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Denmark |
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Chicago, Rio lead 2016 Olympics host race |
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Ireland |
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Irish hold crunch EU treaty vote
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| Oct.2 |
 Denmark |
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 Rio to stage 2016 Olympic Games   Map of Copenhagen Denmark Brazil will become the first South American country to host the Olympics, after Rio de Janeiro was chosen to stage the 2016 Games
| Rio won a majority of the 95 votes, eliminating Madrid in the final round. Tokyo and Chicago had already been knocked out
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South Africa |
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Superb Australia reach Champions final |
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| Oct.3 |
 Ireland |
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Ireland backs EU's Lisbon Treaty Irish voters have strongly endorsed the European Union's Treaty - 16 months after their first vote rejecting it plunged EU reforms into deadlock
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 Sicily |
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Death toll from mudslides now 21 30 people were still unaccounted for in the mudslides, which occurred after a heavy downpour hit two days ago
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Scotland |
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Computer glitch delays dozens of flights
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Rome |
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Italians rally for press freedom
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| Oct.4 |
 Greece |
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Socialist Papandreou declared winner The opposition party defeated the incumbent center-right government of Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis
| George Papandreou promised to chart a new course for an economic comeback
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London |
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MI5 'struggled' with Soviet spies
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| Oct.5 |
Argentina |
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2 pilots arrested in 26-year-old ‘dirty war’
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| Oct.6 |
Rome |
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Court to rule on Berlusconi's immunity law
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| Oct.7 |
Rome |
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 Berlusconi immunity law overruled Italy's constitutional court has overturned a law granting Prime Minister immunity from prosecution while in office
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 Pirates attack navy ship 'in error' The pirates mistook a French ship involved in an anti-piracy operation for a commercial vessel
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| Oct.8 |
 Paris |
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 Culture minister admits sex with 'boys'| French Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand said he will not resign over his admission in a book that he paid to have sex with 'boys' in Thailand | |
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 Czech Republic |
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Czech president's new treaty snag The Eurosceptic President, Vaclav Klaus, wants a new two-sentence footnote to be added to the EU's Lisbon Treaty before signing it
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Paris |
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Minister won't resign over sex with 'boys' Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand said he will not resign over accounts in a book he wrote about paying to have sex with 'boys' in Thaila...
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| Oct.9 |
Southern France |
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'Al-Qaeda-link' Cern worker held
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| Oct.10 |
Ireland |
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Italy snatch finals place |
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| Oct.11 |
Spain |
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Mystery surrounds Gately death
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| Oct.12 |
Sweden |
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1st woman wins Nobel Prize for economics
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Paris |
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Scientist on French terror charge
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Somalia |
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Pirates urge Spain to free pair
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| Oct.14 |
 London |
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UK sends 500 more to Afghanistan Gordon Brown says the UK will send 500 more forces personnel to Afghanistan - but only if key conditions are met
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Southern China |
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Dutch tourists die in China balloon crash
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| Oct.15 |
London |
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Far-right UK party to consider non-whites
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| Oct.16 |
Northern Ireland |
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Police investigate explosion
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London |
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Dutch lawmaker enters UK after ban
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| Oct.17 |
 Madrid |
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Big anti-abortion rally Tens of thousands of people have joined a protest march in Madrid to oppose government plans to liberalise the country's abortion law
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| Oct.18 |
 Sao Paulo |
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Brilliant Button clinches title Jenson Button has secured his maiden Formula One world championship for Brawn GP as Red Bull's Mark Webber won the Brazilian Grand Prix
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| Oct.20 |
Barcelona |
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Holders Barcelona sent crashing by Rubin
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Northern England |
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Late Lyon winner stuns Liverpool |
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Madrid |
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Wheelchair user arrested for smuggling
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| Oct.21 |
Spain |
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Pato double as Milan win Bernabeu thriller
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United Kingdom |
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H1N1 vaccinations rolled out in UK
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| Oct.22 |
Finland |
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Nokia suing Apple over the iPhone
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| Oct.24 |
Austria |
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Poutiainen wins World Cup opener
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Scotland |
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Police 'reviewing Lockerbie case'
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| Oct.25 |
Malaysia |
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Rossi claims MotoGP title
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| Oct.26 |
Eastern Germany |
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German on trial for Muslim murder
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Czech Republic |
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Czech court to hear Lisbon case The Czech Constitutional Court is to begin considering what could be the last legal challenge to the ratification of the EU's Lisbon Treaty
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| Oct.27 |
Paris |
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Angola arms traffickers convicted
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Greece |
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At least 8 migrants drown
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| Oct.28 |
European Union |
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EU leaders brace for tough summit Climate change and the Lisbon reform treaty are to dominate a European Union summit opening later in Brussel
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London |
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Iran worker 'jailing' angers UK
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| Oct.29 |
Somalia |
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Couple tell of Somalia kidnapping| Paul Chandler, 59, being held by Somali pirates has spoken to TV from aboard a container ship where they are being held hostage | |
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 Belgium |
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East-west climate row at EU talks EU leaders have begun a summit deeply divided over how much money to offer developing nations to cope with climate change
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Belgium |
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EU clears hurdle to Lisbon treaty EU leaders have agreed a deal designed to win Czech backing of the Lisbon Treaty, clearing a major hurdle to its ratification
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London |
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 Blow to Blair's hopes of EU job Tony Blair's hopes of becoming president of the European Council are fading after his supporters failed to secure the backing of EU leaders
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| Oct.30 |
European Union |
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EU strikes climate funding deal | The EU has agreed a conditional deal on how to help other nations fight global warming, but set no figure on what it would pay. The EU agreed climate change woul... | |
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 Poland |
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U.S. ship accidentally fires on Polish port A crew member aboard USS Ramage accidentally fired a machine gun into the port city of Gdynia while cleaning the weapon
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Somalia |
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Ransom demanded for yacht couple Somali pirates who have kidnapped a couple have issued a ransom demand of $7m (£4.3m) in a call to the BBC
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| Oct.31 |
 Berlin |
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Leaders recall Berlin Wall's fall Mikhail Gorbachev, Helmut Kohl and George Bush who saw the wall fall two decades ago have been reunited in Germany's capital
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Naples |
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Killer caught on video ID'd Police have identified the man whose shooting of another man outside a store, was captured by a surveillance camera
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