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The latest stories from the World section of the
BBC News web site.
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Love Parade memorial service held
Germany holds an emotional memorial service for the 21 people killed in a stampede at the Love Parade dance festival a week ago.
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Pakistan flooding 'affects 1m'
At least a million people in north-west Pakistan have been affected by the country's worst monsoon floods in living memory, the UN says.
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Change call after Australia fires
A report into Australia's worst bushfires, in 2009, recommends sweeping changes to the way the government responds to natural disasters.
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Farc call to new Colombia leader
Colombia's Farc rebel group issues a call for dialogue with the new government after Juan Manuel Santos's election as president.
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Pakistan protest over UK comments
Pakistani intelligence officials cancel a visit to Britain in protest at comments made by David Cameron about its alleged links to terror.
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Hamas man 'killed in air strike'
A Hamas militant is reported killed and several are injured by Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip, hours after a Palestinian rocket hit the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon.
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Wikileaks denies 'blood on hands'
The founder of Wikileaks rejects US claims he has blood on his hands after releasing leaked documents on the Afghan war.
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Everglades on Unesco danger list
A UN panel adds the Florida Everglades and Madagascar's tropical rainforest to a list of world heritage sites at risk.
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Five Taliban off UN sanction list
Five Taliban are removed from a sanctions list by the UN Security Council, a move sought by Kabul to ease rapprochement with insurgents.
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No assault charge for ex-VP Gore
Former US Vice President Al Gore will not face charges over claims he assaulted a masseuse in an Oregon hotel room in 2006.
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