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A Palestinian has been killed in an explosion east of Gaza City, according to Palestinian medical sources.
20/11/2008
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Colombia has ordered the arrest of seven people accused of running a money laundering and pyramid scheme that was linked to riots and threatened to damage the economy by causing millions of dollars in lost investments.
20/11/2008
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England has a point to prove on Saturday when they take on World Cup holder South Africa at Twickenham after the southern hemisphere opponents they so hoped to beat this month all commented on their seeming lack of progress.
20/11/2008
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The presidents of Peru and China have reached agreement on a free-trade pact - the latest in a raft of deals China hopes will secure access to much-need raw materials for its manufacturing industries.
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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Rose Kabuye, an aide to Rwanda's president who was arrested in Frankfurt earlier this month in connection with the assassination of a former president of the country, has been extradited to France.
19/11/2008
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Al-Qaeda has warned Barack Obama, the US president-elect, against sending more troops to Afghanistan and vowed to continue attacks against "criminal" America.
19/11/2008
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Legislators loyal to Muqtada al-Sadr, the Iraqi Shia leader, have shouted down a parliamentary debate over a security pact that would keep US troops in Iraq for three more years.
19/11/2008
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At least five people have been killed in a suspected US missile attack in the North West Frontier province of Pakistan, near the Afghan border, security officials said.
19/11/2008
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United Nations peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of Congo have confirmed that rebel fighters have started withdrawing around two eastern towns.
19/11/2008
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A Turkish soldier has been killed and at least four others wounded in clashes with Kurdish fighters in eastern Turkey, according to media reports.
19/11/2008
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The trial of three people accused of being involved in the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, an investigative journalist and Kremlin critic, is closed to the public, a step that lawyers said could hinder justice being done.
19/11/2008
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The senior commander of international forces in Afghanistan has said supporting local leaders could be the key to halting the growing violence across the country.
19/11/2008
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China's president has signed a range of trade deals with Cuba and pledged millions of dollars in aid to the Caribbean nation as it struggles to recover from the impact of three hurricanes.
19/11/2008
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The US Food and Drug Administration has opened its first office in China as part of a global strategy to ensure the safety of imports from China.
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