid high temperatures and 24 heat-related deaths.
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ANA plans $2.6bn new share sales

Wednesday 4th of July 2012, 3:05
related countries: Japan Japan

Japan's All Nippon Airways says it plans to raise as much as $2.6bn (£1.6bn) by selling new shares to fund its expansion plans.
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Pakistan allows convoys to resume

Wednesday 4th of July 2012, 3:43
related countries: Afghanistan Afghanistan, Pakistan Pakistan, United States United States
related places: Nato

Pakistan agrees to reopen supply routes to Nato-led forces in Afghanistan, after the US apologises for killing 24 of its soldiers in an air strike.
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VIDEO: Home-use HIV test wins US approval

Wednesday 4th of July 2012, 3:50
related countries: United States United States

A home HIV test is expected to go on sale in the US within months, after winning regulator approval.
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Toyota and Honda US sales surge

Wednesday 4th of July 2012, 4:34
related countries: Japan Japan, United States United States
related places: Honda, Toyota, June

Sales of Japanese carmakers Toyota and Honda surge in the US in June as they continue to recover from last year's quake and tsunami.
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No early end to Mexico's election stand-off

Wednesday 4th of July 2012, 4:55
related countries: Mexico Mexico

Calls for compromise after disputed presidential election
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S Asia rivals hold peace talks

Wednesday 4th of July 2012, 6:13
related countries: Pakistan Pakistan, India India
related places: Delhi

Senior Indian and Pakistani diplomats are holding talks in Delhi to bolster a fragile peace process.
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Mexico candidate demands recount

Wednesday 4th of July 2012, 6:34
related countries: Mexico Mexico

The runner-up in Mexico's presidential vote, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, demands a recount after coming second to Enrique Pena Nieto.
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Israel police filmed kicking boy

Wednesday 4th of July 2012, 6:39
related countries: Israel Israel

Israel's Border Police force launches an investigation after a video emerges showing one of its officers kicking a nine-year-old Palestinian boy.
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Australia vessels aid asylum boat

Wednesday 4th of July 2012, 6:46
related countries: Indonesia Indonesia, Aruba Aruba

Australian vessels go to the aid of a boat in distress off Indonesia, a day after the two countries pledged better co-operation on people-smuggling.
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VIDEO: 'Wild West' camp for Czech pensioners

Wednesday 4th of July 2012, 7:09
related countries: Czech Republic Czech Republic

Summer camp is often associated with school children going away for fun and activities, but an organisation in the Czech Republic has begun offering the country's first of its kind for the over 65s.
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Higgs-like particle 'discovered'

Wednesday 4th of July 2012, 7:35
related countries: United Kingdom United Kingdom

Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider claim the discovery of a particle believed to be the long-sought Higgs boson.
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Wednesday 4th of July 2012, 7:42
related countries: South Africa South Africa

South African women fight to decriminalise prostitution
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Aeon supermarket profits double

Wednesday 4th of July 2012, 7:44
related countries: Japan Japan

Japan's biggest supermarket operator, Aeon, says profits more than doubled to 13.1bn yen ($164m; £104m) in the three months to the end of May.
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China 'scraps plant' amid protest

Wednesday 4th of July 2012, 8:14
related countries: China China
related places: Shifang

Plans to build a copper alloy plant in Shifang city, Sichuan province, are scrapped following violent protests by residents, a Chinese official says.
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Peru gold mine clashes kill three

Wednesday 4th of July 2012, 8:34
related countries: Peru Peru

Peru's government declares a local state of emergency after protests against a gold mining project leave at least three people dead.
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VIDEO: 'La Bamba' band on US success

Wednesday 4th of July 2012, 8:49
related countries: United States United States
related places: America

Luiz Pérez one of the founders of the latin group Los Lobos on how they broke through in America.
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England up to fourth in rankings

Wednesday 4th of July 2012, 8:50
related countries: United Kingdom United Kingdom

England rise two places to fourth in the Fifa world rankings despite their quarter-final exit from Euro 2012.
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Nato soldiers shot in Afghanistan

