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Sri Lanka's former military chief will challenge his former boss Mahinda Rajapakse, the incumbent president, in the country's presidential election, an opposition party has said.
24/11/2009
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South Africa has deported an Israeli airline official following allegations that Israel's secret police, Shin Bet, have been operating in Johannesburg's international airport.
24/11/2009
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South Africa's economy has come out of recession, with growth of 0.9 per cent in the third quarter of this year.
24/11/2009
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At least eight Russian soliders have been killed after a lorry full of munitions exploded at an arms depot.
24/11/2009
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Saudi Arabian forces have carried out an incursion into Yemeni territory using tanks, artillery and aircraft, the Houthi rebel group has said.
23/11/2009
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A former Iranian vice-president has been sentenced to six years in jail after being accused of inciting unrest following the country’s presidential elections in June.
23/11/2009
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Swine flu has killed four pilgrims who had travelled to Saudi Arabia for the annual hajj pilgrimage, according to the kingdom's health ministry.
22/11/2009
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Sri Lanka's ethnic-minority Tamil war refugees, detained in government camps, will be freed by December 1, according to a senior official.
21/11/2009
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A team of scientists in Switzerland have restarted the world's largest sub-atomic particle collider for the first time since the nearly $10bn machine suffered a massive malfunction last year.
21/11/2009
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A Somali woman has been stoned to death for committing what a judge has said was adultery.
19/11/2009
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Websites allied to Iran's opposition have raised questions over the death of a doctor who claimed post-election protesters were tortured in prison.
19/11/2009
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At least 47 people have been killed in tribal clashes that followed an attempted cattle raid in South Sudan.
19/11/2009
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Controversial South African runner Caster Semenya will be able to keep her 800 metres gold medal she won in Berlin.
19/11/2009
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Sudan has tightened security ahead of a crucial World Cup football qualifying match between Algeria and Egypt.
18/11/2009
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Somali pirates have freed a Spanish tuna fishing boat hijacked six weeks ago in the Indian Ocean, with a pirate saying that a $3.5m ransom had been paid for the Alakrana and its crew of 36.
18/11/2009
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