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US rebuffs Ahmadinejad talks bid
Wednesday 4th of August 2010, 0:15related countries:
Iran, 
United StatesThe White House rebuffs Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's offer of a "face-to-face" policy debate with President Barack Obama.
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India temple blessing a health risk - for elephants
Wednesday 4th of August 2010, 1:18related countries:
IndiaElephants at Hindu temples in southern India should stop blessing pilgrims because the beasts might contact diseases, officials say.
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Wheat prices rise over Russian wildfires
Wednesday 4th of August 2010, 2:10related countries:
RussiaFirefighters in Russia are struggling to contain hundreds of wildfires that have now killed at least forty people around the country.
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Israel rape case sentence on hold
Wednesday 4th of August 2010, 2:45related countries:
IsraelAn Israeli Arab convicted of rape after consensual sex with a woman who thought he was a Jew has his sentence delayed, pending an appeal.
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Arizona desert death toll climbs
Wednesday 4th of August 2010, 2:59related countries:
Mexicorelated places: Arizona
The bodies of 59 suspected illegal migrants are found near Arizona's desert border with Mexico in July, the highest number in five years, officials say.
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UN urges Israel-Lebanon restraint
Wednesday 4th of August 2010, 3:50related countries:
Israel, 
LebanonThe UN tells Israel and Lebanon to show restraint, after a clash between troops on the border leaves five people dead.
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Aboriginal children 'starving'
Wednesday 4th of August 2010, 5:31related countries:
ArubaAboriginal children are starving in some remote Northern Territory areas, welfare workers tell the Australian government.
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Row breaks out over Poland's cross
Wednesday 4th of August 2010, 5:52related countries:
PolandA dispute has broken out over a wooden cross which is supposed to honour the victims of last April's plane crash which killed the Polish President.
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League takes some England blame
Wednesday 4th of August 2010, 7:52related countries:
United KingdomThe Premier League is only partly to blame for England's World Cup failure, chief executive Richard Scudamore claims.
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New Zealand's first Afghan death
Wednesday 4th of August 2010, 7:59related countries:
Afghanistan, 
New ZealandNew Zealand has suffered its first combat fatality in Afghanistan since its small military force deployed there in 2003.
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Franklin breaks two ribs in fall
Wednesday 4th of August 2010, 8:02related countries:
United StatesSoul legend Aretha Franklin is forced to cancel shows after breaking two ribs in a fall at her US home.
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Pakistan army defends flood role
Wednesday 4th of August 2010, 8:55related countries:
PakistanThe Pakistani army says it has reached all the people stranded by floods, and rejects criticism of its response to the disaster.
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Ofcom raises Sky movie concerns
Wednesday 4th of August 2010, 9:34related countries:
United KingdomUK media regulator Ofcom refers the market for pay-TV movies to the Competition Commission, amid concerns Sky is too powerful.
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Mexico violence 'still growing'
Wednesday 4th of August 2010, 9:57related countries:
MexicoMore than 28,000 people have died in drug-related violence in Mexico since the government declared war on the cartels in December 2006, officials say.
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World Cup boosts Adidas profits
Wednesday 4th of August 2010, 10:39related countries:
South AfricaAdidas reports a jump in profits for the April to June quarter following a boost from the recent World Cup in South Africa.
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Teenager sets sail for record bid
Wednesday 4th of August 2010, 10:46related countries:
PortugalLaura Dekker sets sail for Portugal, where she will begin her bid to become the youngest person to sail solo round the world.
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'Star' portraitist gets showcase
Wednesday 4th of August 2010, 10:52related countries:
United KingdomThomas Lawrence is celebrated this autumn in the first UK exhibition devoted to the 19th Century painter since 1979.
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Teenager sets sail on record bid
Wednesday 4th of August 2010, 11:33related countries:
Portugal, 
NetherlandsA Dutch teenager hoping to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world has set sail for Portugal, where she will begin her effort.
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Karachi police arrest 'jihadists'
Wednesday 4th of August 2010, 11:33related countries:
Pakistanrelated places: Karachi
Police in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi arrest suspected "jihadists" following the killing of a leading local politician.
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BP says 'static kill' successful
Wednesday 4th of August 2010, 11:36related countries:
MexicoBP says it has taken a big step towards permanently sealing its ruptured Gulf of Mexico well, as new figures suggest most of the oil has already been dealt with.
