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Palestinians have held protests across the occupied territories to mark the 60th anniversary of the Nakba, or "catastrophe", when they were uprooted from their homes by the establishment of Israel.
15/05/2008
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Two Palestinian civilians and three fighters have been killed in Israeli military raids on the Gaza Strip, Palestinian medical officials have said.
14/05/2008
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Spanish police has confirmed that a car bomb has exploded at a police barracks in the Basque Country in northern Spain.
14/05/2008
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Vladimir Putin, the incoming Russian prime minister, has named his cabinet line-up, re-appointing most key ministers and taking some high-level figures from his previous Kremlin team with him to his new post.
13/05/2008
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Boris Tadic, Serbia's president, has declared victory in elections over ultra-nationalists who had hoped to capitalise on public disaffection over Kosovo's independence declaration.
12/05/2008
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Portuguese football authorities have relegated Boavista and deducted points from FC Porto and Leiria for attempting to fix league matches in the countries biggest ever football scandal.
10/05/2008
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The UN says it is "disappointed" with Myanmar over its failure to allow foreign relief workers and supplies into the country quickly after being hit by one of the worst cyclone's in living memory.
08/05/2008
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Russia's lower house of parliament has confirmed Vladimir Putin as prime minister a day after his protege Dmitry Medvedev replaced him as president of the country.
08/05/2008
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Tzipi Livni, Israel's foreign minister, could take over as the country's prime minister if Ehud Olmert resigns over an ongoing police investigation.
08/05/2008
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A Palestinian civilian has been killed after Palestinan president Mahmoud Abbas's security forces clashed with armed men for the first time since the launch of a US-backed security drive in the northern West Bank.
07/05/2008
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A 500-strong force made up of Palestinian national security forces and presidential guards has begun deploying in the West Bank city of Jenin for a law-and-order campaign.
03/05/2008
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Tension is rising as residents of Bolivia's Santa Cruz region prepare to vote on greater autonomy for their province in a referendum.
03/05/2008
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Sami al-Hajj had been working as a cameraman for Al Jazeera when he was arrested on the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan in 2001.
02/05/2008
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Unusually for an Egyptian secret service chief, General Omar Suleiman has come into the public view in recent years - mostly for his efforts to mediate between Palestinian factions and Israel.
01/05/2008
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Leaders of Pakistan's ruling coalition meeting in Dubai are locked in a stalemate over the reinstatement of sacked judges.
30/04/2008
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