Russian market down on Georgia regions recognition |
| | | Russia's leading stock index plummeted to a two-year low on Tuesday following President Dmitry Medvedev's recognition of independence for the Georgian breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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US says NKorea must verify nuclear declaration |
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Australia's Foster's H2 profit falls 9.2 percent |
| | | Foster's Group Ltd <FGL.AX>, Australia's largest brewer, posted a 9.4 percent decline in second-half profit on Tuesday, pressured by disappointing sales from its Californian wine business. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Malaysia's Anwar set to win Parliament by-election |
| | | Malaysia's top opposition figure ran for a Parliamentary seat he was favored to win in a special election Tuesday, but the vote has become a test of his credibility after being charged with sodomy. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Obama promises speech with purpose, not mere rhetoric |
| | | Barack Obama promised on Monday to accept the U.S. Democratic presidential nomination with a "workman-like speech" offering policy details and not simply his trademark rhetoric. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Protesters lay siege to Thai television station |
| | | Dozens of anti-government protesters armed with knives, guns and golf clubs stormed a TV station and briefly forced it off the air Tuesday, while thousands more peacefully laid siege to government ministries, witnesses and local media said. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Nokia unveils new multimedia phones |
| | | HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia unveiled two new high-end phone models, the N79 and the N85, as the world's top cellphone maker battles against increasing competition from the likes of Apple and Samsung . | | From Reuters | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Obama 'Assassination' Arrests |
| | | Police are investigating whether a man arrested with rifles, ammunition and drugs near the Democratic Convention may have been plotting to kill Barack Obama. | | From Sky News | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Paris tourism on the rise despite economic woes |
| | | Paris tourism officials said Tuesday they expect visits to the City of Light to hold up this year despite a huge drop in the number of U.S. visitors -- many pinched by an expensive euro, fuel-inflated prices for airline tickets and economic woes at home. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,147 |
| | | As of Monday, Aug. 25, 2008, at least 4,147 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 | | [+] All articles |
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Philippine military: Plane carrying 9 crew missing |
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Cindy McCain visiting Georgia on humanitarian mission |
| | | Cindy McCain, wife of U.S. Republican presidential candidate John McCain, is traveling to Georgia this week to assess the humanitarian situation there after its military conflict with Russia, the Arizona senator said on Monday. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Quake shakes Indonesia, tsunami alert issued |
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Afghanistan demands review of international troops |
| | | President Hamid Karzai's government has demanded a review of the presence of U.S. and NATO troops in the country amid allegations that large numbers of civilians have died in raids and airstrikes by foreign forces in recent weeks. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Bomb wounds 20 at rally in southwestern Pakistan |
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Five Soldiers Sacked For Drugs |
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Mugabe Booed In Opening Speech |
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India extends curfew to quell Kashmir protest |
| | | Indian police beat Kashmiri protesters who defied a curfew, police said on Tuesday, and troops searched for separatist leaders as the biggest anti-India protests in two decades showed no sign of abating. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Fewer Lacked Health Insurance in 2007 |
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Sudan: Plane hijacked in southern Darfur |
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