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Indian police clash with Maoists
Wednesday 4th of August 2010, 11:50related countries:
Indiarelated places: At
Indian police clash with Maoist rebels in a remote jungle area of the central state of Chhattisgarh, officials say.
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'The world they knew is gone'
Wednesday 4th of August 2010, 12:01related countries:
PakistanSome 1,400 people have died and aid agencies say three million people have been affected by Pakistan's worst floods in 80 years.
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Malaysia row over marriage move
Wednesday 4th of August 2010, 12:34related countries:
MalaysiaA Malaysian state's decision to allow under age marriages to cut the number of babies born out of wedlock draws criticism from women's groups.
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In the debris of people's homes
Wednesday 4th of August 2010, 12:57related countries:
RussiaBBC Reporter Richard Galpin visits the remains of a village reduced to ashes by the fires caused by the heat-wave that has hit Russia
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Man held over China school attack
Wednesday 4th of August 2010, 12:57related countries:
ChinaA 26-year-old man is arrested in China following a knife attack at a school in which at least three children were killed.
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Premier League plans free schools
Wednesday 4th of August 2010, 13:41related countries:
United KingdomEngland's football Premier League is considering how it might set up its own education system under the government's free schools policy.
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Fourteen killed in Iraq attacks
Wednesday 4th of August 2010, 14:30related countries:
Iraqrelated places: Baghdad
Twin car bombs kill six in southern Iraq, hours after attacks in Baghdad leave eight police officers dead, officials say.
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Fluent Sehwag leads India revival
Wednesday 4th of August 2010, 14:39related countries:
India, 
Sri LankaIndia close day two of the third final Test in Colombo 245 runs behind Sri Lanka at 180-2.
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Iran denies attack on president
Wednesday 4th of August 2010, 14:53related countries:
IranIran denies President Ahmadinejad was targeted in an assassination attempt, after initial reports of a grenade attack on his convoy.
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India 'regrets' Kashmir killings
Wednesday 4th of August 2010, 14:55related countries:
IndiaIndia says that it deeply regrets loss of life in the Kashmir Valley where at least 28 people have been killed in the past week.
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Intel settles antitrust lawsuit
Wednesday 4th of August 2010, 14:56related countries:
United StatesUS chipmaker Intel has settled an antitrust lawsuit filed against it by the US Federal Trade Commission.
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Barnes & Noble considering sale
Wednesday 4th of August 2010, 15:04related countries:
United StatesShares in Barnes & Noble jump 20% after the US bookstore chain said it was considering putting itself up for sale.
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Beef linked to cloned cow 'eaten'
Wednesday 4th of August 2010, 15:10related countries:
United KingdomMeat from a cloned cow's offspring entered the UK food chain from a farm in the Highlands, but officials say there are no safety concerns.
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UK music 'bucked downward trend'
Wednesday 4th of August 2010, 15:18related countries:
United KingdomThe recorded and live music business in the UK registered growth in 2009, according to a new report.
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Wyclef to run for Haiti president
Wednesday 4th of August 2010, 15:20related countries:
HaitiHaitian-born musician Wyclef Jean is to announce plans to stand for president of the earthquake-hit Caribbean country.
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Key anti-Taliban policeman killed
Wednesday 4th of August 2010, 15:31related countries:
Pakistanrelated places: Taliban, Peshawar
A top Pakistani paramilitary commander is killed in an attack by a suicide bomber in the city of Peshawar, officials say.
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Holding back
Wednesday 4th of August 2010, 15:33related countries:
IsraelIsrael-Lebanon clash suggests neither side wants war
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Sackings over Russia fire chaos
Wednesday 4th of August 2010, 16:08related countries:
RussiaRussia's president fires senior military officers for failing to stop a naval base being engulfed by wildfires that have killed 48.
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Castro 'to address Cuba assembly'
Wednesday 4th of August 2010, 16:21related countries:
CubaFidel Castro is expected to address Cuba's national assembly on Saturday for the first time in four years.
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Hughes attacks Cameron homes plan
Wednesday 4th of August 2010, 16:35related countries:
United Kingdomrelated places: Cameron
Deputy Lib Dem leader Simon Hughes fires a warning shot at David Cameron over plans to end "council houses for life" in England.
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Clashes on Israeli side, UN says
Wednesday 4th of August 2010, 16:42related countries:
Israel, LebanonThe UN peacekeeping force says Israeli soldiers were operating on their own side of the border when fighting broke out with Lebanese troops on Tuesday.
