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First up, in Asia,
A Taliban suicide bomber has attacked a checkpoint near the entrance to the international airport in the Afghan capital Kabul, killing five people.
Malaysia says it is sending a team of experts to the Maldives to investigate reports that debris from the missing Flight MH370 has washed up there.
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Turning to Oceania,
In Australia, more doubt is cast on the future of one of the world’s biggest coal projects as UK bank Standard Chartered pulls out of the project.
Staying in the country, vegemite sales will not be limited in remote Australian communities, amid reports the spread was being used in home-brewed alcohol.
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Moving on to Africa,
Sahara-based Islamist militant group al-Mourabitoun has claimed responsibility for a hotel siege in central Mali at the weekend in which 17 people died.
In Cameroon, military police have raided a house and freed around 70 children who were being held captive and were suffering from disease and hunger.
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And in the Middle East,
Six members of the security forces have been killed in a series of attacks in Turkey amid rising tension between the government and Kurdish militants.
In Iraq, at least 42 people have been killed and many more injured in two bomb attacks.
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Looking to Latin America,
Early results in Argentina’s primary polls suggest Daniel Scioli of the governing Front for Victory coalition has won a comfortable majority.
In Colombia, a pilot was killed when a Costa Rican plane crashed in the western jungle area near the Pacific Ocean coast.
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And in Europe,
In Germany, a study has found that the Greek debt crisis has saved the German government more than 100 billion US dollars in lower borrowing costs because investors have sought safety in German bonds.
In Sweden, two people have been killed and another seriously injured in a knife attack at an Ikea store in Vasteras.
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And finally in North America,
In the US, Tyrone Harris, shot by police in Ferguson during the Michael Brown anniversary events, is charged with assaulting officers as a state of emergency is declared.
Staying in the country, a toxic leak of wastewater that has turned a Colorado river mustard yellow is three times larger than US officials had originally estimated.
(Brain)
That's the global headlines survey.