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A senior United Nations official has criticised the Chilean government for using anti-terrorist legislation against the Mapuche indigenous minority.
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The emir of Kuwait Sabah al-Sabah announces a pardon for all those convicted of insulting him on the occasion of the last 10 days of Ramadan.
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US drugmaker Pfizer agrees to pay $491m (£320m) to settle a probe into illegal marketing of a drug by Wyeth, a firm it acquired in 2009.
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England's James Anderson is the best bowler of his generation, says legendary Pakistan paceman Wasim Akram.
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Record-high temperatures prompt China alert
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A university student in San Diego receives more than $4m from the US government after he is abandoned for four days in a prison cell, his lawyer says.
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The body of a fourth South Korean climber is found in Japan's central Alps, after three bodies were recovered on Tuesday.
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British Gas owner Centrica reports a rise in half-year profits, boosted by increased gas consumption over the unusually cold winter.
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Temperatures in parts of China have hit record highs, leading to the "hottest July" in Shanghai on record, state media say.
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Young African artists in the diaspora are mixing the best sounds from the continent with anything from hip-hop, to reggae and even house, in a style they call Afro-beats. Lebo Diseko reports.
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Two Australian state lawmakers should be charged with corruption, a probe finds, in a move that could hit Labor ahead of an imminent election.
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How French prisoners made a secret film of their camp
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Mali's ex-Prime Minister Ibrahim Boubakar Keita has a clear lead over his rivals in presidential elections intended to restore democratic rule, the government says.
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People in the Chinese city of Shanghai have been frying meat on the pavement as the city is gripped by a heatwave.
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The authorities in Honduras declare a state of emergency as cases of dengue fever, a viral infection spread by mosquitoes, continue to mount.
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Plastic surgeons in the US say they have moved a step closer to being able to grow a complete human ear from a patient's cells.
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The Bank of England helped in the sale of gold stolen by Nazis after the 1939 invasion of Czechoslovakia, new documents show,
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Wikileaks founder Julian Assange says the conviction of US Army Private Bradley Manning on spying charges sets a "dangerous precedent".
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Protests are being held in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, a day after the announcement that it will be split to form a new state of Telangana.
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Chinese tightrope walker Aisikaier Wubulikaisimu breaks high-wire walk record by completing an 18 metre (59ft) walk between two air balloons 100 metres off the ground in just 38.35 seconds.
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A court in Germany rules that a man who smokes in a rented flat can be evicted if the smoke gets into public areas of an apartment block.
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Historic changes are being made to the way US growth is measured, to include output from film and television. Michelle Fleury reports on the US economy's "Hollywood ending".
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A transcript emerges of the driver of a train that fatally derailed in Spain telling authorities he does not know why he going at twice the speed limit.
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China is not paying Hollywood its share of the profits from some of this year's big box office films, according to US media reports.
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People with a history of domestic violence should be prevented from having guns, new Home Office guidelines for England, Wales and Scotland say.
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Lawmakers in Uruguay are set to vote on a bill which would allow the state-controlled sale of marijuana in an attempt to curb drug trafficking.
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Scandal-hit French Socialist and ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn says he is now an economic advisor to Russian firms and his political career is over.
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Kevin Pietersen's chances of being fit to face Australia in the third Ashes Test are "pretty good", says England captain Alastair Cook.
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Israel's peace negotiator, Tzipi Livni, calls on parties in its coalition government to support the latest round of direct talks with the Palestinians.
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Australia captain Michael Clarke insists the tourists can still win the Ashes despite heading into the third Test 2-0 down to England.
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Jessica Ennis-Hill withdraws from the Great Britain team for next month's World Championships in Moscow.
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A third soldier who died from injuries sustained during SAS selection training in mid Wales amid high temperatures is named as Cpl James Dunsby.
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Cambodia's opposition party says it narrowly won Sunday's general election, challenging the ruling party's earlier declaration of victory.
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The father of US fugitive Edward Snowden says the FBI asked him to travel to Moscow and see his son, who he advises to "stay in Russia".
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The new boss of the German engineering firm Siemens says his priority is to stabilise the company after its former chief executive was dumped this week.
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Lawyers for Italy's former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi make final appeals to a top criminal court over his tax fraud conviction.
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European sanctions will be brought in against Faroese herring and mackerel imports from the end of August.
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Two armed men rob a luxury watch store in Cannes, days after gems worth 103m euros were stolen from a nearby hotel in the French Riviera town.
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The IMF says Greece must deliver long-promised reforms and promote growth, but says the nation is on course to exit recession.
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The father of US fugitive Edward Snowden said he believed the best option for his son was to stay in Russia.
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At least 47 out of 252 Taliban militants who escaped from a prison on Tuesday in north-west Pakistan have been rearrested, police say.
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Tom Burridge reports on the sense of crisis in Spanish politics amid allegations of illegal payments made to the ruling party
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The Obama administration releases documents on its phone-snooping, as a Senate panel questions intelligence officials about the programme.
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The US economy grew at an annualised pace of 1.7% in the second quarter of the year, more than expected, official figures show.
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Egypt's military-backed cabinet orders police to end sit-ins by supporters of ousted President Morsi, saying they are a national security threat.
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Tunisia's Education Minister Salem Labyedh has resigned following the assassination of opposition MP Mohamed Brahmi, the prime minister's office has said.
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Four Rwandans tell the BBC the army forcibly recruited them to fight for the M23 rebel group in neighbouring eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
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The United Nations has reported an increase in the number of Afghan civilian deaths this year, compared with the same period last year.
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The Federal Reserve maintains its bond-buying programme and predicts a pick-up in growth in the US economy.
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Olympic champion Chad Le Clos wins gold in the men's 200m butterfly at the World Swimming Championships in Barcelona.
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Zimbabwean electoral officials allow people to vote after the official end of elections, as a high turnout led to long queues at polling stations.
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A sentencing hearing begins at a US military court for Bradley Manning, who faces up to 136 years in prison for passing secret files to Wikileaks.
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United Nations inspectors will go to Syria to visit three sites where chemical weapons are suspected of being used, a spokesman says.
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England must not think about winning the Ashes when they face Australia at Old Trafford, says captain Alastair Cook.
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Seven people die and more than 40 others are admitted to hospital in the Cuban capital, Havana, after drinking a toxic liquid sold as rum.
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British Gas says it is planning to offer free electricity on Saturdays to some of its customers to encourage more power use at weekends.
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Vote counting begins after Zimbabwe's hard-fought presidential and parliamentary elections, which monitors say were "orderly and peaceful".
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The owner of several New Jersey TGI Friday's chain restaurants is fined for substituting cheap liquor in customers' orders of premium spirits.
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Russia's new net piracy law sparks controversy
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Conservation group WWF calls on a company to abandon plans to explore for oil in Africa's oldest national park, the Virunga in DR Congo.
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As the world awaits the results of Zimbabwe's elections, BBC journalist Lewis Machipisa talks about the country he was forced to leave behind.
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Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti says the club are now in talks to sign Tottenham forward Gareth Bale.
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What's next for gay marriage in the US?
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A Libyan court sentences a minister in the government of Muammar Gaddafi to death for inciting violence during the country's 2011 civil war.
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The elite US Navy Seal now living as a woman
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