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| Russia fires pose nuclear threat, death toll hits 50 |
MOSCOW, Aug 5 (Reuters) - The Russian government warned on Thursday that the country's deadliest wildfires in nearly four decades posed a nuclear threat if they are not contained, as the death toll rose to 50 and the blazes ... |
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Aug 5, 2010 New constitution for Kenya as 'No' team concedes |
| NAIROBI, Kenya - Kenya's president heralded the passage of a new constitution Thursday as a "national renewal," after results showed that close to 70 percent of the country had backed the document replacing a British colonial-era draft that inflated ... | |
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Aug 5, 2010 UN Seeks to Calm Tensions on Israel-Lebanon Border |
| Photo: AP Relatives and friends of Lieutenant-Colonel Dov Harari react during his funeral at the military cemetery in the coastal city of Netanya, Israel, 4 Aug 2010. | |
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Aug 3, 2010 Pakistan floods threaten to bring food crisis |
| Children play amidst tents after residents shifted to camps to take refuge from heavy floods in Nowshera, located in Pakistan's northwest Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province August 3, 2010. | |
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Aug 3, 2010 Karachi Erupts in Violence for Second Night After Lawmaker's Assassination |
| Pakistani policemen identify bodies at a morgue following overnight violence in Karachi on August 3, 2010. Photographer: Asif Hassan/AFP/Getty Images A man runs beside a burning bus set alight by ... | |
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Aug 3, 2010 New Democratic strategy for creating jobs focuses on a boost in manufacturing |
| President Obama and congressional Democrats -- out of options for another quick shot of stimulus spending to revive the sluggish economy -- are shifting toward a longer-term strategy that promises to tackle ... | |
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Aug 2, 2010 Afghan Governor Avoids Blast, but 6 Children Are Victims |
| GUSH KHANA, Afghanistan - To residents of this farming village just outside Kandahar City on Monday, the erratic driver of a white Toyota Corolla appeared to be a learner, or possibly a drunk driver, swerving from one ... | |
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Aug 2, 2010 Loopholes Let Iran Off the Hook |
| LONDON - Geopolitical psychoanalysis can be a lazy and futile staple of international affairs. But the judgment of Robert M. Gates, the US defense secretary, that Russia's relationship with Iran is “schizophrenic” is hard to fault these ... | |
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Aug 1, 2010 Death toll and frustrations rise from Pakistan floods |
| The death toll in three days of flooding reached at least 800 on Saturday, officials said, as monsoon rains bloated rivers, submerged villages and triggered landslides. | |
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Aug 1, 2010 US Military Officials Condemn Leaks of Afghan War Documents |
| Photo: AP Defense Secretary Robert Gates (l) accompanied by Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen hold a press briefing at the Pentagon, 29 Jul 2010 America's top military officials are condemning last week's public dissemination of thousands of ... | |
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