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SyriaThe United Nations has warned of unprecedented violence in Syria unless there is a negotiated solution.
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ArgentinaAn Argentine court jails ex-junta leaders Jorge Videla and Reynaldo Bignone over the theft of babies from political prisoners under military rule.
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SyriaThe life or death fate of Syrian soldiers captured by rebels
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United KingdomThe Church of England's ruling synod is meeting in York ahead of a vote on whether to allow women bishops.
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LibyaLibyans unsure about chaotic first post-Gaddafi election
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PortugalPortugal's Constitutional Court strikes down a key part of the government's austerity programme, saying it unfairly targets public sector workers.
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United KingdomDVD sales are directly funding some of the UK film industry's biggest hits, new research by the British Video Association suggests.
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United StatesMitt Romney and the Republicans raise a whopping $100m in June, as Barack Obama launches his first bus tour of the campaign.
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Cuba, 
ChinaCuba's Raul Castro holds talks with Chinese leaders in Beijing, signing agreements aimed at further deepening ties between the two allies.
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United StatesTen US children die in four separate incidents across the US during Fourth of July celebrations.
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ChilePolice broke up a union workers' march through the Chile capital Santiago on Thursday, arresting 12 demonstrators.
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IndiaIndian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh says his government will work towards making India a "more business friendly place".
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ArgentinaHow one of Argentina's 'stolen babies' came to terms
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AustraliaDirector of the Girl Guides of Australia, Belinda Allen, says plans to drop their allegiance to the Queen and God, aim to make the Guides' promise ''meaningful and relevant'' to girls of the 21st century.
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JapanBut will Japan be able to learn lessons from nuclear disaster?
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PanamaShipping lanes around the Panama Canal are likely to be constrained in order to protect whales, it emerges at the International Whaling Commission meeting.
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ChinaChinese police say they have broken up two major child trafficking gangs and freed 181 children across the country.
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Nigeria, 
YemenTwo Nigerian men are charged with receiving funds from the Yemen-based Islamist group Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
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ItalyItaly's government agrees to cut spending by 26bn euros (£21bn) over the next three years to plug the gap between spending and income.
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United Kingdom, United StatesAdele and One Direction help stem the decline in US album sales, which dropped just 0.6% in the first six months of 2012.
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Hong KongCustoms officials in Hong Kong seize cocaine weighing with a street value of $98m in what they say is their biggest drug haul ever.
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United KingdomThe Amazing Spider-Man, starring British actor Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker, is the first in a new trilogy of films for the franchise, Sony Pictures confirms.
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Turkey, Syria, 
FranceUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urges allies at a meeting on Syria to call on Russia and China to end their support for the Assad regime.
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Somalia, United States, 
EritreaThe US sanctions six individuals, including Eritrea's intelligence chief and a senior Eritrean military officer, for allegedly aiding Somali Islamist militants.
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ItalyTwo Italian historians say they have found dozens of sketches produced by Renaissance master Caravaggio, when he was a young student in Milan.
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United Kingdom, 
RwandaRwanda's sitting volleyball team - the first sub-Saharan African volleyball team to qualify for the Paralympics - talk to the BBC about their preparations for London 2012.
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RomaniaRomania's parliament is to vote on whether to impeach the country's president, Traian Basescu, amid a political crisis.
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FranceShares in French car giant Peugeot lose 6% after the company reported a 13% fall in first half sales.
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Argentina, 
SeychellesVictoria Montenegro was one of Argentina's stolen babies - taken away from her parents just days after her birth.
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United StatesUS scientists are working on a smart headlight that can improve visibility by switching off beams that shine on rain.
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JapanJapan's financial regulator clears cameramaker Olympus's former auditors of negligence, but tells them to improve their supervision.
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ZimbabweThe woman who took on Zimbabwe's security men and won
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Uganda, 
Democratic Republic of the CongoSome 600 Congolese soldiers flee into Uganda after clashes with rebels, who have seized a border town, officials say, as an Indian peacekeeper is killed.
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SyriaManaf Tlas, a general from a family close to Syria's President Assad, has defected and is on his way to Paris, France's foreign minister says.
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GermanyA former militant of the German far-left Red Army Faction gets four years in jail for the 1977 murder of a prosecutor.
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Afghanistan, 
IranIran has recently passed a law limiting the areas where the country's two million Afghan immigrants are allowed to live.
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SudanMortality rates in a refugee camp in South Sudan are nearly double the threshold for an emergency, meaning eight children are dying a day, MSF warns.
