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United Arab Emirates |
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UAE to suspend some BlackBerry services
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 Baghdad |
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Disagreement over Iraq death toll The US has disagreed with Iraqi assertions that July was the deadliest month there for more than two years
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| Aug.2 |
 UN |
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 UN announces Gaza flotilla probe| The secretary general has announced an investigation into an Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound aid convoy on 31 May which killed nine Turkish activists | |
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Jordan |
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One dead after rockets hit Israel, Jordan
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 Washington |
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 Obama confirms pullout from Iraq  US President has confirmed the end of all combat operations in Iraq by 31 August. 50,000 of 65,000 troops are set to remain until the end of...
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| Aug.3 |
 Southern Lebanon |
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Israeli, Lebanese soldiers exchange fire| Israeli patrol tried to install cameras. Clashes along their volatile shared border left at least one person dead | |
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Baghdad |
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Attacks, car bomb kill 25 in Iraq Insurgents apparently tied to al Qaeda attacked a checkpoint in western Baghdad and killed five police
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Saudi Arabia |
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Saudis to block BlackBerry service
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| Aug.5 |
Somalia |
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Pirates hijack cargo ship in Gulf of Aden
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Washington |
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US charges 14 over al-Shabab ties
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| Aug.8 |
Saudi Arabia |
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Saudi Arabia delays BlackBerry ban
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| Aug.9 |
Somalia |
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Al-Qaeda linked militants ban 3 aid groups
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| Aug.11 |
Guantanamo |
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 Jury: prison for bin Laden's driver A military jury at the U.S. detention facility recommended a 14-year prison term for Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmoud al Qosi, a Sudanese man
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Iraq |
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US 'on target' for Iraq departure
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| Aug.14 |
Lebanon |
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Lebanon opens fund to equip army
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Lebanon |
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Lebanon 'kills Fatah al-Islam leader'
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| Aug.15 |
Gaza |
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al-Zawahiri speaks on Gaza flotilla incident
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| Aug.16 |
Israel |
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Anger at Israel Facebook photos
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| Aug.17 |
Baghdad |
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48 killed outside army recruitment center| A suicide bomber detonated his explosives-laden vest in central Baghdad as men were queuing up outside an Iraqi army recruitment center. At least 129 people we... | |
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USA |
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Judge throws out Somalis' piracy charge
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| Aug.18 |
Southern Iraq |
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Last US combat brigade quits Iraq The 4th Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division began crossing by land into Kuwait in the early hours of Thursday morning
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| Aug.19 |
Iraq |
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 U.S. troop strength in Iraq put at 52,000 U.S. Forces-Iraq on track to draw down to 50,000 troops by September 1, when Operation New Dawn is to begin
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| Aug.20 |
Washington |
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 Palestinians, Israel agree to resume talks| Secretary of State Hillary Clinton: The talks, involving other regional and international players, are intended to resolve all 'final status' issues | |
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 Jerusalem |
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 Israel: Planned flotilla a 'provocation' Defense Minister Ehud Barak said a planned Gaza-bound aid flotilla from Lebanon 'has nothing to do with humanitarian aid'
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| Aug.21 |
 Cairo |
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Stolen Van Gogh recovered at airport Egyptian authorities are nabbing the suspected thieves just moments before they were to board a plane and flee the country
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Cairo |
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Van Gogh 'is still missing' A Van Gogh painting worth $50 million stolen from a Cairo museum is still missing
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| Aug.25 |
 Oman |
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 Oman to invest $20B in rugged beauty Oman's natural beauty remains relatively untouched compared to the Gulf's developed urban centers
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| Aug.27 |
Virginia |
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Would-be pirate pleads guilty to attacking Jama Idle Ibrahim, a Somali man became the second person convicted in the U.S. of acts related to high-seas piracy in more than a century
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Iraq |
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Iraq on high alert over bombing fears Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki warned Friday of likely attacks across the country and put all local governments and security forces on high alert
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| Aug.29 |
 Rome |
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 Gadhafi arrives in Italy to observe ties Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi makes a year after his historic trip there to mark closer ties between the two countries
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Israel |
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Israel, Palestinians stake positions Israeli and Palestinian leaders were looking forward to direct talks this week in Washington with both hope and apprehension
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| Aug.31 |
Iraq |
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U.S. combat mission in Iraq ends At 5 p.m. ET -- at a cost of more than 4,400 U.S. military personnel killed and 30,000 wounded -- thes combat mission officially drew to a close
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He said Americans who served in Iraq 'completed every mission they were given'
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West Bank |
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4 Israelis shot dead in West Bank  Map of Hebron Israel Israel Four Israelis -- including a pregnant woman -- were killed near Hebron in a shooting for which the militant wing of Hamas claimed responsibility
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Washington |
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Obama 'awed' by US Iraq sacrifice President Obama has hailed the end of combat operations in Iraq, saying the US has paid a 'a huge price' to 'put Iraq's future in its peoples' hands'
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 London |
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 Blair in 'anguish' over Iraq Former British Prime Minister writes in a book that he defends the U.S.-led overthrow of Saddam Hussein
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Washington |
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US: Hebron attack must not derail talks On the eve of negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians, the US has appealed to sides not to let the killing of 4 Jewish settlers derail...
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