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Cambodia's Khmer Rouge war crimes court has begun the final arguments in its first trial, bringing the regime's prison chief closer to justice for the "Killing Fields" atrocities 30 years ago.
23/11/2009
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Hundreds of Brazilians have protested against a visit by the Iranian president.
23/11/2009
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Traian Basescu, Romania's incumbent president, has won the first round of the country’s presidential elections.
23/11/2009
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Ilham Aliyev, the president of Azerbaijan, has warned Serzh Sargsian, his Armenian counterpart, that he will pursue a military option against Armenia if a long-running border dispute is not resolved in Munich this week.
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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Two bombs have exploded in India's northeastern Assam state, killing six people and wounding dozens more, police say.
22/11/2009
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The US senate has voted to open debate on a landmark healthcare reform bill that would extend insurance to an estimated 36 million Americans.
22/11/2009
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Albania's opposition party and its supporters have staged a marathon protest, calling for a probe into allegations of vote rigging.
21/11/2009
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Afghanistan's defence ministry has unveiled plans to expand the national army's size three-fold - a move that will bring the total troop level to 240,000.
21/11/2009
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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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Romanians have begun to vote in a closely fought presidential election that investors hope will resolve a government crisis holding up IMF aid.
21/11/2009
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Italian police say they have arrested two Pakistani men accused of providing logistical support for last year's deadly attacks in Mumbai.
21/11/2009
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The US justice department intends to drop manslaughter and weapons charges against one of the Blackwater Worldwide security guards involved in a deadly 2007 Baghdad shooting, according to court documents.
21/11/2009
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Brazil's president has called for an immediate end to Israeli settlement construction on Palestinian territory, following a meeting with his visiting Palestinian counterpart.
21/11/2009
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Colombia says it will not allow recent tensions with Venezuela to escalate into violence, after it accused Venezuelan troops of blowing up two footbridges that link the countries.
21/11/2009
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