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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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An international treaty banning the production and use of cluster bombs has come into force.

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The daughter of former US President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has married her long-term boyfriend at a lavish ceremony.

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The academies schools pushed by Michael Gove bear more than a passing resemblance to the grant-maintained schools brought in under Margaret Thatcher, writes Mike Baker.

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Lyse Doucet has travelled to north-west Pakistan, where the worst monsoon floods in living memory have killed at least 800 people and affected one million more.

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Twitter, the social networking site which allows users to say something in up to 140 characters, sees its 20 billionth message sent.

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A silent march and mass balloon release has taken place in Duisberg to honour 21 people who died at last weekend’s Love Parade dance festival

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Labour leadership contender David Miliband warns that the party could be out of power for years at the final hustings meeting.

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The Colombian government denies accusations by Caracas it is planning a military attack on Venezuela, following claims by President Hugo Chavez that his Colombian counterpart, Alvaro Uribe, was “capable of anything”.

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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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Muscovites lured to water as the mercury soars

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Why French schools get poor marks for fun

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Thousands of people take part in the annual Belfast Pride march.

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Land in the north of Chile is “ready” for another major earthquake, say researchers, adding that authorities did not act on previous warnings.

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Babe and 19 other films that make men weep

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