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Hijackers of a Sudanese passenger jet at a Libyan airport have released all passengers aboard, a Libyan official has said.
27/08/2008
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Sudanese forces have begun massing outside a camp for displaced persons in Darfur, sparking fears of new violence in the area.
27/08/2008
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Islamic fighters say they have seized control of Kismayo, Somalia's third-largest city, after three days of fighting that has left about 70 people dead and led to thousands of people fleeing.
25/08/2008
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The death toll in southern Somalia has risen to 70 with scores more wounded after three days of fighting in which an armed opposition group is reported to have taken control of the southern port of Kismayu.
23/08/2008
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Three ships - German, Iranian and Japanese - were hijacked by pirates off the Somali coast in an unprecedented series of attacks, a maritime watchdog said.
22/08/2008
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A Malaysian oil tanker carrying 39 crew members has been hijacked by pirates in the Gulf of Aden, between Somalia and Yemen, a maritime watchdog group said.
21/08/2008
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Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian president, has said he will use his visit to Russia to expand military ties with Moscow, whose previous arms sales to the Middle Eastern state have angered the West.
20/08/2008
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At least 43 people have been killed in a suicide attack on an Algerian police school, the country's interior ministry has said.
19/08/2008
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Omar Hassan al-Bashir, on his first trip abroad since the International Criminal Court (ICC) moved to indict him for genocide, has met his Turkish counterpart in Istanbul.
19/08/2008
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A suicide attack on a police checkpoint in the western Iraqi city of Ramadi has left at least five officers dead, police say.
19/08/2008
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Hezbollah has signed a memorandum of understanding with a local Sunni faction in Lebanon, a move that could help defuse sectarian tensions that have cost the lives of more than 100 people.
19/08/2008
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More than three million Shia Muslims have made their annual pilrimage to Karbala amid attacks en route to the holy city, which killed dozens of people.
17/08/2008
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A double suicide attack has killed at least 19 people and wounded 75 in a town near Iskandariya, 50km south of Baghdad, Iraq's capital.
15/08/2008
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Syria and Lebanon have agreed to resume the work of a committee to demarcate their common border, a joint statement by the two countries says.
14/08/2008
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The Sudanese army has begun a massive operation to destroy rebel bases in northern Darfur, according to two factions based in the area.
14/08/2008
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