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• Pentagon refuses comment on charges of cross-border raid in Pakistan

  - 2008-09-03

  WASHINGTON AFP — The Pentagon declined comment Wednesday on Pakistani charges that at least 15 people were killed in a cross border raid by Afghan-based international forces. "I don't have anything for you on those reports," said Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman, refusing further comment. A spokesman for the...

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• Zimbabwe rival parties return home with no sign of deal

  - 2008-08-31

  HARARE AFP — Zimbabwe's rival parties have returned home from talks in South Africa, officials said Sunday, with no sign of a power-sharing deal to resolve the country's bitter political crisis. Negotiating teams from President Robert Mugabe's ruling ZANU-PF and both factions of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change...

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• Winehouse blames 'illness' as French festival fumes

  - 2008-08-30

  LONDON AFP — Amy Winehouse pulled out of the Rock en Seine festival outside Paris after falling ill at home, the troubled singer's spokesman said Saturday as the furious organisers vowed to sue. Rock en Seine had to scrap the headline gig at two hours' notice and has now...

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• Dalai Lama is 'stable', no cause for concern: hospital

  - 2008-08-29

  MUMBAI AFP — Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama is in a stable condition and there is no cause for concern over his health, the private Indian hospital to which he was admitted said Friday. The 73-year-old spiritual leader was taken to hospital in India's financial hub on...

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• Pakistan military air strike kills 22 militants

  - 2008-08-29

  ISLAMABAD AFP — At least 22 militants, including two senior commanders, were killed late Friday in an air strike by Pakistan's military in the troubled northwest Swat valley, a senior security official told AFP. Troops backed by helicopter gunships and heavy artillery have for weeks been pounding militant positions...

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• Suspected remains of WWII airman found dangling from tree in PNG

  - 2008-08-28

  SYDNEY AFP — Australia's military was Friday making plans to examine the suspected remains of a World War II airman found dangling from a canopy of trees in a Papua New Guinea jungle last week, a spokesman told AFP. Hikers on the Kokoda Trail, where a bitter World War...

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• Suspected remains of WWII airman found dangling from trees in PNG

  - 2008-08-28

  SYDNEY AFP — Australia's military was Friday making plans to examine the suspected remains of a World War II airman found dangling from trees in a dense Papua New Guinea jungle, a spokesman told AFP. Hikers on the Kokoda Trail, where a bitter World War II battle was fought...

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• SKorea's Woori Investment seeks European bank: spokesman

  - 2008-08-28

  SEOUL AFP — South Korean brokerage Woori Investment and Securities said Friday it was considering spending up to two billion dollars buying a European investment bank and was looking at about 20 possibilities. "We've been analysing their financial statements and business environment to find out whether there will be...

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• 'Beautiful mistake' makes China factory worker a celebrity

  - 2008-08-27

  SHANGHAI AFP — A Chinese factory worker has become a celebrity after her smiling face was accidentally loaded onto an Apple iPhone and shipped to the other side of the world, her employer said Wednesday. The unidentified worker flashed a smile and made a peace sign to a co-worker...

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• US urges 'credible' probe of alleged abuses in South Ossetia

  - 2008-08-27

  WASHINGTON AFP — The United States on Wednesday called on Moscow to allow a "credible investigation" into reported atrocities committed in South Ossetia during the recent conflict between Russia and Georgia, a top official said. "We have seen reports that there are atrocities being committed against civilians," said State...

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