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A former US marine has been acquitted of voluntary manslaughter in the killing of unarmed detainees in Iraq four years ago.
29/08/2008
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Leaders in the European Union are considering imposing sanctions against Russia, Bernard Kouchner, the French foreign minister, has said.
28/08/2008
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The trial of a former Indonesian intelligence officer accused of the murder of a human rights activist has begun in the capital, Jakarta.
21/08/2008
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Fernando Lugo, a former bishop known for his work fighting for peasants' rights, has been sworn in as president of Paraguay, ending 60 years of rule by the nation's Colorado party.
15/08/2008
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European Union foreign ministers have agreed in a draft statement that there should be an EU peacekeeping role in Georgia.
13/08/2008
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Thailand's supreme court has issued arrest warrants for Thaksin Shinawatra, the ousted prime minister, and Pojaman, his wife, after they skipped bail and fled to Britain.
11/08/2008
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At least five people have been killed and three injured in a series of bombings in the western province of Xinjiang, according to China's state-run Xinhua news agency.
10/08/2008
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General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, Mauritania's coup leader, and head of the newly-formed supreme state council, has dismissed international condemnation of the military's dismissal of the government led by the country's first democratically elected pr...
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The European Union has tightened trade sanctions against Iran over its refusal to halt uranium enrichment.
09/08/2008
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Three European clubs won an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport to keep their players out of the Olympic football tournament.
07/08/2008
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A member of Eta, the Basque separatist group, convicted of 25 murders has been released from a Spanish prison after serving 20 years of a 3,000 year sentence, sparking outrage from families of the victims.
03/08/2008
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Saad Eddin Ibrahim, an outspoken critic of the Egyptian government, has been sentenced to two years in prison.
02/08/2008
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The European Commission has backed a plan to give €1bn ($1.59bn) to farmers in Africa next year to help tackle high food prices and boost output.
19/07/2008
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The European Union has proposed setting up a $1.6 billion two-year emergency fund to help poor countries cope with the global food crisis.
19/07/2008
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European union citizens would be able to seek medical care anywhere in the continent without prior authorisation and get reimbursed for the treatment by their insurer.
02/07/2008
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