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London |
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Jury fails to reach verdict in bomb case
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| Aug.2 |
Berlin |
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Honecker's nuclear bunker opens
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Ohio |
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Nadal set to overtake Federer as No. 1 |
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Berlin |
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Germany presses Iran for nuke answer
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England |
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Smith's ton gives Proteas historic win |
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| Aug.3 |
Hungary |
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Kovalainen claims maiden F1 win |
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| Aug.4 |
France |
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Tornado leaves three dead
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Pakistan |
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K2 climbers rescued after avalanche
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Netherlands |
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Van Nistelrooy quits Dutch national side |
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| Aug.9 |
Beijing |
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First gold medal of 2008 Summer Olympics |
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| Aug.11 |
Eastern Germany |
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Athlete says steroids forced sex change
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Beijing |
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Nadal struggles before opening victory
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| Aug.13 |
Austria |
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Incest victims surprise police with gifts
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| Aug.14 |
London |
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BA seals alliance with American
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European Union |
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Europe's biggest economies stop growing
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 Poland |
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Poland, U.S. to sign missile shield deal A preliminary deal to place part of a U.S. ballistic missile defense system in Poland has drawn sharp objections from Russia
| The US will install 10 interceptor missiles at a base on the Baltic coast in return for help strengthening Polish air defences
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| Aug.15 |
Northern Ireland |
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Omagh bombing remembered 10 years on
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| Aug.16 |
Greece |
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Greek star Halkia tests positive
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| Aug.17 |
 Beijing |
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 Nadal, Dementieva claim tennis golds Rafael Nadal is overcoming two set to beat Gonzalez of Chile 6-3 7-6 (7-2) 6-3. Elena Dementieva is beating fellow Safina 3-6 7-5 6-3
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 France |
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 Russia pressed to honour pull-out Western powers have stepped up pressure on Russia to honour its pledge to begin withdrawing troops from Georgia
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| Aug.18 |
Beijing |
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Golden Brits smash cycling pursuit record
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Belgium |
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Nato holds Georgia crisis summit
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| Aug.19 |
 Kabul |
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10 French soldiers killed in fighting| 100 insurgents attacked a patrol near the Afghan capital. 21 other soldiers were wounded in the fighting in the Sarobi area in Kabul province | |
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Paris |
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Zambia's president dies in French hospital
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Beijing |
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British cyclist Hoy wins historic third gold
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Kabul |
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 Sarkozy arrives in Kabul Nicolas Sarkozy has arrived to support French troops a day after one of the deadliest attacks on France's forces abroad
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| Aug.20 |
Poland |
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US and Poland seal missile deal| US Secretary of State Rice travelled to Warsaw for the ceremony, after 18 months of negotiations | |
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153 dead in Madrid plane crash   Map of Madrid Spain 19 people survived when the passenger plane swerved off the runway at Barajas airport but some are in critical condition
| Later wing flaps blamed in crash. The left engine caught fire as the Spanair flight JK 5022 sflight took off for the Canary Islands with 172 people on board. Investigators had ruled out foul play and considered the crash an accident
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Moscow |
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Russia condemns US missile deal
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Spain |
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Passengers saw flames before jet crashed Map of Madrid Spain Passengers said they saw flames and then heard an explosion moments before a jet crashed on takeoff at Madrid's Barajas Airport
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| Aug.21 |
Spain |
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Spain mourns air disaster victims Map of Madrid Spain| Spain declared 3 days of mourning as investigators continued probing what caused a passenger jet to crash on takeoff in Madrid | |
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Spain |
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DNA tests for Madrid air victims Map of Madrid Spain DNA tests will be needed to identify many of the 153 people killed in plane disaster at the airport
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| Aug.22 |
Spain |
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Plane burst into flames after runway skid Map of Madrid Spain A Spanair MD-82 was not on fire as it took off from Madrid's airport but lifted off slightly into the air, fell back to the ground
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Portugal |
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Train crash injures 25, kills at least 1
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Paris |
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Russia accused of abusing truce The US and France have accused Russia of failing to comply with the terms of its ceasefire with Georgia by creating checkpoints and buffer zones
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Bavaria |
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East German spy swap fixer dies
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| Aug.23 |
Spain |
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Mechanic quizzed over air crash
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Paris |
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Football fans die as bus slams into bridge
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Paris |
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Russia urged to quit Georgia port
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| Aug.24 |
Spain |
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Massa fined after F1 European GP win
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Southern France |
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 10 missing in Alps avalanche 8 others hospitalized after an avalanche swept down a major summit in the Mont Blanc range before dawn. The missing include 5 Austrians
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Spain |
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Spanish jet makes unscheduled landing A Spanair MD-82 jet made a landing at an airport in southern Spain, just 5 days after another MD-82 operated by the airline crashed in Madri...
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Spain |
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9-man Real Madrid claim Supercup
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| Aug.25 |
Milan |
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Inter wins Super Cup
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| Aug.26 |
Spain |
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Crash pilots' last words recovered The 2 flight data recorders from the airliner that crashed last week killing 154 people have been sent to Britain for further analysis
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 Ukraine |
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Miliband seeks backing on Russia UK Foreign Secretary will visit Ukraine later in an attempt to build the 'widest possible coalition against Russian aggression'
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| Aug.27 |
European Union |
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 Russia faces fresh condemnation 7 of the world's leading industrialised nations have jointly condemned the decision to recognise Georgia's breakaway regions
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 Malta |
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Malta fears 71 migrants drowned As many as 71 Africans drowned after their boat sank in the Mediterranean Sea, 8 of their companions have told Maltese police
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| Aug.28 |
European Union |
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 EU considers sanctions on Russia French Foreign Minister Kouchner: EU leaders are considering sanctions 'and many other means' against Russia over the Georgia crisis
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New York |
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#1 Ivanovic stunned by Coin at U.S. Open
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| Aug.29 |
 Monaco |
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 Zenit see off United to claim Super Cup St Petersburg beat Manchester United 2-1 to lift the UEFA Super Cup for the first time in their history
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Spain |
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Spanair considered pulling crash jet Govt.: The airline considered switching aircraft at the last minute because of a mechanical problem but ultimately went ahead
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London |
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Darling warns of economic crisis Chancellor Alistair Darling: The UK is facing its worst economic crisis in 60 years; the economic downturn would be more 'profound and long-...
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| Aug.30 |
 Libya |
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Italy seals Libya colonial deal Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and Gaddafi has signed an agreement to pay Libya $5bn as part of a deal to resolve colonial-era dispute
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New York |
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Top seed Nadal overpowers Troicki
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