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Sri Lanka sets date for presidential poll
Vote due in mid-January; the general who oversaw the end of 25-year civil war may challenge the incumbent
• Sri Lanka to open refugee camps ahead of polls
• Q+A-S.Lanka's top general signals bid for presidency
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China quake activist jailed for three years
China Sichuan quake activist jailed for three years
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LIBERIA: Acute malnutrition a "social problem"
In the Liberian capital Monrovia acute malnutrition is due not only to poverty and inadequate health and sanitation services but also to factors such as high teenage pregnancy and the war's damage to the social fabric, say health workers, who says the condition is partly "a social problem".
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Two Afghan ministers suspected of embezzlement
(For more on Afghanistan, click on [ID:nAFPAK]) * Official declines to name two ministers * Karzai under pressure to combat corruption * U.N. says move is in right direction By Hamid Shalizi ...
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Pakistani forces attack Taliban in NW, kill 22
By Hassan Orakzai HANGU, Pakistan, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Pakistani security forces backed by tanks and artillery attacked Taliban positions in the northwest of the country, killing 22 militants, a ...
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Gunmen kill 21 in Philippine political violence
MANILA, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Gunmen kidnapped and killed at least 21 people in the southern Philippines on Monday, apparently in a bid to prevent one of them filing her husband's nomination for ...
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EMERGENCIES

Tropical cyclone Izilda
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Very intense tropical cyclone Hamish
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Intense tropical cyclone Fanele
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Typhoon Fengshen
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Tropical depression AL16
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Intense hurricane Jimena
Tropical Storm Rick kills second person, winds calm
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Tropical storm Nangka
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Hurricane Andres
PHILIPPINES: Flood survivors face misery and hardship
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"KILLING FIELDS"
Khmer Rouge torturer had broad autonomy - lawyer

Q+A
Cambodia's Khmer Rouge tribunal

BACKGROUND
Khmer Rouge casts lingering shadow

Last updated:Mon Nov 23 12:05:15 2009