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Pakistani Opposition Party Backs PPP's Zardari for President
Voice of America - 1 hour ago
By VOA News A Pakistani opposition party is taking a position on who should replace former President Pervez Musharraf. Officials with the Muttahida Qaumi Movement said Wednesday that they believe Pakistan People's Party leader Asif Ali Zardari should ...
Pakistan's new stage of struggle BBC News
Pakistan coalition working to smooth rifts AFP
The Associated Press - The Australian - New York Times - Reuters India
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Voice of America

Democratic convention to highlight "real people"
The Associated Press - 4 hours ago
CHICAGO (AP) - An Indiana railroader, an Iowa mother and a Michigan truck driver are getting a moment at the Democratic convention to help portray Barack Obama as the people's champion and counter GOP characterizations of him as an out-of-touch ...
Barack Obama now neck and neck with John McCain - polls Melbourne Herald Sun
Obama’s Ads in Key States Go on Attack New York Times
The Australian - The Age - Times Online - Reuters
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US, Poland sign missile shield deal amid Russian opposition
AFP - 31 minutes ago
WARSAW (AFP) - Warsaw and Washington signed a deal Wednesday to deploy a US missile shield in Poland, in the face of deep anger and threats of retaliation from Moscow.
Rice Signs Missile Deal With Poland New York Times
Q&A: the US-Poland missile deal explained Times Online
The Associated Press - guardian.co.uk - Aljazeera.net - International Herald Tribune
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Russia shrugs as NATO reins in ties
Reuters India - 54 minutes ago
By Mark John BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO's move to curtail regular contacts with Russia over its behaviour in Georgia will rob both sides of a vital channel for security cooperation -- but Moscow is in no mood to pay much heed for now.
Russia furious as US prepares missile pact with Poland Melbourne Herald Sun
Moscow's NATO envoy says cooperation still on track RIA Novosti
Wall Street Journal - The Associated Press - Reuters
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Washington Post

Bombings in Algeria Kill 11
New York Times - 7 hours ago
By STEVEN ERLANGER PARIS - Two car bombs killed at least 11 people and wounded 31 others on Wednesday in the Algerian town of Bouira, a day after a suicide bombing killed 43 people and wounded 45 others in a neighboring region, according to the ...
Eleven killed in new Algeria bomb attacks AFP
Double car bombing in Algeria kills 11 - agency Reuters
guardian.co.uk - Xinhua - Reuters UK - Times Online
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Voice of America

Russia moves toward recognition of Georgian rebel zones
AFP - 1 hour ago
MOSCOW (AFP) - Moscow moved closer Wednesday to recognising the independence of Georgian separatist regions, escalating a bruising international row over Russia's assault on the ex-Soviet republic.
Russian Military Trucks Leave Georgia, But No Major Pullout Voice of America
Russian Action in Georgia Shows Limits of West, NATO (Update3) Bloomberg
Jerusalem Post - Deutsche Welle - Xinhua - RIA Novosti
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Voice of America

`Fickle Fay' Loses Strength, Hurricane Watch Dropped (Update1)
Bloomberg - 1 hour ago
By Brian K. Sullivan Aug. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Tropical Storm Fay probably won't strengthen into a hurricane as it moves along Florida's east coast before heading back inland across the northern part of the state, forecasters say.
Tropical Storm Fay hugs Florida's Atlantic coast The Associated Press
Tropical Storm Fay May Strike Land Again Voice of America
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Zimbabwe Opposition Warns Against Reconvening Parliament
Voice of America - 2 hours ago
By VOA News Zimbabwe's main opposition party has warned any move to reconvene the country's parliament could put power-sharing talks in jeopardy.
Mugabe to open parliament on Tuesday despite warning Reuters India
Mugabe to open new Zimbabwe parliament Tuesday: official AFP
AllAfrica.com - Reuters UK - GulfNews - Daily Nation
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Egypt launches probe into deadly Senate blaze
AFP - 5 hours ago
CAIRO (AFP) - Egypt was poised to start an investigation on Wednesday after an all-night effort to put out a blaze that tore through the Senate building in the heart of Cairo and left one fireman dead.
Egypt investigates parliament fire International Herald Tribune
Egypt's parliament hit by blaze BBC News
Xinhua - The Associated Press - New York Times - USA Today
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Rebel commander declares 'all-out war' against Philippines
AFP - 2 hours ago
MANILA (AFP) - A Muslim rebel commander behind deadly raids in the southern Philippines declared on Wednesday an "all-out war" against the government, saying his fighters were willing to die in battle.
Estrada calls for all-out war vs MILF, Abus Inquirer.net
Philippines: peace deal to be renegotiated The Associated Press
Xinhua - International Herald Tribune - BBC News - Hindu
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Voice of America

