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Aug 9, 2010 — Flood victims, escaping rising waters, scramble to alight a Pakistan Army helicopter during air rescue operations by the Pakistan Army on August 9, 2010 in the Muzaffargarh district in Punjab, Pakistan. Read more |
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Aug 8, 2010 — Photo: AP Presidential hopefuls in Rwanda have wrapped up their campaigns as the country prepares to go the polls Monday. Despite challenges from three opposition leaders, President Paul Kagame is widely expected to be returned to office. Read more |
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Aug 8, 2010 — Pakistani flood survivor queue food supplies in Nowshera. Pakistan's army is leading the relief effort, evacuating people, distributing drinking water and food and repairing bridges and ... Read more |
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Aug 8, 2010 — South Korea called on North Korea to return a fishing boat and its crew seized by the communist nation amid heightened tensions over military exercises involving the US Navy. Read more |
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Aug 7, 2010 — Pakistan's president, Asif Ali Zardari, had shoes thrown at him today as he attended a political rally in Birmingham. Mr Zardari, who is under criticism for visiting Britain while Pakistan is suffering from devastating floods, ... Read more |
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Aug 7, 2010 — Juan Manuel Santos catapulted to the presidency of Colombia after the armed forces, under his watch, delivered the biggest blows against the FARC rebel group in the country's long conflict. Read more |
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Aug 6, 2010 — WASHINGTON—The US will for the first time send a representative to attend Japan's annual memorial marking America's atomic bombing of Hiroshima, in a move that could strengthen US ties with Japan but one that also ... Read more |
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Aug 6, 2010 — WARSAW, Poland - Poland's new president pledged to serve as a unifying force and work closely with European allies as he was sworn in Friday - but the ceremony was overshadowed by the plane crash that killed his predecessor and snubbed by his defeated ... Read more |
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Aug 5, 2010 — The value of diamonds looted by Sierra Leone's rebels and allegedly traded for weapons with Charles Taylor, the West African warlord, could have been as high as £950 million. Read more |
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Aug 5, 2010 — Japan, Asia's second-largest wheat buyer, is seeking US supplies for livestock feed after Russia halted exports because of the worst drought in at least 50 years. Read more |