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US-led coalition and Afghan forces have killed more than 100 Taliban in the southern Afghan province of Helmand during three days of fighting, the US military has said in a statement.
29/08/2008
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The US president has warned Russia not to recognise Georgia's two breakaway provinces of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
26/08/2008
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A day after a spectacular fireworks display brought down the curtain on the Beijing Olympics, politics is once again at the forefront, with the US strongly criticising Chinese authorities after eight American pro-Tibet activists were deported.
25/08/2008
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A US naval guided-missile destroyer has arrived in the Georgian port of Batumi, about 80km south of the Black Sea port of Poti where Russian troops remain present.
25/08/2008
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Viktor Yushchenko, the Ukrainian president, has called for his country's bid to join Nato to be speeded up, following the conflict between Russia and Georgia.
25/08/2008
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Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar's detained democracy leader, has refused to meet with Ibrahim Gambari, the visiting UN envoy, state television said.
24/08/2008
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American LaShawn Merritt obliterated the field including his compatriot the defending champion Jeremy Wariner to win the Olympic men's 400 metres title by the widest margin since 1896.
22/08/2008
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The US is set to push a consortium of nations into dropping a ban on nuclear trade with India, a move that will help finalise a US-India nuclear deal.
21/08/2008
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At least 20 civilians have been killed in an air attack by US-led troops in Afghanistan's Laghman province, according to Afghan officials.
21/08/2008
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Washington and Warsaw have signed a deal to deploy part of a US missile shield in Poland, insisting the aim is to ward off Iranian attacks, despite Russian opposition to the move.
20/08/2008
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Asian stocks have fallen to a two-year low, due mainly to fears the US government will have to bail out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, two troubled US mortgage giants.
20/08/2008
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The United Nations has held a ceremony to commemorate the deaths of 22 people in a suicide bombing of its main Baghdad office five years ago.
20/08/2008
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A Somali working for the United Nations' World Food Programme (WFP) has been killed after being abducted in southern Somalia.
19/08/2008
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US presidential election candidates John McCain and Barack Obama have met on the campaign trail for the first time, vying for the Christian vote at a forum at the huge Saddleback Church in Orange County, California.
17/08/2008
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Ukraine is prepared to open its missile defence network to co-operation with European and other foreign powers, the ex-Soviet republic's foreign ministry has said.
17/08/2008
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