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August 27, 2008

Driven apart

(BBC News) Afghan air strike drives wedge between allies

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Russia-Georgia conflict raises Black Sea tension

KIEV/TBILISI (Reuters) - Ukraine said on Wednesday it wanted to discuss charging Russia more for the lease of a Black Sea naval base, a move...

Driven apart

(BBC News) Afghan air strike drives wedge between allies...

Living on a thin line in Myanmar

(IHT) Photo gallery attests to daily struggle for survival after Cyclone Nargis....

UK presents before UN sea bed claim around Ascension Is

(Merco Press) Britain is to formally present its case to the United Nations in New York for extending its territorial rights around Ascension Island in...

Iraq says U.S. sought troop presence to 2015

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The United States asked Iraq for permission to maintain a troop presence there to 2015, but U.S. and Iraqi negotiators agreed to...

World poverty 'more widespread'

(BBC News) The World Bank says there are more poor people in the world than previously thought, with one in four in poverty....