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BRUSSELS, Belgium - Russia has halted all military cooperation with NATO, the Western alliance said Thursday, in the latest sign of East-West tension over the invasion of Georgia.
September 05, 2008
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By PAUL AMES
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
KABUL, Afghanistan - The U.S.-led coalition said Thursday it had killed more than 30 insurgents in a battle in eastern Afghanistan, fighters an Afghan governor said were responsible for an attack that killed 10 French troops this week. Officials announced the deaths of six NATO soldiers in two attacks.
September 05, 2008
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By FISNIK ABRASHI and JASON STRAZIUSO
Associated Press Writers
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Associated Press
POTI, Georgia - Russian forces dug trenches and built fortifications in key areas of Georgia Thursday, but also rolled columns of tanks north toward home, picking and choosing how their nation would comply with the terms of a peace accord.
September 05, 2008
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By BELA SZANDELZSKY
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
WARSAW, Poland - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her Polish counterpart signed a deal Wednesday to build a U.S. missile defense base in Poland, an agreement that prompted an infuriated Russia to warn of a possible attack against the former Soviet satellite.
September 04, 2008
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By VANESSA GERA and MONIKA SCISLOWSKA
Associated Press Writers
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Associated Press
SACHKHERE, Georgia - Russian forces on Wednesday built a sentry post just 30 miles from the Georgian capital, appearing to dig in to positions deep inside Georgia despite pledges to pull back to areas mandated by a cease-fire signed by both countries.
September 04, 2008
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By MIKE ECKEL
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
BAGHDAD - U.S. and Iraqi negotiators have finished a draft agreement that would see American troops removed from Iraqi cities by June 30, an Iraqi official said Wednesday. But the draft has not been approved by the Cabinet and some members have expressed opposition.
September 04, 2008
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By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - The Sri Lankan military says it has broken through the Tamil Tigers' defenses in recent weeks, ending a prolonged stalemate and stirring predictions of an imminent rebel defeat after 25 years of civil war.
September 04, 2008
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By RAVI NESSMAN
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Ousted from Pakistan's presidency, Pervez Musharraf has been unwinding with friends and admirers and on the tennis court. He's building a roomy farmhouse on the edge of the capital.
September 04, 2008
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By STEPHEN GRAHAM
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
PARIS - France's broadcast authority has banned French channels from airing TV shows aimed at children under three years old, to shield them from developmental risks it says television viewing poses at that age.
September 04, 2008
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By CHRISTINE OLLIVIER
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
MADRID, Spain - A Spanish airliner bound for the Canary Islands at the height of the vacation season crashed, burned and broke into pieces Wednesday while trying to take off from Madrid, killing 149 people on board, officials said.
September 04, 2008
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By HAROLD HECKLE
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
SUROBI, Afghanistan - Insurgents ambushed a group of elite French soldiers as they climbed a mountain pass, killing 10 troops in a militant stronghold outside the capital. In a separate coordinated attack, a team of suicide bombers tried unsuccessfully to storm a U.S. base near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.
September 03, 2008
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By AMIR SHAH
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
POTI, Georgia - Russian soldiers took about 20 Georgians in military uniform prisoner at a key Black Sea port in western Georgia on Tuesday, blindfolding them and holding them at gunpoint, and commandeered American Humvees awaiting shipment back to the United States.
September 03, 2008
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By BELA SZANDELSZKY
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Just a day after Pervez Musharraf's resignation, Pakistan's governing coalition fell into wrangling Tuesday over restoring the judges he fired, exposing troublesome divisions that could disrupt picking his successor as president.
September 03, 2008
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By ZARAR KHAN
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
BEIJING - Martial arts student Cheng Jianghua only saw the army barracks he stayed in and the stadium where he performed at the spectacular Olympics opening ceremony. But his sacrifices were minor - other performers were injured, fainted from heatstroke or forced to wear adult diapers so the show could go on.
September 03, 2008
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By GILLIAN WONG
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
ALGIERS, Algeria - A suicide bomber rammed an explosives-rigged car into a police academy as recruits lined up to register for classes, killing at least 43 people. It was the deadliest attack in the North African country since the 1990s.
September 03, 2008
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By ALFRED de MONTESQUIOU
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
