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Arab League foreign ministers emergency meeting
Arab nations 'agree Sudan action'
Arab League ministers meeting in emergency session say they have agreed a plan to defuse the crisis over Sudan's President Bashir.
ICC shows bold side
Noose tightens on Bashir
ICC probes Darfur rebels

A Beijing traffic jam on 14 July 2008 Olympic restrictions begin in Beijing
Tough new rules aimed at forcing more than one million cars from Beijing's roads during the Olympics come into force.

Pope Benedict XVI Pope warns of 'spiritual desert'
Pope Benedict XVI ends World Youth Day celebrations by asking young people to build a world free of greed.



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Demolished building Olympic evictions in China

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A poster promoting the Beijing Olympics Smile, Beijing!
Beijing told to mind its manners during Olympic Games
Pope Benedict kisses a young child, 20 July 2008 In pictures
Images from climax of the Pope's visit to Australia
Pakistani soldiers Uneasy allies
Pakistan's strained relationship with the United States

US ELECTIONS 2008
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AROUND THE WORLD

AFRICA
Spain-Africa link decision 'near'
Kenyans reject circumcision plan

AMERICAS
UK 'must check' US torture denial
Argentina drops disputed farm tax

ASIA-PACIFIC
Moonies founder 'hurt in crash'
Malaysian Anwar in 'sodomy alibi'

EUROPE
EU hits Intel with fresh charges
Cern lab goes 'colder than space'

MIDDLE EAST
Brown to begin Middle East talks
Sunni bloc rejoins Iraqi cabinet

SOUTH ASIA
Nepal bus plunge kills 14 people
Aid workers seized in Afghanistan

FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT
Mexico's long forgotten dirty war
The forgotten French village massacre


FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS
A bull effigy in which a member of the Ubud royal family was cremated burns during a funeral ceremony in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia Week in pictures
Striking images from around the world this week
Metal drums piled up in a scrap yard Metal money
Thieves cash in on Jamaica's scrap metal trade
Kavita Malar Shadow of war
Sri Lanka's shattered east struggles to rebuild
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US sets nuclear deadline for Iran
Al-Qaeda 'may be shifting focus'
Zimbabwe prints Z$100bn note
Missing Semtex 'left unguarded'
Obama opens foreign tour in Kabul
Soldiers killed in Kashmir blast
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Pablo Picasso, photographed in 1971 Brazil police arrest bank thief, find stolen Picasso

Red Kangaroo - file photo Pet dog rescues woman from kangaroo attack

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England toil after Prince century
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US Undersecretary of State William Burns What can the US-Iran direct talks achieve?


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