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Pakistani president urges calm

Sunday 13th of May 2007, 1:56
related countries: Pakistan

President Pervez Musharraf calls for calm after 34 people die in Pakistan's worst political violence in years.
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Samoa islands head of state dies

Sunday 13th of May 2007, 2:41
related countries: Samoa

The head of state of the South Pacific nation of Samoa, Malietoa Tanumafili II, dies at the age of 94.
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Afghan Taleban commander 'killed'

Sunday 13th of May 2007, 4:56
related countries: Afghanistan

The Taleban's military commander in Afghanistan, Mullah Dadullah, has been killed, security officials say.
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Aussies pull out of Zimbabwe tour

Sunday 13th of May 2007, 5:21
related countries: Zimbabwe, Aruba

Australian PM John Howard orders the country's cricket team to pull out of a planned tour of Zimbabwe.
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Iran condemns Johnston's kidnap

Sunday 13th of May 2007, 10:26
related countries: Iran

Iran condemns the kidnapping of the BBC's Gaza correspondent Alan Johnston.
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Syrian democracy activists jailed

Sunday 13th of May 2007, 11:22
related countries: Syria

A Syrian court sentences two leading pro-democracy campaigners to three years in prison.
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Afghan Taleban commander killed

Sunday 13th of May 2007, 11:51
related countries: Afghanistan

The Taleban's military commander in Afghanistan is killed in what Nato says is a "serious blow" to insurgents.
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Search for missing US Iraq troops

Sunday 13th of May 2007, 13:19
related countries: Iraq, United States
related places: Baghdad

US and Iraqi forces search for three soldiers missing after an insurgent attack south of Baghdad.
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UN envoy cuts short Somalia trip

Sunday 13th of May 2007, 13:30
related countries: Somalia

The UN's emergency relief co-ordinator cuts short a visit to Somalia's capital after a series of bomb blasts.
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F1: Massa wins in Spain

Sunday 13th of May 2007, 13:37
related countries: Bermuda, Spain

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton leads the world championship after finishing second to Ferrari's Felipe Massa in the Spanish Grand Prix.
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Iran's Ahmadinejad in UAE talks

Sunday 13th of May 2007, 13:49
related countries: United Arab Emirates, Iran

Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visits the UAE, the first such visit since Iran's 1979 revolution.
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Bombings leave many dead in Iraq

Sunday 13th of May 2007, 14:08
related countries: Iraq

At least 55 people have been killed and dozens wounded by two separate bombings in Iraq, police say.
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Ruling bloc wins Armenia election

Sunday 13th of May 2007, 14:29
related countries: Armenia

Armenia's ruling Republican Party wins parliamentary elections described as fair by observers.
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Iceland vote threatens coalition

Sunday 13th of May 2007, 14:40
related countries: Iceland

Iceland's government wins a one-seat majority in general elections, leaving the ruling coalition's fate uncertain.
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US and Iran to hold talks on Iraq

Sunday 13th of May 2007, 15:15
related countries: Iraq, United States

Iran and the US say they are to hold joint talks in Baghdad in the coming weeks on the situation in Iraq.
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DJs dropped over 'offensive' call

Sunday 13th of May 2007, 16:10
related countries: China

Two DJs from New York lose their show after making lewd remarks in a phone call to a Chinese restaurant.
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Fresh clashes on Karachi streets

Sunday 13th of May 2007, 18:13
related countries: Pakistan
related places: Karachi

At least seven people die in new Karachi clashes, a day after Pakistan's worst political violence in years.
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Serbian speaker steps down

Sunday 13th of May 2007, 18:28
related countries: Serbia and Montenegro

The nationalist speaker of Serbia's parliament steps down after a deal between the two main parties.
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Turkish secularists in new rally

Sunday 13th of May 2007, 20:47
related countries: Turkey
related places: Izmir

At least one million Turks gather in Izmir for a rally in favour of secularism, the fourth in recent weeks.
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Nigeria traffic crash 'kills 25'

Sunday 13th of May 2007, 23:53
related countries: Nigeria
related places: Port Harcourt

A traffic accident in the southern Nigerian city of Port Harcourt kills at least 25 people, police say.
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