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A Turkish soldier has been killed and at least four others wounded in clashes with Kurdish fighters in eastern Turkey, according to media reports.
19/11/2008
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The senior commander of international forces in Afghanistan has said supporting local leaders could be the key to halting the growing violence across the country.
19/11/2008
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Mullah Omar, the elusive leader of the anti-government Taliban, appears to have rejected an offer from Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president, of protection in exchange for peace talks.
18/11/2008
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Hundreds of exiled Tibetans have begun a landmark meeting in northern India to discuss their homeland's future with China.
17/11/2008
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More than 10,000 California residents have been forced to evacuate their homes as wildfires continue to blaze across the state.
16/11/2008
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Tens of thousands of Thais have paid their respects to the elder sister of the country's king at a lavish, six-day cremation ceremony.
15/11/2008
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Taiwan's jailed ex-president, Chen Shui-bian, has begun a hunger strike to protest his detention, his lawyers have said.
13/11/2008
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Pirates have hijacked a Turkish chemical tanker in the Gulf of Aden, the Anatolia news agency reports, quoting the Turkish maritime agency.
13/11/2008
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General Laurent Nkunda has said he will fight any troops sent to support the armed forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo, after southern African leaders said they would send peacekeepers to the region.
10/11/2008
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Southern African leaders have told Zimbabwe's political rivals to share control of the powerful home affairs ministry but Morgan Tsvangirai, the leader of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party, has rejected the idea.
10/11/2008
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Though picturesque, the island-country of Sri Lanka has been blighted by a long-running conflict between government forces and armed Tamil rebels. Thousands have died and many more have been made homeless by the unremitting violence. Below is a guid...
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At least two Spanish soldiers have been killed and three others injured after a suicide attacker crashed an explosive-laden vehicle into their convoy, an ISAF spokesperson said.
09/11/2008
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The toll from the collapse of a school near Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti, has risen to at least 75 people.
08/11/2008
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Thousands of civilians have fled fighting in eastern Congo as a week-old fragile ceasefire continues to come under strain.
06/11/2008
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Rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have condemned the government's refusal to negotiate, despite hundreds of thousands of people being forced from their homes by fighting.
04/11/2008
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