Croatian politician Vlatko Pavletic dies
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Vlatko Pavletic, a former speaker of Croatia's parliament who served as acting president for two months, died Wednesday. He was 77.
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Former Indian Prime Minister P.V.  Narasimha Rao, who initiated free-market reforms but ended his  political career facing criminal charges, died of heart failure  on Thursday, the government said.
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Ukrainian Transport Minister Heorhiy Kirpa was found dead with a gunshot wound Monday, the Interfax news agency reported.
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N'DJAMENA  - Chad's Prime Minister Pascal Yoadimnadji died from a brain haemorrhage in Paris on Friday after he was flown there for urgent treatment following a heart attack. He was 56.
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Yasser Arafat, leader of the Palestinians, has died at a military hospital outside Paris.
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A Sri Lankan minister was killed by a roadside bomb planted by suspected Tamil Tiger rebels north of the capital on Tuesday, a senior hospital official said, the second MP killed in a week as a protracted civil war escalates.
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BEIRUT -- A Lebanese lawmaker who had long been critical of the Syrian regime was killed yesterday along with his son and eight people when a bomb exploded near a popular waterfront promenade in Beirut.
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Croatian President Stipe Mesic wins a second five-year term in office, after an easy election victory.
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Ukrainian transport minister and one of  Ukraine's most prominent businessmen Heorhiy Kyrpa was found  dead on Monday at his home outside Kiev, a government source  said.
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A Macedonian police commander was killed and two officers wounded in a shootout in an ethnic Albanian area on the country's northern border near Kosovo, police said on Monday.
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An opposition lawmaker died at a hospital shortly after he was wounded in a shooting near the Sri Lankan capital of Colombo on Tuesday, a hospital official said.
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Abstract artist Edo Murtic, one of Croatia's most prominent painters, dies aged 83 after a long illness.
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KABUL -- A doctor helping organize Afghan elections died yesterday along with four other civilians when an explosion tore through their vehicle, police said.
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Fernando Poe Jr., 65, the Filipino action film star and presidential candidate who refused to concede May&#39;s election, died just after midnight Dec. 12 US time at a hospital in Quezon City after a stroke.
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Prince Bernhard, one of the most charismatic members of the Dutch royal family, dies at the age of 93.
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Indonesia's ex-leader, 86, Suharto dies after suffering multiple organ failure, police and hospital authorities say.
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Fernando Poe Jr., the action film star and presidential candidate who refused to concede the election in May, died early Tuesday after suffering a stroke.