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Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, has said he will not seek re-election at presidential elections he has called for January saying he had had enough after years of frustration fighting for an independent homeland.
06/11/2009
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An investigation has been launched into the deaths of nine people in a rocket attack in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan.
05/11/2009
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America's Cup holder Alinghi is offering to race rival BMW Oracle in the Pacific Ocean off Australia next February.
05/11/2009
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Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, has said he will not seek re-election when elections are held in January, Palestinian officials have said.
05/11/2009
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Australia has launched a probe into a major oil spill off its northwestern coast caused by a leaking well which dumped millions of litres of crude into the sea for over two months.
05/11/2009
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Abdullah Abdullah, the Afghan presidential candidate who quit the runoff vote, has described as "illegal" his rival Hamid Karzai's re-election as the country's president.
04/11/2009
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Argentina's last military ruler has gone on trial accused of involvement in the kidnapping, torture and murder of 56 people at a military base.
03/11/2009
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Scientists in Africa have begun trials of a malaria vaccine which, if successful, could save millions of lives on the continent and around the world.
03/11/2009
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Former England captain David Beckham is returning to Italy's Serie A after AC Milan confirmed a deal to sign him on loan from Los Angeles Galaxy in January.
03/11/2009
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Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, has refused to re-launch peace talks with Israel without a complete freeze on Israeli settlement construction, a senior Palestinian negotiator has said.
31/10/2009
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A roadside bomb has killed nine civilians in eastern Afghanistan, police say, the latest attack in a surge of violence before a presidential election runoff next week.
30/10/2009
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The African Union (AU) has said it is imposing sanctions on Guinea's military rulers, who seized power in a coup after the death of Lansana Conte, the president, last December.
30/10/2009
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Afghan election officials plan to open many more polling stations for the presidential runoff on November 7, despite the UN recommending that the number of locations be cut to prevent a repeat of the mass fraud witnessed in the first round.
29/10/2009
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The foreign ministers of India, China and Russia have urged the world to remain engaged in Afghanistan, with Moscow advocating a greater role for regional powers in stabilising the Central Asian nation.
27/10/2009
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Fourteen Americans have been killed and more than 25 other people injured in two military helicopter crashes in Afghanistan, one of them being a mid-air collision, Nato says.
26/10/2009
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