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The story with the arrest of Russian pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko by US special services developed into yet another scandal in the relations between Russia and the United States. Russia's Foreign Affairs Ministry accused the USA of violating numerous international rules. "I was kept in an unknown building in Liberia. I was subjected to tortures, including beating. They did not let me sleep for several days. I was sitting on a broken chair so that I could not fall asleep," Yaroshenko said on Russian TV channel ...more.

Colombia's ambassador to Venezuela is recalled for talks as the row deepens over accusations Venezuela tolerates Colombian guerrillas on its soil. ...more.

Thousands of trees are being felled in Devon and Cornwall in an attempt to stop the spread of Sudden Oak Death. ...more.

Thousands of Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank customers face increased mortgage payments after a miscalculation error. ...more.

For Google a picture is worth more than a thousand words - it is worth one billion page views a day, claims the firm. ...more.

In northern Iraq, a 26 year conflict has been causing thousands of villagers to flee their homes. Gabriel Gatehouse has been to see the effects of the attacks. ...more.

Hundreds of thousands of pounds in bonuses are to be paid to senior Home Office staff amid a public sector pay freeze. ...more.

A transcendent fact has happened in the multicultural State of Bolivia. The mayors of the municipalities of the autonomous region of Pando, in the Bolivian Amazon, decided to expel from their jurisdictions the various NGOs, foundations and companies operating in this area with funding from the Agency of Cooperation of the United States (USAID in its acronym in English) noting that these entities "are those that generate internal conflicts within the country, interfering in our political process of national liberation to undermine the democratic legitimacy of our government," said a statement issued on July 6 by the municipal authorities of the Amazon frontier with Brazil and Peru. ...more.

Chinese authorities are battling floods and landslides which have left hundreds dead and forced thousands of people from their homes. ...more.

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