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Japan, 
ChinaChinese communities in a number of cities around the world have held protests outside Japanese embassies, over the continued row over a group of disputed islands.
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SwedenTwo Swedish women could be able to give birth using the wombs in which they were carried, after doctors completed the world's first mother-to-daughter uterus transplants.
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Vietnam, 
United StatesHas the US forgotten lessons from Vietnam?
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India, 
FrancePictures of former French colony of Pondicherry in India
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United StatesFarmers all over the US are facing a growing challenge from weeds resistant to chemical sprays. But could more chemicals be the answer?
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United StatesUS company develops GM corn with built-in herbicide
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HungaryRiding into Hungary's health system
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JapanWhy so many Japan families adopt adult men
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JapanJapan Airlines shares rise modestly on its re-listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, more than two years after it filed for bankruptcy in one of Japan's biggest corporate failures.
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United StatesUS President Barack Obama has rebuked Republican rival Mitt Romney, saying that anyone seeking to be president needs to work for all Americans.
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RussiaA priest who supported the Pussy Riot protesters in Russia is to be defrocked by the Russian orthodox church.
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Burma, United StatesBurmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi calls for an easing of sanctions against the military-backed government, during a visit to the US.
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Colombia, 
VenezuelaColombian drug trafficker Daniel Barrera, described by the country's president as "most wanted" is captured over the border in Venezuela.
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Colombia, VenezuelaThe Colombian President, Juan Manuel Santos, says the last of the country's great drug barons has been captured in neighbouring Venezuela.
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United StatesUS President Barack Obama criticises Mitt Romney, as his Republican rival defends remarks secretly filmed at a fundraiser.
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FranceFashion chain French Connection reports a half-year loss as sales fall during a "very difficult" six months.
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Pakistan, 
United KingdomDefending champions England beat Pakistan by 15 runs in their final World Twenty20 warm-up game in Colombo.
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SpainManchester City manager Roberto Mancini tells Joe Hart to stop criticising the team, insisting he is the only "judge".
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JapanJapan partially approves a plan - without a specific deadline - to phase out nuclear power after last year's Fukushima disaster, officials say.
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Netherlands, 
ThailandDutch brewer Heineken ends the stand-off over control of the maker of Tiger beer, by garnering the support of a Thai billionaire.
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South AfricaStriking miners at a Lonmin-owned platinum mine in South Africa agree to return to work on Thursday after signing a deal accepting a pay rise of up to 22%.
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Russia, United StatesThe US Agency for International Development is forced to end operations in Russia after Moscow accuses it of meddling in politics.
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ArubaAustralian lawmakers overwhelmingly reject a bill that would have legalised gay marriages after days of heated debate.
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JapanThe Bank of Japan extends its asset purchasing programme, following similar moves by the Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank.
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South AfricaSouth African police use rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse protesters, a day after a deal ended a six-week strike at the Marikana mine.
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RussiaGreat Britain will play Russia at home in April 2013 in their Europe/Africa Zone Group I tie, with the World Group also drawn.
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Isle of ManMichael Douglas, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Sarah Jessica Parker were among the guests at a memorial service in New York for composer Marvin Hamlisch.
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United KingdomBank of England policymakers consider inflation is set to slow less rapidly than previous predictions, because of rising oil and food prices, minutes show.
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BrazilCampaign to bring down deadly death toll on Brazil's roads
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GhanaGhanaian writer on why she never tackled the witch camps
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IranEU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton meets Iran's nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili in a bid to end the stand-off over its nuclear programme.
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ItalyThe EU plans to give a record 670m euros in aid to the Emilia Romagna region in northern Italy, hit by earthquakes in May.
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IndiaIndia's Congress party meets to discuss a key ally's withdrawal from the government over plans to open the retail sector to global supermarket chains and other reforms.
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KenyaWill radical Islam ruin the charms of Kenya's tourist city?
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Switzerland, United KingdomAn extreme sports enthusiast from London who was missing in the Swiss Alps for three days has been found alive thanks to a campaign on Facebook.
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Ireland, 
AustraliaShane Watson claims 3-26 and hits a rapid 51 as Australia beat Ireland by seven wickets in World Twenty20 Group B.
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South Africa, United KingdomShares in Lonmin jump 9% at the start of trading in London, after the firm signs a pay deal with striking miners in South Africa.
