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Belgian newspapers are reporting that Justine Henin is set to quit professional tennis.
14/05/2008
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About 3,000 to 5,000 people may have been killed in one county alone after a powerful earthquake hit southwest China.
12/05/2008
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Turkish warplanes bombed bases of the fighters of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in neighbouring northern Iraq late on Saturday, the Turkish army has said.
11/05/2008
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A Sri Lankan navy cargo vessel has been sunk by a Tamil Tiger attack in the eastern port town of Trincomalee.
10/05/2008
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Three people have been killed and 10 others wounded in a series of explosions in southeast Turkey blamed on Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) fighters, Turkish security sources say.
10/05/2008
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The Lebanese Shia group Hezbollah has been leading a political campaign against the cabinet seen as anti-Syria, led by Fouad Siniora, the prime minister.
09/05/2008
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Envoys for Tibet's exiled spiritual leader say they have made a "good first step" in their discussions with Chinese officials about Tibet.
06/05/2008
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Tayyip Erdogan's office has called local media reports about his ruling Justice and Development (AK) party's planned response to a bid to close it down "untrue".
06/05/2008
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More than 150 Kurdish fighters have been killed in a series of cross-border air raids by Turkey into northern Iraq, the country's military has said.
04/05/2008
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Turkmenistan's leader has ordered the removal of a giant golden statue of his late predecessor from downtown Ashgabat, the Turkmen capital, state media says.
04/05/2008
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Two envoys of the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, are on their way to China for "informal" talks aimed at ending the crisis in Tibet.
03/05/2008
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Two suicide blasts have ripped through a wedding party in Iraq's Diyala province killing at least 35 people and wounding about 60 others, officials say.
02/05/2008
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Thailand, the world's largest rice exporter, has said it is looking at forming an Opec-style rice cartel with four of its Southeast Asian neighbours so that they have more control over skyrocketing prices of the commodity.
02/05/2008
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Seven people have been killed, including at least two Taliban fighters and three Afghan government agents, in clashes in a village near Kabul.
30/04/2008
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