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Karadzic appeal deadline passes - A deadline expires for Bosnian Serb ex-leader Radovan Karadzic to appeal against extradition to The Hague on genocide charges....
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Hope of deal in world trade talks - Global trade talks that earlier looked near collapse have made progress and a deal might now be possible....
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Five die in Gaza City explosion - Four Hamas militants and a five-year-old girl die in an explosion targeting a car on Gaza City's beachfront, medics say....
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Obama to meet UK PM on London visit - White House hopeful Barack Obama is to hold talks with Prime Minister Gordon Brown after flying into London....
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Chad rebels release US missionary - Chadian rebels free an American missionary after holding him hostage for more than nine months, his organisation says....
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Hole forces Qantas plane to land - A Qantas plane makes an emergency landing in Manila as a hole in its belly causes it to lose cabin pressure, an official says....
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Spears child custody deal agreed - Pop star Britney Spears and her former husband Kevin Federline reach a financial agreement in their child custody case....
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Last-ditch Iraq talks on IOC ban - Iraq will hold talks with the International Olympic Committee aimed at reinstating athletes banned from Beijing....
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Rising demands threaten wetlands - Wetlands risk conversion to farmland as demand for food and biofuel grows, a conference in Brazil is told....
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DNA tests on 'yeti' split ends could help solve mystery - Scientists in the UK who examined hairs reputed to belong to a yeti in India say that an initial series of tests have proved inconclusive....
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Sprinter Powell eases to 100m win - Asafa Powell completes his pre-Olympic preparations with an impressive victory at the London Grand Prix....
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Pietersen admits to Trophy fears - England batsman Kevin Pietersen says he has serious reservations about travelling to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy....
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Week in pictures - Some of the most striking images in the world this week...
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Money trouble - Why the weak dollar is hitting East Timor hard...
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Against the odds - Somali sprinter's journey from war to the Olympics...
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Perilous position - When attack becomes defence in Helmand...
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'Killing time' - Violence grips a Washington DC neighbourhood ...
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Online queen - Rania of Jordan goes on YouTube to tackle stereotypes...
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Sudanese warning on peacekeepers - Sudan again warns it cannot be held responsible for the safety of UN troops in Darfur if its leader is prosecuted for war crimes....
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US home foreclosures on the rise - The number of homes in some stage of being repossessed more than doubled in the three months to June, a report shows....
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China paper censored for breach - A Chinese newspaper falls foul of the authorities by printing an image from the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown....
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Cyprus sets date for peace talks - Leaders from both sides of the divided island of Cyprus agree to launch reunification talks in early September, the UN says....
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Fresh clashes shake Lebanese city - Sectarian fighting breaks out between rival Lebanese factions in the northern city of Tripoli with one reported fatality....
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'Serial bombs' hit India's IT hub - Seven bombs hit the southern Indian city of Bangalore within minutes of each other killing one person, police say....
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Brown under fire as allies rally - Critics increase the pressure on Gordon Brown after Labour's defeat in the Glasgow East by-election....
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UK warns of damage in TNK-BP row - The British Embassy in Moscow accuses the Russian shareholders of TNK-BP of using the state in their dispute with BP....
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Clenching 'affects blood checks' - A UK expert has warned people who take blood not to allow patients to tightly clench their fists as it can confuse results....
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Unexpected fall in puffin numbers - The puffin population on England's biggest colony falls by a third in five years, a survey shows....
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Stones ditching EMI for Universal - Veteran rock group The Rolling Stones switch record labels, leaving EMI for Universal after more than three decades....
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Attacks begin on net address flaw - Net firms urged to patch address flaw as attacks that exploit it circulate online....
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