British troops kill four Afghan civilians |
| | | British troops accidentally killed four civilians and wounded three others with rockets during an operation against Taliban insurgents in southern Afghanistan, NATO and British officials said on Sunday. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Russia vows to begin troop pullout from Georgia |
| | | Russia's president promised to start withdrawing forces from positions in Georgia on Monday, but suggested they could stay in the breakaway region at the heart of the fighting that has reignited Cold War tensions. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Wariner, Merritt sail into Olympic 400m semifinals |
| | | Reigning Olympic and world champion Jeremy Wariner and rival LaShawn Merritt easily qualified for the Summer Games 400-meter semifinals Monday morning. | | From The Washington Times | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Britain wins team pursuit in Olympic cycling |
| | | Britain has won the men's team pursuit gold medal at the Laoshan Velodrome, knocking nearly two seconds off the world record it set a day earlier. | | From The Washington Times | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Hurdler Liu Xiang leaves Olympics with leg injury |
| | | Liu Xiang and the entire nation of China looked forward to this moment for years: The defending Olympic champion lining up to run the 110-meter hurdles at the Beijing Games. He didn't even get to race. Grimacing and rubbing his troublesome right hamstring before getting into his crouch, Liu pulled up lame just steps into the first round of qualifying Monday, leaving the Summer Games' host country without one of its biggest stars _ and far and away its biggest star in track and field. | | From The Washington Times | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Muslim rebels attack southern Philippine villages |
| | | Muslim rebels attacked several southern coastal townships Monday, killing a local official and burning houses in a sharp escalation of fighting amid uncertainty over a fragile peace process, officials said. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Australia's Commonwealth Bank eyeing BankWest: report |
| | | Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) <CBA.AX>, the country's No. 2 bank by assets, may offer over A$6 billion ($5.2 billion) to British bank HBOS <HBOS.L> for its Australian unit BankWest, the Australian newspaper reported on Monday. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Report: 77 applications for Olympic protests |
| | | Chinese authorities have received 77 applications from people who want to hold protests in designated demonstration areas during the Beijing Olympics, state media said Monday, the first details of the response to the plan since the games began. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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France vows to stick to deficit target |
| | | Prime Minister Francois Fillon denied France was in a recession and vowed Monday to keep the budget deficit below the European Union's 3 percent limit, even as the economy falters. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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AP appoints South Korea bureau chief |
| | | Jean H. Lee, a supervising editor for The Associated Press in Europe, will become AP's chief of bureau in Seoul, South Korea, the news cooperative announced Monday. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Model helicopter kills child in Brazil |
| | | Brazilian police say a remote-controlled model helicopter killed a 6-year-old boy after it hit him in the head during a demonstration. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse |
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It's official: Nadal ends Federer's reign at No. 1 |
| | | Rafael Nadal's summer keeps getting better. A day after winning an Olympic gold medal in Beijing, Nadal officially unseated Roger Federer to become the world's No. 1 tennis player when the ATP rankings came out Monday. | | From The Washington Times | Add a commentary | Report abuse |
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US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,143 |
| | | As of Sunday, Aug. 17, 2008, at least 4,143 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse |
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Birth control battle weighs on Philippine economy |
| | | Manila housewife Jasmin is well aware the bigger the family the bigger the potential poverty trap. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse |
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Venezuela seeks observation satellite in five years |
| | | Washington-foe Venezuela plans to launch an observation satellite within five years to map its territory, President Hugo Chavez said on Sunday. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse |
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Citigroup's new Asia CEO reorganizes by region |
| | | Citigroup Inc <C.N>, the largest U.S. bank by assets, unveiled a reorganization of its Asia-Pacific business on Monday that gives regional heads increased authority across the bank's sprawling product lines. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse |
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China confiscates Bibles from American Christians |
| | | A group of American Christians who had more than 300 Bibles confiscated by Chinese officials when they arrived in China is refusing to leave the airport until they get the books back, their leader said Monday. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse |
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Athlete Berated Over Bronze Medal |
| | | China's state broadcaster has come under fire after a veteran Olympic shooter was interrogated on TV for only getting bronze. | | From Sky News | Add a commentary | Report abuse |
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Jamaica's Fraser joins Bolt as Olympic 100 champ |
| | | A few fun-loving fresh faces have suddenly turned Jamaica into the "World's Fastest Nation." | | From The Washington Times | Add a commentary | Report abuse |
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UN envoy begins Myanmar reconciliation mission |
| | | U.N. special envoy Ibrahim Gambari arrived in Myanmar's capital Monday on a five-day mission to promote national reconciliation and political reform in the military-ruled country. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse |
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