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The campaign chief of Leonel Fernandez, the president of Dominican Republic, says that he has won Friday's election in the first round, with enough votes to avoid a run-off.
17/05/2008
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At least 10 people have been killed, and more than 85 people wounded after a suicide bomber on a motorbike targeted a police bus in Colombo, the Sri Lankan capital.
16/05/2008
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At least 100 people have been killed by an explosion on an oil pipeline in a northern suburb of Lagos, Nigeria's biggest city, Red Cross officials say.
15/05/2008
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At least 16 people have been killed in a suicide blast in Afghanistan's western province of Farah.
15/05/2008
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Rescue workers in China faced a new hazard on Wednesday when "extremely dangerous" damage was identified in a dam in Sichuan province as thousands of people remained buried in towns anv illages downstream.
14/05/2008
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Serbia's nationalists are holding talks to win support from other parties to form a government after their pro-Western rivals' claim of victory in Sunday's elections.
13/05/2008
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The political group headed by Muqtada al-Sadr, the Shia leader, says it has struck a deal with the Iraqi government to end the fighting in Baghdad's Sadr City district, where clashes have left at least 13 people dead in the past 24 hours.
11/05/2008
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At least six people are reported to have been killed after unidentified armed men opened fire on a funeral procession for a pro-government supporter in Beirut.
10/05/2008
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Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are set to continue the race for the Democratic presidential nomination in primary contests in Indiana and North Carolina.
06/05/2008
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Children are among six people who have been killed in a series of accidental explosions in the Afghan capital, officials have said.
05/05/2008
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Six Yemeni soldiers and four members of al-Huthi’s group have been killed and dozens others injured in renewed clashes between government forces and Shia fighters in the northern Yemeni province of Saada.
04/05/2008
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At least 10 people have been killed in crossfire between US troops and Iraqi Shia fighters in Baghdad's Sadr City district, while a blast elsewhere has killed four US soldiers.
04/05/2008
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At least 18 prisoners have been found dead after being attacked with knives and machetes at the Honduras' National Penitentiary.
04/05/2008
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Twenty-three people, including the defence minister for south Sudan, have been killed in an aeroplane crash in the African state.
02/05/2008
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At least 13 worshippers have been killed and 45 wounded in an explosion at a mosque in northern Yemen, officials have said.
02/05/2008
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