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United KingdomThe London 2012 Paralympics comes to an end with a fiery finale and an official handover to the next host city, Rio de Janeiro.
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SomaliaSomalia's parliament is due to start choosing a new president in Mogadishu, in the latest step to end decades of war.
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JapanJapan revises down its growth numbers for the second quarter, raising concerns about a slowdown in the world's third-largest economy.
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ChileA largely peaceful march in Chile to honour those who died in political persecution during General Pinochet's government ends in violence.
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United StatesThe owner of a pizza shop in Florida who surprised Barack Obama with a huge hug during a campaign tour said it was a great meeting, and that the US president bought 20 pizzas.
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ChadPrisoners in Chad are held in such inhumane conditions that "a prison sentence risks becoming a death sentence", Amnesty International warns.
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AustraliaAustralia will send the first group of asylum seekers to an offshore processing centre in Nauru this week, Immigration Minister Chris Bowen says.
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United StatesCampaigning US President Barack Obama gets a voter lift he is looking for - as he is raised off the ground in a bear hug by a supporter in Florida.
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ChinaChina's exports grow less-than-forecast and imports fall in August, adding to fears about a sharp slowdown in its economy.
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South KoreaSouth Korea unveiled a fresh stimulus package, in a bid to boost domestic demand as a slowdown in exports continues to hurt its economy.
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Seychelles, United StatesSerena Williams overcomes world number one Victoria Azarenka in three sets to win her fourth US Open and 16th Grand Slam title.
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Afghanistan, United StatesThe US military is set to hand control of a controversial prison housing 3,000 Taliban fighters and terrorism suspects to the Afghan authorities.
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ChileA largely peaceful demonstration in Chile to honour the victims of General Augusto Pinochet's military government has ended in violence.
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MadagascarCocoa thieves strike fear into Madagascar farmers
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United StatesThe first interview is aired with a former US special forces member who wrote an unauthorised account of the raid that killed Osama Bin Laden.
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GermanyA badly damaged chemical container ship has arrived at the German port of Wilhelmshaven, after nearly two months of trying to find a country which would permit it to dock.
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Pakistan, 
IndiaA group of 171 Pakistani Hindus, who arrived in India on Sunday on pilgrim visas, say they will not return.
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FranceA study of rocks at an old French A-bomb test site in the Pacific has led a team of scientists to conclude that early Mars was not so warm and wet, as many argue.
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United StatesThe US government says it will sell a substantial portion of its remaining stake in AIG, making it a minority shareholder in the insurer.
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SyriaAt least 17 people are killed by a car bomb in the Syrian city of Aleppo, reports say, as new peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi begins a mission to the region.
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GermanyGavin Hewitt on Germany's debate ahead of key court decision
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MaliAn al-Qaeda-linked commander known as the Emir of the Sahara, Nabil Makhloufi, dies in a car crash in northern Mali, a local Islamist spokesman says.
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Japan, ChinaThe Japanese government confirms it intends to purchase disputed islands also claimed by China from private owners, amid tension over the issue.
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United StatesThe International Paralympic Committee says it will examine TV partners more carefully in future after US network NBC failed to show any live action.
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ItalyThe Italian economy shrank by 0.8% between April and June, slightly more than previously estimated, official figures show.
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Hong KongThe pan-democratic camp has won 27 of 70 seats to retain veto power in Hong Kong's legislative council in a closely-watched vote.
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United KingdomProducer Jake Eberts, who played a key role in such Oscar-winning British films as Chariots of Fire and Gandhi, dies in Montreal at the age of 71.
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United StatesThe International Paralympic Committee says it will examine TV partners more carefully in future after US network NBC did not show any live action.
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PakistanAt least 10 people are killed after a car bomb explodes in a market in a restive area of north-west Pakistan, officials say.
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IndiaTwo men are found trying to board a flight in India with a rare primate species hidden in their underwear.
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IsraelTwo Palestinian children are injured by Israeli air strikes on smuggling tunnels in Gaza, medics say, as cross-border violence escalates.
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IraqFugitive Iraqi Vice-President Tariq al-Hashemi rejects a guilty verdict imposed on him for allegedly running death squads as "politically motivated".
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France, United KingdomBomb disposal experts visit the Surrey home of Saad al-Hilli, the British man shot dead in the French Alps with his wife and mother-in-law.
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AfghanistanA suicide attack in Afghanistan's north-eastern city of Kunduz kills 16 people and injures at least 20, local officials say.
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IranThe UN's nuclear watchdog urges Iran to grant inspectors access to the Parchin site, suspected of being used for tests related to nuclear weapons.
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United KingdomThe TUC votes to back co-ordinated strikes over the public sector pay freeze - but Downing Street says industrial action will change nothing.
