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Global stock markets have plunged again as shoppers in the US and elsewhere rein in their spending because of the economic crisis.
20/11/2008
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With a raft of international football matches taking place in midweek, Diego Maradona's first game as coach of Argentina eclipses even the latest chapter in the long history of Germany v England confrontations.
17/11/2008
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Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, Mauritania's toppled president, has vowed to fight for the restoration of democracy in his country.
16/11/2008
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A Myanmarese journalist has reportedly been sentenced to two years in prison for critical coverage of the military government's response to a devastating cyclone, according to colleagues.
15/11/2008
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A major casino development in Macau has been put on hold, with up to 11,000 workers facing lay-off, as the global economic slowdown starts to bite into Asia's gambling industry.
14/11/2008
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Mohamed Nasheed, a former political prisoner, has been sworn in as the first democratically elected president of Maldives.
11/11/2008
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At least six African illegal migrants have been wounded, one seriously, while trying to cross from Egypt into Israel, a security official has said.
05/11/2008
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Mexico's interior minister has been killed after the small aircraft he was travelling in went down in the centre of Mexico City.
05/11/2008
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"Thank you for coming here on this beautiful Arizona evening.
05/11/2008
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Polling stations have begun to close across the United States after long queues of voters waited for hours to cast their ballots for either Barack Obama, the Democratic candidate for the presidency, or John McCain, his Republican rival.
05/11/2008
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Sixty corpses of migrants from Somalia and Ethiopia have been found on a beach in Yemen after smugglers forced many of them overboard on the weekend, an international aid agency said.
03/11/2008
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Mexican police have arrested the alleged leader of a violent drug gang in Mexico.
03/11/2008
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At least 27 people have died in two missile attacks by suspected US drones on towns in Pakistan's North and South Waziristan regions.
01/11/2008
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Diego Maradona is set to become the new coach of the Argentinian national side, according to television and media reports.
29/10/2008
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The following is a chronology of major earthquakes in recent years:
29/10/2008
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