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ArgentinaArgentine Bishop Fernando Bargallo resigns after pictures showing him enjoying a beach holiday in the company of a woman become public.
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Burkina FasoSchemes to help Burkina Faso women get jobs at home
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Burma, 
ChinaCampaign group Human Rights Watch has warned of a humanitarian crisis if China does not give aid agencies access to refugees fleeing conflict in northern Burma.
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MexicoA search is underway in western Mexico for a Navy helicopter which went missing four days ago.
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South KoreaBuddhists monks in South Korea tackle changing times
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ChinaChina offers to set up a $10bn (£6.4bn) credit line for Latin America countries to support infrastructure projects in the region.
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SyriaSyrian President Bashar al-Assad says his country is in "a state of war" as fierce fighting is reported in the suburbs of the capital Damascus.
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IndiaCoca-Cola says the firm and its bottling partners will invest $5bn (£3.2bn) in India in a bid to increase its market share.
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BahrainA court in Bahrain rules that three policemen accused of killing three people during pro-democracy protests in March 2011 should be tried for murder.
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JapanShareholders of Tokyo Electric Power Company, which operates the Fukushima nuclear power plant, agree to the nationalisation of the company.
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United StatesNora Ephron - the Hollywood screenwriter behind When Harry Met Sally and Sleepless in Seattle - dies in New York, aged 71.
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SingaporeThe founder of one of Singapore's richest churches and four church executives are charged with misusing millions of dollars of church funds.
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BotswanaBrazilian ants deploy emergency "chemical nets" to drag swarms of their nestmates into helping them carry large food items, a study shows.
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GreeceArmed men ram a van full of gas canisters into a Microsoft office in the Greek capital Athens, setting it alight, but nobody is hurt.
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Pakistan, IndiaIndia welcomes Pakistan's decision to release Surjeet Singh and makes a fresh appeal for the release of death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh.
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ChinaAn official is sacked and others punished over the case of a woman forced to have a late-term abortion, Chinese state-run media report.
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Portugal, 
SpainPortugal's Cristiano Ronaldo says he is not feeling the weight of expectation ahead of his side's semi-final against Spain.
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NigeriaThe heads of Nigeria's huge state oil company are sacked in the interests of "greater transparency and accountability", following a report alleging massive corruption in the sector.
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United KingdomThe Queen has arrived at the Lyric Theatre in Belfast where she is meeting the deputy first minister and former IRA commander Martin McGuinness.
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IraqAt least 11 people have been killed in two separate bomb attacks in and around Iraq's capital, Baghdad, officials say.
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Portugal, SpainSpain's Andres Iniesta rejects claims his team's "tiki-taka" style is boring.
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SyriaUN investigators say violence in Syria is spiralling out of control,
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ItalyItalian newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport apologises for publishing a cartoon depicting Mario Balotelli as King Kong.
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ChinaClashes erupt between hundreds of local people and migrant workers in a town in the Chinese province of Guangdong, police and reports say.
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United StatesA court bans sales of Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet in the US while it decides on the firm's patent dispute with Apple.
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United Kingdom, United StatesHeather Watson beats Jamie Lee Hampton of the United States 6-1 6-4 to become the first British player to reach the third round at this year's Wimbledon.
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NigeriaEnglish Premier League side Arsenal will take on Nigeria in a pre-season friendly on 5 August in Abuja.
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Aruba, 
Christmas IslandAt least 125 people are saved and a body recovered after a boat sank north of Christmas Island, days after an asylum-seeker boat sank in the area.
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France, SpainFrance midfielder Samir Nasri apologises to supporters over his row with a journalist after losing to Spain.
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GermanyGermany has upset animal rights activists with its latest attempts to predict the outcome of Euro 2012.
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Denmark, PakistanInternational cricket-playing nations agree in principle to enforce a life ban for Pakistan spinner Danish Kaneria for corruption.
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BangladeshHeavy rains and multiple landslides over three days have killed at least 90 people in south-east Bangladesh, officials say.
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IrelandThe Queen and former IRA commander Martin McGuinness shake hands for the first time, in what is being seen as a ground-breaking moment in Anglo-Irish history.
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United StatesA growing wildfire in the US state of Colorado breaches firefighters' lines and moves into the city of Colorado Springs, forcing 32,000 residents to flee.
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Vietnam, ChinaVietnam protests against China's plan to invite foreign oil bids in a disputed area in the South China Sea, adding to tensions in the region.
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United StatesUS officials allege that more than half a million customer accounts were compromised after hackers overcame inadequate security measures.
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ArgentinaA new species of dinosaur has been unveiled in Buenos Aires which palaeontologists say could provide a link to modern-day birds.
