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Cameroon fail to progress beyond the World Cup group stage once again as they slump to a heavy defeat against Croatia.
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Chile's Pablo Neruda Foundation has found 20 previously unknown poems by the late Nobel prize winner while cataloguing some of his manuscripts.
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One of the most highly regarded pianists and composers in jazz, Horace Silver, dies aged 85 in the US.
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A man wanted in the death of a US border official has been extradited, in a case linked to a botched gun-running sting.
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China hands down lengthy jail terms to three anti-corruption activists who had called for officials to disclose their personal wealth.
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The final days of US air base in Kyrgyzstan
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Felipe VI of Spain has acceded to the throne, following the abdication of his father Juan Carlos.
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Pope Francis will visit South Korea in August, where he will honour 124 "martyrs" from the 17th and 18th Centuries.
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President Obama believes he does not need congressional approval for US action against advancing militants in Iraq, the top Senate Republican says.
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At least nine people have gone missing after a second boat believed to be carrying 27 Indonesians capsizes off the west coast of Malaysia.
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The BBC's Pascale Harter visits a shop selling trinkets and memorabilia to commemorate the swearing in of Spain's new king.
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Mexican officials discover a mass grave with more than 30 bodies in the eastern state of Veracruz, where rival drug gangs have been fighting.
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Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo could be risking his career, Hazard is not going to PSG, Mario Balotelli offer, plus more.
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A moderate Buddhist monk in Sri Lanka, who had been highly critical of an extremist Buddhist group, has been found beaten and gagged in Colombo.
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Impoverished children of the Democratic Republic of Congo are taking lessons in capoeira - a mix of martial arts and dance associated with Brazil.
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Albanian police seize more than 10 tonnes of marijuana in a major operation against cannabis growers controlling the southern village of Lazarat.
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A former Nepalese living goddess and the mother and tutor of a recent "Kumari" on life as the reincarnation of the Hindu goddess Durga.
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Germany's cave rescue tested human limits to the full
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Australia drops a plan to place its first nuclear waste dump on Aborigine land, following years of legal wrangling.
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India has taken over from the US as the largest importer of Nigerian oil, the west African state's national oil company says.
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Surveillance drones are to be used by the United Nations in Mali's northern desert region where armed groups remain active.
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Victor Hugo comes under fire from angry French students
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A basic email etiquette gaff exposes the names of all those interested in the US government auction of seized bitcoins.
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Wales replace Adam Jones with Samson Lee and Josh Turnbull is in the back-row for the second Test against South Africa.
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The father of one of the 40 Indians kidnapped in the Iraqi city of Mosul has said that his family has not heard from their son since Sunday.
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Former Liberian President Charles Taylor wants to serve the rest of his sentence for war crimes in a Rwandan prison, saying he has been denied the right to family life.
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Football's governing body Fifa starts proceedings against Mexico after alleged homophobic chants by their fans during the World Cup match against Cameroon.
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England captain Alastair Cook calls for a crackdown on "personal" attacks on his style of leadership.
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Cuba confirms its first cases of the mosquito-borne chikungunya fever as the virus continues to spread through the Caribbean and Central America.
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The BBC's Pascale Harter spoke to some royal fans wearing inflatable crowns who had gathered in support of the new king outside the parliament building in Madrid.
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A group of 88 Chilean football fans are told they have to leave Brazil after they forced their way into the press centre at the Maracana stadium on Wednesday in a bid to watch their team play Spain.
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A Turkish court orders the release of 230 military officers convicted over a 2003 plot to overthrow PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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Israeli soldiers exchange gunfire with Palestinians during raids in the West Bank in the hunt for three missing teenagers.
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Human Rights Watch says Kurdish authorities ruling parts of northern Syria have committed rights abuses including arbitrary arrests and beatings.
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Harrison Ford is to begin rehab shortly after breaking his left leg while shooting the new Star Wars film, his publicist confirms.
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Spain's King Felipe VI has been sworn in as head of state after his father Juan Carlos abdicated after nearly forty years on the throne.
