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Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso at the G8 summit in L'Aquila, Italy (8 July 2009)
Japan's PM 'to call August vote'
Japan's PM Taro Aso is to call a general election for 30 August after poor local poll results in Tokyo, his office says.
Blow to Japan's PM in Tokyo poll
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Mend fighters in the Niger Delta, Nigeria (file image) Nigeria rebels claim Lagos attack
Nigeria's most prominent rebel group says it has carried out an attack on an oil tanker loading facility near Lagos.

A Pakistani child in a camp for displaced people near Peshawar (12 July 2009) Pakistan Swat valley roads reopen
The Pakistani military prepares to reopen roads into the Swat valley to encourage millions of displaced people to return.


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Clockwise from top left: Jonathan Horne, William Aldridge, James Backhouse, Daniel Simpson, Daniel Hume, John Brackpool, Lee Scott and Joseph Murphy Memorial service for UK soldiers
British troops will hold a private service later in Afghanistan to remember those killed there in recent days.

Energy policy 'too wind focused'
Funds due for more primary places
Tories to defend foreign aid plan

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A schoolboy from the Isle of Man dies on holiday in Thailand, after being sucked into a swimming pool pumping system.

Body of man recovered from sea
Thousands 'facing fuel poverty'
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AMERICAS
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EUROPE
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MIDDLE EAST
Baghdad church bombing kills four
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TECHNOLOGY
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Why gang members rule the roost in El Salvador jail

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