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Published on: 28 February 2011

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International pressure on Gaddafi mounts. Belarus violates Ivorian arms embargo as violence escalates. Rangoon bomb...
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Published on: 9 March 2010

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Burmese military junta unveil laws for elections later this year. French navy captures 35 Somali pirate suspects....
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