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Anger as US conservatives hold Washington rally
Others | 29 August 2010
Tens of thousands of people are attending a controversial rally in Washington DC organised by conservative talk show host Glenn Beck...
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Hilton arrested for alleged cocaine possession
Others | 29 August 2010
Paris Hilton was released from a Las Vegas, Nevada, jail Saturday morning after being arrested late the night before on suspicion of cocaine possession, police said Saturday...
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Special Chile mine rescue tunnel drill assembled
Others | 29 August 2010
The special hydraulic bore which will be used to drill an escape shaft down to 33 miners trapped in a Chilean mine is being assembled at the site...
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Dozens killed in wave of bombings across Iraq
Others | 26 August 2010
At least 50 people have been killed in a series of apparently co-ordinated bomb attacks across Iraq.
The deadliest killed 19 people in the southern city of Kut. Several blasts hit Baghdad, including a suicide bombing in which 15 died...
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Pakistanis flee new monsoon floods in south
Others | 26 August 2010
Some 200,000 people have been evacuated in the Thatta area of Sindh province, where dozens of villages are submerged...
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Iran test-fires new version of Fateh missile
Others | 26 August 2010
Tehran, Iran (CNN) -- Iran has successfully test-fired a new version of its Fateh missile, which has a longer range than previous models, Iranian news agencies reported Wednesday...
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Pakistan facing 'serious' threat of epidemic disease
Others | 25 August 2010
Pakistan's prime minister says the government is "seriously concerned" about the potential spread of epidemic diseases in the flood-hit country...
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Survivors reported after plane crashes in China
Others | 25 August 2010
Beijing, China (CNN) -- Emergency crews have rescued 47 people from a plane that crashed Tuesday night in northeast China with more than 90 passengers aboard, state-run media said...
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Trapped Chilean miners sing national anthem in first verbal contact
Others | 25 August 2010
(CNN) -- The 33 workers trapped inside a mine in Chile cheered, applauded and sang the country's national anthem in their first verbal contact with officials...
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Pakistan's humanitarian situation critical - UN
Others | 24 August 2010
The UN in Pakistan has described the humanitarian situation caused by the flood disaster as critical.
As flood waters continue to travel south through the country, tens of thousands of people are being displaced each day...
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Bloody end to Philippines hostage drama
Others | 24 August 2010
Manila, Philippines (CNN) -- Police in the Philippines stormed a bus full of Hong Kong tourists on Monday to end a 10-hour hostage crisis that unfolded live on global television, leaving seven people and the gunman dead...
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Authorities: Swedish prosecutor believed Assange could leave country
Others | 24 August 2010
Stockholm, Sweden (CNN) -- A Swedish prosecutor who issued a later-revoked arrest warrant against WikiLeaks founder and editor Julian Assange believed Assange was about to leave the country, according to a statement posted on the Sweden Prosecution Authority's website...
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Miners trapped in Chile mine for 17 days 'are alive'
Others | 23 August 2010
Thirty-three miners who have been trapped underground in a Chilean mine for the past 17 days are all alive, President Sebastian Pinera has said...
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South Pakistan villagers flee threatened areas
Others | 23 August 2010
Tens of thousands of people in southern Pakistan are fleeing a threatened flood-surge, three weeks after heavy monsoon rains first hit the country...
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Iran unveils long-range bombing drone
Others | 23 August 2010
Iran unveiled the first long-range military drone manufactured in the country on Sunday, state media reported.
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Australia count begins after tight election race
Others | 22 August 2010
Counting is under way in Australia in a general election seen as the tightest in the country for decades.With over half of votes counted, projections by Australia's ABC put PM Julia Gillard's Labor party slightly ahead of the opposition coalition...
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Iran begins loading Bushehr nuclear reactor
Others | 22 August 2010
Iran has begun loading fuel into its first nuclear power station in a ceremony attended by Russian officials...
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Israel, Palestinians agree to resume Mideast talks
Others | 22 August 2010
Washington (CNN) -- Israel and the Palestinian Authority have agreed to hold direct peace talks beginning September 2 in Washington -- the first such talks since 2008...
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Pakistan floods: EU pledges 30m euro aid boost
Others | 19 August 2010
The European Union says it will spend an extra 30m euros ($39m) to fund emergency aid for victims of devastating floods in Pakistan...
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Plane crash in northeast China stirs speculation about origin
Others | 19 August 2010
Beijing, China (CNN) -- A small aircraft crashed in northeastern China close to the border with North Korea, killing its pilot and fueling speculation Wednesday about its origin.
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Source: Rediscovered videotapes show 9/11 suspect being questioned
Others | 19 August 2010
Washington (CNN) -- Two videos and an audiotape of a terrorism interrogation that were found by the CIA in 2007 show September 11 suspect Ramzi Bin al-Shibh, a knowledgeable U.S. source told CNN on Tuesday...
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