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BBC News - World
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The latest stories from the World section of the BBC News web site.
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France protests over Roma policy
More than 100 demonstrations are planned across France to protest against the government's policy of deporting Roma people.
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Police curfew after NZ earthquake
Police declare an overnight curfew in Christchurch, New Zealand, after a powerful earthquake causes considerable damage but no fatalities.
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Chile miners advised to exercise
Scientists from the US space agency Nasa advise the trapped Chilean miners to exercise and regulate their day and night sleep patterns.
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Blair pelted with eggs in Dublin
Eggs and shoes have been thrown at the former Prime Minister Tony Blair as he arrived at a book signing in Dublin.
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Afghan violence 'will get worse'
Violence in Afghanistan will get worse before it gets better, the UK's most senior military commander in the country tells the BBC.
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Netherlands coalition talks fail
Talks to form a coalition government in the Netherlands collapse as the leader of the far-right Freedom Party Geert Wilders walks out.
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Tennessee mosque fire 'was arson'
A fire that damaged construction equipment at the site of a Tennessee Islamic centre was arson, investigators say.
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Blair in 'radical Islam' warning
Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair tells the BBC that radical Islam is the greatest threat facing the world.
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Nine die in New Zealand air crash
Nine people, including four foreigners, are killed when a light aircraft crashes after taking off from Fox Glacier in New Zealand, say reports.
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BP blowout preventer 'removed'
BP replaces the blowout preventer that failed to stem the leaking Gulf of Mexico oil well and says it has paid $8bn (£5.2bn) in damage costs.
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Earl downgraded to tropical storm
A weakened Hurricane Earl is downgraded to a tropical storm as it continues up the US east coast towards Canada.
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Reading Arabic 'hard for brain'
Reading Arabic 'hard for brain'
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School in gay kookaburra song row
An Australian head teacher is under fire after removing the word gay from the famous song Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree.
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US sees 54,000 jobs go in August
The US economy shed another 54,000 jobs in August, the third month in a row that jobs have been lost, official figures show.
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Plans for solar 'close encounter'
Nasa is aiming to get closer to the Sun than ever before, with plans to plunge a car-sized unmanned spacecraft into the star's outer atmosphere.
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