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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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Sri Lanka's senior general has said he will announce a decision on entering politics within two to three days, amid speculation he may run for the presidency.
17/11/2009
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Myanmar's jailed opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has offered her "co-operation" to the country's military government and seeks a meeting with the top general, her party says.
17/11/2009
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Italian police have captured Domenico Raccuglia, one of Sicily's senior mafia fugitives, who had been on the run for 15 years, officials said.
16/11/2009
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Scores of people have been killed in China due to heavy snows, some of which were artificially created.
14/11/2009
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