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Thailand's parliament has been forced to postpone a joint session after thousands of protesters surrounded the building and vowed a "final battle" to overthrow the government.
24/11/2008
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Aides to Barack Obama have called on congress to pass a massive spending and tax-cutting programme before the US president-elect takes office on January 20.
24/11/2008
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Russian forces at a checkpoint near Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia have fired shots near a convoy of vehicles carrying the Georgian and Polish presidents, a Georgian presidential spokeswoman said.
24/11/2008
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Christian Klar, a former leader of the Red Army Faction, who has spent 26 years in prison for killings that shook Germany in the 1970s, will be released on parole, a court has ruled.
24/11/2008
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About 500 anti-Kremlin activists have met in Moscow to discuss forming a movement called "Solidarity" in the latest bid to unite Russia's liberals against what they call growing authoritarianism.
24/11/2008
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The president of Guinea-Bissau has reassured residents after several men, reported to be mutinous soldiers, broke into the residence in a three-hour gun battle with his guards.
24/11/2008
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Armed men have attacked the home of Guinea-Bissau's president overnight.
23/11/2008
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The Taliban is stepping up attacks on US and Nato supply convoys in Afghanistan, a spokesman for the armed group has said.
23/11/2008
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The Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, has ruled out retirement while warning his followers they remain in "great danger".
23/11/2008
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Georgia is marking the fifth anniversary of the so-called Rose Revolution which swept Mikhail Saakashvili to the presidency.
23/11/2008
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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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Russia's state-owned energy company, Gazprom, will cut off gas deliveries to Ukraine on January 1 unless a new contract is signed, a company spokesman has said.
23/11/2008
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An Iranian electronics salesman accused of passing information about the country's atomic energy programme to the Israelis has been hanged, a spokesman for the judiciary has said.
23/11/2008
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Two people have been shot dead and about 20 others wounded after Indian troops opened fire on hundreds of demonstrators protesting against state elections in Indian-controlled Kashmir.
23/11/2008
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Protesters seeking the resignation of Somchai Wongsawa, Thailand's prime minister, have massed in Bangkok, the capital, for what they say will be their biggest rally.
23/11/2008
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