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Ukraine Soldiers Cross Into Russia Amid Shelling
More than 300 Ukrainian troops have crossed into Russia during heavy fighting with pro-Russian separatists.
A Ukrainian security spokesman, Andriy Lysenko, said the 311 soldiers and border guards "had to cross into Russian territory" at the Gukovo checkpoint in eastern Ukraine.
Ukraine is trying to get them back now through diplomatic channels, he said.
Earlier a Russian security official said 438 Ukrainian troops had been given refuge in Russia as "defectors".
The border area is very tense amid Ukrainian allegations that Russian forces have been helping the separatists with rocket barrages.
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Mayor of Ayutla Shot Dead In Mexican Town Of Jalisco
The mayor of the town of Ayutla in the Mexican state of Jalisco has been shot dead by unidentified gunmen.
The motive for the killing is not yet clear, but police said they suspected a criminal gang to be behind it.
A little more than a month ago, the deputy police chief of Ayutla was also killed. No-one has been arrested for the killing so far.
Ayutla is a small town located in the Sierra Madre mountains in Jalisco state.
The state is the stronghold of the Jalisco New Generation cartel, which runs much of the large-scale drug trafficking along Mexico's Pacific Coast.
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Colombia Launches Probe Into Soldiers' Poisoning In Arauca
Forensic scientists in Colombia are investigating the death by poisoning of a soldier in eastern Arauca province.
The soldier died and at least six others fell ill after eating pork they had bought from a local person.
The military suspects the meat was laced with rat poison and that the person who sold it to the soldiers was a member of the ELN rebel group.
The group has an estimated 2,500 members and has been fighting the Colombian state for five decades.
In June, the ELN - Colombia's second largest rebel group - said it would enter into formal peace talks with the government.
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Julian Assange Set To Leave Ecuadorean Embassy
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange says he will leave London's Ecuadorean embassy "soon" after two years' refuge.
He did not clarify when he would depart but said it was "probably not" for the reasons reported by the UK press.
Stories had suggested he was suffering ill-health and required treatment.
Ecuador's foreign minister Ricardo Patino said Mr Assange, who is wanted for questioning over alleged sexual assault offences in Sweden, would continue to be offered "protection".
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Gunmen Attack Saudi Prince's Convoy In Paris
Heavily armed men have attacked a convoy of cars belonging to a Saudi prince, stealing 250,000 euros (£200,000; $330,000), police say.
The convoy was heading through northern Paris on its way to Le Bourget airport late on Sunday evening when it was raided, reports say.
The gunmen seized a vehicle carrying the money and documents, later releasing the driver and two others.
The convoy was said to have come from the Saudi embassy. No-one was hurt.
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French Port Of Calais Sees Clash Between African Migrants
Clashes between African migrants in the French port city of Calais have left more than 50 people injured.
A fight which started on Monday evening at a food distribution centre was initially broken up by police but later continued into the night.
Hundreds of migrants live in informal camps in the Calais port, trying to cross into Britain illegally.French police have spent months trying to break up the camps, but the migrants say they have nowhere else to go.
The latest fight between Sudanese and Eritrean migrants was broken up for the second time once riot police were deployed.
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$694m Border Bill Passed By House Republicans
A bill to strengthen the US border with Mexico amid a surge in arrivals from Central America has been passed by the House of Representatives.
The $694m (£412m) bill would deploy National Guard troops at the southern border and speed up deportations.
President Barack Obama, who asked for $3.7bn, described the Republican package as "extreme" and "unworkable".
The bill will not go before the Senate, which was unable to agree a bill itself and is in recess until September.
That leaves what many have described as a national crisis unaddressed over the summer months.
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Canadian Couple Investigated By China Over 'State Secrets'
Chinese authorities are investigating a Canadian couple suspected of stealing state secrets about national defence and the military, state media say.
Xinhua news agency named the suspects as Kevin and Julia Garratt. The couple run a coffee shop in Dandong just across the border from North Korea.
Xinhua said Dandong's State Security Bureau was investigating the case. But the couple's son Simeon told the BBC the charges were "absurd" and made "absolutely no sense".
The couple taught in southern China for several years and then moved to Dandong, where they opened Peter's Coffee House.
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Kurdish Fighters Offered Air Support From Iraq
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki has ordered the air force to provide support to Kurdish forces fighting Sunni militants in the north.
It comes after the Islamic State (formerly known as Isis) seized two towns and two nearby oilfields from Kurdish troops over the weekend.
Kurdish forces, known as the Peshmerga, say they are planning a counter-attack.
Militants seized large swathes of northern Iraq from government control in June.
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Syrian Rebels Raid Border Town Causing Lebanese Exodus
Thousands of people are fleeing Lebanon's eastern border town of Arsal, as the Lebanese army and rebels from Syria clash for a third day.
The fighting began on Saturday, when rebels raided the town after Lebanese forces detained an alleged member of the Syrian Islamist militant group al-Nusra Front.
At least 13 Lebanese soldiers have been killed since Saturday.
The area is known for regular tension between the army and Syrian militias.
Residents said they made use of a relative lull to pack up and leave.
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