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The Sri Lankan military says it has overrun a strategically important Tamil Tiger defensive line in the north of the country.
20/11/2008
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Somali pirates who hijacked the Sirius Star, a Saudi-owned supertanker, are demanding $25m for the ship's return, according to Mohamed Said, one of the pirates.
20/11/2008
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Somali pirates have now seized three ships off the coast of the Horn of Africa since hijacking their largest target ever, the Sirius Star carrying $100m worth of oil.
19/11/2008
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Doctors have given a woman a windpipe with tissue grown from her own stem cells, eliminating the need for anti-rejection drugs.
19/11/2008
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Ten Sudanese newspapers have suspended publication as part of a growing protest against state censorship, Sudanese journalists said.
19/11/2008
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A Saudi supertanker hijacked by pirates with a $100 million oil cargo has anchored off Somalia, the US navy has said.
18/11/2008
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Sri Lankan troops have captured two towns held by fighters from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), the country's defence ministry has said.
17/11/2008
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The Sri Lankan military has stepped up air attacks against Tamil Tiger separatists a day after defence officials said they had re-captured the key northern town of Pooneryn.
16/11/2008
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Somalia's president has said his government is "on the verge of total collapse" as opposition fighters have taken control of large parts of the country.
16/11/2008
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A car bomb has killed 10 people and wounded 31 others in the northern Iraqi town of Tal Afar, Iraqi police and the US military say.
15/11/2008
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The Sri Lankan military says it has captured the strategically important northern town of Pooneryn from Tamil Tiger separtists.
15/11/2008
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A sailor has been charged for setting off the fire-extinguishing system on the Russian nuclear submarine Nerpa, causing 20 people to be gassed to death, investigators say.
13/11/2008
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Nine people have been injured after parts of a school in Haiti caved-in, less than a week after a school collapse in the same region killed at least 89 people.
13/11/2008
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Omar al-Bashir, the Sudanese president, has announced a unilateral ceasefire by government forces in the Darfur region of western Sudan.
12/11/2008
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Somalia's Shebab group has taken over the southern port of Marka, an important entry point for food aid.
12/11/2008
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