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Americans have given mixed reactions to Barack Obama's speech accepting the Democratic nomination for US president.
29/08/2008
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An Argentine court has sentenced two former generals to life in prison for the murder of a senator during the country's seven-year military government.
29/08/2008
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The Palestinian high court of justice has ordered the release of Al Jazeera journalist Awad Rjoub, who was detained by the Palestinian Authority's security forces in the West Bank last month.
29/08/2008
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An armed group in Somalia has released the local UN refugee agency chief who was seized in June near Mogadishu, Somalia's capital, the refugee agency said.
28/08/2008
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Malaysia's opposition leader, Anwar Ibrahim, is set to be sworn in as a member of parliament two days after a landslide by-election win marked his return to mainstream politics.
27/08/2008
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At least 35 African migrants have died of hunger, thirst and exposure after the boat carrying them across the Mediterranean sea drifted for three days, the Spanish Red Cross said.
27/08/2008
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Afghanistan's cabinet has demanded a change in the rules governing international troops in the country, after more than 90 civilians were killed in US-led air attacks last week.
26/08/2008
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At least 25 people have been killed in Baghdad's Abu Ghraib district after a suicide bomber blew himself up at a feast held by a sheikh to celebrate his son's release from a US detention centre.
25/08/2008
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The North African wing of the al-Qaeda terror network has claimed responsibility for the recent car bombings in Algeria.
23/08/2008
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At least 10 people have been killed in southern Philippines just hours after the government scrapped a peace deal with a Muslim separatist group, the Philippine military has said.
22/08/2008
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Georgia's separatist region of Abkhazia has called for Russia to recognise its independence at a traditional assembly on the main square of its capital, Sukhumi.
21/08/2008
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At least 24 people were killed in northwestern Pakistan when four missiles or bombs hit two compounds used by armed groups operating along the Afghanistan border.
13/08/2008
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Three female international aid workers have been killed in an ambush in southern Afghanistan, according to a provincial governor.
13/08/2008
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Ayman al-Zawahiri, al-Qaeda's deputy leader, has released his first English-language video calling for "jihad" in Pakistan.
11/08/2008
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The African Union is to suspend Mauritania's membership following this week's military coup in the west African nation, the bloc's president has said.
09/08/2008
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