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Police in Thailand have issued a new warning to anti-government protesters occupying Bangkok's Don Mueang airport, stating that any person refusing to leave the site could be jailed or fined.
30/11/2008
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The 12 remaining peacekeepers in the troubled Philippines province of Mindanao are to leave the area, despite government appeals for them to stay.
30/11/2008
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Hundreds of anti-government protesters have stormed the Thai capital's international airport in their drive to oust the country's elected administration.
25/11/2008
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A Russian politician ordered the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, the investigative journalist shot dead two years ago, according to details in an indictment, a defence lawyer has said.
25/11/2008
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Hugo Chavez, the Venezuelan president, has said that his party could seek to amend the constitution to provide unlimited presidential rule.
25/11/2008
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Two people have been shot dead and about 20 others wounded after Indian troops opened fire on hundreds of demonstrators protesting against state elections in Indian-controlled Kashmir.
23/11/2008
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Vladimir Putin, the Russian prime minister, has said in a keynote speech that the country's large foreign currency, gold reserves and anti-crisis measures would prevent a sharp fall in the rouble.
20/11/2008
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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 retired head of Pakistan's army commando unit has been shot dead in Islamabad, the police say.
19/11/2008
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The trial has opened of four men charged over the 2006 murder of Anna Politkovskaya, a Russian journalist and Kremlin critic.
18/11/2008
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Sarah Palin, the defeated US Republican vice-presidential candidate, has called on the party to rebuild following its crushing defeat by Barack Obama's Democrats in last week's presidential poll.
14/11/2008
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Indonesia has stepped up security across the country after the execution of the three Bali bombers and warnings from foreign embassies that reprisal attacks could follow.
10/11/2008
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A highly-anticipated meeting between Taiwan's president and a visiting Chinese envoy has lasted only five minutes as anti-Beijing protesters vowed to keep up their fight against closer links between the island and the mainland.
06/11/2008
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Asif Ali Zardari, the Pakistani president, has warned General David Petraeus, the US commander running the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, that missile strikes on Pakistani territory were "counterproductive" and "detrimental to the
03/11/2008
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General David Petraeus, the former commander of US forces in Iraq, has taken charge of the US military's Central Command.
01/11/2008
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