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IndiaWhy lie-detection has become big business in India
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United KingdomHospitals in England could be on the brink of collapse because of the rising demand and complexity of cases they are seeing, doctors warn.
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United StatesFans struggle with American football's brutality
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Libya, United StatesPresident Barack Obama vows to bring to justice those who carried out an attack on a US consulate in Libya that killed the American ambassador.
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FranceShoppers hitting the streets of Paris could now be going home with a man in their shopping baskets.
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ChinaBuzz over China's new prototype warship
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AustraliaAustralian police say they have arrested a man on suspicion of terrorism-related offences following raids in six Melbourne suburbs.
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South KoreaSouth Korea unveils a fresh stimulus plan, its second in four days, in a bid to revive growth in its economy.
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ChinaChinese Vice-President Xi Jinping is cited in state media - the first reported communication since he disappeared from view 12 days ago.
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IndiaA top militant allegedly involved in the 1999 hijack of an Indian passenger plane is arrested in Indian-administered Kashmir, police say.
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Libya, United StatesWashington is investigating whether the attack that killed the US ambassador in Libya was planned by militants, officials say.
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CambodiaA war crimes court in Cambodia orders the release of Khmer Rouge leader Ieng Thirith, saying she is unfit to stand trial.
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ColombiaA senior member of Colombia’s oldest and largest armed insurgent group, the Farc, has told the BBC he is "supremely optimistic" about a new round of peace talks due to start next month.
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MexicoMexico says it has arrested Jorge Eduardo Costilla, one of the country's most wanted drug lords and the second suspected Gulf cartel leader captured in recent days.
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United KingdomRapper Plan B and singer-songwriter Richard Hawley are named joint favourites to win the Mercury Prize as this year's shortlist is announced.
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United Kingdom, United StatesUS actor Dustin Hoffman, British rock band Led Zeppelin and TV host David Letterman are to be honoured by Washington's Kennedy Center later this year.
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RussiaA Russian-led expedition finds well preserved mammoth remains in Siberia but downplays reports that the material could be used to clone the ancient beast.
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DenmarkNursery workers in central Denmark offer two hours' free childcare for parents each week in a novel scheme to boost the birth rate.
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EgyptA court in Cairo sentences former Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif to three years in jail for corruption.
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South AfricaA leader of South Africa's striking platinum miners has called for a general strike starting Sunday to "bring mining companies to their knees".
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Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), United KingdomBritish film-maker Stanley Long, known for directing low-budget sex comedies in the 1960s and '70s, dies aged 78.
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United KingdomThere has been a rise in hate crimes against disabled people, police figures for England, Wales and Northern Ireland show.
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Egypt, United StatesUS President Barack Obama says Egypt is 'not an ally, nor is it an enemy', in the wake of violent anti-US protests in Cairo.
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ItalyItalian supercar and racing firm Ferrari reports record sales and profits for the first six months of 2012.
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VietnamVietnam's prime minister hits out at three blogs critical of the government, ordering that those behind them be ''seriously punished''.
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IranThe movie which spelt freedom for 'exiled' Iranian filmmaker
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Democratic Republic of the CongoHealth officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo say an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus has already killed 31 people and could affect many more.
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ZimbabweA court in Zimbabwe throws out a bid by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's former partner to block his wedding to his new fiancee.
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NetherlandsDutch voters back pro-European centrist parties and inflict heavy losses on a far-right Eurosceptic group.
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United KingdomShares in UK defence contractor BAE Systems and European aerospace firm EADS both fall a day after they revealed they had entered merger talks.
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IndiaIndia's Supreme Court rejects a petition by anti-nuclear protesters to stop fuel being loaded into a new nuclear plant in Tamil Nadu state.
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United KingdomMark Cavendish surrenders the overall lead of the Tour of Britain as Marc de Maar produces a stunning display to win stage five.
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United KingdomUK Athletics (UKA) appoints Neil Black as performance director following the resignation of head coach Charles van Commenee.
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United StatesThe US central bank announces it will resume its policy of pumping more money into the economy via so-called quantitative easing.
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KenyaThousands of doctors in Kenya embark on an indefinite strike joining teachers and lecturers whose strike this month has paralysed the education section.
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IndiaIndia's Supreme Court has rejected a demand by anti-nuclear protesters to stop fuel being loaded into a new nuclear plant in the Tamil Nadu state.
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IranThe UN nuclear agency rebukes Iran for failing to stop atomic activity, saying it has "serious concerns" about its failure to stop enriching uranium.
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AfghanistanBest and worst case scenarios for Afghanistan
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FrancePolice in France are still trying to piece together the events surrounding the shootings of Saad al-Hilli, 50, who was killed along with his wife Iqbal, 47, his mother-in-law, and a passing cyclist in Chevaline.
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PakistanThe Pakistani city of Karachi is in mourning following a blaze which killed 264 people at a garment factory, whose owners police are now seeking.
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ColombiaSenior Farc guerrilla on ending the Colombian conflict
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United StatesNew York City passes the first US ban on large-size sodas and other sugary drinks being sold in restaurants and other eateries.
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GuatemalaTens of thousands of Guatemalans living on the slopes of the Fuego volcano are evacuated as powerful eruptions launch molten rocks from its crater.
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Yemen, United StatesProtests against an anti-Islam film made in the US spread, as angry crowds gather outside US embassies in the Middle East and North Africa.
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SyriaThe new UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi begins his first visit to Syria since his appointment, meeting the country's foreign minister.
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RussiaRussian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin admits many of his wildlife stunts were staged, saying they were his way of raising awareness.
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SwitzerlandResearchers in Switzerland show off images of the molecular world so detailed that the type of atomic bonds between their atoms can be discerned.
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Afghanistan, United KingdomDefence Secretary Philip Hammond has raised concerns about the safety of UK troops, while on a trip to Afghanistan
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France, United KingdomThe former RAF pilot who found a British family murdered in the French Alps says he feared the killer could still be nearby to shoot him next.
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Uganda, United KingdomUgandan authorities charge British theatre producer David Cecil for staging a play about the condition of gay people in the country.
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The GambiaThe dark side of The Gambia officials seek to hide from tourists
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