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Large parts of Venice have been flooded as heavy rains and strong winds lashed the lagoon city, with sea levels at their highest level in 22 years.
01/12/2008
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Barack Obama, the US president-elect, has named Paul Volcker, the former chairman of the Federal Reserve, as the head of his new economic recovery advisory board, aimed at stabilising troubled financial markets and averting a US recession.
27/11/2008
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The outgoing US president has declared that the vision of a Palestinian state remains alive despite failure to achieve his goal of a Middle East peace deal this year.
25/11/2008
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A group of Japanese Christians who were killed in the 17th century for refusing to renounce their religion have been beatified in a ceremony in the city of Nagasaki officiated by a representative of Pope Benedict XVI.
24/11/2008
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Venezuelans are voting in state and municipal elections seen as a critical test of president Hugo Chavez’s grip on power against an energised opposition.
23/11/2008
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Municipal elections in India's troubled Jammu and Kashmir state are under way amid condemnation from separatists who believe the poll will only serve to deepen New Delhi's hold over the region.
17/11/2008
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Venezuela's government has said it will take over the country's largest gold mine, as Hugo Chavez' administration attempts to boost foreign reserves amid the global financial crisis.
06/11/2008
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Kenyans and Indonesians have greeted news of Barack Obama's victory in the US presidential election with celebrations and street parties.
05/11/2008
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Senior Vatican and Muslim scholars have opened their first Catholic-Muslim Forum to improve relations between the world's two largest faiths.
04/11/2008
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Forecasters say that more torrential rain is expected to hit areas of south China and Vietnam where at least 150 people have been killed in the area's worst flooding in several years.
04/11/2008
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Vietnam's worst floods in 20 years have left at least 49 people dead across northern and central parts of the country, officials have said.
03/11/2008
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David Villa's explosive start to the season will be a worry to lowly Recreativo Huelva when Spanish league leader Valencia visits on Sunday.
23/10/2008
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Youths in the Greek capital Athens have clashed with riot police as a nationwide strike brought the country to a standstill.
22/10/2008
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