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- Rival protests amid Egypt tension
- Opponents and supporters of Egypt's president gather in the capital, Cairo, ahead of a deadline set by a protest movement for him to leave power.
- Mandela grandson accused over graves
- The Mandela family seeks criminal charges against the former South African leader's grandson for alleged grave tampering.
- John Paul II 'set for sainthood'
- John Paul II could be declared a saint this year after a Vatican committee approves a second miracle attributed to the Polish pope's intercession.
- Snowden's asylum options narrow
- A growing number of countries reject the asylum requests of intelligence leaker Edward Snowden, as he attempts to avoid extradition to the US.
- Key minister resigns in Portugal
- A second leading figure in Portugal's centre-right coalition, Foreign Minister Paulo Portas, quits the government in over its austerity drive.
- Russia spy couple jailed in Germany
- A married couple are sent to jail in Germany after being found guilty of spying for Russia for about 20 years.
- Senegal charges Chad's ex-leader
- Chad's former leader Hissene Habre is charged with war crimes, crimes against humanity and torture in Senegal, his lawyers say.
- Baghdad market blasts 'kill 31'
- At least 31 people have been killed in a wave of bombings targeting mainly markets in the Iraqi capital Baghdad.
- Arizona fire inquiry takes shape
- Authorities launch an investigation into the wildfire that killed 19 Arizona firefighters, as the blaze that killed them burns out of control.
- Marine Le Pen loses immunity as MEP
- MEPs strip France's National Front leader of parliamentary immunity, paving the way for her prosecution for incitement to hatred.
- Obama Africa tour ends with Tanzania
- President Barack Obama ends his Africa tour leaving Tanzania, where he honoured victims of the 1998 US embassy bombing with George W Bush.
- Last India flood pilgrims evacuated
- The last of the pilgrims stranded after the recent floods in the Indian state of Uttarakhand are evacuated, bringing to an end one of the world's largest air rescue operations.
- Putin critic Lebedev escapes jail
- Russian media magnate Alexander Lebedev is convicted after punching a fellow guest on a television show, but escapes a jail sentence.
- Scores of Islamists jailed in UAE
- Sixty-eight Islamists in the United Arab Emirates are jailed on charges of plotting to overthrow the government in a trial criticised by rights groups.
- Children die in Russian air crash
- Rescuers battle to reach the site of a helicopter crash in Siberia, in which at least 21 people including children are feared dead.
- S Africa's FW de Klerk in hospital
- South Africa's former President FW de Klerk, who cut short a trip because of Nelson Mandela's health, is being fitted with a pacemaker, his foundation says.
- Antarctic flood produces 'ice crater'
- Satellites are used to map the "ice crater" that developed in Antarctica when a lake buried almost 3km down suddenly overflowed.
- China sex film screened in error
- A sex film is accidentally shown on a big screen in a public square in China's Jilin province to the surprise of passers-by, Chinese media report.
- English rude word goes German
- Germany's standard dictionary includes a vulgar English term, used by Chancellor Angela Merkel among others, as an acceptable German word.
- VIDEO: Malala's friend Shazia moves to UK
- Pakistani schoolgirl Shazia Ramzan, who was with Malala Yousafzai when she was shot in the head by the Taliban after campaigning for girls' rights to education, has come to the UK to go to school.
- VIDEO: Lanterns blamed for factory blaze
- Chinese lanterns are being blamed for a huge fire at a plastics recycling plant in Smethwick in the West Midlands.
- VIDEO: Drones making oil rigs and pylons safer
- A Scottish firm's remote control helicopters are being used to inspect North Sea oil rigs and wind farms.
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- VIDEO: Mexico's first mariachi school
- Mexico's first academy of mariachi music has opened in Mexico City.
- VIDEO: 'Carpets of seaweed' grown for fuel
- Scientists are farming seaweed close to the small western island of Kerrera as part of international project to make seaweed-based biofuel.
- VIDEO: What happens to Glastonbury rubbish?
- After the show, the clear-up begins, but what happens to the tonnes of litter generated by Glastonbury's huge crowds?
- VIDEO: The virtual autopsy
- How those conducting autopsies are getting help from new computer imaging technology.
- Strong US car sales drive recovery
- US car manufacturers report their strongest monthly sales growth in June since the recession.
- Holiday hires boost Spanish jobs
- The number of registered job seekers in Spain fell again in June as more firms hired people on a temporary basis ahead of the peak summer season.
- Contact lens gives telescopic vision
- Researchers have created contact lenses that, when paired with special spectacles, bestow telescopic vision on their wearers.
- Microsoft develops 3D touchscreen
- Microsoft creates a touchscreen which allows users to feel and manipulate 3D graphics.
- Grease animator Wilson dies aged 93
- John David Wilson, the animator, producer and director whose work included the opening credits to Grease, Peter Pan and Lady and the Tramp dies at 93.