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United States, 
MexicoBP is to sell a number of assets in the US Gulf of Mexico for $5.6bn (£3.5bn) to US company Plains Exploration and Production.
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KenyaAt least 30 people are killed in renewed ethnic clashes in south-east Kenya, with children and policemen among the dead.
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United Kingdom, AustraliaAustralia's Leigh Howard outsprints Mark Cavendish to win stage two of the Tour of Britain in Knowsley Safari Park.
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United StatesThe North American box office suffers one of its worst weekends in more than a decade, taking $65 million (£41m), according to industry estimates.
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IndiaA new film based on Sir Salman Rushdie's novel Midnight's Children may not be released in India, its director Deepa Mehta fears.
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BahrainProminent Bahraini human rights activist Nabeel Rajab appears in court to appeal against a three-year jail sentence for organising illegal protests.
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ItalyThousands of padlocks attached to a bridge crossing the Tiber in Rome are being removed by city authorities.
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United KingdomAn audience of 19.5 million for the UK-wide arts festival that accompanied the Olympic and Paralympic Games "exceeded expectations." organisers say.
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HungaryA former interior minister of Hungary, Bela Biszku, who oversaw the suppression of the 1956 revolution, is arrested on suspicion of war crimes.
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Egypt, SyriaNew UN-Arab League envoy to Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, begins his first mission with a visit to Cairo where he acknowledges the challenges he will face.
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OmanSix activists in Oman are given jail terms of between a year and 18 months for online criticism of the government.
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Iraq, 
TurkeyTurkey says it killed 25 rebels in a recent air offensive in northern Iraq, as the army also says hundreds of people have died in clashes in south-east Turkey this year.
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IndiaAn Indian anti-corruption cartoonist is remanded in custody on sedition charges, prompting criticism of what many see as an attack on freedom of expression.
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SwedenEthiopia pardons two Swedish journalists jailed last year for supporting terrorism and they will be released soon, a minister announces.
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GermanyBettina Wulff, wife of former German President Christian Wulff, has complained about the firm's auto-complete search text
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Afghanistan, United StatesThe US hands over control of the controversial Bagram prison, transferring more than 3,000 Taliban fighters and terror suspects to Afghan custody.
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France, United KingdomOnly one gun was used in the attack on a British man shot dead with his wife, mother-in-law and a cyclist in the French Alps, police in France say.
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GermanyGermany's top court examines whether to delay its verdict on the EU's 500bn-euro bailout fund after a leading conservative MP filed a complaint.
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Ireland, United KingdomRory McIlroy insists that he is yet to decide whether he will opt to represent Britain or Ireland at the 2016 Olympics.
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BrazilPolice in Brazil are investigating the deaths of six teenagers whose bodies were found on road works for Rio's 2016 Olympics.
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YemenSaid al-Shihri, described as the second-in-command of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, is killed in an operation in Yemen, officials say.
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Syria, FranceManaf Tlas, a Syrian general who defected in July, hints that French intelligence agencies helped him escape.
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Syria, FranceKey Syrian defector Gen Manaf Tlas has hinted that French secret agents helped him flee and accused the Syrian government of lying and being unwilling to reform.
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AfghanistanA soldier from The Light Dragoons killed in an explosion in Afghanistan on Sunday is named by the Ministry of Defence as Sgt Lee Davidson.
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United KingdomHundreds of thousands of people line the route of a victory parade through London to cheer Britain's Olympic and Paralympic athletes.
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United StatesUS President Barack Obama and his Democratic Party raise more cash than their Republican challengers, bringing in $114m (£71m) in August.
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Jordan, SyriaLife goes on in a Syrian refugee camp in Jordan as a traditional wedding takes place over the weekend.
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United KingdomSouth Africa preserve their 1-0 series lead over England as the second Twenty20 at Old Trafford is abandoned due to rain.
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United KingdomPeter Crouch is in exile from the England set-up after refusing to be on manager Roy Hodgson's stand-by list for Euro 2012.
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SpainSpain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy says his government will not accept conditions from outside over a possible bailout.
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IndonesiaBands seeking fame go indie in Indonesia
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South AfricaThousands of armed strikers have marched on Lonmin's Marikana mine in South Africa, where thirty-four of their colleagues were shot dead in August.
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Afghanistan, United StatesThe US military has handed control of a controversial prison housing more than 3,000 Taliban fighters and terrorism suspects to the Afghan authorities.
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ChinaSpeculation mounts over the whereabouts of China's Vice-President Xi Jinping, who has missed several key meetings in the past week.
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YemenSaid al-Shihri, described as the second-in-command of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), has been killed in an operation in southern Yemen, government officials say.
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Poland, United StatesNewly released documents suggest the US helped cover up Soviet responsibility for the 1940 massacre of Polish soldiers at Katyn.
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