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102743
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2011.
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Pakistan fell further into the grip of religious extremists when Salmaan Taseer was shot by his bodyguard in the most high-profile political assassination since the murder of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto in 2007. The Punjab governor was killed for condemning a blasphemy law used to persecute minorities and settle scores. Revelations in 250,000 classified US embassy cables released by WikiLeaks spawned diplomatic crises and shocking revelations across the world, including allegations of dirty tricks by the US drug firm Pfizer and espionage by Shell in Nigeria; Rahul Gandhi in India saying Hindu fundamentalists were a bigger threat than militant Islamists, and fears about the security of Pakistan's nuclear weapons. The International Criminal Court indicted some of Kenya's most powerful men over the post-election violence that saw 1,500 people killed. An area the size of France and Germany in Queensland was inundated in Australia's worst floods in half a century.
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107085
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2011.
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Britain's worst riots since the 1980s erupted in London and other cities; 10,000 extra police went on to the streets but it was three days before order was restored. India's preparations for the 2010 Commonwealth games were plagued by corruption and 15 times over-budget, auditors found. The Islamist militant group Boko Haram targeted the UN in Nigeria with a suicide bomb. The anti-corruption campaigner Anna Hazare won increasing support in his stand-off with the Indian government. A state of emergency was declared in Trinidad after a spate of drug-related murders. The Gambia's suppression of the media intensified with seven people facing the death penalty for distributing T-shirts criticising President Jammeh.
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108142
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2011.
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A growing scandal over phone-hacking, alleged bribery of senior police officers and the use of convicted private investigators to obtain private information illegally enveloped Rupert Murdoch's global media empire, News Corporation. Murdoch and his son James were questioned by MPs as pressure grew in Britain, and abroad, to curb the tycoon's dominant role. Malta voted to legalise divorce. A corruption inquiry called for action against South Africa's police chief, an ally of President Jacob Zuma. Nearly 1,400 protesters were arrested and a dozen injured, including opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, as 20,000 people demanded electoral reform in Malaysia, while at least 18 people were killed during two days of public unrest in Malawi. A policeman was jailed for using a toilet reserved for Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe.
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108714
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2011.
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Kenya sent troops into Somalia in what has been seen as an attempt to carve out a sphere of influence in the war-torn country. The Islamist militant group Boko Haram killed more than 100 people in Nigeria. Attempts to reform the Commonwealth largely failed after the Chogm summit in Perth rejected proposals of the Eminent Persons Group. Despite calls at Chogm to decriminalise homosexuality in Commonwealth countries, two Malaysian states are set to increase penalties. As Australia was named as host of the 2018 Commonwealth Games, it emerged that 30 foreign contractors are still owed $80m for the recent Delhi games, which were marred by corruption. Hopes of campaigners that Uganda was finally acting on corruption were dashed. Michael Sata, a former cleaner at a London train station, became president of Zambia. The African National Congress suspended Julius Malema, firebrand leader of its Youth League and seen as a future president of South Africa, for five years.
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111173
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2012.
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Militant Islamists terrorised Nigeria, killing hundreds in indiscriminate attacks. The Bangladesh army said it had foiled a coup attempt, while in Pakistan the army seemed closer to launching a coup itself. New Zealand's leader won a second term, Jamaica and Guyana elected new ones, but rival prime ministers vied for power in Papua New Guinea. Fiji lifted martial law. South Africa saw a global deal to combat climate change agreed in Durban but the government was criticised for resurrecting apartheid-era controls over the media. A Malaysian judge threw out a sodomy case against the opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim that was widely seen as politically motivated, and the Federated Farmers of New Zealand called for sheep shearing to become an Olympic sport.
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112472
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2012.
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There were clashes between protesters and the police after Mohamed Nasheed was replaced as president of the Maldives by his deputy, Mohammed Waheed Hassan, in what Nasheed said was a coup. A film aimed at raising awareness of the atrocities committed by Joseph Kony, leader of the notorious Lord's Resistance Army militia in Uganda, became an internet phenomenon, being seen by close to 100 million people in a month, but also drew fierce criticism. The Boko Haram Islamist uprising in Nigeria claimed hundreds more lives with the rebels rejecting offers to negotiate. Australia's prime minister, Julia Gillard, defeated a challenge to her leadership by her foreign minister, Kevin Rudd. Fears grew for the nascent democracy in Malawi as a prominent human rights lawyer and critic of President Bingu wa Mutharika was jailed. The king of Tonga, who introduced democracy to the south Pacific nation, died.
