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Battle for control of Chad palace

Sunday 3rd of February 2008, 0:15
related countries: Chad
related places: N'Djamena

Rebels and government forces both claim to be in control of Chad's capital, after a day of fierce fighting.
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Sentences over Paraguay fire

Sunday 3rd of February 2008, 2:16
related countries: Paraguay

A Paraguayan supermarket chain owner is jailed over a 2004 shop fire in which over 300 people died.
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US rivals try to woo youth vote

Sunday 3rd of February 2008, 3:49
related countries: United States

Four US presidential hopefuls join a youth election forum as Mitt Romney wins Maine Republican caucuses.
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'Grenade' attack at Sri Lanka zoo

Sunday 3rd of February 2008, 6:43
related countries: Sri Lanka
related places: Colombo

At least four people are injured in a suspected grenade explosion at a zoo in Sri Lanka's capital, Colombo.
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Colombia hostages 'to be freed'

Sunday 3rd of February 2008, 7:32
related countries: Colombia

Colombia's Farc rebel group says it will release three hostages kidnapped over six years ago, for health reasons.
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Barak 'will not quit' over report

Sunday 3rd of February 2008, 10:39
related countries: Israel

Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak says he will not quit PM Ehud Olmert's coalition over the 2006 Lebanon war.
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Five killed in US shopping centre

Sunday 3rd of February 2008, 11:52
related countries: United States
related places: Chicago

Five women are shot dead in a shopping centre in a suburb of the US city of Chicago, police say.
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Yahoo bid 'should get approval'

Sunday 3rd of February 2008, 11:54
related countries: United States

With US politicians to debate Microsoft's offer for Yahoo, analysts expect any deal to get regulatory backing.
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Storm-hit China calls for 'faith'

Sunday 3rd of February 2008, 12:03
related countries: China

Chinese PM Wen Jiabao urges his country to "have faith" recent bad weather can be overcome, media reports.
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Egypt reseals Gaza border breach

Sunday 3rd of February 2008, 14:17
related countries: Egypt, Gaza Strip

Egyptian troops seal the border with the Gaza Strip, ending 12 days of freedom of movement for Palestinians.
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Police search for Chicago gunman

Sunday 3rd of February 2008, 15:41
related countries: United States
related places: Chicago

Police in the US city of Chicago are searching for a man who shot dead five women in a shopping centre.
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Scotland v France as it happened

Sunday 3rd of February 2008, 16:46
related countries: France

Scoland are out-classed by the new-look France team in their opening Six Nations encounter.
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Colombo station attack kills 11

Sunday 3rd of February 2008, 17:19
related countries: Sri Lanka
related places: Colombo

At least eleven people die in a suicide attack on the main railway station in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo.
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Chad troops battle against rebels

Sunday 3rd of February 2008, 17:42
related countries: Chad
related places: N'Djamena

Chadian forces use tanks and helicopter gunships to fight rebels besieging the capital's presidential palace.
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Iraqi Baath law comes into effect

Sunday 3rd of February 2008, 18:22
related countries: Iraq

A new law allowing former members of Saddam Hussein's Baath party to return to public life in Iraq is enacted.
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Votes counted in Serbian election

Sunday 3rd of February 2008, 20:30
related countries: Serbia and Montenegro

Counting begins in Serbia's presidential election run-off between pro-Western and nationalist candidates.
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Lebanese man 'killed by Israelis'

Sunday 3rd of February 2008, 20:46
related countries: Israel, Lebanon

A Lebanese man is shot dead and another wounded in south Lebanon by Israel forces, Lebanese sources say.
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Great Lakes hit by deadly quakes

Sunday 3rd of February 2008, 22:37
related countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda

At least 39 people die and hundreds are injured in a series of earthquakes in Africa's Great Lakes region.
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Nations Cup as it happened

Sunday 3rd of February 2008, 23:39
related countries: Nigeria, Guinea

Ghana beat Nigeria 2-1 in Accra, while Ivory Coast face Guinea in Sekondi in the first pair of Africa Cup of Nations quarter finals.
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