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George Bush, the US president, has warned global leaders meeting in the US capital for talks on the global financial crisis against implementing policies of protectionism.
15/11/2008
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Suspected Maoist fighters in India have detonated two bombs and opened fire in more than a dozen areas, disrupting voting in state elections in central Chhattisgarh state, police and officials said.
14/11/2008
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A Bangladesh special court has ordered that four former ministers be remanded in jail for alleged graft until a court hearing later this week, officials said.
10/11/2008
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Bangladesh's border guards have been placed on high alert after reports that Myanmar strengthened its security along the 270km land border between the countries.
09/11/2008
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The UK's ruling Labour Party has won a by-election against forecasts, indicating that Gordon Brown, the prime minister, may have raised the party's standing via his handling of the global financial crisis.
07/11/2008
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Sources have learnt that the three men sentenced to die for their role in the Bali bombings will be executed in the coming hours.
06/11/2008
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Barack Obama is projected to become the first African-American president of the United States following a historic election victory, according to US media projections.
05/11/2008
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One of Osama bin Laden's sons has asked for political asylum in Spain, the Spanish interior ministry has said.
04/11/2008
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At least one person has been killed and more than 70 injured in southern Thailand by two near-simultaneous bomb blasts, police said.
04/11/2008
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Bolivia's president has suspended the work of agents from the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), accusing them of spying inside Bolivia.
02/11/2008
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Dissident members of South Africa's governing African National Congress (ANC)are meeting in Johannesburg to discuss forming a breakaway movement.
01/11/2008
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A senior police official's home has been targeted by a suicide bomber in Pakistan's north western frontier town of Mardan, killing eight and injuring 15, according to news agency Associated Press (AP).
31/10/2008
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Police say at least 12 bombs have exploded across the northeastern Indian state of Assam, killing 56 people and injuring more than 200 others.
30/10/2008
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A bomb has ripped through a train station in the town of Berriz in Spain's Basque country causing major damage but no injuries, according to officials.
26/10/2008
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George Bush, the US president, has signed a Nato agreement that put Albania and Croatia a step closer to joining the military alliance.
26/10/2008
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