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The "spirit of generosity" demonstrated by British spectators during the London 2012 Olympics is hailed by Games chief Lord Coe.
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Botswana, 
BrazilThe Olympic flag arrives in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, the next host of the Games, a day after the closing ceremony in London.
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Democratic Republic of the CongoFour members of the Democratic Republic of Congo's Olympic delegation - including a judo athlete - are missing in London, reports say.
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Police investigating the death of Tia Sharp are examining the possibility the schoolgirl had been smothered.
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The closing ceremony of the London Olympics, which featured music stars from The Who to The Spice Girls, is broadly welcomed by the world's critics.
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SwitzerlandManchester City striker Mario Balotelli withdraws from the Italy squad for Wednesday's friendly with England with conjunctivitis.
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The International Paralympic Committee is hopeful London 2012 will be the first sell-out in the Games' 50-year history.
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CameroonCameroonian boxers who deserted their Olympic squad last week tell the BBC they want to stay in the UK to develop their careers.
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The curtain closes on the London Olympics with a spectacular musical ceremony and the official handover to the next host city, Rio de Janeiro.
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CameroonFive Olympic athletes from Cameroon say they are seeking to remain in Britain after leaving the Olympic village last week.
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Harry and Amelia are the most popular first names given to babies born in England and Wales in 2011, according to the Office for National Statistics.
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Alastair Cook is among six England players nominated for the annual International Cricket Council awards.
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Bahrain, 
QatarThe UK prime minister to try to help a British woman who lives in Bahrain to be reunited with her son Adam, who is being kept in Qatar by the family of her late husband, Adam's father.
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Employers are facing a "make-or-break moment" as many will have to make job cuts if the economy does not pick up, according to a report.
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BBC Sport rounds up the records, medals and action you might have missed from the final day of the London Olympics.
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Kevin Pietersen is dropped by England for failing to prove he did not send derogatory text messages about team-mates.
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More than 200 firefighters tackle a blaze described by London Fire Brigade as the biggest seen in the capital for several years.
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Boxer Anthony Joshua wins GB's 29th gold in his super-heavyweight bout, as crowds pack venues on the final day of London 2012.
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UgandaUganda's Stephen Kiprotich beats Kenyans Abel Kirui and Wilson Kipsang to win the Olympic men's marathon in London.
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When London won the right to hold the Olympic Games seven years ago, one of the disappointed cities was New York.
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SomaliaOne of two Somali athletes competing at the Olympic Games denies they are seeking asylum in the UK, but tells the BBC they are worried about threats.
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Usain Bolt says he will continue to "push the barriers" after finishing London 2012 as a triple Olympic champion for the second time.
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Mo Farah wins the 5,000m for his second Olympic title of London 2012 as boxer Luke Campbell claims GB's 28th gold and Usain Bolt takes relay gold with a new world record.
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JamaicaUsain Bolt wins a third gold of the 2012 Olympics as Jamaica seal victory in the men's 4x100m relay in a world record.
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Russia, 
South AfricaSouth African Caster Semenya loses out on Olympic 800m gold to Russian World Champion Mariya Savinova at London 2012.
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United StatesUSA win their fifth successive 4x400m Olympic gold medal as their quartet races to an easy victory at London 2012.
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Kevin Pietersen releases a video interview in which he says he is committed to playing for England in all forms of the game.
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Mo Farah wins his second gold of London 2012, adding the 5,000m to the 10,000m title he won in the Olympic Stadium last week.
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The Olympics closing ceremony will be "the best after-show party of all time", its artistic director says.
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FranceJulie Bresset wins France's 10th gold medal at London 2012 by sealing victory in the women's mountain biking.
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Aruba, RussiaRussia's Sergey Kirdyapkin sets a new Olympic record in winning the men's 50km walk from Australian Jared Tallent.
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British diver Tom Daley qualifies for Saturday's men's 10m platform Olympic final after rediscovering his form at the Aquatics Centre.
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A UK ticket-holder has come forward to claim Friday's £148m Euromillions jackpot - the UK's second-biggest lottery win.
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Shanaze Reade is considering a return to track cycling at the Rio 2016 Olympics after failing to win a BMX medal in London.
