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Alassane Ouattara inaugurated as president of Ivory Coast
Alassane Ouattara has been inaugurated as president of Ivory Coast, marking the end of a bitter six-month political struggle.

Pyongyang says US man arrested for illegal entry
NORTH KOREA
Pyongyang says US man arrested for illegal entry
A day after US authorities voiced concern that North Korea may have detained a Christian activist, Pyongyang said on Tuesday it had detained a US citizen who illegally entered its territory from across the Chinese border.
Blast rocks Shiite parade in Karachi, at least 43 killed
PAKISTAN
At least 43 people have been killed after a bomb exploded in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi, police said on Monday, during the Shiite Muslim celebration of Ashura, already the target of deadly attacks in Iraq this year.
'Ten Afghan civilians killed' in military operations
AFP
Ten civilians, mostly school children, have been killed during Western military operations in eastern Afghanistan, President Hamid Karzai's office said Monday, citing "initial reports".Karzai condemned the killings, which his statement said took ...
Army deports Hmong refugees back to Laos
THAILAND
Thai military authorities began the forced repatriation of thousands of ethnic Hmong asylum-seekers to Laos on Sunday, despite international concern that they could face persecution back home.
Suicide bomb in Kashmir kills at least five
PAKISTAN
Officials say that at least five people died and scores were wounded in a suicide bombing at a Shiite mosque on Sunday in Pakistani-administered Kashmir.
West condemns decision to jail dissident Liu Xiaobo for subversion
CHINA
China's leading dissident, Liu Xiaobo, was sentenced to 11 years in prison for "incitement to subvert state power" after authoring texts voicing opposition to China's communist system. Rights groups and Western leaders condemned the decision.
Under fire over a funding scandal, Hatoyama considers stepping down
JAPAN
Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama came under fire on Thursday over a funding scandal involving one of his aides but offered to step down if the public demanded his resignation.
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