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2008 Champions League holders Manchester United will face familiar foes Celtic in this season's Champions League group stage.
29/08/2008
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Iraq and China have agreed the terms of a $3 billion oil service contract, Iraq's oil minister says, announcing the first major oil contract with a foreign firm since the fall of Saddam Hussein.
28/08/2008
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Hillary Clinton has called on US Democrats to unite behind Barack Obama as the party's presidential nominee, saying that despite a bruising primary battle, they were on the "same team".
27/08/2008
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Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan's president, has sacked an army general and a major after at least 89 people were reported to have been killed in an Afghan military operation, supported by US air raids.
24/08/2008
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Thousands of security forces enforced an indefinite curfew in Srinagar city ahead of a separatist rally against Indian rule in the disputed Himalayan region.
24/08/2008
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Hundreds of Afghans have staged an angry protest in the Shindand district in western Afghanistan after scores of people were reportedly killed in an raid by US-led forces.
23/08/2008
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Brazil has extradited one of the most powerful leaders of Colombia's cocaine cartels to the United States, where he is wanted on racketeering and drug charges.
23/08/2008
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A Chadian criminal court has sentenced Hissene Habre, Chad's exiled former president, and 11 rebel leaders to death in absentia.
17/08/2008
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At least six people have been killed in a car bombing seemingly targeting pilgrims preparing to travel to a Shia Muslim festival in the city of Karbala.
16/08/2008
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Ethiopian forces have opened fire on two civilian buses near the Somali capital, Mogadishu, killing at least 30 passengers, witnesses say.
16/08/2008
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Five foreign activists have been detained in Beijing after they unfurled a "Free Tibet" banner at the new headquarters of state-run China Central Television.
15/08/2008
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At least eight pro-Tibet activists have been detained by Chinese police in Beijing, after staging a protest near the main Olympics venue.
13/08/2008
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China's male gymnasts fulfilled their pre-tournament billing as favourites to take the team gold in emphatic fashion.
12/08/2008
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Pakistan's governing coaltion is set to finalise charges aimed at impeaching Pervez Musharraf, the country's president.
11/08/2008
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A Chinese man has attacked three people, two US tourists and a Chinese tour guide, leaving one of the Americans dead.
09/08/2008
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