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Ukraine-Russia crisis sparks rival World Cup songs
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The prime minister of Poland says a snap election could be called in weeks if secret recording scandal is not contained, amid uproar in the media.
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Iraqi government forces are battling Sunni militants for control of the country's biggest oil refinery, as the US considers a request for air strikes.
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An injured man trapped underground for 12 days in Germany's deepest cave is brought to the surface after a painstaking rescue operation.
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The BBC's Matthew Price is behind-the-scenes on board the Bergamini, part of the Italian navy's Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) operation, which patrols the seas in the search for migrant boats.
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King Felipe VI calls for "a new Spain that we will build together" after being proclaimed the country's head of state in a ceremony in parliament.
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Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders and other friends of Rik Mayall join his family to mourn the comedian and actor at a private funeral in Devon.
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A pregnant French woman denied benefits in the UK was entitled to the payments, the European Court of Justice rules.
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Schools in England and Wales face disruption next month, as the National Union of Teachers says it will take strike action.
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The new president of Ukraine says he will sign a controversial association agreement with the EU on 27 June, as fighting rages in the east.
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Daniel Ricciardo feels he can challenge Mercedes at this weekend's Austrian Grand Prix on his Red Bull team's own track.
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An investigation is launched in South Africa into allegations that the head of SABC, the country's public broadcaster, was given a wife as a gift.
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Tens of thousands flee North Waziristan in north-west Pakistan as military aircraft pound suspected Taliban targets ahead of an expected ground offensive.
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Liechtenstein has agreed to return $227m to Nigeria that was looted by former military ruler Sani Abacha, the finance ministry confirms.
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The top of a mountain in Chile has been blown up make way for the world's largest optical and infrared telescope.
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General Electric revises its bid for the energy business of France's Alstom to try and convince the government that its bid is better than a rival one by Siemens-Mitsubishi.
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An injured German caver trapped underground for 12 days is brought to the surface after a painstaking rescue operation.
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Afghan candidate Abdullah Abdullah says he will reject any final result following Saturday's presidential vote, which he says was marred by fraud.
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Two years after he took refuge at the Ecuadorean embassy in London, the Wikileaks founder Julian Assange says he fears for the safety of his family.
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The White House announces visa restrictions and other measures on Uganda for anti-gay laws it says are "counter to universal human rights".
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Security forces in Kenya kill five people suspected of involvement in attacks that killed at least 60 people, amid doubts over the identity of the gunmen.
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US President Barack Obama awards the Medal of Honor to a marine who rushed towards a live grenade to shield a comrade during a Taliban attack in Afghanistan.
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US Congressman Kevin McCarthy becomes the second-ranking member of the House of Representatives in a Republican caucus leadership vote.
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The key sickness benefit is helping fewer people get jobs, while its rising cost is one of the largest financial risks facing the UK, internal government documents say.
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A political crisis has erupted in Poland after raids on Wprost, a weekly magazine that published recordings of the interior minister and the head of the country's central bank discussing ways to help the government win re-election.
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The precious blue tanzanite stone has become one of the most coveted gemstones in the world, but it is mined by underage workers in Mererani, Tanzania.
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England need Italian help to progress after Uruguay striker Luis Suarez's brace condemns them to a 2-1 Fifa World Cup defeat.
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Argentina's stock market falls 4.9% after the country's cabinet chief said there would be no delegation to the US to negotiate with bondholders over a $1.3bn debt.
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As many as 75 workers at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are receiving treatment for possible exposure to anthrax bacteria.
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England lock Joe Launchbury will replace the injured Geoff Parling for the third and final Test against New Zealand on Saturday.
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Lance Armstrong's bid to dismiss a federal lawsuit claiming his US Postal team defrauded the government has been rejected.
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How two men crossed Mexico on abandoned train tracks
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Why everyone wants a piece of the Antarctic continent
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Colombia beat Ivory Coast to clinch a last-16 place at the World Cup for the first time since 1990.
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