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China has dismissed suggestions that a meeting of Tibetan exiles may step up efforts to seek independence for their homeland, saying any such moves were "doomed to fail".
18/11/2008
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A car bomb has killed one of Israel's most prominent crime bosses in Tel Aviv, Israel's Haaretz newspaper reports.
18/11/2008
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Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, a Libyan national convicted of bombing an aeroplane flying over the Scottish town of Lockerbie in 1988, has been denied bail by a Scottish court.
14/11/2008
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With Barack Obama continuing to form his new cabinet, reports in the US are suggesting that Hillary Clinton, his former Democratic rival in the US presidential race, is in the running to become the next secretary of state.
14/11/2008
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Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels have reiterated a call for a ceasefire with government forces.
10/11/2008
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The Chinese government has said that recent talks with representatives of the Dalai Lama failed to yield any progress.
10/11/2008
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The most senior Chinese official to visit Taiwan in 60 years has hailed the trip as a success but said the road to better ties was still long and difficult.
07/11/2008
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A Malaysian court has ordered the release of a prominent government critic free from detention on grounds that his arrest under a colonial-era security law was unlawful, local media and his lawyer have said.
07/11/2008
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New Zealanders are preparing to head to the polls on Saturday with the conservative National party poised to end nearly a decade of Labour party rule.
07/11/2008
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A Scottish court is to consider releasing Abdel baset Ali Mohmet Al-Megrahi, the Libyan man convicted in the 1998 Lockerbie bombing, due to ill health.
06/11/2008
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China's president has congratulated Barack Obama on his victory in the US presidential election, saying he looked forward to opening a new chapter of China-US ties.
05/11/2008
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General Mario Montoya, the commander of Colombia's military, has resigned following a scandal in which army officers were linked to the killing of civilians.
04/11/2008
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Envoys from China and Taiwan have wrapped up landmark negotiations with an agreement to hold high-level talks every six months.
04/11/2008
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China's state news agency has published a scathing attack on the Dalai Lama, accusing the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader of adopting a "pathetic posture" to draw sympathy for what it said was his pro-Tibetan independence views.
04/11/2008
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A senior Chinese negotiator has arrived in Taiwan for a visit that marks the highest level diplomatic exchange between the island and the mainland in almost 60 years.
03/11/2008
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