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Rice discusses troop withdrawals with Iraqis (AP) (Thu, 21 Aug 2008)

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in Poland, August 20. Rice arrived in Baghdad on a surprise visit on Thursday to discuss the future of US forces in Iraq, an AFP correspondent travelling with her said.(AFP/Janek Skarzynski)AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice flew into Baghdad on Thursday for discussions with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and other top Iraqi officials, hoping to iron out remaining differences in a U.S.-Iraq security deal that envisions the withdrawal of American troops.


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Russia blocks Georgia's main port city (AP) (Thu, 21 Aug 2008)

A Georgian gestures, whilst waiting for humanitarian aid to be distributed, in Gori, northwest of the capital Tbilisi, Georgia, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008. Some 80,000 refugees are in more than 600 centers in and around Tbilisi, primarily sheltered in schools, hospitals and previously abandoned buildings. (AP Photo /Sergei Grits)AP - Russian forces blocked the only land entrance to Georgia's main port city on Thursday, a day before Russia promised to complete a troop pullout from its ex-Soviet neighbor.


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14 bodies ID'd so far in Spain plane crash (AP) (Thu, 21 Aug 2008)

The tail of the Spanair jet that crashed on take off at Madrid airport is seen on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008. A Spanair airliner bound for the Canary Islands at the height of the vacation season crashed, burned and broke into pieces Wednesday while trying to take off from Madrid, killing 149 people on board, officials said. There were only 26 survivors in the mid-afternoon crash, said Spanish Development Minister Magdalena Alvarez, whose department is in charge of civil aviation. It was Spain's most deadly air disaster in more than 20 years. (AP Photo/EFE)AP - Spain began three days of mourning Thursday for the 153 people who died when a jetliner crashed shortly after takeoff in the nation's worst air disaster in nearly 25 years.


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US coalition: 30 militants die in Afghan battle (AP) (Thu, 21 Aug 2008)

An Afghan man looks at the pictures of the country's first Olympic medal winner Rohullah Nikpai in Kabul August 21, 2008. The winner of Afghanistan's first Olympic medal is to be given a house as a reward on the orders of President Hamid Karzai, a palace official said on Thursday. Nikpai thrilled Afghans with his bronze medal in the men's 58kg taekwondo.   REUTERS/Omar Sobhani (AFGHANISTAN)AP - U.S.-led coalition troops battled a group of militants in eastern Afghanistan, killing over 30 insurgents, while three NATO soldiers were killed in a roadside blast elsewhere, officials said Thursday.


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Pakistan party threatens to quit, coalition wavers (AP) (Thu, 21 Aug 2008)

Asif Ali Zardari, the husband of slain former Pakistan prime minister Benazir Bhutto, holds up a newspaper during his speech on terrorism at Socialist International congress in Lagonisi July 01, 2008. (John Kolesidis/Reuters)AP - One of the Pakistani government's main coalition partners threatened Thursday to quit unless judges fired by former President Pervez Musharraf are quickly reinstated — dashing hopes that Musharraf's departure would end the nation's turmoil.


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Davies takes silver in men's 10km marathon swim (AFP) (Thu, 21 Aug 2008)

Britain's David Davies competes in the men's 10km open water marathon swim at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Davies took the Olympic silver medal after leading for most of the race. Davies finished almost two seconds behind Dutchman Maarten van der Weijden.(AFP/File/Michael Kappeler)AFP - Britain's David Davies took the Olympic silver medal for the men's 10 kilometres open water marathon swim on Thursday.


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Al-Qaida in Iraq says it killed US-allied Sunni (AP) (Thu, 21 Aug 2008)
AP - An al-Qaida in Iraq front organization is claiming responsibility for a suicide attack that killed a U.S.-allied Sunni leader in northern Baghdad on Sunday.
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Mexico outraged over corrupt police, kidnappings (AP) (Thu, 21 Aug 2008)
AP - After kidnappers in police uniforms set up a fake checkpoint to snatch 14-year-old Fernando Marti off a Mexico City street, his businessman father paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in ransom, and waited for his son's safe return.
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Mugabe's govt: parliament to convene next week (AP) (Thu, 21 Aug 2008)

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe is seen at the closing ceremony of the 28th Southern African Development Community summit of heads of state and government, in Johannesburg, South Africa, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2008. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)AP - President Robert Mugabe's government says he will open parliament next week despite the opposition's saying the step would undermine power-sharing talks.


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Philippines peace process in tatters (AP) (Thu, 21 Aug 2008)

Iligan City Mayor Lawrence Cruz, left, welcomes Alvin Cuntu who leads 30 members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front to surrender to the military Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008 in a military camp in Iligan City in southern Philippines. The group allegedly belonging to Commander Bravo who rampaged in two towns last Monday, surrendered after refusing orders to kill civilians. The government demanded the surrender of two Muslim guerilla commanders blamed for attacks that killed dozens of people. (AP Photo/Pat Roque)AP - A Muslim rebel organization rejected demands by the Philippine government Thursday for the surrender of two renegade commanders blamed for attacks that killed dozens of people, setting the stage for a possible escalation in fighting.


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Australian officials to euthanize baby whale (AP) (Thu, 21 Aug 2008)

In this photo released by NSW Parks and Wildlife, a lost humpback whale calf swims around a yacht in the Pittwater, north of Sydney Harbour Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008. The calf  seems to think the yachts are its mother and will likely die within days if it doesn't find another mother to adopt it. The 1- to 2-month-old calf was first sighted Sunday in waters off north Sydney, and on Monday tried to suckle from a yacht, which it would not leave. Rescuers towed the yacht out to sea, and the calf finally detached from the boat, but the creature returned to an inlet near Sydney Tuesday morning. (AP Photo/NSW Parks and Wildlife)AP - An Australian environmental official says an abandoned baby whale that has been attempting to suckle boats in the waters off north Sydney will be euthanized.


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