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114191
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2012.
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There was little progress in negotiations over the disputed ousting of former president Mohamed Nasheed in the Maldives. In a landmark ruling, the former Liberian president Charles Taylor was found guilty of aiding war crimes and crimes against humanity in Sierra Leone's civil war. Malawi's vice-president Joyce Banda succeeded President Bingu wa Mutharika despite an apparent coup attempt by the brother and ministers of the late Mutharika. There were hopes of a 'Malaysian spring' as record numbers of protesters took to the streets. Pakistan's supreme court found the prime minister, Yousaf Raza Gilani, guilty of contempt of court. The kingdom of Barotseland declared it was seeking to secede peacefully from Zambia.
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114759
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2012.
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The annual Failed States Index features several leading nations of the Commonwealth, including Nigeria, Uganda, Kenya and, of greatest concern, Pakistan. A death threat against a journalist by Sri Lanka's defence minister reveals that the government appears intent on cowing the press at home and ignoring criticism from abroad, with ominous implications for the country. An unseemly public row between members of Nelson Mandela's family has parallels with a power struggle within South Africa's ruling African National Congress.
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116301
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2012.
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The boy was 16 when his father found pictures of naked men in his school bag. The father went to Dunoon Park technical high school in east Kingston and began yelling in Jamaican patois that his son was gay and needed to be taught a lesson. Pupils began tearing benches and desks apart for clubs and beating the 11th-grade student while his father reportedly looked on smiling. A teacher said the mob swelled as people from outside the school joined in. The father then drove away.
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117506
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084260
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2008.
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Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf resigned as impeachment proceedings were due to begin. Talks on a power-sharing deal in Zimbabwe became bogged down amid the further disintegration of the economy. Bangladesh held its first elections since the army seized power last year. The Indian government survived a critical vote of confidence over a controversial nuclear deal with the US. Levy Mwanawasa, the Zambian president, died. Kenya's finance minister, a key ally of the president, resigned over the allegedly dubious sale of a state-owned hotel to Libya. The Nigerian president sacked military chiefs in a further distancing of the government from the previous regime. Rare public opposition to the absolute rule of the Swazi king erupted over a shopping trip to Europe and the Middle East by his wives
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085560
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2008.
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The International Monetary Fund warned that the world financial system was on the "brink of systemic meltdown" as leading banks collapsed and shares plunged on fears of a global recession. The cost of rescue packages and guarantees rose to $2,900bn as the effects of the credit crunch spread. Central banks made unprecedented co-ordinated cuts in interest rates and the IMF created a $100bn emergency loan fund. The plans revived world stock markets, which had fallen by greater margins than in the 1929 Wall Street crash. Thabo Mbeki was ousted as South Africa's president and the ruling African National Congress split. Asif Zardari, controversial widower of Benazir Bhutto, became Pakistan's president. The 30-year rule of Asia's longest-serving leader, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, ended in the Maldives' first democratic elections. Rupiah Banda was elected Zambia's new president
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085956
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2009.
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The Awami League swept back to power in Bangladesh's first elections since a state of emergency was imposed in 2007. India accused Pakistan of aiding the Islamist terrorists who carried out the Mumbai attacks. South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) split and corruption charges were revived against the ANC leader and putative next president, Jacob Zuma. Sri Lanka's army seized the Tamil Tigers' de facto capital and the country's leading journalist was assassinated. International euphoria over the election of Barack Obama as US president was tempered by the unfolding global recession; the US led the way, with 530,000 jobs lost in November.
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090879
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2009.
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Nigerian security forces put down an Islamist uprising by militants of Boko Haram that left 700 people dead. The leader of the Pakistan Taliban, Baitullah Mehsud, was killed in a US missile strike and Islamist militants were pushed out of the Swat valley after weeks of fighting. Zambia's former president Frederick Chiluba was acquitted of embezzlement. The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative opposed Rwanda's application for Commonwealth membership. Tonga suffered one of its worst disasters in recent history when a ferry sank, killing 74 people.
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099746
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2010.
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Pakistan was hit by the worst natural disaster in its history-five million people lost their homes in the floods. Paul Kagame was re-elected with 93% of the vote in Rwanda's presidential election but there were concerns about his increasingly authoritarian government. Australia's close elections led to Julia Gillard remaining prime minister at the head of a minority government. Kenyans celebrated the introduction of their new constitution. New Zealand was rocked by an earthquake.
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