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Pirates in control of a Saudi oil tanker anchored off the Somali town of Haradheere have said that they will fight against any military attempt to free the vessel.
22/11/2008
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The leader of a Tutsi armed group which is fighting against government forces in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is set to lead his first public rally in the territory he has captured.
22/11/2008
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A high level delegation from the diplomatic group The Elders has been denied entry to Zimbabwe.
22/11/2008
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Thousands of followers of Muqtada al-Sadr, a prominent Shia leader, have protested in central Baghdad against a security pact with the United States.
21/11/2008
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Somali fighters opposed to the country's interim government have entered the port town of Haradheere in a search for the pirates who seized a Saudi Arabian-owned oil tanker, a local elder has said.
21/11/2008
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Clashes have broken out in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) between Tutis fighters loyal to General Laurent Nkunda, the renegade army general, and pro-government fighters, reports have said.
20/11/2008
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Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, has placed advertisements in Israeli newspapers in an attempt to increase interest in an Arab peace plan for the region.
20/11/2008
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Somali pirates who hijacked the Sirius Star, a Saudi-owned supertanker, are demanding $25m for the ship's return, according to Mohamed Said, one of the pirates.
20/11/2008
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A Palestinian has been killed in an explosion east of Gaza City, according to Palestinian medical sources.
20/11/2008
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Somali pirates have now seized three ships off the coast of the Horn of Africa since hijacking their largest target ever, the Sirius Star carrying $100m worth of oil.
19/11/2008
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Legislators loyal to Muqtada al-Sadr, the Iraqi Shia leader, have shouted down a parliamentary debate over a security pact that would keep US troops in Iraq for three more years.
19/11/2008
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United Nations peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of Congo have confirmed that rebel fighters have started withdrawing around two eastern towns.
19/11/2008
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The United Nations has criticised Israel's closure of the Gaza crossings as a "direct contravention of international human rights and humanitarian law".
19/11/2008
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Iraq's prime minister has defended a pact to keep US forces in his country until the end 2011.
19/11/2008
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Riot police in Zimbabwe have prevented striking doctors and nurses from protesting against the country's collapsing health care system.
19/11/2008
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