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A series of clashes, air strikes and bomb blasts have killed 10 fighters and four civilians in Afghanistan, according to Afghan officials.
17/05/2008
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Adriano, Brazilian striker, has been recalled for his country's 2010 World Cup qualifying matches next month, receiving only his second national call up since the 2006 World Cup in Germany.
16/05/2008
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A village on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border has come under aerial assault, possibly carried out by a US drone aircraft.
14/05/2008
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An Arab League delegation is mediating between opposing factions in Lebanon which have brought the country close to civil war.
14/05/2008
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Airbus, the European aviation giant, has said that it will fall short of planned deliveries until 2010 of its A380 superjumbo in a new setback for the world's biggest passenger jet.
14/05/2008
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Powerful aftershocks have shaken China's southwestern province of Sichuan a day after a deadly earthquake killed at least 12,000 people, many of them children buried in the rubble of collapsed schools.
13/05/2008
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Seven Israelis were injured, three seriously, when an Israeli army parachutist accidentally crashed into spectators on a Tel Aviv beach during the country's 60th anniversary celebrations.
09/05/2008
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Mark Canning, Britain's ambassador to Myanmar, has said that the relief operation for Myanmar is likely to be twice the size needed in Aceh province in Indonesia, after the 2004 tsunami.
09/05/2008
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Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq, has been arrested in Iraq, according to the country's defence ministry.
08/05/2008
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Argentine farmers have announced they are launching their second protest in two months against higher export taxes on soybeans and other grains after negotiations with the government failed.
08/05/2008
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International donors have pledged $4.8bn for humanitarian and reconstruction aid in Sudan, as a donor conference in Oslo, Norway's capital, came to a close.
08/05/2008
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The following is a chronology of major cyclones in Asia since 1960:
06/05/2008
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Suspected communist fighters have ambushed an army convoy in the southern Philippines, killing at least three soldiers and wounding 13 others.
05/05/2008
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Women's groups in Malaysia have reacted with outrage over a senior official's proposal to require women travelling overseas alone to carry written consent for their journeys from their families or employers.
05/05/2008
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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has announced emergency funding to help poor countries struggling with rising food costs.
04/05/2008
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