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PARIS - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will ask Georgia to sign a cease-fire agreement with Russia that includes concessions to Moscow but preserves Georgian borders, U.S. officials said Thursday.
August 29, 2008
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By MATTHEW LEE
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
LONDON - Batman star Christian Bale will not face charges relating to an alleged assault on his mother and sister last month, prosecutors said Thursday, suggesting their decision was based in part on the family members' wishes.
August 29, 2008
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By RAPHAEL G. SATTER
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
KUQA, China - A police crackdown meant to quell militants in China's rugged frontier of Xinjiang has failed to prevent a surge of attacks, and analysts say Beijing's tactics may actually be encouraging more violence among the region's usually moderate Muslims.
August 29, 2008
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Analysts: China crackdown fueling attacks
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Associated Press
BEIJING - Chinese officials defended their decision to pass off the voice of a 7-year-old songbird as that of another girl at the Olympic opening ceremony, calling it a simple casting choice. Critics said it was a step too far in China's obsession with the perfect Olympic Games.
August 28, 2008
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By ROHAN SULLIVAN
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
BAGHDAD - A series of car bombs targeted a senior city official and civilians Wednesday in northern Iraq, killing at least four people, officials said, the latest in a spate of attacks the U.S. military said was a show of force by an enemy on the run.
August 28, 2008
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By HAMID AHMED
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A maroon-striped marauder with venomous spikes is rapidly multiplying in the Caribbean's warm waters, swallowing native species, stinging divers and generally wreaking havoc on an ecologically delicate region.
August 28, 2008
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By DAVID McFADDEN
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
LONDON - London Fashion Week organizers have dropped plans that likely would have barred many size zero models from the catwalk, saying industry executives around the world felt they were not needed.
August 28, 2008
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By MEERA SELVA
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
PUL-E-ALAM, Afghanistan (AP) - Taliban fighters with assault rifles shredded a U.S. aid group's SUV with dozens of bullets Wednesday, killing three Western women and their Afghan driver amid an escalating militant onslaught against humanitarian workers in Afghanistan.
August 28, 2008
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By AMIR SHAH and FISNIK ABRASHI
Associated Press Writers
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Associated Press
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan - A missile strike in a Pakistani tribal region killed at least nine suspected insurgents including foreigners, officials said Wednesday, raising suspicion that the U.S. was again targeting militants in Pakistan.
August 28, 2008
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By ISHTIAQ MAHSUD
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
URUMQI, China - China said Wednesday that some evidence suggests terrorist groups may have been involved in a series of attacks in the Muslim territory of Xinjiang, far from the Olympics in Beijing.
August 28, 2008
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By WILLIAM FOREMAN
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
HARARE, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe's main opposition leader faced mounting pressure Wednesday to agree to a power-sharing government with autocratic President Robert Mugabe, but insisted that this must reflect ''the will of the people.''
August 28, 2008
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By ANGUS SHAW
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
BEIJING - Michael Phelps finally seems to be grasping what it all means.
August 28, 2008
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By PAUL NEWBERRY
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
TORONTO - A U.S. Army specialist who fled Fort Bragg for Canada after learning his unit was to be deployed to Iraq was ordered deported Wednesday.
August 28, 2008
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BY ROB GILLIES
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
OUTSIDE GORI, Georgia - Russian troops and paramilitaries rolled into the strategic Georgian city of Gori on Wednesday, apparently violating a truce designed to end the conflict that has uprooted tens of thousands and scarred the Georgian landscape.
August 28, 2008
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By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA and MATTI FRIEDMAN
Associated Press Writers
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Associated Press
ROME - The U.N. will provide $214 million in food assistance to 16 impoverished areas to help ease the effects of high food and oil prices, its food agency said Tuesday.
August 27, 2008
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By ALESSANDRA RIZZO
Associated Press Writer
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Associated Press
