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Iran given two-week deadline to end the nuclear impasse

Six-nation negotiating team at the United Nations warns Iran that it has run out of patience
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Brussels the key in battle for Belgium

Fears of a permanent split between French and Dutch speakers overshadow national day
Latino labour row divides Hamptons

The deportation of illegal workers is polarising Long Island, one of America's wealthiest regions
War fears cast shadow over Black Sea

Bombing campaign spreads fear in Abkhazia as tension mounts between Russia and Georgia

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British hostage 'killed himself'

Jul 20 2008:
One of the five British hostages seized in Baghdad in 2007 has committed suicide, according to videotaped statement
Church of England unrest threatens to harm links with Vatican

Jul 20 2008:
Cardinal Bertone warns that the present division within the Anglican Communion poses a 'grave challenge for full and visible unity' with Rome
Pakistan: winds hamper rescue of stranded climbers

Jul 20 2008:
Hostile conditions hinder rescue helicopter's attempt to save two Italian climbers on northern face of Nanga Parbat
Former colony passes its first anti-racism law

Jul 20 2008:
Hong Kong discrimination legislation leaves campaigners with a bitter taste in the mouth
South Africa: Hundreds gather for Mandela's festivities

Jul 20 2008:
500 guests welcome statesman to his 90th birthday celebrations singing 'here is our hope!'
The 20-year-old at heart of web's most anarchic and influential site

Jul 20 2008:
Time magazine calls the 4chan website the wellspring of net culture and its online pranks are world-famous
South Korea: Moonies leader hurt in helicopter crash

Jul 20 2008:
The Reverend Sun Myung Moon and 13 others are injured after their helicopter crashes into a mountain in South Korea
Call for apology over sex abuse cases in Ireland

Jul 20 2008:
Abuse survivors' group, One in Four, say clergy should match Pope's strong words in Australia

Gangs have made Dublin 'like Chicago in the 1920s'

Jul 20 2008:
Preliminary study finds majority of drug dealers arrested on serious offences are out on bail
As a father, why I fear for my son and my community

Jul 20 2008:
Akin Ojumu: David Cameron was criticised for talking about the role of black fathers but there was truth in what he said
Poorly directed aid increases Afghanistan's woes

Jul 20 2008:
Editorial: Without a tighter focus, Afghans see increased assistance budgets as a small elite's opportunity to enrich themselves
It's your democratic duty to be offensive

Jul 20 2008:
Germaine Greer: The Federal Court of Australia has done something positively British against the New South Wales state legislature
It's time to come home but is it really the end?

Jul 20 2008:
Talks between Gordon Brown and Nouri al-Maliki are the best hope for a 2009 troop withdrawal
Para hero slams government treatment of frontline troops

Jul 20 2008:
A highly decorated commander criticises defence officials for being 'stuck in a Cold War mentality'
Italy: London schoolgirl in fall from Venice hotel

Jul 20 2008:
15-year-old on school choir trip plummets 30ft from window but has lucky escape