(Reuters) – Rival Lebanese leaders reached a deal in Qatar on Wednesday ending a political crisis that had pushed their country to the brink of a new civil war. Following is a step by step guide to what happens next:
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Georgia votes, opposition cries foul
TBILISI (Reuters) – Georgians voted in a parliamentary election on Wednesday that the West says will be a test of President Mikheil Saakashvili’s democratic credentials as he pushes for NATO membership.
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TBILISI (Reuters) – Georgia’s main opposition coalition said one of its activists was shot dead with a hunting rifle as he went to vote in Wednesday’s parliamentary election at a polling station in western Georgia.
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TBILISI (Reuters) – Georgia’s main opposition coalition vowed to bring about 100,000 people on to the streets of the capital on Wednesday to protest against the parliamentary election which it says is being rigged by the authorities.
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ALMATY (Reuters) – Prague-based Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty has accused Kazakhstan of blocking access to its website which it said was deliberate interference in its news reporting.
Read More »TIMELINE: Events leading to Georgia’s election
(Reuters) – Here is a chronology of events leading to a parliamentary election in Georgia on Wednesday: November 2, 2007 – Up to 70,000 people demanding early elections protest against President Mikheil Saakashvili in the biggest show of unrest since a peaceful revolution swept him to power four years earlier.
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(Reuters) – Georgia is holding a parliamentary election on Wednesday. Here are some details about the voting and the major parties: ELECTORATE – About 3.5 million eligible voters.
Read More »Third bomb attack in Pakistan in days wounds seven
KOHAT, Pakistan (Reuters) – Suspected Islamist militants set off a roadside bomb as a Pakistani military truck was passing on Tuesday, wounding seven people in the third bomb attack in the country in two days.
Read More »Israeli strike kills Palestinian in Gaza
GAZA (Reuters) – An Israeli air strike killed a Palestinian civilian in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip on Tuesday, medical workers said.
Read More »Iraqi forces launch operation in cleric’s bastion
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – The Iraqi army launched an operation on Tuesday to take control of Baghdad’s Sadr City slum, the power base of Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr.
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