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Capt Richard Phillips
Drama as US crew recapture vessel
US crew members recapture their hijacked ship from Somali pirates but their captain is still being held on a lifeboat, reports say.
Q&A: Somali piracy
Navies constrained by rules
US crew seized by pirates

Iranian nuclear scientists New nuclear talks offer for Iran
The six powers co-ordinating policy with Iran over its nuclear ambitions move to invite the Iranians for fresh talks.

Police outside an internet cafe in Manchester Terror raids follow files blunder
Twelve men are arrested in anti-terror raids after a senior officer accidentally reveals secret documents.


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Soviet crackdown on Georgia fuelled breakaway dreams
Wati Poll profits
Earning money from Indonesia's election campaign
An elderly resident walks in front of posters showing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika as part of the election campaign in Algiers on 8 April 2009 Dangerous mix
Bouteflika tipped to win Algeria poll, but resentment festers

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Mass Thai protest over leadership

EUROPE
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SOUTH ASIA
Taleban storm district near Swat

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