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Australia are dismissed for just 209 on day five of the final Test against India in Nagpur, losing the series 2-0.

Republican and Democratic voters from across the US reflect on the results and look to the future.

Keep up with the drama of US election day on 4 November on the BBC News website.

North Korea lashes out at the South, threatening to reduce it to rubble unless it stops a "policy of confrontation".

The BBC talks to eight experts about what the next US president should to do restore the country's standing in the world.

Alex Bogdanovic loses the opening Davis Cup singles tie Wimbledon to Austria's Jurgen Melzer.

What's really going on with Armstrong's comeback?

What is the US missile defence system and why is Russia so upset by its proposed expansion into Europe?

Georgians rally behind President Mikhail Saakashvili as a show of unity against common enemy Russia, writes Caucasus analyst Daria Vaisman.

The BBC's Caroline Wyatt finds strong support for Russia's actions in Georgia on the streets of Moscow.

Russia's president says it is considering retaliatory steps after the Czechs agree to host part of a US missile shield.

The BBC's M Ilyas Khan looks at the chances of success of a new strategy to bring peace to Pakistan.

Israelis disagree over how to respond to the challenges of Hamas and Iran, writes Hugh Sykes.

Russia warns it will retaliate if Georgia uses force against its breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

Georgia is preparing to invade its breakaway region of Abkhazia, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry.

As Zimbabweans prepare to vote on Saturday, bloggers inside and outside the country have joined the political fray.

The Princess Diana inquest is enthralled by evidence from her stepmother Raine, Countess Spencer.

Nationalist leader Vojislav Seselj is accused of inciting Serb forces at the start of his Hague war crimes trial.

There are signs that the latest discussion of Iran's nuclear programme by world powers may not be business as usual, says the BBC's Jonathan Marcus.

The BBC's Matthew Price looks at the current Israeli thinking on the threat posed to it by Iran.

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