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01 December 2009 8:37 PM | Tagged: chaos reportedly erupts north korea revalues currency
TOKYO Chaos reportedly erupted in on Tuesday after the government of Kim Jong Il revalued the country's currency, sharply restricting the amount of old bills that could be traded for new and wiping out personal savings.The revaluation and exchange

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14 November 2009 8:57 AM | Tagged: world cup chaos fears egypt algeria clash
JOHANNESBURG - Threats of violence in Cairo have overshadowed the final round of 2010 World Cup qualifiers in Africa this weekend with three places in South Africa up for grabs. Egypt host bitter rivals Algeria Saturday in the potentially explosive

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03 November 2009 1:07 PM | Tagged: diplomatic blunders afghan vote chaos
KABUL - The 10 weeks of chaos that dogged Afghanistan's tumultuous election were accompanied by a string of diplomatic blunders that ended with the scrapping of a run-off imposed on President Hamid Karzai. The decision to announce that November 7's

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28 October 2009 1:39 PM | Tagged: fa probe chaos oakwell cuptie
The governing body say that following a series of reported incidents they are now awaiting the reports of an FA crowd control advisor, present at Tuesday night's game at Oakwell, as well as from referee Chris Foy. The FA are also liaising with both

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23 October 2009 2:37 PM | Tagged: iraqi clerics aide warns chaos vote delayed
BAGHDAD - A delay in the January parliamentary election could lead to chaos, a top aide to Iraq's Shiite spiritual leader warned Friday, as lawmakers remained deadlocked over legislation that would regulate the crucial national vote. Sheik Abdul-Mah

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20 October 2009 9:47 AM | Tagged: karzai to accept vote ruling avert chaos
KABUL - Afghan President Hamid Karzai's team said Tuesday he would accept a ruling from election authorities after a fraud probe that could lose him over a million votes and deprive him of outright victory. The statement came with the Afghan head o

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18 October 2009 10:07 AM | Tagged: brazilian rain chaos swamps button
Torrential rain brought havoc to qualifying for the Brazilian Grand Prix here on Saturday as Jenson Button saw his title hopes suffer a rain-soaked setback. The Englishman, who came to the penultimate race of the year with a 14-point lead over Brawn

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05 October 2009 7:17 PM | Tagged: farmers create chaos spilled milk brussels
BRUSSELS - Farmers drove hundreds of tractors and a lone cow to the heart of the European Union bureaucracy on Monday, pelting police with bottles and chickens and dumping milk and manure onto the streets of Brussels in a protest against collapsing