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Timeline: Belarus
A chronology of key events
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Timeline: Ukraine
A chronology of key events
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Timeline: Bangladesh
Key facts, figures and dates.
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Timeline: Guinea
A chronology of key events
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S Asia New Year festivity subdued
South Asia faces muted New Year celebrations with the deadly attacks in Mumbai still fresh in the memory.
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Scramble for decisive Ghana votes
Opposition candidate John Atta Mills heads for the Ghana constituency which will decide the tight presidential run-off.
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Harare diary: Ups and downs of 2008
Look back at a year of diary contributions from a Zimbabwean professional, living and working in Harare, as she struggles to survive.
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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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West Bank anger at Gaza strikes
Young protesters in Ramallah are hungry for a fresh intifada, though views in the West Bank town are mixed, the BBC's Heather Sharp reports.
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Bangladesh awaits election result
Counting begins in Bangladesh as an election to replace its military-backed caretaker government passes off peacefully.
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Timeline: Pakistan
A chronology of key events.
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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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Labour MPs seek to defend Speaker
Labour ministers rally round Michael Martin after 32 MPs tell the BBC they do not have confidence in him.
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Timeline: Venezuela
A chronology of key events
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Dhaka exams row sparks violence
More than a dozen protesters angry at being "dropped" from the civil service are detained in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka.
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Local elections test Chavez support
Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez tries to galvanise his political standing to bolster his local election candidates, reports the BBC's Will Grant from Caracas.
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Nicaragua poll results disputed
Nicaragua's opposition says local elections which brought big wins for the governing Sandinista Party were fraudulent.
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Timeline: Kyrgyzstan
A chronology of key events
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