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The chief minister of the Indian state of Maharashtra has offered to resign after his deputy stepped down over the devastating attacks on the state capital Mumbai.
01/12/2008
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At least 16 people have been killed and another 45 wounded in Baghdad, the Iraqi capital, in a double bomb attack.
01/12/2008
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Thai protesters are leaving the prime minister's office after a three-month sit-in, moving instead to reinforce a paralysing anti-government blockade of the country's two airports.
01/12/2008
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Israeli boats have obstructed the path of a Libyan cargo ship en route to the Gaza Strip.
01/12/2008
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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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Eight civilians and two police officers have been killed after a suicide bomber detonated his explosives in a crowded market in southern Afghanistan.
01/12/2008
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A suicide car-bomber has killed at least eight people in an attack aimed at a military checkpost in northwest Pakistan's Swat Valley, officials have said.
01/12/2008
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Barack Obama, the US president-elect, has confirmed his nomination of Hillary Clinton, his former presidential rival, as secretary of state in his new administration.
01/12/2008
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Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah, the emir of Kuwait, has accepted the recent resignation of his government, the parliament's speaker has said.
01/12/2008
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Hugo Chavez has said that he is directing his United Socialist party (PSUV) to seek a constitutional amendment that would allow him to be re-elected an unlimted number of times.
01/12/2008
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Romania's parliamentary election appears too close to call with exit polls showing the centrist and leftist parties less than a percentage point apart with more than 90 per cent of the vote counted.
01/12/2008
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Ingrid Betancourt, Colombia's most high profile former hostage, has returned to the country to launch a regional tour in support of kidnap victims.
01/12/2008
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Health authorities in China are marking World Aids Day with the UN Aids agency by pledging to fight discrimination against people living with HIV/Aids.
01/12/2008
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The Israeli cabinet has given its approval to release a new batch of 250 Palestinian prisoners.
01/12/2008
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North Korea has started restricting border crossings with the South, military officials say.
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