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Ehud Olmert, Israel's outgoing prime minister, has said that Israel will have to leave much of east Jerusalem and allow Palestinians to form a state equal in size to the area of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
29/09/2008
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Belarus is holding elections, which could determine whether "Europe's last dictatorship", as Washington calls the long-time Russian ally, will win concessions from the West.
28/09/2008
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The US Democratic presidential candidate has agreed to meet his Republican rival and other leaders in Washington to try to resolve the country's financial crisis.
25/09/2008
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Slovenia's opposition, the Social Democrats (SD), and two allied groups, have defeated the ruling Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS) in parliamentary elections, preliminary results show.
22/09/2008
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Israel's prime minister has announced his resignation, days after the country's ruling party voted for a new leader to replace him.
21/09/2008
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No protests were held during the Beijing Olympics because all the issues raised by would-be protesters were "resolved" ahead of time, a senior Chinese Olympic security official has said.
18/09/2008
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General Ray Odierno, a US military commander known for his aggressive tactics, has taken command of US-led forces in Iraq, replacing General David Petraeus.
16/09/2008
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Ehud Olmert, the Israeli prime minister, has likened a rampage by armed Jewish settlers in a Palestinian village to a "pogrom" and said Israel would not tolerate such attacks in the occupied West Bank.
15/09/2008
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Opec oil ministers have agreed to curb their collective output by more than 500,000 barrels a day.
10/09/2008
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Zimbabwe's ruling and opposition leaders have said they are making progress in a new round of power-sharing talks.
10/09/2008
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Oil grouping Opec has expressed concerns about a global oversupply amid the lowest prices in five months.
09/09/2008
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An air safety investigation into the emergency landing of a Qantas plane in the Philippines last month has blamed an exploding pressurised oxygen cylinder.
29/08/2008
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Barack Obama has accepted the Democratic presidential nomination, promising to end what he calls the "broken politics of Washington" if elected US president.
29/08/2008
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Barack Obama, the Democratic candidate for the US presidency, has officially announced he has chosen Delaware senator Joe Biden as his vice-presidential running mate, hailing him as a "distinguished leader".
24/08/2008
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Mauritanian police have re-arrested recently ousted prime minister in the northern town of Nouadhibou, political parties who support the ousted regime have said.
22/08/2008
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