Afghanistan's former King dies aged 92
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Former King Mohammad Zahir Shah, whose 40-year reign until his exile in 1973 coincided with one of the most peaceful periods in Afghanistan's recent history, died on Monday, aged 92.
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Former Indonesian dictator Suharto -- the "smiling general" who ruled his country with an iron fist for three decades -- died Sunday at a hospital in Jakarta, said his doctor. He was 86.
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Indonesia's former president Suharto, whose iron-fisted rule became a byword for corruption and bloody repression but also brought economic growth, died Sunday after a long fight for life.
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A senior Taliban military leader has been killed in southern Uruzgan province, Afghan top security official confirmed Sunday. &quot;Mullah Abdul Ghafar along with his two colleagues
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NEW DELHI: Former Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao has passed away in New Delhi Thursday following a cardiac arrest. He was 83. Rao was prime minister from 1991 to 1996 and Manmohan Singh, now prime minister, was his finance minister.
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A British soldier was killed in  Afghanistan on Monday, the Ministry of Defence said.
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Former president Suharto, hailed as the father of development by some Indonesians during his 32 years in power and accused of corruption and rights abuses by others, died on Sunday after suffering multiple organ failure.
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SANTIAGO, Chile  - Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, who ruled from 1973-1990, died on Sunday, a doctor from Santiago's military hospital said.
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SANTIAGO, Chile  - Former dictator Augusto Pinochet, who polarized Chile during his brutal 1973-1990 military rule and spent his old age fighting human rights, fraud and corruption charges, died on Sunday at 91 years old.
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SANTIAGO, Chile  - Ex-dictator Augusto Pinochet, who ruled Chile from 1973-1990 and spent his old age fighting human rights, fraud and corruption charges, died on Sunday a week after suffering a heart attack, Chilean television reported.
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Indonesia's former president Suharto, who ruled with an iron fist for 32 years, died on Sunday, a senior police official told reporters at the hospital where he was being treated.
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Suharto, who was ousted from power in 1998 after 32 years of authoritarian rule, dies at 86.
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Former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao, who initiated free-market reforms in the early 1990s in the South Asian nation, died of heart failure on Thursday, the government said.
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A UK soldier dies in an attack in Afghanistan, as  the 14 servicemen killed in an air crash are mourned.
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SHEIKH Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahyan, the president of the United Arab Emirates, died yesterday after more than three decades in power.
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Former Afghan King Mohammad Zahir Shah has died aged 93, the private Afghan television network Tolo said on Monday.
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Indonesia's former president Suharto died from multiple organ failure on Sunday, a local police official told reporters at the hospital where he was admitted on January 4. He was 86.