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Dominique de Villepin, the former French prime minister, has been ordered to stand trial for his role in an alleged plot to smear Nicolas Sarkozy, France's president.
19/11/2008
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A man suspected to be the military leader of Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (Eta) has been arrested in the French Pyrenees, France's interior minister has said.
17/11/2008
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Taiwan's former president, Chen Shui-bian, has been transferred from his jail cell to a Taipei hospital days after he began a hunger strike to protest against his arrest on graft allegations.
17/11/2008
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The European Commission has said it is ready to resume negotiations with Russia on a new strategic partnership agreement, despite lingering concerns over the presence of Russian troops in Georgia.
11/11/2008
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Chen Shui-bian, the former Taiwanese president, has been detained after being questioned about a money-laundering case.
11/11/2008
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Barack Obama, the US president-elect, is set to select some of his economic advisers, including his choice for treasury secretary.
06/11/2008
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Sheikh Hasina Wajed, Bangladesh's former prime minister, is to return to Dhaka, the country's capital, to lead her Awami League party through upcoming elections.
04/11/2008
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A former political prisoner has unseated Asia's longest-serving leader to become the first democratically elected president of the Maldives, election officials say.
29/10/2008
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The former press secretary to George Bush has announced he is backing Barack Obama in the race to replace his ex-boss as US president.
24/10/2008
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Millions of American voters have already begun casting their ballots, either by mail or by queueing up at special early polling stations.
21/10/2008
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About 200 employees fired by India's Jet Airways have held an angry protest outside the company's office in Mumbai.
17/10/2008
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Barack Obama and John McCain, the US presidential candidates, have launched into their third and final televised debate.
16/10/2008
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The European Union has agreed to suspend travel restrictions on Alexander Lukashenko, the Belarus president, and other officials after a number of political prisoners were freed.
13/10/2008
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The founder of Aceh's separatist rebel movement has returned to Indonesia after nearly 30 years in exile and after a war that killed more than 15,000 people.
11/10/2008
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At least one person has been killed and three people injured in an explosion in a suburb of Colombo, the Sri Lankan capital, a police spokesman has said.
09/10/2008
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