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15 August 2011 Last updated at 06:11 ET

Wave of violence hits Iraq cities

At least 59 people are killed in a series of attacks across Iraq, with the deadliest taking place in the south-eastern Iraqi city of Kut.

Judge ends Mubarak TV broadcast

The judge in the trial of Egypt's former President Hosni Mubarak says it will no longer be televised and orders it merged with the trial of the ex-interior minister.

Attack intensifies in Syria port

Renewed heavy gunfire is reported in the Syrian port city of Latakia as a military crackdown on unrest enters a third day.

Libya rebels fight for key towns

Fighting surges in towns near Tripoli as rebels continue to advance and Col Gaddafi rallies his forces with a short broadcast speech.
Rembrandt work stolen from hotel

A pen-and-ink drawing by Dutch master Rembrandt has been stolen from a hotel in California in a "well thought-out, well-executed theft", police say.
Outrage over sect victim jailing
Chinese 'saw US raid helicopter'
'All guilty' in Somalia conflict
New US envoy reassures China
Argentine president wins primary
Breivik returns to crime island
Spain toddler found alive in skip

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Glee 3D film flops at US cinemas

A 3D concert movie featuring the cast of TV's Glee fails to make the US box office Top 10 after taking $5.7m (£3.5m) over the weekend.
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