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Democratic Republic of the CongoRebels in eastern DR Congo have set up a "de facto administration", the head of the UN's peacekeeping operations says.
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RwandaZimbabwe's police say they have launched a manhunt for a former top Rwandan official, accused of taking part in the 1994 genocide.
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BrazilThe three banded armadillo - which can curl itself up like a football - has been chosen as the mascot for the Brazil 2014 World Cup.
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Japan, ChinaChina's leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping warns Japan to "rein in its behaviour" and stop undermining Chinese sovereignty, state media report, as a row continues over disputed islands.
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AfghanistanAn Edinburgh woman was among 12 people killed in a suicide bombing in Afghanistan on Tuesday, it has emerged.
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China, United StatesChina's Vice-President appears "healthy", the US Defence Secretary said after holding Beijing talks with the leader, who vanished for two weeks.
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PakistanA bomb blast in Pakistan's north-western city Peshawar kills at least nine people, and wounds several others, officials say.
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United StatesSales of previously owned US homes reached their highest level for more than two years in August, figures show.
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United StatesChicago students return to school a day after teachers voted to end a seven-day strike that affected more than 350,000 students.
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United StatesUS space shuttle Endeavour embarks on its final mission from Florida - on the back of a modified Boeing 747 jet - bound for display in Los Angeles.
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United Kingdom, ChinaChina's news agency links fallen politician Bo Xilai to a criminal act for the first time, alleging he knew his wife was suspected of murdering a British man.
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GeorgiaGeorgian President Mikhail Saakashvili has suspended the country's entire prison staff, amid protests over video footage showing prisoners apparently being abused by guards.
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AfghanistanIndia work hard to overcome a spirited Afghanistan side by 23 runs in their opening match at the World Twenty20.
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SyriaThe neighbourhood of Midan has long been the livliest and most popular in Damascus, and despite heavy shelling it is business as usual.
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ItalyItaly's highest appeals court upholds guilty verdicts on 23 Americans, all but one of them CIA agents, accused of kidnapping a Muslim cleric in 2003.
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NigeriaFloods in eastern and central Nigeria have killed more than 130 people and displaced tens of thousands since the beginning of July.
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SudanSudan's President Omar al-Bashir opens the country's first gold refinery, which officials say is one of Africa's largest plants.
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MexicoMexican investigators will try to establish what caused a deadly explosion at a gas plant, as the plant's owners say it was "an unfortunate accident".
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SyriaHeavy fighting hits Syria's capital Damascus, as Amnesty International says government forces are "indiscriminately" bombing civilians.
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United StatesBill Gates is the wealthiest American for a 19th year, while the wealth of the top 400 grew faster than the economy, Forbes magazine says.
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DenmarkA Swedish magazine publishes photographs of the Duchess of Cambridge sunbathing topless, as a Danish weekly says it plans to run them on Thursday.
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United StatesFourteen US officials face possible disciplinary action over a botched gun-running operation, but the attorney general is cleared of wrongdoing.
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Taiwan, ChinaIs Taiwan experience changing Chinese students?
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GeorgiaGeorgian President Mikhail Saakashvili orders the suspension of all prison staff, in response to video footage apparently showing abuse of inmates.
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Colombia, VenezuelaOfficials give details of the arrest of Colombian drug kingpin Daniel Barrera, who was captured as he used a payphone in neighbouring Venezuela.
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BurmaBurmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has received the Congressional Gold Medal, which she was awarded in absentia in 2008, while under house arrest.
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SyriaThe UN secretary general says there may not be a military solution to Syria's conflict, though both sides seem intent on defeating the other by force.
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FranceSecurity has been increased at France's interests abroad after a French satirical magazine published obscene cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.
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United KingdomSchools in England must do more to ensure funding from the pupil premium is targeted to the disadvantaged pupils it is intended for, Ofsted says.
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BrazilNew biopic Heleno looks at the life of one of Brazil's greatest footballers - Heleno de Freitas - who rose to fame in the 1940s.
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United StatesRomney's wealth redistribution views highlight conservative split
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RussiaThe widow of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko has told the BBC she hopes an inquest will find the truth about what happened to him.
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ChinaInteractive look at changing population challenge
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