- Cirque du Soleil artist dies in show
- A performer in Cirque du Soleil's Ka show dies after falling 50ft (15m) off a stage in Las Vegas, the group's first death in a live show.
- Pluto moons get mythical new names
- The International Astronomical Union names the two most recently discovered moons of Pluto: Kerberos and Styx - but misses out the popular vote of Vulcan.
- Thick neck key to sabretooth power
- Scientists have analysed how an extinct sabretooth animal with huge canines killed its prey, finding that a strong neck was vital for securing a kill.
- China children 'must visit parents'
- Grown children in China must visit their parents or potentially face fines or jail, a new law that came into effect on Monday says.
- Abortion battle resumes in Texas
- The state legislature in Texas holds a second special legislative session to revive efforts to limit abortion in the state, amid a mass demonstration.
- Gerrans takes over yellow jersey
- Simon Gerrans takes the Tour de France yellow jersey after his Orica GreenEdge squad wins the team trial in Nice.
- Swans sign Pozuelo from Real Betis
- Real Betis midfielder Alejandro Pozuelo, 21, joins Swansea City on a three-year deal, becoming their seventh Spaniard.
- Can the Irish help reform US immigration?
- Talk of immigration reform in the US often focuses on Hispanic immigrants, but a small group of Irish activists may have a louder voice in some important circles.
- Why China loves to build copycat towns
- China is well known its cheap rip-offs, but this "copycat culture" extends to architecture too - with whole towns sometimes replicated.
- Nuclear carbon to fight poaching
- The atmospheric carbon left over from nuclear bomb tests could help scientists track illegally poached ivory, new research finds.
- Suicide attack on Kabul supply firm
- Insurgents kill at least seven people in a suicide attack on the Kabul base of a logistics firm supplying Nato forces in Afghanistan.
- Hollande sacks critical minister
- France's President Francois Hollande sacks his Environment Minister Delphine Batho after she criticised cuts to her department.
- Dead fish fill Mexico reservoir
- Some 500 tonnes of fish wash up on the banks of a Mexican reservoir, reportedly killed after a factory poured molasses into the water.
- Palestinian dies in West Bank clash
- A Palestinian teenager has been killed during clashes between stone-throwing youths and Israeli troops in the West Bank.
- Calgary reopens centre after flood
- Residents and workers begin returning to Calgary's city centre, 12 days after a flood devastated the province of Alberta, killing three.
- 'Major' problems for NHS 111 service
- The future of the new NHS non-emergency telephone service in a quarter of England has been thrown into doubt after one of the major providers admitted it was facing severe problems.
- Scot dies in Afghan suicide bombing
- Security worker Mark Duffus, 41, is among seven killed in a suicide bombing at the Kabul base of a logistics firm supplying Nato forces in Afghanistan.
- Ulster Bank cuts hundreds of jobs
- The Ulster Bank, which is owned by the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), has announced it is to shed hundreds of jobs with the closure of 39 rural branches across Ireland.
- Dewani spends days 'in camper van'
- A honeymoon murder suspect spends much of his time sitting in a camper van in the grounds of a mental hospital, a court hears.
- In pictures: Mexico's Pemex protests
- Rising anger over reforms of Mexico's oil firm
- In pictures: Travellers’ Children in London Fields
- Colin O'Brien's photos of Travellers’ Children in London in 1987
- Photographs show largest fire yet
- Ferocious blaze in Smethwick
- Day in pictures: 1 July 2013
- Twenty-four hours of news photos: 1 July
- In pictures: Life in Baltistan
- Life in the remote region of Baltistan
- In pictures: Arizona wildfire
- Battling a wildfire in central Arizona
- In pictures: Egypt protests
- Mass rallies against President Mohammed Morsi
- In Pictures: Armed Forces Day
- UK marks the fifth Armed Forces Day
- Where are the missing 90-year-olds?
- Where have the missing 90-somethings gone?
- Was James Buchanan really the worst president?
- Was this man really the worst US president in history?
- The boy killed for an off-hand remark about God
- Sharia spreading in Syria's rebel-held areas
- Day in pictures: 2 July 2013
- Twenty-four hours of news photos from around the world
- Khodorkovsky's mother: 'Contempt' for Kremlin
- Khodorkovsky's mother's contempt for Kremlin
- Obama in Africa: 'Let's do business'
- Gabriel Gatehouse sums up President Obama's African trip
- The post-tennis arm-wrestle handshake
- Why are tennis players doing the 'arm-wrestle' handshake?
- William and Kate given baby box
- William and Kate get Finnish starter pack of baby goodies
- Life as a 'hotshot' firefighter
- The perils of life as an elite wildland firefighter
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- Egyptians frustrated amid power row
- Jeremy Bowen sees old and new guard struggle for power
- Is it the end of the commodity boom?
- Is it the end of the commodity boom?
- Trade softens EU anger in US spy row
- EU outrage over US spy claims won't get in the way of trade talks
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