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US actress Marcia Wallace, best known as the voice of Bart Simpson's teacher Edna Krabappel and also for her role in The Bob Newhart Show, dies, aged 70.
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Voters in Georgia go to the polls in presidential elections that will end nearly a decade in power for Mikheil Saakashvili.
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Voters in Argentina will go to the polls in mid-term elections that will shape President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's final years in power.
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China's New Express newspaper, which made front-page appeals for the release of its journalist Chen Yongzhou, issues an apology over his reports.
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Jorge Lorenzo beats Marc Marquez to win the Japan MotoGP and ensure the title fight goes down to the final race of the season.
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Bollywood once dominate the Indian music scene, but times are changing, as Yogita Limaye reports.
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Weapons inspectors in Syria have until the end of Sunday to meet their deadline for visiting all of the chemical weapons sites declared by the the country's government.
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A little-known Iranian Sunni group says it carried out Friday's deadly border post attack, and vows to avenge the hangings of prisoners in response.
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A row which left an Afghan soldier dead and three Nato colleagues wounded occurred at the perimeter gate of the new UK-run officer training base in Kabul, it emerges.
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At least three people are killed in clashes, as Bangladesh's opposition begins a three-day strike calling for the government to quit.
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Bayonne cancel the contract of Wales scrum-half Mike Phillips over allegations of drunken misconduct.
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The US has been spying on German Chancellor Angela Merkel's mobile phone since 2002, according to a report in Der Spiegel magazine.
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Authorities in Malaysia ban a planned concert by US pop star Kesha, saying it would hurt cultural and religious sensitivities.
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German media make new claims about US surveillance, including that President Obama knew about Chancellor Merkel's mobile being monitored.
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Dozens of people are killed in car bombings in Baghdad and Mosul, security officials say, as Iraq endures its most violent period since 2008.
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Ronnie O'Sullivan beats Anthony McGill 6-2 at the International Open in China on his return to ranking event action.
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An Afghan soldier has been shot dead and three Nato colleagues wounded in a dispute at a British-run officer training academy near Kabul.
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A roadside bomb attack in Ghazni province, south of the Afghan capital Kabul, has killed 18 people on their way to a wedding, officials say.
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Syria submits a plan for the destruction of its chemical weapons, as international inspectors try to complete visiting weapons sites.
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The German magazine Der Spiegel has published new allegations about American spying on Chancellor Angela Merkel.
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A bomb attack on crowds gathering for a rally by India's BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi kills five people.
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Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel clinches his fourth consecutive world title with a victory in the Indian Grand Prix.
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Authorities in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, have announced an end to all roadside monkey performances.
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Top seed Juan Martin Del Potro retains his Swiss Indoors title with a 7-6 (7-3) 2-6 6-4 win over Roger Federer in Basel.
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International observers describe Madagascar's presidential election as free and transparent, as results slowly come through.
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A collection of paintings by Hollywood action star Sylvester Stallone go on show at The Russian Museum in St Petersburg.
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At least 39 people are killed in a wave of car bomb attacks around the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.
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Colombia's Farc rebels free US hostage, former Marine Kevin Scott, to Red Cross representatives, after several months in captivity.
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The number of rape allegations handed to prosecutors in England and Wales falls to a five-year low, despite a 30% increase in the number of rapes reported to police.
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The chief of the US spy agency did not discuss the alleged bugging of German chancellor's phone with President Barack Obama, officials say.
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Lou Reed, influential US singer-songwriter and founder member of the Velvet Underground, dies aged 71.
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Egypt's most famous TV satirist returns for a new series
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An ally of billionaire Prime Minister Bidzi Ivanishvili is set to win Georgia's presidential election outright, partial results suggest.
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The mother of the Bulgarian Roma girl Maria, who was being raised by a Greek couple, has told a TV show that she did not sell her daughter.
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The leader of the Social Democrats in the Czech Republic defies a call from his party leadership to resign following poor election results.
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