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Two teams of US astronomers have taken what are believed to be the first pictures of planets outside the Earth's solar system.
15/11/2008
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Hamas fighters in the Gaza Strip have fired rockets towards the southern Israeli cities of Ashkelon and Sderot in response to an Israeli air force attack on one of their positions, the Palestinian group has said.
14/11/2008
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Fannie Mae, the troubled US mortgage finance giant, has said that the $100 billion bailout it recieved from the US government may not be enough to keep it solvent.
11/11/2008
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Citizens in the Gaza Strip are bracing for more electricity blackouts after Israel cut off fuel shipments to the territory's only power plant.
10/11/2008
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Israeil police have made two arrests after fighting erupted between Armenian and Greek Orthodox clergymen at one of Christianity's most sacred sites - the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
10/11/2008
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Akuila Uate scored two tries to lead Fiji to a 30-14 win over Ireland and into a rugby league World Cup semi-final against defending champion Australia.
10/11/2008
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Fresh fighting has broken out between government troops and rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a United Nations spokesman has said.
09/11/2008
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Congolese Tutsi rebels and government troops have clashed in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, a few kilometres from a refugee camp, Congolese and UN officers have said.
07/11/2008
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Roger Federer's path to a fifth Masters Cup title has been smoothed by the absence of Rafael Nadal but he will have to face down a band of talented young guns to take the lion's share of the $4.45 million purse next week.
07/11/2008
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A French aid worker has been seized in the Afghan capital Kabul by unknown armed men, the government has said.
03/11/2008
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From Ann Wright and Ray McGovern, working at campaign headquarters of Cindy Sheehan in San Francisco:
30/10/2008
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At least 15 people have been killed in clashes between suspected pro-Taliban fighters and members of an armed tribal group in northwest Pakistan, officials said.
27/10/2008
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Kuwaiti traders have staged another walkout after shares in the oil-rich Gulf region plunged in panic over a global recession.
26/10/2008
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An Afghan security guard has shot dead two foreign nationals in the capital Kabul.
25/10/2008
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Police in Pakistan have arrested four men in connection with last month's suicide bomb attack on the Marriott hotel in the capital Islamabad.
25/10/2008
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