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Australia's truffling success

Sunday 27th of August 2006, 0:47
related countries: Australia Australia

The cultivation of truffles in Australia has proved such a success that the first batch has been exported abroad, Nick Squires reports.
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Swiss film wins Sarajevo award

Sunday 27th of August 2006, 1:09
related countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina, Switzerland Switzerland
related places: Sarajevo

A drama by a Swiss director about the lives of women in exile takes top award at the Sarajevo Film Festival.
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Israeli rocket hits Reuters car

Sunday 27th of August 2006, 2:24
related countries: Israel Israel

Israel expresses regret after a strike on a car in Gaza injures a Reuters cameraman and another reporter.
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Seven die in south Russia battles

Sunday 27th of August 2006, 4:15
related countries: Russia Russia

A day of fighting in Russia's North Caucasus region leaves four suspected militants and three policemen dead.
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Mauritania finds migrant bodies

Sunday 27th of August 2006, 4:29
related countries: Mauritania Mauritania, Spain Spain

Police in Mauritania say at least eight have died trying to illegally enter the Spanish Canary Islands by boat.
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Jaffna evacuation ferry arrives

Sunday 27th of August 2006, 4:46
related countries: Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
related places: Jaffna

A Red Cross ferry filled with foreign nationals trapped by fighting in northern Sri Lanka arrives in the east.
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Pakistan says key rebel is dead

Sunday 27th of August 2006, 5:26
related countries: Pakistan Pakistan

Tribal rebel leader Nawab Akbar Bugti has been killed in a battle in Balochistan province, Pakistan says.
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Third of China 'hit by acid rain'

Sunday 27th of August 2006, 10:07
related countries: China China

One third of China is suffering from acid rain caused by rapid industrial growth, an official report says.
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Mother pleads to see kidnap girl

Sunday 27th of August 2006, 12:30
related countries: Austria Austria

The mother of an Austrian teenager who escaped after eight years of captivity says she cannot see her daughter.
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US pins trade talk hopes on China

Sunday 27th of August 2006, 13:08
related countries: United States United States, China China
related places: Beijing

US trade representative Susan Schwab visits China in the hope that Beijing can revive WTO trade talks.
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UK soldier killed in Afghanistan

Sunday 27th of August 2006, 13:19
related countries: Afghanistan Afghanistan, United Kingdom United Kingdom

A British soldier has died in the southern Helmand province of Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence says.
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Cricket: England set for Pakistan

Sunday 27th of August 2006, 13:24
related countries: Pakistan Pakistan

England captain Andrew Strauss wants to leave controversy behind when they face Pakistan in Monday's Twenty20 game.
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Basketballl: USA crush Australia

Sunday 27th of August 2006, 13:28
related countries: Japan Japan, Australia Australia, United States United States

The USA ease past Australia 113-73 to reach the last eight of the World Basketball Championship in Japan.
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Many dead in US plane crash

Sunday 27th of August 2006, 13:36
related countries: United States United States
related places: Kentucky

A passenger plane carrying 50 people crashes shortly after taking off in Kentucky, with reports of many deaths.
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Annan to visit Iran amid dispute

Sunday 27th of August 2006, 14:24
related countries: Iran Iran, United States United States

UN chief Kofi Annan will visit Tehran days after a UN deadline for it to suspend uranium enrichment.
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Baghdad blasts claim more lives

Sunday 27th of August 2006, 15:18
related countries: Iraq Iraq
related places: Baghdad

At least 12 people die in blasts in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, as a security clampdown continues.
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Veteran Bollywood director dies

Sunday 27th of August 2006, 15:28
related countries: India India
related places: Mumbai

Leading Indian film-maker Hrishikesh Mukherjee dies in hospital in the western Indian city of Mumbai.
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Unrest after Pakistan rebel death

Sunday 27th of August 2006, 16:23
related countries: Pakistan Pakistan

More than 450 people are arrested in Pakistan as protests follow the killing of a key rebel leader.
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US politics 'obsessed' with ads

Sunday 27th of August 2006, 16:50
related countries: United States United States

US political parties care only about buying TV commercials, former US Vice-President Al Gore says.
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US journalist on Sudan spy charge

Sunday 27th of August 2006, 17:07
related countries: Sudan Sudan, United States United States
related places: Darfur

US journalist Paul Salopek, arrested earlier this month in Darfur region of Sudan, is charged with spying.
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Collapse kills 47 at India fair

Sunday 27th of August 2006, 18:22
related countries: India India
related places: At

At least 47 people are killed when a water tank they were sitting on collapsed in India's Rajasthan state.
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Nasrallah sorry for scale of war

Sunday 27th of August 2006, 18:28
related countries: Israel Israel

Hezbollah's leader says he would not have captured two Israeli soldiers if he could have foreseen the result.
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LRA rebels in DR Congo withdrawal

Sunday 27th of August 2006, 19:06
related countries: Uganda Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo

Ugandan Lord's Resistance Army rebels start leaving their bases in the DR Congo as demanded by a peace deal.
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Obama draws crowds in slums

Sunday 27th of August 2006, 22:33
related countries: Kenya Kenya, United States United States

US Senator Barack Obama addresses cheering crowds as he tours a slum in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi.
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