Wednesday 4th of July 2012, 9:21
related countries: Afghanistan Afghanistan

An individual in Afghan army uniform opens fire on Nato soldiers in eastern Afghanistan's Wardak province, wounding five.
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Mauling SA chimps escape death

Wednesday 4th of July 2012, 9:23
related countries: South Africa South Africa, United States United States

Two chimpanzees which attacked a US student in South Africa will not be put down because they were defending their territory, an investigator says.
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Review of school dinners planned

Wednesday 4th of July 2012, 9:27
related countries: United Kingdom United Kingdom

Two founders of a restaurant chain have been asked to carry out a review of school food in England.
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Kenya Muslims 'to guard churches'

Wednesday 4th of July 2012, 9:42
related countries: Kenya Kenya

Muslim leaders in Kenya agree to form self-defence groups to protect churches following a deadly attack on Christian worshippers.
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Cuba's Raul Castro in China visit

Wednesday 4th of July 2012, 9:54
related countries: Cuba Cuba, China China

Cuba's Raul Castro is in China for a four-day visit, his first since taking over the leadership from his brother, Fidel, in 2008.
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Millar in GB team for London 2012

Wednesday 4th of July 2012, 10:29
related countries: United Kingdom United Kingdom

David Millar is named in Team GB's five-man Olympic road cycling team which also includes Mark Cavendish and Bradley Wiggins.
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Mandela daughter named ambassador

Wednesday 4th of July 2012, 10:52
related countries: South Africa South Africa, Argentina Argentina, United States United States

Zenani Mandela-Dlamini, the daughter of South African anti-apartheid fighter Nelson Mandela, is appointed ambassador to Argentina, the South American nation has said.
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France unveils 7bn-euro tax rise

Wednesday 4th of July 2012, 11:07
related countries: France France

French President Francois Hollande announces plans to raise taxes on business and wealthiest households by 7.2bn euros.
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Fresh bombing rocks central Iraq

Wednesday 4th of July 2012, 11:39
related countries: Iraq Iraq

At least eight people have been killed in a car bombing in central Iraq, officials say, a day after a series of attacks left 40 people dead.
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Ukraine clash over language law

Wednesday 4th of July 2012, 11:47
related countries: Ukraine Ukraine, Russia Russia
related places: Kiev

Police in Ukraine's capital Kiev fire tear gas to disperse hundreds of protesters angry over a new language law that boosts the status of Russian.
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Boyle 'sorry' over Olympic leaks

Wednesday 4th of July 2012, 11:54
related countries: United Kingdom United Kingdom

Danny Boyle, artistic director of the London 2012 Olympic opening ceremony, apologises to volunteers over "spoilers" appearing in the press.
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Barclays former boss faces MPs

Wednesday 4th of July 2012, 11:59
related countries: United Kingdom United Kingdom
related places: Whitehall

Bob Diamond is due to be grilled by MPs, a day after the Bank of England and Whitehall officials were implicated in the inter-bank interest rate-fixing scandal.
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Sturridge 'optimistic' for Games

Wednesday 4th of July 2012, 12:10
related countries: United Kingdom United Kingdom

Daniel Sturridge is being treated for viral meningitis but is "optimistic" about playing for Team GB at London 2012.
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Dhaka urged to stop mass trials

Wednesday 4th of July 2012, 12:20
related countries: Bangladesh Bangladesh

Bangladesh should stop "unfair" mass trials of border guards charged with mutiny over the 2009 killings of 74 people, Human Rights Watch has said.
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Burma's vice president resigns

Wednesday 4th of July 2012, 12:31
related countries: Burma Burma

Burmese authorities confirm during the new parliamentary session that Vice President Tin Aung Myint Oo, known as a hardliner, has resigned.
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Apple enforces Galaxy Nexus ban

Wednesday 4th of July 2012, 12:34
related countries: United States United States

The iPhone maker pays a $95.6m (£61.1m) bond bringing into effect a US sales ban of one of Samsung's leading smartphones.
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Radcliffe in 'panic' over injury

