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- Russia-Georgia conflict raises Black Sea tension
Category: World News
Publish Date: 08-27-2008 01:33 PM -0700
KIEV/TBILISI (Reuters) - Ukraine said on Wednesday it wanted to discuss charging Russia more to lease a Black Sea naval base, a move that could aggravate regional tensions already inflamed by...[more]
- Indian state erupts in violence after Hindu shot
Category: World News
Publish Date: 08-27-2008 01:22 PM -0700
The remote east Indian state of Orissa -- historically a tinderbox of Hindu-Christian tensions -- erupted in violence this week after gunmen killed a Hindu leader and mobs burned churches in...[more]
- General: Marines can cut forces in Iraq province
Category: World News
Publish Date: 08-27-2008 01:10 PM -0700
The U.S. Marine commandant says his forces in Iraq's once-volatile western Anbar province can be reduced, as the military moves to hand over control of the region to the Iraqis next week.[more]
- Spanish town blushes with annual tomato fight
Category: World News
Publish Date: 08-27-2008 12:59 PM -0700
Spanish revelers have pelted each with 113 tons of ripe tomatoes in an annual food fight. Town hall says an estimated 40,000 people took part in the hour of messy fun in the village of Bunol.[more]
- Baghdad plans to build giant Ferris wheel
Category: World News
Publish Date: 08-27-2008 12:48 PM -0700
Iraq is calling on companies to submit designs to build a giant Ferris wheel in Baghdad — the latest in a string of lavish proposals painting the capital as a leisure friendly city.[more]
- Baghdad plans to build giant Ferris wheel
Category: World News
Publish Date: 08-27-2008 12:48 PM -0700
Iraq is calling on companies to submit designs to build a giant Ferris wheel in Baghdad — the latest in a string of lavish proposals painting the capital as a leisure friendly city.[more]
- Violence hits as Pakistani politicians jockey
Category: World News
Publish Date: 08-27-2008 12:40 PM -0700
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Government forces killed at least 44 militants in clashes in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday, and the stock exchange took drastic action to stop steady losses stemming from...[more]
- Chinese defend accused police killer
Category: World News
Publish Date: 08-27-2008 12:40 PM -0700
The murder case was supposed to be simple: A jobless man accused of killing six police officers in a stabbing rampage. But the public surprised authorities, sympathizing with the accused.[more]
- Indian army tries to reach flood victims
Category: World News
Publish Date: 08-27-2008 12:32 PM -0700
Massive flooding has killed at least 55 people in India since the Kosi River burst through an embankment more than a week ago, swallowing villages and destroying about 225,000 homes, officials and...[more]
- Gustav heads for Cuba, leaving trail of death
Category: World News
Publish Date: 08-27-2008 12:27 PM -0700
Tropical Storm Gustav dumped torrential rainfall over parts of Haiti early Wednesday, and forecasters warned of potentially dangerous weather for parts of Cuba, Jamaica and the Cayman Islands.
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