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Anti-government PAD protesters at Bangkok's main international airport - 2/12/2008
Thai airport protests called off
Thai anti-government protesters agree to end their occupation of Bangkok's airports, letting thousands of tourists leave.
Businesses suffer from protest
Q&A: Bangkok protests
Protests after court ruling

Taj Palace hotel in Mumbai India asks Pakistan for fugitives
India asks Pakistan to hand over 20 fugitives who it believes are settled in Pakistan, as tensions rise over the Mumbai attacks.

Woman carrying water bucket after collecting water from a well amid water cuts and a cholera outbreak in Harare, Zimbabwe, 1 December 2008 Zimbabwe cholera deaths near 500
A cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe has killed at least 484 people between August and the end of November, the UN says.


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