Wednesday 4th of July 2012, 12:51
related countries: United Kingdom United Kingdom

Paula Radcliffe says an injury scare has left her in "panic", but she is confident of being fit for the London Olympics.
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VIDEO: Mystery surrounds Afghan poisoning

Wednesday 4th of July 2012, 13:22
related countries: Afghanistan Afghanistan

The Afghan government has made arrests after a wave of suspected poisoning at girls schools
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Rangers newco refused SPL entry

Wednesday 4th of July 2012, 13:23
related countries: United Kingdom United Kingdom

Ten out of 12 chairmen vote to reject the application from Rangers newco to join the Scottish Premier League.
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Crew of downed Turkish jet found

Wednesday 4th of July 2012, 13:45
related countries: Turkey Turkey, Syria Syria

The bodies of the crew members of a Turkish jet shot down by Syria last month are found.
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Singer opens up about sexuality

Wednesday 4th of July 2012, 13:52
related countries: United States United States

The US singer admits his first love was a man on microblogging site Tumblr, saying he wants to "address rumours" about his sexuality.
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Pistorius to run at London 2012

Wednesday 4th of July 2012, 14:03
related countries: South Africa South Africa, United Kingdom United Kingdom

Oscar Pistorius could be the first amputee runner at the Olympics after being picked by South Africa for the 400m.
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Rain delays England v Australia

Wednesday 4th of July 2012, 14:19
related countries: Australia Australia, United Kingdom United Kingdom
related places: Edgbaston

Rain delays the start of the third one-dayer between England and Australia at Edgbaston, with a third inspection at 16:00 BST.
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Italy's budget deficit increases

Wednesday 4th of July 2012, 14:30
related countries: Italy Italy

Italy's budget deficit widened in the first three months of the year, official figures show.
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Five Germans in fatal Swiss fall

Wednesday 4th of July 2012, 15:04
related countries: Switzerland Switzerland, Germany Germany

Five climbers who died falling from a Swiss mountain were German, and two were teenagers, police confirm.
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Bankia officials face fraud probe

Wednesday 4th of July 2012, 15:05
related countries: Spain Spain

Former IMF chief Rodrigo Rato is one of 33 current and former officials at Spanish lender Bankia who will become the focus of a fraud inquiry.
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Comedian Eric Sykes dies aged 89

Wednesday 4th of July 2012, 15:34
related countries: United Kingdom United Kingdom

Eric Sykes, one of Britain's best-loved TV comedy actors and writers, has died at the age of 89 after a short illness, his manager says.
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France finds it hard to shed corrupt image

Wednesday 4th of July 2012, 15:54
related countries: France France

The whiff of corruption still dogs French politics
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Pakistani mob burns 'blasphemer'

Wednesday 4th of July 2012, 15:57
related countries: Pakistan Pakistan

An angry mob has taken a man accused of blasphemy from a police station and burnt him to death in Pakistan's Punjab province, police say.
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Romanian head faces impeachment

Wednesday 4th of July 2012, 16:09
related countries: Romania Romania

Romania's President Traian Basescu faces a referendum on his impeachment after the governing coalition called for him to be suspended.
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Afghans fear mysterious school 'poisonings'

Wednesday 4th of July 2012, 16:14
related countries: Afghanistan Afghanistan

Afghan schoolgirls are falling sick, but is it sabotage or hysteria?
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Kenyans in hate speech charges

Wednesday 4th of July 2012, 16:29
related countries: Kenya Kenya

Three well-known Kenyan musicians are charged with inciting ethnic violence through their songs by a commission set up in the wake of deadly post-poll violence.
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Cavendish crashes as Greipel wins

Wednesday 4th of July 2012, 16:41
related countries: France France

Mark Cavendish is denied his second stage win of the Tour de France when he falls in a crash late during the fourth stage.
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Scrumpers scupper peach project

