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Hundreds of people in Haiti have fled the waterlogged city of Gonaives for higher ground as a new storm, Hurricane Ike, threatened to compound a disaster caused by a previous storm.
07/09/2008
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Voters in Hong Kong are choosing new leaders in legislative council elections with the city's pro-democracy parties trying to avoid losses.
07/09/2008
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Up to 500 people are feared to have been buried in their homes after a mountain landslide crushed a town on the outskirts of Egypt's capital.
06/09/2008
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Nearly 500 people have died in the Haitian port city of Gonaives due to flooding caused by tropical storm Hanna, police have said, warning that more bodies could still be found.
06/09/2008
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Rescue workers in Haiti are being hampered in their efforts to get food and drinking water to thousands of people after tropical storm Hanna left many roads flooded and bridges collapsed.
05/09/2008
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Haiti's president has said his country is facing a "catastrophe" after being hit by three storms in as many weeks, leaving more than 60 people dead.
05/09/2008
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Following a campaign that started last October and has spanned two continents, the last 10 Asian hopefuls will this weekend enter the last qualifying stage for automatic places at the 2010 football World Cup.
04/09/2008
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With the army chief ruling out the possibility of staging a new coup hours after Samak Sundaravej, the prime minister, declared a state of emergency in the capital, the political crisis in Thailand could play out in many ways.
02/09/2008
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Hindu demonstrators in Indian-administered Kashmir have called off protests after the government said it would temporarily provide land for a pilgrimage site in the Muslim-majority region.
01/09/2008
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Hundreds of Palestinians are reported to have crossed into Egypt after Cairo opened the border with the Gaza Strip for two days.
31/08/2008
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Arsenal rediscovered their English Premier League form with a convincing 3-0 victory over Newcastle United at the Emirates Stadium.
31/08/2008
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Three men who slipped across the border from Pakistan into Indian Kashmir disguised as policemen have been killed by security forces after holding nine people hostage in a house in the Hindu-majority region of Jammu, police said.
28/08/2008
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Hijackers who forced a Sudanese plane to land in Libya have demanded that it be refuelled so that it can fly on to Paris.
27/08/2008
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Up to 30,000 people gathered to support Anwar Ibrahim, Malaysia's de facto opposition leader, as he launched his bid to return to parliament, in defiance of sodomy allegations made against him by a young male aide.
16/08/2008
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Lebanon's new government has won a vote of confidence, approving a policy statement recognising Hezbollah's right to use all means possible to regain Israeli-occupied land claimed by Lebanon.
13/08/2008
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