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Global stock markets have plunged again as shoppers in the US and elsewhere rein in their spending because of the economic crisis.
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Vladimir Putin, the Russian prime minister, has said in a keynote speech that the country's large foreign currency, gold reserves and anti-crisis measures would prevent a sharp fall in the rouble.
20/11/2008
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Clashes have broken out in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) between Tutis fighters loyal to General Laurent Nkunda, the renegade army general, and pro-government fighters, reports have said.
20/11/2008
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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.
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The European Union has said it will take "appropriate measures" to punish Mauritania after failing to restore constitutional rule, the French foreign ministry has said.
20/11/2008
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Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, has placed advertisements in Israeli newspapers in an attempt to increase interest in an Arab peace plan for the region.
20/11/2008
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An attack on anti-government protesters occupying the Thai prime minister's office has left one protester dead and 23 wounded.
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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French judicial officials have charged a key aide of Rwanda's president over the assassination of a former president of the country, amid national protests over her arrest.
20/11/2008
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Woolworths Group PLC's shares have fallen 32 per cent after the UK's high-street company confirmed it is considering selling its retail business.
20/11/2008
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South Korean activists have sent another batch of propaganda leaflets across the border into North Korea, ignoring calls from the South Korean government to stop the airdrops which it says are inflaming already tense relations on the peninsula.
20/11/2008
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Fears of deepening economic trouble in the US has sent global stock markets diving again.
20/11/2008
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Barack Obama, the US president-elect, has chosen Tom Daschle, the Democratic former majority leader of the US senate, to be health and human services secretary in his new administration, US media sources say.
20/11/2008
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Iceland has secured nearly $5bn in loans as it attempts to stabilise an restore faith in its shattered economy.
20/11/2008
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A Palestinian has been killed in an explosion east of Gaza City, according to Palestinian medical sources.
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