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Ed McKeever powers his way to victory in the men's 200m kayak to win Britain's 26th gold medal of the 2012 Olympics.
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ChinaGu Kailai admits murdering British businessman Neil Heywood and blames her actions on a mental breakdown, Chinese state media report.
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Competitive team sports will be made compulsory for all primary school children in England, David Cameron is to announce.
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Argentina, 
NetherlandsThe Netherlands win Olympic women's hockey gold for the third time in their history with a 2-0 win over Argentina in London.
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Police investigating the disappearance of 12-year-old Tia Sharp find a body at the south London home of her grandmother, whose partner Stuart Hazell is now being sought.
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BBC reporters around the world ask people what they think the highlights of London 2012 have been so far.
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Great Britain's sailors win two silvers, while there are bronzes in boxing and hockey, to increase the host nation's medal total to 56.
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The organisers of Rio 2016 have set out their plans for the Olympic and Paralympic Games and their portion of the London 2012 closing ceremony.
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New ZealandGreat Britain's women win their first Olympic hockey medal since 1992, beating New Zealand 3-1 in the bronze medal match.
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Afghanistan, United StatesThe Ministry of Defence could be forced to reveal whether the UK had a role in supplying information to a US military "kill list" in Afghanistan.
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Police investigating the disappearance of schoolgirl Tia Sharp search the area around her grandmother's home in south London.
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SyriaForeign Secretary William Hague says the UK's commitment of an extra £5m in non-lethal equipment to opposition groups is "the right thing to do".
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AfghanistanA soldier from 3rd Battalion The Rifles has been killed by "enemy action" while on patrol in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence says.
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ItalyManchester United's Michael Carrick is recalled to the England squad for Wednesday's friendly against Italy.
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Luke Patience and Stuart Bithell win an Olympic silver medal in the 470 sailing class, narrowly losing to Australia.
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British artist Antony Gormley opens his first exhibition in Rio of his life-size statues - to mixed reactions from local passers-by.
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Usain Bolt declares himself "the greatest athlete" to have lived after becoming the first man to successfully defend both 100m and 200m titles at the London Olympics.
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The highs and lows of social media from London 2012
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A UK-wide consultation on government plans to introduce mandatory plain packaging for tobacco, which attracted strong public interest, will close later.
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AfghanistanAfghanistan taekwondo hero Rohullah Nikpai matches his achievements in Beijing with bronze at London 2012 in the men's -68kg.
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ChinaThe murder trial of the wife of a prominent Chinese politician, who is accused of killing a British businessman, has ended after one day.
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ChinaTeenager Jade Jones wins Great Britain's 25th gold medal of the Games as she beats China's Yuzhuo Hou.
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China's Chen Ruolin defends her women's Olympic 10m platform diving title to claim her second gold medal of London 2012.
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David Rudisha becomes the first athlete to set a new world record on the track at London 2012 as he wins 800m gold.
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Charlotte Dujardin takes a second dressage gold in the individual event, taking GB to three golds in equestrian.
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Officials at Wales' leading cultural festival cover up paintings of a teenage murderer and the 15-year-old girl he killed after protests from her mother.
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Eva Risztov wins the women's 10km open water race at London 2012, as Great Britain's Keri-Anne Payne finishes fourth.
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ChinaThe wife of former high-flying Chinese politician Bo Xilai is awaiting a verdict after the end of her one-day trial for the murder of a UK businessmen.
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A season's best performance from Britain's men's 4x400m relay team ensure they qualify for Friday's Olympic final.
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RussiaA High Court judge will hold a pre-inquest review into the death of Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, who was poisoned in London in 2006.
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The UK's trade gap widened sharply in June, to its worst level since comparable records began in 1997.
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ChinaInjured Chinese hurdler Liu Xiang will have surgery on his ruptured Achilles tendon in Britain after crashing out of the London Olympics.
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A Twitter account acting as a parody of England's Kevin Pietersen is removed from the social media website.
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IndiaOne of India's biggest hopes at London 2012, the boxer Mary Kom, has secured a bronze medal in the Olympics, losing the semi-final to Britain's Nicola Adams.
