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Protesters have gathered in the Japanese city of Sapporo to demonstrate against rising food prices, ahead of a summit of the Group of Eight (G8) rich nations.
05/07/2008
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Abdul Qadeer Khan, the architect of Pakistan's nuclear programme, has said the Pakistani army, under Pervez Musharraf, the president, supervised a shipment of centrifuges to North Korea in 2000.
05/07/2008
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Poland has said a US offer to boost its air defences in return for basing anti-missile interceptors on its soil is insufficient, but that it remained open to talks with Washington.
05/07/2008
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Police in Malaysia have warned of stern action against anyone who joins a planned rally on Sunday to protest against a recent hike in the price of fuel, saying the demonstration is an illegal gathering.
04/07/2008
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Pakistani security forces claim to have arrested 18 fighters and to have destroyed two major opposition sites in the country's Khyber tribal district.
03/07/2008
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Ingrid Betancourt was one of the most high profile captives held by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc), before her release in a Colombian military operation in July 2008.
03/07/2008
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Peru has denied reported claims by Evo Morales, the Bolivian president, that it had allowed the US to establish a secret military base on its territory.
02/07/2008
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Hundreds of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have stormed the Egyptian gate at the Rafah crossing, clashing with security forces.
02/07/2008
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Lech Kaczynski, Poland's president, has said he will not sign the European Union's reform treaty for now because the Irish rejection makes it "pointless".
02/07/2008
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Pakistan has claimed success after a major military offensive cleared anti-government fighters from a town in the northwest of the country and troops returned to abandoned outposts.
29/06/2008
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Pakistani security forces have launched a military operation against Taliban fighters in the Khyber tribal region near the northwest city of Peshawar.
28/06/2008
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The two major parties in Pakistan's coalition government have won the most seats in by-elections this week, filling 33 vacant seats in the national and provincial assemblies, an official has said.
27/06/2008
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Afghanistan's intelligence agency has accused its Pakistani counterpart of masterminding an assassination attempt on Hamid Karzai in April.
26/06/2008
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Philippine investigators are set to open an inquiry into a ferry disaster that may have claimed 800 lives.
25/06/2008
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Trucks have continued to roll into Gaza on the fifth day of a Hamas-Israel ceasefire after Israel's Supreme Court rejected an appeal by the parents of a soldier held by Hamas against the easing of an Israeli blockade.
24/06/2008
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