Wednesday 4th of July 2012, 16:42
related countries: China China

The theft of peaches in China sets scientists' work back at least a year, according to a peach-growing team.
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HTC defeats Apple in UK courts

Wednesday 4th of July 2012, 17:09
related countries: United Kingdom United Kingdom

A High Court judge rules against Apple's claim that the Taiwanese firm infringed four of its patents, including its swipe-to-unlock feature.
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VIDEO: Five killed in Germany gun siege

Wednesday 4th of July 2012, 17:10
related countries: Germany Germany
related places: Karlsruhe

A gunman and four hostages have died after a siege in the German city of Karlsruhe, according to police.
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Kenya cancels Iran oil imports

Wednesday 4th of July 2012, 17:10
related countries: Kenya Kenya, Iran Iran

Kenya cancels plans to import crude oil from Iran following threats of sanctions, an official at the Kenyan energy ministry says.
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Syria opposition divided in Cairo

Wednesday 4th of July 2012, 18:44
related countries: Egypt Egypt, Syria Syria
related places: Cairo

Syrian opposition groups agree on a general plan for the way forward in the country at a meeting in Cairo that exposes their deep divisions.
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Gunman kills four in German siege

Wednesday 4th of July 2012, 19:02
related countries: Germany Germany
related places: Karlsruhe

A man shot dead four people including his partner before killing himself in a siege in the German city of Karlsruhe, police say.
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Murray through to Wimbledon semis

Wednesday 4th of July 2012, 19:22
related countries: France France, United Kingdom United Kingdom
related places: Wimbledon

Britain's Andy Murray overcomes David Ferrer in four sets to seal a Wimbledon semi-final against France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.
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South Korea moots 'scientific' whaling

Wednesday 4th of July 2012, 20:11
related countries: South Korea South Korea, Japan Japan

South Korea proposes resuming whaling as part scientific research programmes similar to Japan's, in a move widely criticised at the IWC.
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Partial recount in Mexico polls

Wednesday 4th of July 2012, 20:36
related countries: Mexico Mexico

Mexico's national election authority says they will recount 54.5% of the votes cast in Sunday's presidential election after discovering "inconsistencies" in some of the ballots.
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Canada police confirm head find

Wednesday 4th of July 2012, 21:11
related countries: China China

Police in Montreal confirm a human head found in a park on Sunday is that of a Chinese student allegedly killed by a former porn actor.
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Brazil indigenous group in clash

Wednesday 4th of July 2012, 21:17
related countries: Botswana Botswana

An elite Brazilian police unit is sent deep into the Amazon jungle to restore order after members of an indigenous group burned down a police station.
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Storm aftermath hits US holiday

Wednesday 4th of July 2012, 21:31
related countries: United States United States

Nearly one million Americans mark 4 July without power as utility firms scramble to restore service five days after severe storms in the east.
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Murray yearns for Wimbledon final

Wednesday 4th of July 2012, 21:43
related countries: United Kingdom United Kingdom
related places: Wimbledon

Britain's Andy Murray targets a first Wimbledon final as he prepares to face Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in Friday's semi-final.
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US lifeguard fired for saving man

Wednesday 4th of July 2012, 22:06
related countries: United States United States
related places: Florida

A lifeguard who left his section of a Florida beach to help rescue a man from drowning is given the sack for breaking company rules.
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VIDEO: US celebrates July 4 amid heatwave

Wednesday 4th of July 2012, 22:52
related countries: United States United States

As the United States celebrates July 4, Americans are struggling to keep cool with extremely hot temperatures gripping parts of the country.
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France CEO probed over suicides

Wednesday 4th of July 2012, 23:15
related countries: France France

Former chief executive of France Telecom Didier Lombard is placed under formal investigation over a spate of suicides among staff at the company.
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Russia's 'persecuted' and jailed businessmen

Wednesday 4th of July 2012, 23:32
related countries: Russia Russia

Why does Russia lock up so many businessmen?
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China's biggest business journalist

Wednesday 4th of July 2012, 23:38
related countries: China China

A business journalist with rockstar status in get-rich-quick China
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