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Morning News


Aug.20   Berlin   Hostages at Iraqi embassy
  A previously unknown Iraqi opposition group has taken hostages including the ambassador


  China   Giant lake flood threatens millions  Lake Dongting is threatening to burst its banks and placing around 10 million people at severe risk

  Czech Republic Disease threat from flooding  Floodwaters have swamped a cemetery where 10,000 Holocaust victims are buried creating a stinking lake at Theresienstadt

  Zimbabwe White farmers 'quit land'  The farmers ordered by courts to leave their land are loading their trucks and searching for places to stay

  North East India Rebel ambush kills 19 soldiers  The attackers are thought to belong to the outlawed National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT)

Day News


  Berlin   Hostage crisis over  The occupation of the Iraqi embassy has ended peacefully after police freed hostages held by Iraqi dissidents

Evening News


  China   Flood emergency in province of Hunan  Surging water levels in the country's second biggest freshwater lake threaten more than 10 million people

  Moscow Search on for survivors under the rubble  Apartment block blast has claimed at least 5 lives. As many as 10 other people are still under the rubble

  Philippines 8 kidnapped on Jolo  5 men and 3 women - all Filipinos - were kidnapped by Abu Sayyaf guerrillas
San Francisco Bay Area , August 20, 2002 Timeline