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The Sri Lankan army claims to have seized the strategic town of Mallavi from Tamil Tiger forces during heavy fighting.
05/09/2008
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Damascus has sent a proposal to Israel laying out the basis for direct peace talks, Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian president, has said.
05/09/2008
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Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian president, has pledged to help find a peaceful solution to the nuclear dispute between the West and Iran, warning that any attack on Tehran would be a disaster.
04/09/2008
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Somali fighters have vowed to intensify their attacks during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, as residents of Mogadishu, the capital, took shelter from mortar fire.
04/09/2008
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Yousuf Gilani, Pakistan's prime minister, has escaped an apparent assassination attempt after shots were fired at his motorcade in Rawalpindi, officials said.
03/09/2008
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Thailand's embattled prime minister is refusing to stand down and his supporters have demonstrated their backing on the streets and in parliament.
01/09/2008
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Opposition fighters in Somalia appear to have made a major comeback after being ousted by Somali government troops backed up by Ethiopian forces last year.
01/09/2008
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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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Nawaz Sharif, a former prime minister of Pakistan, has pulled his party out of the country's ruling coalition, just two weeks before the country is due to elect a new president.
25/08/2008
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Police have detained two separatist leaders in India-administered Kashmir amid a curfew ahead of an independence rally.
25/08/2008
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Suspected pro-Taliban fighters have attacked the home of a regional senator in Pakistan's Swat valley, killing at least three members of his family and seven guards, police say.
25/08/2008
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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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Scores of people are reported to have been killed amid renewed fighting and a suicide bomb attack in Pakistan.
24/08/2008
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Nicolas Sarkozy, the French President, has called on Russia to further withdraw forces from roads linking Georgian cities.
24/08/2008
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