Saturday 22 November 2008
Several protesters injured in new Bangkok attack
At least eight Thai protesters were wounded in a pre-dawn grenade explosion in Bangkok a day before a major anti-government rally. The new attack comes two days after a similar attack killed one and wounded 29 protesters.
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- THAILAND
- Several protesters injured in new Bangkok attack
- Saturday 22 November 2008
- At least eight Thai protesters were wounded in a pre-dawn grenade explosion in Bangkok a day before a major anti-government rally. The new attack comes two days after a similar attack killed one and wounded 29 protesters.
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- AFGHANISTAN
- French soldier killed near Kabul
- Saturday 22 November 2008
- A French soldier was killed when a mine exploded near Kabul, bringing the death toll of French troops killed in Afghanistan to 25. One of his colleagues was seriously injured in the blast. FRANCE 24's Claire Billet reports from Kabul.
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- APEC SUMMIT
- Bush, Hu Jintao discuss N. Korea, financial crisis
- Saturday 22 November 2008
- Chinese President Hu Jintao met US President George W. Bush on the eve of the APEC summit in Peru, which will focus on the global economic downturn. The two leaders discussed North Korea's nuclear programme and the financial crisis.
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- PAKISTAN
- Alleged UK bomb plotter 'killed' in US raid
- Saturday 22 November 2008
- British Islamist militant Rashid Rauf, wanted for a 2006 airline plot, was among those killed in a US missile raid in the northern tribal region of Pakistan, according to local sources.
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- BURMA
- Celebrity comedian sentenced to 45 years in jail
- Friday 21 November 2008
- One of Burma's most famous comedians, who goes by the name of Zarganar, was sentenced Friday to 45 years in prison. Zarganar was arrested in June after organising aid deliveries to victims of Cyclone Nargis.
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- TIBET
- Tibetan exiles back Dalai Lama's policy of dialogue with China
- Saturday 22 November 2008
- The Tibetan government-in-exile has announced it will continue with the Dalai Lama's "Middle Way" approach, which aims to achieve greater autonomy within China through dialogue.
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- TIBET
- Born in exile: the young Tibetans of Dharamsala
- Friday 21 November 2008
- More than 500 Tibetan dignitaries in exile met for a week in Dharamsala, India, where the Dalai Lama lives in exile. It was the largest assembly of Tibetans in 60 years.
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- PAKISTAN
- Blast kills at least five at Shiite funeral
- Friday 21 November 2008
- An explosion ripped through a Shiite funeral procession on Friday in the northwestern town of Dera Ismail Khan, killing at least five people and wounding some 40 others, in what appeared to be a sectarian attack from Sunni Muslims.
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