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An explosion at a meeting of tribal elders in northwest Pakistan killing at least 15 people, according to witnesses.
10/10/2008
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George Bush, the US president, has signed legislation to enact a US-India nuclear trade agreement, hailing the deal as cementing "the growing ties between the world's two largest democracies".
09/10/2008
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A suicide bomber has killed at least nine people outside a court in the Iraqi city of Baquba.
08/10/2008
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The British government has announced plans to partially nationalise the country's major banks, in a package using up to £50bn ($87.5bn) of taxpayers' money.
08/10/2008
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A lawyer in Egypt has demanded that the government halt its gas exports to Israel, report said.
08/10/2008
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Two blasts have occurred near Baghdad's Green Zone outside Iraq's foreign ministry, as John Negroponte, the US deputy secretary of state, was preparing to hold a press conference about his visit to Iraq.
07/10/2008
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International train services have been suspended and work at government offices has ground to a halt as thousands of workers in Belgium protested against rising living costs.\
07/10/2008
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Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Brazil's president, is expected to expand his influence and that of his ruling party by putting up a strong showing in local elections.
05/10/2008
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A bomb has exploded outside a court in the town of Tolosa in Spain's northeastern Basque region after a warning call from the Basque separatist group Eta, public television TVE reported.
04/10/2008
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George Bush, the US president, has said that rejection by the US House of Representatives of a $700bn bailout for troubled financial institutions was not the end of efforts to pass a rescue plan.
30/09/2008
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George Bush has urged the US congress to pass a $700bn bail-out plan that it is hoped will provide a stimulus to the country's troubled financial sector.
29/09/2008
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At least four people have been killed and about 30 injured after a car bomb exploded in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli.
29/09/2008
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George Bush, the US president, has said that he expects his administration's $700bn bail-out package for the financial markets to be passed by the congress despite disagreements among individual members.
26/09/2008
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The United States is in the middle of a serious financial crisis that could push the economy into a long-term recession if the government does not act, the president has said.
25/09/2008
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At least three people have been injured in an explosion in central Yangon, police and witnesses in the former Myanmar capital have said.
25/09/2008
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