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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 brown cloud of soot and pollutants floating over Asia is killing thousands of people and damaging crops, the UN says.
14/11/2008
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Bedouin fighters have shot and wounded an Egyptian policeman in Sinai.
14/11/2008
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George Bush, the US president, has warned of a "global meltdown" in the world economy unless action is taken, while defending the unregulated, free-market capitalism that many critics and world leaders have blamed for the crisis.
14/11/2008
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George Bush, the US president, has challenged Saudi Arabia to overturn its ban on apostasy - the changing of a person's religion - at a United Nations interfaith conference in New York.
14/11/2008
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At least four people, including two police officers, have been killed in a car bomb attack in Baghdad, the Iraqi capital, police have said.
12/11/2008
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A group of Bedouin tribesmen say they have taken at least 10 Egyptian police officers, including the region's security chief, hostage.
11/11/2008
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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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The Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan has crowned an Oxford-educated, 28-year-old bachelor as its new king.
06/11/2008
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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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At least five people have been killed and 17 wounded in a wave of bomb blasts across the Iraqi capital.
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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