South Korea on Thursday announced plans for a live-fire artillery exercise on Yeonpyeong island
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A new general strike hit Greece, grounding flights, closing factories and disrupting hospital and transport services as angry unions protested new labour reforms and painful austerity measures
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Ivory Coast was braced for trouble Wednesday after Ouattara, one of the African state's two declared presidents called on his supporters to march on state television and the seat of government.
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Kosovo's main opposition filed Tuesday a legal challenge against the results of parliamentary elections, which put Prime Minister Hashim Thaci's party in the lead, citing irregularities in the vote
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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi survives a no-confidence motion in lower house, clinging to an ever weaker base and an increasingly divided house
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South Africa's President Jacob Zuma is suing a newspaper over a cartoon that showed him unzipping his pants to rape a blindfolded Lady Justice figure in 2008, media reported on Tuesday.
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Amid rallies on Tuesday by thousands of anti-Berlusconi protesters, the Italian premier won a confidence vote in the upper house of parliament, prolonging his stay in power
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China's envoy to N Korea has reached accord with the reclusive nation to ease regional tensions and strive to achieve denuclearisation
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Later today, the election results will be announced in Kosovo's first historical election since its independence from Serbia in 2008
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The European Union is set Monday to slap "restrictive measures" against Ivory Coast
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On the eve of a confidence vote, Berlusconi snaps back calling attempts to oust him "political folly", warning that a government collapse coupled with economic uncertainty could throw the country into turmoil
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In an upside world, legitimate president of Ivory Coast is trying to govern while former president refuses to step down.
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Home Secretary Theresa May said Sunday she was "actively" considering whether to ban firebrand US pastor Terry Jones from entering Britain to speak to far-right activists
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The Ivory Coast crisis took a disturbing new turn after Gbagbo accused foreign envoys of seeking to turn the military against him
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Twin blasts that rocked central Stockholm on Saturday killing one man have been described as a "terrorist" attack, as Swedish police step up their alert level
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After the postponement of last week's drills,S Korea announced its intention to go ahead with live-fire military exercises on Monday, in what is sure to be received as an aggressive manoeuvre by N Korea
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