Mwanawasa dies
Mmegi Online - 1 hour ago
Zambian President and former SADC chairman, Levy Mwanawasa, died yesterday morning in Paris after suffering a second stroke. He was 59.
Body of Zambian president to be flown home: official AFP
Zambia VP takes charge Reuters UK
BBC News - Independent Online - Xinhua - International Herald Tribune
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Hopes fade for abandoned humpback whale
Independent - 1 hour ago
By Miranda Bryant Hopes are fading for a baby whale, abandoned by its mother and starved of vital milk, with experts saying it might have to be put down unless it could be tempted out to sea and paired with another pod.
Abandoned baby whale might be put to death CNN
Hopes fade for Sydney whale calf BBC News
Reuters - The Age - AFP - ABC Online
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Radio Australia

Pacific nations call for help on climate change
AFP - 46 minutes ago
NIUE (AFP) - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd joined Pacific island nations Tuesday in a call for immediate help to cope with the impact of climate change in the region.
King Kev's ramshackle court The Australian
Fiji condemnation continues at Pacific forum ABC Online
National Business Review - Hindu - TVNZ - CCTV
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Wall Street Journal

Moscow's Allies Tread Carefully
Wall Street Journal - 12 hours ago
By JEANNE WHALEN and DARIA SOLOVIEVA MOSCOW -- The president of Belarus, usually a reliable supporter of Moscow, waited well into the Georgian conflict's second week before declaring Tuesday that Russia had acquitted itself "beautifully.
Georgia and NATO International Herald Tribune
Nato's diplomatic balancing act BBC News
FOXNews - National Post - Deutsche Welle - Financial Times
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Reuters South Africa

Sudan's president denies involvement in Darfur atrocities
guardian.co.uk - 1 hour ago
Refugees who fled violent conflict near Darfur head for a camp near Goz Beida in Chad. Finbarr O'Reilly/Reuters Sudan's president today denied his regime was involved in genocide in Darfur as he made his first trip abroad since the international ...
Sudan's president says ready to go to war International Herald Tribune
Sudanese president denies genocide charges in Turkey Xinhua
AFP - The Associated Press - Reuters South Africa - Reuters
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Hua Guofeng, Mao's Successor in China, Dies at 87 (Update1)
Bloomberg - 1 hour ago
By Eugene Tang Aug. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Hua Guofeng, who succeeded Mao Zedong in 1976 as China's Communist Party chairman and the nation's head of state, died today in Beijing, state news agency Xinhua reported without elaborating.
Hua Guofeng, Mao's successor as Chinese leader, dies aged 87 Times Online
Hua Guofeng, successor to Chairman Mao, dies Telegraph.co.uk
AFP - BBC News - Financial Times - China Daily
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Black Sea Fleet: a factor of stability or instability?
RIA Novosti - 4 hours ago
MOSCOW. (Alexander Khramchikhin for RIA Novosti) - Tensions over Sevastopol in the Crimea have flared time and again since the breakup of the Soviet Union.
Ukraine risks wrath of Russia as Yushchenko sides with the West Independent
Ukraine dismisses fears of Crimea separatist crisis Washington Post
guardian.co.uk - Times Online - Kyiv Post - BBC News
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Bush says breakaway provinces are part of Georgia
The Associated Press - 31 minutes ago
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - President Bush says the breakaway provinces of South Ossetia and Abkhazia are part of Georgia and that the United States will work with allies to insure Georgia's territorial integrity.
Russians pull back but signals still mixed Toronto Star
Russia Set to Leave Wall Street Journal
Boston Globe - International Herald Tribune - New York Times - Times Online
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Customers warned after iPods catch fire in Japan
Times Online - 6 hours ago
Consumers were warned about the possibility of their iPods overheating yesterday after Japanese authorities reported three incidents of the devices catching fire.
Overheated iPod nano caused fires - Japan govt Reuters
Japan reports scorching Ipods Inquirer
Financial Times - Newsinferno.com - CNET News - The Associated Press
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