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Timeline: Belarus
A chronology of key events
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Hasina wins Bangladesh landslide
Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has won a massive victory in Bangladesh's first general election in seven years.
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Moscow Diary: Hitting the brakes
The economic downturn is turning Russians' love affair with the car rather sour, the BBC's James Rodgers reports.
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Ghana heads for run-off nail-biter
After no candidate secured enough votes to win the 7 December presidential poll outright, Ghanaians are in for another close finish, writes the BBC's Will Ross.
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Riots push Greece to the edge
As Greece ends 2008 wracked by violent protests, the BBC's Malcolm Brabant says uncertain times lie ahead in the year to come.
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Athens hit by new protest rallies
Hundreds of people stage new rallies in Athens, after days of rioting sparked by the police shooting of a teenager.
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Timeline: Thailand
A chronology of key events
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Bangladesh 'will lift emergency'
Bangladesh's army-backed interim government announces it will lift a state of emergency next week ahead of elections.
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Timeline: Venezuela
A chronology of key events
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Bolivian unrest ruled 'massacre'
Bolivia's president welcomes a report describing the killing of 20 people in September as a politically-charged massacre.
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Rally hopeful passes driving test
A 17-year-old rally driver passes his driving test so he can compete in the Wales GB event next month.
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Teenage rally star's driving test
No pressure - but a 17-year-old rally driver must pass his driving test to compete in the UK next month.
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Timeline: Zimbabwe
A chronology of key events
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Timeline: Democratic Republic of Congo
A chronology of key events
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Protest at fire station downgrade
Campaigners opposing plans to downgrade a Dundee fire station say they are "extremely buoyed" by the turnout at a march.
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US election at-a-glance: 3 Nov
The presidential hopefuls criss-cross the country in a gruelling final push for votes on the last day of the marathon campaign.
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McCain in emergency donation plea
John McCain makes a plea for emergency donations as he tries to pull off a surprise victory in next Tuesday's election.
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US election at-a-glance: 30 Oct
John McCain heads to Defiance, Ohio, while Barack Obama is in Florida, Virginia and Missouri.
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Will closet racism derail Obama?
Will Barack Obama's White House bid be scuppered by some white voters' secret reluctance to vote for a black man?
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Rally champion given driving ban
One of the UK's most talented young rally drivers is banned from the road for a year following a conviction for dangerous driving.
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