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Sierra Leone's blood diamond legacy
Wednesday 4th of August 2010, 16:44related countries:
Liberia, 
Sierra LeoneAhead of model Naomi Campbell's appearance at The Hague on Thursday, for the trial of former Liberian president Charles Taylor, Andrew Harding looks at the legacy of Sierra Leone's 'blood diamond' industry.
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US billionaires in charity pledge
Wednesday 4th of August 2010, 16:55related countries:
United Statesrelated places: Thirty
Thirty-eight billionaires promise to give at least half their wealth to charity through a campaign started by Warren Buffett and Bill Gates.
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'Attack' on president was a 'firecracker'
Wednesday 4th of August 2010, 16:57related countries:
IranIranian officials have denied that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was targeted in an assassination attempt.
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Cross-dressers flogged in Sudan
Wednesday 4th of August 2010, 17:06related countries:
SudanA group of men are flogged in Sudan after a court rules they broke strict moral codes by dressing and dancing in a "womanly" way.
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Berlusconi survives key contest
Wednesday 4th of August 2010, 17:17related countries:
ItalyItaly's PM Silvio Berlusconi survives a key no-confidence vote, but only thanks to massive abstentions from the vote by rebel MPs.
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Rain brings Pakistan more misery
Wednesday 4th of August 2010, 17:18related countries:
PakistanPoor weather forces more evacuations as Pakistan endures its worst floods in 80 years, with yet more heavy rain forecast.
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Putin answers Russian blogger angry over fires
Wednesday 4th of August 2010, 18:23related countries:
RussiaVladimir Putin publicly replies to a blogger who accused the Kremlin of allowing elementary fire safety measures to be eroded.
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More clone-linked beef 'consumed'
Wednesday 4th of August 2010, 18:30related countries:
United KingdomMeat from a second cloned cow's offspring has entered the UK's food chain, according to the Food Standards Agency.
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President 'snuck away' after floods
Wednesday 4th of August 2010, 18:37related countries:
PakistanPoor weather is hampering the Pakistani authorities' efforts to get aid to people displaced by the floods, with yet more heavy rain forecast.
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Iran stoning lawyer now in Turkey
Wednesday 4th of August 2010, 18:44related countries:
Turkey, IranA lawyer who defended a woman sentenced to be stoned to death in Iran is now in Turkey, the UN refugee agency says.
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Oil: 'No one owes Hayward an apology'
Wednesday 4th of August 2010, 18:52related countries:
United States, Mexicorelated places: Hayward, White House
The White House says US officials pushed BP to tackle the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico faster and more thoroughly "at every step of the way".
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Petraeus rules focus on civilians
Wednesday 4th of August 2010, 19:25related countries:
Afghanistan, United StatesThe US commander in Afghanistan urges troops to avoid civilian casualties as Taliban insurgents issue their own "code of conduct".
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Key reforms put to vote in Kenya
Wednesday 4th of August 2010, 20:06related countries:
KenyaCounting is under way in Kenya after a poll on political reform which seems to have passed off without incident, in a historic first.
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US man 'tried to aid al-Shabaab'
Wednesday 4th of August 2010, 20:16related countries:
Somalia, United Kingdom, United Statesrelated places: Chicago
A Chicago man is accused of seeking to join Somali hardline Islamist group al-Shabaab, which the US and UK consider a terror organisation.
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Ancient croc had 'mammal's teeth'
Wednesday 4th of August 2010, 21:19related countries:
TanzaniaPalaeontologists working in Tanzania unearth fossils of a tiny ancient crocodile-like creature with unusual, mammal-like teeth.
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Friend or foe? Battle to win Afghan trust
Wednesday 4th of August 2010, 21:51related countries:
Afghanistan, United Kingdomrelated places: Battle
As British forces continue to advance through the Taliban's Helmand stronghold, winning the trust of the Afghan people is proving just as testing a battle.
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US man accused of Panama killings
Wednesday 4th of August 2010, 22:19related countries:
United States, 
PanamaPanamanian authorities say they have recovered three more bodies on the property of a US man accused of murdering fellow American expatriates.
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Cheez Doodles snack inventor dies
Wednesday 4th of August 2010, 22:40related countries:
United StatesMorrie Yohai, the inventor of the crunchy, orange cheese puff snack known in the US as Cheez Doodles, dies at the age of 90.
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Battling censors
Wednesday 4th of August 2010, 23:54related countries:
SingaporeShadrake case highlights Singapore free speech curbs
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