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- Zelaya's jet blocked in Honduras
- Honduras's ousted president aborts his bid to fly home after he is blocked from landing and violence erupts.
- Biden strikes tough note on Iran
- US Vice-President Joe Biden indicates the administration will not restrain Israel if it decides on military action against Iran.
- Federer win breaks Sampras record
- Roger Federer becomes the greatest player in Grand Slam history as he beats Andy Roddick to claim a 15th major title.
- US set for tough Moscow summit
- President Barack Obama flies to Moscow for a US-Russia summit expected to focus on arms control issues.
- Upset for Bulgaria's socialists
- Exit polls in Bulgaria indicate the centre-right party led by ex-body guard and mayor of Sofia Boiko Borisov is heading for victory.
- Mexico president in mid-term test
- Mexicans vote in mid-term congressional elections expected to determine the fate of the economic reforms.
- China's Xinjiang hit by violence
- Three people have been killed and 20 injured in violence in Urumqi in China's restive Xinjiang region, state media says.
- Somali civilians killed by shells
- Twelve civilians die in the Somali capital as soldiers retaliate to mortars fired at the presidential palace by insurgents.
- One dies in Florida Disney crash
- A monorail crash at the Walt Disney World in Florida kills the theme park's employee, officials say.
- US man breaks world record for hot-dog eating
- Joey "Jaws" Chestnut eats 68 hot dogs in 10 minutes at the annual contest in New York, shattering his old record of 66.
- Woods seals PGA National victory
- Tiger Woods clinches his 68th PGA Tour win at the PGA National, despite a superb last-round effort from fellow American Hunter Mahan.
- Yousuf gives Pakistan upper hand
- Mohammad Yousuf scores a century on his return to the Pakistan side to give the tourists the initiative in the first Test in Sri Lanka.
- Armed and ready
- Pakistan wants civilians to help take on Taliban
- Moscow challenge
- Russian visit will test Obama's diplomatic skills
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- The men's final at Wimbledon
- Shifting focus
- Has Obama administration taken eye off Iraq?
- Critical task
- UK troops pay high price in south Afghanistan
- In pictures
- Floods and landslides cause havoc in China
- Zimbabwe army 'to go from mines'
- Zimbabwe's government agrees to withdraw soldiers from diamond mines amid criticism over human rights abuses.
- Yemenia crash jet signal detected
- A signal is detected from the flight data recorders of the Yemenia plane that crashed near the Comoros, officials say.
- Palin hints on political future
- Republican ex-vice-presidential hopeful Sarah Palin hints on playing a wider role in the US, after quitting as Alaska governor.
- Beatles 'shark' Klein dies at 77
- Ruthless music entrepreneur Allen Klein, blamed by many for contributing to The Beatles' demise, dies in New York at 77.
- Deadly floods hit China, Vietnam
- Heavy rains in south-central China and northern Vietnam kill at least 31 people, state media report.
- Bomb hits Philippine church-goers
- The Philippine army blames Islamist militants after a bomb blast outside a cathedral in the south kills at least five people.
- Europe nears gas pipeline accord
- Five European governments are due to sign an agreement on 13 July for a major new pipeline from Central Asia.
- Fraud probe into MG Rover demise
- The Serious Fraud Office is to investigate the collapse of MG Rover in 2005, which led to 6,000 job losses.
- Iran clerics defy election ruling
- A group of Iranian clerics calls the presidential vote's result invalid, underlining the splits in the ruling elite.
- Iran executes 20 on drug charges
- Iran has executed 20 people for drug trafficking at a prison west of the capital Tehran, official media reports.
- UK soldiers die in Afghan blast
- Two British service personnel have been killed in separate attacks in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence says.
- Russia 'agrees US troop transit'
- An Obama administration official says Russia has agreed to let US troops bound for Afghanistan fly through its airspace.
- Obama seeks thaw in US-Russia ties
- As President Barack Obama heads to Moscow to try to rebuild ties that have reached Cold War depths, Rupert Wingfied-Hayes tries to judge the the US leader's uphill task.
- Nine reasons to celebrate America
- As the US marks its Independence Day, the BBC's Kevin Connolly gives his list of reasons why America should be celebrated.
- What next for Honduras?
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Ousted President Manuel Zelaya has left Washington on a flight bound for Honduras, in a bid to reclaim his post. What next?
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