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The Czech government bans the sale of all spirits containing more than 20% alcohol following a wave of poisoning that has left 19 people dead.
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The man expected to be China's next leader, Xi Jinping, appears in public after a two-week absence that fuelled speculation about his health.
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The new culture secretary writes to broadcasters urging them not to cut their coverage of women's sport now London 2012 is over.
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Tens of thousands attend the funeral in South Korea of Unification Church founder Sun Myung Moon, who died this month at the age of 92.
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Local residents in Guatemala have begun to return to their homes as the Fuego volcano dies down
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A soldier from 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards has been killed in Afghanistan after his vehicle hit a roadside bomb, the Ministry of Defence says.
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800 years of failed Syrian interventions
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Australia and India record victories over New Zealand and Sri Lanka respectively to win their World T20 warm-up matches.
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An Italian weekly magazine says it plans to publish photographs of the Duchess of Cambridge sunbathing topless in a special issue next week.
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Peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi warns the Syrian crisis presents a "threat to the world" after holding his first meeting with President Bashar al-Assad.
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The Czech government has taken the unprecedented step of banning the sale of all alcoholic spirits, after a series of poisonings left 19 people dead.
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Australia survive Argentina scare, while New Zealand beat South Africa 22-11 in the latest round of the Rugby Championship.
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Pope Benedict has called for the "fundamental right" of religious freedom to be observed in the Middle East during a speech on the second day of his visit to Lebanon.
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What explains the anti-US protests, asks Shashank Joshi
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Dani Pedrosa edges Jorge Lorenzo by just 0.018 seconds in qualifying to take pole position for the San Marino Grand Prix.
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Sarah Pickstone wins the £25,000 John Moores Painting Prize, billed as Britain's most prestigious painting accolade, for a work inspired by poet Stevie Smith.
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Chinese tightrope walker Adil Hoshur and two disciples created a new world record on Saturday, for simultaneously walking on a 1,400-metre long wire.
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A man suspected of involvement in the making of an anti-Islamic film that has sparked violent protests across the Middle East and north Africa is questioned by US probation officers.
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Angry protesters besiege Japanese diplomatic missions and businesses in cities around China, as a row over disputed islands escalates.
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Police fire tear gas and rubber bullets at striking Marikana mine workers, in the latest stage of a government crackdown on unrest.
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Tens of thousands of opposition supporters march through Moscow in the first major protest against President Putin in three months.
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Prince Harry was at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan during an attack in which two US marines died, that the Taliban claim was revenge for a film mocking Islam.
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Gambian President Yahya Jemmeh orders that execution of prisoners on death row be suspended, amid an international outcry.
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Thousands of protesters have marched through the Russian capital Moscow, in the first big opposition rally against President Putin for three months.
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Egypt's PM Hisham Qandil tells the BBC that the US must do all it can to stop people from insulting beliefs, as protests continue over an anti-Islam film made in the US.
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India's government must scrap its plan to open up its lucrative retail sector to global supermarket chains, a key coalition partner warns.
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More than 3,000 goldfish have been competing at the first International Goldfish Championships in China's Fujian Province.
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Ethiopia's acting Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn is appointed head of the ruling coalition, paving the way for him to become the country's leader.
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Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara wins the ICC Cricketer of the Year award
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The Irish Daily Star prints topless images of the Duchess of Cambridge, sparking condemnation from both of the paper's co-owners.
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Militants breach the heavily fortified Camp Bastion base in Afghanistan, killing two US marines, in what the Taliban say was revenge over the film mocking Islam.
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An 18-year-old American man is arrested in an FBI sting operation on suspicion of attempting to plant a car bomb outside a Chicago bar.
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The US orders all non-essential diplomatic staff and families to leave Tunisia and Sudan, amid a wave of protests over an anti-Islam film made in the US.
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The Taliban has attacked a base in southern Afghanistan where Prince Harry is stationed, killing two US marines.
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Tens of thousands of people rally in Spain and Portugal in protest at spending cuts and tax rises in the debt-hit countries.
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A round on one of world's most dangerous golf courses - in Kabul
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Strike grips legendary film studios in Rome
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India's oldest auction house fights for survival
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