State of emergency declared in Guinea
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The president declared a state of emergency, announcing in a broadcast on state radio and television that he has ordered the army to "take all necessary measures" to restore order after three days of violent protests.
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Guinea, one of the last bastions of one-man rule, now seems on the verge of insurrection.
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An outbreak of syphilis prompts the government in Madagascar to declare a state of emergency.
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Fiji radio said on Wednesday that a state of emergency would be declared in the South Pacific island nation a day after the military staged the country's fourth coup in 20 years.
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Costa Rica declares a national emergency after heavy rain leads to flooding.
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The first full day of a state emergency is in place in Georgia after police broke up opposition protests.
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Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra declares a state of emergency in Bangkok amid rumours of a coup.
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LIMA -- Peru declared a state of emergency in the southern Andean town of Andahuaylas yesterday where an armed group led by a radical former soldier stormed a police station and was holding 10 officers hostage. Seven people were injured, two seriously, in a gunfight in the early hours of New Year's Day after former army Major Antauro Humala and ...
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ZACHARO, Greece  - Greece declared a nationwide state of emergency on Saturday after the country's worst forest fires in decades killed at least 47 people and trapped many more in villages surrounded by flames.
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Paraguay declared a state of emergency in three northeastern provinces on Tuesday due to forest fires that have ravaged thousands of hectares (acres) of forests, crops and grazing pasture.
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Iraqi interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi has declared a state of emergency for 60 days, his spokesman said on Sunday. The emergency declaration excludes Iraqi regions run by Kurdish peoples
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Guinea's president declares a 'state of siege' and tells the army to restore order after three days of violent protest.
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Gov. Dave Freudenthal declared a state of emergency Tuesday as winds pushed a fast-moving wildfire toward hundreds of evacuated homes south of Casper.
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Violent protests swept Guinea on Monday, killing at least nine people and disrupting the crucial bauxite mining sector as unions resumed a general strike against President Lansana Conte's government.
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Panama declared a state of emergency on Saturday, a day after torrential rains and mudslides killed at least 14 people and wrecked or damaged the homes of about 10,000 people.
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Chad's president declares a nationwide state of emergency to restore order after a recent coup attempt.
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The Iraqi government yesterday declared a state of emergency for 60 days throughout the country except for Kurdish-run areas in the north as US and Iraqi forces prepare for an expected all-out assault on rebels in Fallujah.