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United KingdomThree people have been arrested in Amsterdam and London as part of a Europe-wide inquiry into animal rights extremism, Scotland Yard says.
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GermanyRepsol Honda's Dani Pedrosa tops both practice sessions ahead of the weekend's German MotoGP at Sachsenring.
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RussiaRussian MPs give initial backing to a controversial bill which would force foreign-funded political NGOs to register as "foreign agents".
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PakistanAn attempt to smuggle ancient artefacts worth millions of dollars out of the Pakistani port city of Karachi is foiled, police say.
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LibyaMuammar Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam will not get a fair trial in Libya, an international lawyer says, days after she was released from detention in the country.
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France, United KingdomDavid Cameron will hold talks with French President Francois Hollande in London on Tuesday, No 10 confirms.
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South AfricaSouth Africa's governing ANC expresses "disgust" at a cartoon showing President Jacob Zuma as a penis, weeks after a similar row over a painting.
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FranceSlovakian Peter Sagan beats Andre Greipel in a sprint finish after a major crash affects leading contenders on stage six in Metz.
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NepalNepal's former king, Gyanendra, says for the first time that he wants to return to the throne four years after he abdicated.
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United StatesParts of the US are baking in record heat as nearly half a million households continue to swelter amid power cuts caused by storms a week ago.
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MaliChildren are being sexually abused and recruited to fight for armed groups in Mali, according to the UN.
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Czech RepublicMembers of rock band Lamb of God speak of their shock at the arrest and imprisonment of singer Randy Blythe in the Czech Republic.
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United KingdomMcLaren's Lewis Hamilton is fastest in wet conditions at Silverstone during second practice for the British Grand Prix.
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United StatesUS shares fall after official employment figures show firms created only 80,000 new jobs in June, leaving the unemployment rate unchanged at 8.2%.
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United KingdomAndy Murray beats Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in four sets to become the first British man in 74 years to reach the Wimbledon final.
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GreecePrime Minister Antonis Samaras promises to focus on reforms and measures to restore economic growth in Greece, in his first major speech to parliament.
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Syria, FranceA Syrian general close to President Assad has defected, "hitting the regime hard", France says, as the US suggests insiders are "voting with their feet".
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RomaniaThe Romanian parliament votes to suspend the country's President Traian Basescu, government officials say.
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ChinaThe authorities in China say they have broken up two major child-trafficking gangs, freeing almost 200 children.
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BrazilDozens of young penguins who lost their way during their annual migration to the south of Brazil have ended up on the tropical beaches of Rio de Janeiro.
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IraqAt least six people have been killed in a suicide car bombing in central Iraq, reportedly targeting a Sunni Awakening Council member, officials say.
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United StatesUS shares have fallen after official data showed firms had created only 80,000 new jobs in June, leaving the jobless rate unchanged at 8.2%.
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Canada, 
BoliviaA Bolivian indigenous farmer dies in protests against a silver-mining project owned by a Canadian company near the southern city of Potosi.
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United KingdomTorrential downpours cause disruption in parts of the UK, with a rising number of flood alerts in place for England, Wales and Scotland.
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United StatesGeorge Zimmerman, the US man charged with second-degree murder over the Florida shooting of Trayvon Martin, is released on a second bail of $1m.
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France, United KingdomTyson Gay beats Justin Gatlin in the Paris Diamond League 100m while Britain's Dai Greene sets a new personal best in the 400m hurdles.
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Pakistan, United StatesA US drone kills at least 12 suspected militants in Pakistan's north-west, officials say, while a gun attack leaves 18 dead in the south-east.
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United KingdomGovernment departments cut £6.7bn more in spending than planned in the year to March, according to official data from the Treasury.
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United StatesOhio restaurant owner Josephine Harris dies hours after serving breakfast to US President Barack Obama.
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LibyaEight months after the death of Col Muammar Gaddafi, Libyan people are preparing to vote in their first free elections for more than 40 years.
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North KoreaQPR agree a deal to sign South Korean midfielder Park Ji-sung from Manchester United for a fee in the region of £5m.
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United StatesTaiwanese smartphone maker HTC has reported a 58% fall in net profit 7.4bn Taiwanese dollars (US$248m) in the three months ending in June.
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SyriaUN chief Ban Ki-moon says the observer mission in Syria should be reduced and focused on mediation, after a UN-backed truce failed to take hold.
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NetherlandsSome of the top Dutch Olympic athletes are facing debt as the government is imposing fines if they fail to finish their degrees on time.
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MexicoEnrique Pena Nieto is confirmed as the winner of Mexico's presidential election, following a final recount of votes cast.
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