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Samak Sundaravej, the Thai prime minister, has chosen Saroj Chavanaviraj, a former diplomat, as the new foreign minister.
06/09/2008
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Angola is holding its first parliamentary elections in 16 years on September 5, 2008.
05/09/2008
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Condoleezza Rice, the US secretary of state, will be the highest-ranking official to visit Libya since John Foster Dulles, the secretary of state in the Eisenhower administration, in 1953.
05/09/2008
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The Thai government has approved in principle plans for a national referendum to end a three-month political deadlock as thousands of protesters continued their campaign to force the prime minister's resignation.
04/09/2008
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The Pakistani Taliban has claimed responsibilty for an assassination attempt on Yousuf Gilani, Pakistan's prime minister.
04/09/2008
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Thousands of anti-government protesters have continued to occupy the grounds of the Thai prime minister's office as the threat of a public sector strike spreads 24 hours after a state of emergency was declared in the capital.
03/09/2008
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Emergency warnings have been issued in the Bahamas and parts of the Turks and Caicos Islands, as Tropical Storm Hanna approaches, having left at least 21 dead in Haiti.
03/09/2008
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Thailand's army chief has ruled out the possibility of military coup hours after Samak Sundaravej, the prime minister, declared a state of emergency in the capital.
02/09/2008
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The Thai prime minister has declared a state of emergency, hoping to bring an end to protests against his rule and the worst street violence seen in a decade.
02/09/2008
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Thailand's prime minister has declared emergency rule after protests in the capital turned deadly.
02/09/2008
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Thailand's parliament is holding a special session prompted by days of street protests in which an anti-government group has stormed government buildings, a state-run TV station and police headquarters.
31/08/2008
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Samak Sundaravej, Thailand's prime minister, has refused to step down amid intensifying protests across the country aimed at toppling his seven-month-old government.
31/08/2008
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Thousands of Tibetans have staged a symbolic 12-hour "fast for peace", joined by the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader, from his hospital bed in Mumbai, India.
31/08/2008
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Thai anti-government protesters have attacked the capital's police headquarters as demonstrations against Samak Sundaravej, the prime minister, have continued to spread across the country.
30/08/2008
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More than one million people have been ordered to leave their homes as severe flooding sweeps central Japan.
30/08/2008
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