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A US judge has ordered the release of 17 Chinese Muslim detainees from the US detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in what has been seen as a rebuke to the Bush administration.
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Two blasts occurred near Baghdad's Green Zone outside Iraq's foreign ministry, as John Negroponte, the US deputy secretary of state, was preparing to hold a news conference about his visit to Iraq.
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A lawyer in Egypt has demanded that the government halt its gas exports to Israel, report said.
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Police in Mauritania have clashed with protesters supporting Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, the ousted president.
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Advanced Micro Devices, the second largest computer chip maker in the US, has announced that it will split into two firms, with its factories becoming a joint venture with investors from the Gulf emirate of Abu Dhabi.
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The US presidential candidates have begun their second debate, launching straight into the mounting global economic crisis.
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The United Nations Security Council has approved unanimously a resolution urging nations to send more naval ships and military aircraft to stop piracy off the coast of Somalia.
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European stock markets have sunk into the red after making initial gains, as the banking sector continues to suffer from a lack of investor confidence amid the global financial crisis.
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Thailand has deployed soldiers in the capital Bangkok to quell anti-government protests that left at least 278 people injured, some of them seriously, officials say.
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The Nobel Prize in physics is to be shared by two Japanese citizens and an American, for discoveries that help explain the behaviour of the smallest particles of matter.
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Pakistan has ordered the deportation of about 50,000 Afghan refugees from a troubled tribal region amid a major military offensive against al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters.
07/10/2008
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Two blasts have occurred near Baghdad's Green Zone outside Iraq's foreign ministry, as John Negroponte, the US deputy secretary of state, was preparing to hold a press conference about his visit to Iraq.
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Up to 30 people have been injured after a Qantas passenger aeroplane suddenly changed altitude while travelling to the Australian city of Perth, police and the airline have said.
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The Palestinian group Hamas that governs Gaza says it will stop recognising Mahmoud Abbas as the Palestinian president in three months.
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A US aircraft unintentionally violated Iranian airspace and was forced to land in Iran, an Iranian news agency says.
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