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Cristina Kirchner, the Argentinian president, has arrived in Algeria at the start of a six-day North African trip aimed at boosting economic ties.
17/11/2008
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Algerian politicians have agreed to end limits on the length of presidential terms, a move seen by opposition parties as paving the way for Abdelaziz Bouteflika to stay in office for the rest of his life.
12/11/2008
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At least two European nuns have been kidnapped by armed Somali men during a pre-dawn raid inside Kenya, said the Red Cross.
10/11/2008
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Southern African countries are prepared to provide assistance to the armed forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and send peacekeepers if needed, the head of the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) has said.
10/11/2008
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Fighters with Sunni Awakening groups in Iraq, who were paid by the US to turn against al-Qaeda, are set to receive their first pay cheques from the Shia-dominated Iraqi government.
10/11/2008
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At least six foreign aid workers have been kidnapped at gunpoint in Somalia.
05/11/2008
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A United Nations convoy carrying water and medicines has arrived in the rebel-held town of Rutshuru in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
03/11/2008
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Human rights violations are going unpunished and the food crisis is worsening amid Zimbabwe's unresolved political stalemate, Amnesty International has said.
31/10/2008
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A boat carrying international activists has docked in the Gaza Strip despite an Israeli naval blockade on the Palestinian territory.
30/10/2008
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Activists from the 'Free Gaza' group have defied Israel's siege of the territory, arriving at the port in Gaza City by boat from Cyprus.
29/10/2008
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Nearly 600 Palestinian troops have taken up positions in the West Bank city of Hebron, with their commander saying they are to crack down on fighters and criminals.
25/10/2008
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Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, has fired his intelligence chief, amid reports that Hamas, the Palestinian faction that runs the Gaza Strip, had demanded he be replaced.
22/10/2008
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Supporters of Muqtada al-Sadr, a populist Shia leader, have gathered in the Iraqi capital, to demand the immediate withdrawal of US troops and to condemn a planned US-Iraq security deal.
18/10/2008
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Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian president, has issued a decree which paves the way for the opening of full diplomatic ties with Lebanon, the official Sana news agency said.
14/10/2008
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Israeli police have arrested an Arab man who drove into a Jewish neighbourhood of the northern city of Acre on the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur sparking four nights of riots.
14/10/2008
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