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Mugabe’s Party Loses Key Post

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HARARE, Zimbabwe, Aug. 25 — Zimbabwe’s main opposition party won the key post of parliament speaker Monday, dealing a blow to President Robert Mugabe’s ruling party while negotiations are stalled over who will rule the country.

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Suicide Bombing in Volatile Iraqi Province Kills at Least 25

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BAGHDAD, Aug. 26 — A suicide bomber killed at least 25 people in restive Diyala province Tuesday in one of the deadliest attacks in Iraq in weeks, officials said.

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Russia Says 2 Regions in Georgia Are Independent

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MOSCOW, Aug. 26 — Russia recognized the independence of two breakaway provinces of Georgia over the strong objections of the United States and much of Europe on Tuesday, escalating tensions in the region as Russian troops dug in on Georgian soil and U.S. warships prepared to deliver humanitarian aid to an occupied port city.

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Sudanese plane hijackers surrender in Libya

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TRIPOLI (Reuters) - The hijackers of a Sudanese airliner surrendered to authorities in Libya on Wednesday after releasing all the passengers, Libya’s aviation authority said.
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Bill Clinton’s turn to boost Obama

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DENVER (Reuters) - Former President Bill Clinton gets the chance on Wednesday to pick up where his wife, Hillary, left off — provide a ringing endorsement of Democrat Barack Obama’s presidential aspirations.
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UK urges tough response to Russia

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UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband has called on the EU and Nato to initiate “hard-headed engagement” with Russia in response to its actions in Georgia.

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US, Russia anchor military ships in Georgian ports (AP)

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Michelle Obama lays it on thick with the perfect ‘dream’ story

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There is an atmosphere over the Democratic Convention, and it is not merely the thin, dehydrating air of the Mile High City on the edge of the Rockies.
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Fourth man held in ‘plot to kill PM’

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A FOURTH man arrested over an alleged plot to kill British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is a white Muslim convert, it was claimed last night.
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Russia Recognizes Georgian Regions

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MOSCOW (Aug. 26) - Russia stunned the West on Tuesday by recognizing the independence claims of two Georgian breakaway regions, and U.S. warships plied the waters off of Georgia in a gambit the Kremlin saw as gunboat diplomacy.
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Thousands lodge complaints over Britain’s ‘tacky’ Olympics handover ceremony

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Thousands of people have savaged Britain’s ‘tacky’ and ‘embarrassing’ handover from the Beijing Olympics.
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Australia mulls granting Visa to Snoop Dogg

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SYDNEY - Australia’s immigration department said Wednesday it is conducting a full character assessment of rapper Snoop Dogg, including his criminal history, as it considers whether to grant him a visa for a concert tour later this year.
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France's Worst Serial Killers?

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The trial of Michel Fourniret — who reportedly enlisted his wife’s help to seize virgin girls to rape and kill — began March 27, 2008, with Fourniet refusing to speak unless court went into closed session and refusing to let the press take his photograph. The Times of London reported the gory details:

“The couple resembled […]

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Russian Media Accuse Saakashvili of Nervous Breakdown Over Tie-Chewing Footage

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Here’s what happened: Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, waiting for a BBC interview to begin last week, takes a cell phone cell and begins nervously nibbling on the end of his tie, somewhat stuffing it into his mouth. Russian media go nuts over the video, calling in “experts” to say that this shows Saakashvili is falling […]

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Chance of smear, 100%

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  Not only would [the 947 internal files of the Chicago Annenberg Challenge stored at the University of Illinois Chicago] illuminate the working relationship between [Barack] Obama and [former Weather Underground radical] Bill Ayers, they would also provide significant insight into a web of ties linking Obama to various radical organizations, including Obama-approved foundation gifts […]

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Clinton Urges Party To Back Obama

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Hillary Clinton has urged Democrat supporters to unite behind Barack Obama’s presidential bid during a key speech to the party convention in Denver.








Hillary Clinton was greeted with wild applause



Senator Clinton was hot favourite to win the Democratic nomination for the presidency, but Senator Obama overtook her to claim a narrow victory in the primaries following […]

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DS:BB News Extra - Day 83 #2

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The latest news snippets and gossip from the house…
Darnell voiced his fears on being forever single to Mikey as they were supposed to be practising their song this evening. “I just don’t like being alone, period,” he stated in the luxury bedroom. Darnell went on to say that the only reason he had threatened to […]

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Medvedev: We’re ‘not afraid’ of a new Cold War

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, speaking in the midst of one of the lowest points in the Russia-West relationship since the breakup of the Soviet Union 17 years ago, said Tuesday that his country did not seek a new Cold War — but neither was it afraid of one.

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SNOOKS BACK IN LONDON

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SNOOKS BACK IN LONDON

By WILL WINTERCROSS and DAN MANGAN

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Last updated: 11:24 amAugust 26, 2008 Posted: 4:23 amAugust 26, 2008
The girl kidnapped by her phony-Rockefeller dad has returned home to London with her […]

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All Hillary, all the time

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Denver — This afternoon, they positively crowded into the invite-only event hosted by Women Count, the 527 women’s political activism group formed by San Francisco’s Susie Tompkins Buell and other California-based Hillary Rodham Clinton donors and supporters.
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