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ChinaThe first day of the trial of the wife of former high-flying Chinese lawmaker Bo Xilai on charges of murdering UK businessman Neil Heywood ends in the city of Hefei.
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CameroonMark Adams of the International Olympic committee and Jackie Brock Doyle of London 2012 say the situation involving seven missing Cameroon athletes is being ''watched''.
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David Cameron says there needs to be "a big cultural change" towards sport in schools if Britain is to capitalise on Team GB's best Olympics gold medal haul since 1908.
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GB's Lisa Dobriskey and Laura Weightman qualify for the final of the women's 1500m, but Hannah England misses out.
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Usain Bolt eases into Thursday's 200m final to keep alive his hopes of completing the sprint double at the London Olympics.
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London 2012 officials refuse to confirm announcements from Muse and George Michael that they will take part in Sunday's Olympic closing ceremony,
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IrelandSeth McFarlane's comedy Ted, about a teddy bear that comes to life, goes straight to the top of the UK and Ireland box office chart.
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Made in England has never been the best pitch when it comes to selling wine, but a positive review from a visiting group of international experts could prove the endorsement the industry needs
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Nick Skelton's dream of an individual Olympic showjumping medal for Great Britain ends as he clips a fence in the final, handing gold to Switzerland.
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The Bank of England cuts its growth forecast to near zero from about 0.8% predicted in May, as the double-dip recession intensifies.
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UruguayEngland rise above Copa America winners Uruguay to third in the Fifa world rankings, their highest ever position.
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ArubaThe Australian sports minister, Kate Lundy, will row a length of Eton Dorney wearing a Team GB shirt if she loses a bet with the UK Olympic minister, Hugh Robertson.
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PakistanPakistan's final hopes for London 2012 lie on the shoulders of 20-year-old 800 metre competitor Rabia Ashiq from Lahore.
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IndiaIndian boxer Mary Kom is set to take on Great Britain's Nicola Adams in the women's Olympic boxing semi-finals in London.
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The number of people being placed in jobs in the UK falls for the second straight month in July, although the pace of decline slows.
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Sir Chris Hoy says Britain's success in winning seven track cycling golds at London 2012 is beyond his wildest dreams.
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CameroonSeven Cameroonian athletes, including five boxers, disappear while in Britain for the Olympics, the head of the country's delegation says.
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IranGhasem Rezaei adds another Olympic wrestling gold to Iran's haul in London, defeating Rustam Totrov in the -96kg final.
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SyriaAs growing evidence suggests the presence of British islamic extremists in Syria.
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ChinaGreat Britain claim best Olympics gold medal haul for 104 years as Sir Chris Hoy wins sixth gold.
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Sir Chris Hoy wins a sixth Olympic gold medal to become the most successful British Olympian of all time.
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China, 
Japan, 
SingaporeChina's women win team gold at London 2012 after a dominant display against opponents Japan, while Singapore take bronze.
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Britain's Laura Trott secures a superb second gold medal of the Olympics with victory in the women's omnium.
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Team GB deliver their best Olympic performance since the 1908 London Games with the 20th gold coming in the team dressage.
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ChinaAlistair Brownlee secures Great Britain's 19th gold of London 2012, equalling the Beijing total, with victory in the triathlon.
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AustraliaHard lessons for Australia after a poor Olympics
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Andrew Lloyd Webber says he was wrong to predict a 'bloodbath' for London theatre during the Olympics, as figures show takings have risen by 25 per cent since the Games began.
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Usain Bolt begins his bid to complete the sprint double at London 2012 by cruising into the semi-finals of the Olympic 200m.
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IsraelThe widow of an Israeli athlete killed at the 1972 Munich Olympics condemns the IOC at a memorial service on Monday for failing to hold a minute of silence at the London 2012 opening ceremony.
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British medal hope Phillips Idowu is out of the Olympic men's triple jump as he fails to qualify for Thursday's final.
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Great Britain win their 17th and 18th gold medals as the showjumping team and Jason Kenny win at London 2012.
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South AfricaBatsman Kevin Pietersen hints that the third Test against South Africa at Lord's may be his last for England.
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