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- The Foreign Minister of Turkey Abdullah Gul withdraws from his candidacy to the President of Turkey after failing to win the support of secular lawmakers. (New York Times)
- A car bomb kills at least 20 people and injures 80 more in the Baiyaa neighbourhood of Baghdad. (AP via CNN)
- Tens of thousands of Pakistanis greet suspended Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry in Lahore. (Reuters via CNN)
- More than 125,000 people are homeless and 16 killed following recent floods in Sri Lanka. (AFP via ABC Online)
- Eight Afghan police are killed in Farah Province in a clash with the Taliban in which at least 17 insurgents are killed or injured. (Reuters Alertnet)
- Voters in France go to the polls for the second round of the French presidential election with socialist Ségolène Royal and conservative Nicolas Sarkozy as the two contenders. Exit polls indicate that Nicolas Sarkozy has won the runoff poll in the French presidential election with 53% of the vote, beating socialist Ségolène Royal with 47%. Ségolène Royal later concedes defeat. (BBC) (BBC)
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