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Russia's president has welcomed a decision by the US government against speeding up Nato membership to Georgia and Ukraine, two former Soviet republics.
28/11/2008
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Japan has announced that it will end its air support for US-led coalition forces in Iraq by the end of the year because the mission had achieved its goal.
28/11/2008
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A Malaysian mother of four has been sentenced to 18 years in jail for abusing her Indonesian domestic worker.
28/11/2008
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Indian troops are continuing to battle armed men who launched an attack on the city of Mumbai that has left more than 100 people dead.
27/11/2008
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Anti-government protesters in Thailand have shut down Bangkok's second airport, a day after blockades forced the closure of the capital's main international gateway.
27/11/2008
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At least seven people have reportedly been killed and 16 injured in a large explosion near the US embassy in the Afghan capital of Kabul, witnesses and police say.
27/11/2008
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Tzipi Livni, the Israeli foreign minister, has called on Ehud Olmert, the acting prime minister, to stand down immediately due to corruption charges.
27/11/2008
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China has has pulled out of an upcoming summit with the European Union, blaming the French president for planning to meet the Dalai Lama.
27/11/2008
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Police in China have confirmed that one of the country's wealthiest tycoons is being investigated for involvement in "economic crimes", state media has reported.
27/11/2008
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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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Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan's president, has demanded foreign powers set a "timeline" for the withdrawal of their forces from his country.
27/11/2008
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Dmitry Medvedev, the Russian president, is set to arrive in Caracas for talks with Hugo Chavez, his Venezuelan counterpart, as the two countries prepare to carry out joint naval exercises in the Caribbean.
27/11/2008
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George Bush, the US president, has staunchly defended the US-led invasion of Iraq and overthrow of Saddam Hussein, its former president.
27/11/2008
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The chief of Thailand’s army has said that fresh elections must be held in the country, after clashes between pro- and anti-government protesters at Bangkok's main airport.
26/11/2008
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Barack Obama, the US president-elect, has chosen to retain the services of Robert Gates as defence secretary and picked retired General James Jones to be his national security adviser, according to US media reports.
26/11/2008
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