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Witnesses reported seeing two assailants lobbing the grenade before speeding off on a motorcycle [AFP]
At least six people have been injured after a grenade was thrown at Thai anti-government protesters who have been camped outside the prime minister's office for the past two months.

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Anti-government protests rock Peru

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Demonstrators blocked the Montalvo bridge during a protest demanding fair taxes in Moquegua [EPA]
Thousands of people across five provinces in Peru have protested against the government of Alan Garcia in the first major test of the Peruvian president's newly-installed cabinet.

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Uribe third term plan rejected

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Uribe has an approval rating of about 78 per cent[File: EPA]
Colombian legislators have struck down plans that would have allowed Alvaro Uribe, the president, to run for a third term in office at elections in 2014.

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Ex-prisoner wins Maldives election

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Nasheed becomes the Maldives first democratically elected president [AFP]

A former political prisoner has unseated Asia's longest-serving leader to become the first democratically elected president of the Maldives, election officials say.

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Tiger planes hit Sri Lanka targets

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The raids on a power station and a military base caused only minor damage [AFP]

Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger separatists have bombed a power station and an army base in separate air raids.

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S Korea to complete Iraq pullout

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South Korea has some 600 troops left in Iraq [AFP]
South Korea's defence ministry has announced it will pull out the last of its troops from Iraq by December 20, ending what was once the third-largest foreign military presence in the country.

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North Korea ratchets up threats

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South Korean activists sent balloons across the border carrying anti-Pyongyang leaflets [Reuters]

North Korea's military has warned rival South Korea to end what it says is a policy of confrontation, threatening to turn the South into "debris" if it continues.

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China condemns Sudan killings

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Al-Sadiq said Sudan would spare no effort in protecting oil workers in Sudan [AFP]

China has condemned the killing of five kidnapped Chinese oil workers in Sudan as an "inhumane terrorist" act.

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Karadzic says defence 'not ready'

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Karadzic openly practiced alternative medicine while in hiding [EPA]

Radovan Karadzic, a former Bosnian Serb leader facing war crimes charges at The Hague, has told a pre-trial conference that he is at a disadvantage in preparing his defence because the case is moving so fast.

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