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ColombiaA new traffic light device has been created to alert residents of Colombia's capital city, Bogota, to the dangers of excessive exposure to sunlight.
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Syria, United StatesSeven people have been killed at a Syrian pro-government TV channel, state media report, as the UN calls a key meeting for Saturday.
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Egypt, 
IranThe office of Egypt's president-elect is to take legal action against Iran's Fars news agency for allegedly fabricating an interview with him.
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ChinaThe European Union asks the World Trade Organisation to arbitrate in a row about China's export restrictions on its "rare earth" minerals
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United KingdomTottenham winger Gareth Bale signs a new deal which will see the Wales international remain at White Hart Lane until 2016.
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NigeriaNigerians should only have as many children as they can afford, President Goodluck Jonathan says.
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United KingdomMuse song Survival has been selected as the official song of the London 2012 Olympic Games, to be played throughout the event, according to their website.
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BahrainThe prominent Bahraini human rights activist, Nabeel Rajab, is freed after three weeks in detention.
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Ethiopia, 
TanzaniaSome 42 migrants, believed to be from Ethiopia, are found dead in the back of a truck in Tanzania.
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EthiopiaA court in Ethiopia finds prominent journalist and blogger Eskinder Nega guilty of violating controversial anti-terrorism legislation.
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MaliFighting between Tuareg and Islamist rebels in northern Mali reportedly kills as many as 20 people.
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Greece, 
Turkey, 
CyprusThe president of Turkey wrote to Margaret Thatcher in September 1990 hinting Polly Peck International might be a victim of a Greek Cypriot conspiracy, the Old Bailey hears.
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KenyaA car stripped of luxuries and made to last has been developed by workers in Kenya.
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United KingdomMo Farah dominates the field on his way to retaining his 5,000m European Championships title as part of his build-up to London 2012.
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IranTehran's traffic police department has launched a scheme attacking reckless driving in the city.
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PakistanA Pakistani man has built a giant lock that he hopes will be entered in the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest in the world.
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GabonGabon's President Ali Bongo sets on fire nearly five tonnes of ivory worth $9.3m (£6m) as part of attempts to deter poaching.
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Democratic Republic of the Congo, 
RwandaRwanda has played a key role in creating a rebel group and sustaining a mutiny in neighbouring DR Congo, UN experts say in a leaked document.
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United KingdomThe National Union of Students calls a march London in November in protest at rising fees, reduced employment and public sector cuts.
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BoliviaPolice in Bolivia end their protests against low pay, which had seen them take control of police barracks across the country.
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United KingdomThe UK is facing fines if it fails to improve air quality quickly, after the European Commission refused plans to delay improvements.
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United StatesThe Californian city of Stockton is set to become the largest US city in decades to go bust, after failing to make a deal with its creditors.
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GermanyGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel again rejects the idea of pooling eurozone debt through bonds and urges greater competitiveness in the EU.
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SpainSpain's Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy, says the country cannot afford to finance itself for long at current rates of interest.
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NetherlandsDutch coach Bert van Marwijk quits after the Netherlands' disastrous Euro 2012 campaign in which they finished bottom of their group.
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GermanyAngela Merkel and Francois Hollande meet ahead of Thursday's EU summit, as Germany again states it is not prepared to guarantee the debts of other eurozone countries.
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United StatesGovernor John Hickenlooper describes the ordeal facing firefighters, as more than 32,000 people flee their homes as a raging wildfire threatens the US city of Colorado Springs.
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PakistanA bomb explodes at a railway station in the western Pakistani province of Baluchistan, killing at least five people and injuring many more.
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United KingdomBarclays Bank pays £290m in penalties and boss Bob Diamond gives up his bonus after it tried to manipulate the interest rates for inter-bank lending.
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United KingdomA murderer serving life for a 1975 murder in a pub has escaped from Pentonville prison, in north London, Scotland Yard says.
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Portugal, SpainCesc Fabregas is the hero again as Spain keep alive their hopes of defending their European title with a dramatic shootout win over Portugal.
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SyriaUN human rights investigators say the violence in Syria is spiralling out of control, with much of the country descending into civil war.
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IndiaMumbai protests over Indian police raids on bars
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United KingdomAlan Shearer says England have no chance of winning the 2014 World Cup, saying they are "a million miles away".
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UkraineYoung Ukrainians forced to live in homes for the elderly
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Portugal, SpainPortugal coach Paulo Bento says his side planned their penalty shoot-out against Spain, despite Cristiano Ronaldo not featuring.
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United StatesFor the first time in 13 years, US health regulators approve a weight-loss pill, although the drug achieved only modest results in clinical trials.
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