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Aug.1  Baghdad  Gas station blast kills 50
 Saudi Arabia  Saudis back US Middle East plans
  Minnesota  
  A freeway bridge over the river has collapsed during the evening rush hour, sending cars into the water.    An entire span of the 4-lane I-35W bridge ...
 USA  Chinese-made toys recalled in US  Baghdad  Sunni bloc leaves Iraq government Aug.2   Arctic   Russia plants flag on Arctic floor  Russian explorers dived deep below the North Pole in a submersible to stake a symbolic claim to the energy riches of the Arctic  Minnesota  Up to 50 vehicles trapped in wreckage Aug.3   India   Millions flee 'worst ever' floods  United Nations: the worst flooding in living memory. More than 1,000 people have been killed or injured by waters  Sierra Leone  Boat capsizes, 50 drowned, 100 missing   England Farm infected with foot-and-mouth  Southern California  Marine sentenced over Iraq murder Aug.5  Iraq  U.S.: Iraq shrine bomber killed  Lebanon  Opposition wins key Lebanese poll Aug.6  Georgia  Georgia: Russia bomb falls on town Aug.7  India  Millions face flood disease threat  San Francisco Bay Area  Bonds breaks home run record Aug.8  Baghdad  Raid, street fighting leave 40 dead  New York  Storms lead to chaos Aug.9   New York   Mortgage concerns hit US markets
  The share indexes tumbled amid fears that a wobble in the mortgage market may prompt a global credit crunch. Dow Jones fell 199.24
 Pakistan  Rice sways Musharraf on emergency   New York   World markets fall after US losses   The markets have faltered in early trading a day after markets in NY and London suffered losses amid fears of a global credit crunch Aug.10  UN Security Council  UN approves expanded Iraq mission  London  Central banks pour money into system  Arctic  Canada to build two military Arctic bases  India  Monsoon death toll reaches 2,000 Aug.11  Southern Iraq  Bomb kills governor  New England  'Casual lunch' for Bush, Sarkozy Aug.12  Darfur  Darfur force 'to be all-African' Aug.13  Afghanistan  Two female Korean hostages freed  China  14 dead in bridge collapse  Turkey  Gul getting 2nd shot at presidency  North Korea  'Hundreds dead' in floods Aug.14   Northern Iraq   Up to 500 people die in bomb attacks   The blasts targeted a Kurdish religious minority, the Yazidi sect, near Mosul. At least 4 blasts hit areas which house the community  New Delhi  India marks 60th anniversary Aug.15   Germany   6 Italians die in 'clan execution'   Police found young men shot in the head outside a train station in Duisburg in an attack that was part of a feud between organized crime cla...  Peru  Deadly earthquake strikes  London  World markets continue to slide Aug.16   Peru   337 killed in earthquake Map of http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6948888.stm#anchor
  All but one of the deaths were in the coastal province of Ica, about 165 miles south of Lima.    The earthquake struck at 18.4 and lasted for several minutes. In Lima,...
Aug.17  Moscow  Russia bomber flights 'permanent'  Peru  Dead scattered in streets  China  Scores trapped in coal mine Aug.18  Kabul  German woman kidnapped  Peru  Looting disrupts quake rescue bid  Turkey  Jet hijack ends peacefully  Haiti  Hurricane churns up the Caribbean  Peru  More troops for quake zone Aug.19  Jamaica  Jamaicans start to feel hurricane  Kabul  Kidnapped German woman freed Aug.20  Southern Iraq  Bomb kills governor  Mexico  Hurricane Dean grows into Category 5 Aug.21   Mexico Dean slams into Yucatan, loses steam   Bangladesh Student riots flare Aug.22  Northern Iraq  Helicopter crash kills 14 U.S. soldiers  Washington  Bush issues Vietnam warning over Iraq Aug.23  Pakistan  Ex-PM Sharif to return  Brazil  At least 20 prisoners die in prison fire  U.S. Congress  Top Republican urges Iraq pullout Aug.24  Afghanistan  U.S. jet 'bombs British troops'  Greece  Fires kill 27 in southern Greece Aug.25  Southern India  Blasts kill 34 in Hyderabad   Greece   63 died from forest fires
  The emergency workers continue to find the bodies of people burned to death by forest fires that are raging in the south of the country
 Karamanlis: Fires may have been deliberately set ahead of national elections. The newspapers are calling the southern Peloponnese region a 'crematorium'. The worst fires are concentrated along an 50 mile stretch on the west coast of the Peloponnese
Aug.26  Greece  Fires inch closer to Olympic cradle Aug.27  Washington  Attorney General Gonzales resigns  Greece  Greece may label fires acts of terrorism  Baghdad  U.S. links Hussein's daughter to terror cell Aug.28   Turkey   Turks elect ex-Islamist president   Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul has been elected president in a parliamentary vote in a third round of voting  Baghdad  US seizes Iranian group in Iraq Aug.29  Iraq  Muqtada al-Sadr suspends militia  Afghanistan  Taliban frees 12 South Korean hostages  Virginia  Virginia Tech response 'too slow' Aug.30  London  Sharif names Pakistan return date   Afghanistan     Final S. Korean hostages freed by Taliban  Kidnappers released the 7 remaining hostages and handed them over to Red Cross officials  Rio de Janeiro  Eight dead after train crash Aug.31  Colombia  Chavez to help broker hostage deal


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Aug.1   Baghdad
  Saudi Arabia
 Washington  BA's price-fix fine reaches $550m
  Minnesota  
  A freeway bridge over the river has collapsed during the evening rush hour, sending cars into the water
 An entire span of the 4-lane I-35W bridge in Minneapolis fell into the river at 1805
 Arctic  Russia to sink flag in land grab   USA Chinese-made toys recalled in US   Baghdad Sunni bloc leaves Iraq government

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Aug.2   Arctic   Russia plants flag on Arctic floor
  Russian explorers dived deep below the North Pole in a submersible to stake a symbolic claim to the energy riches of the Arctic
  Minnesota Up to 50 vehicles trapped in wreckage  U.S. Congress  Senate tightens lobbying rules  Minnesota  Divers suspend Minneapolis search  India  Monsoon floods claim more than 160

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Aug.3   India   Millions flee 'worst ever' floods
  United Nations: the worst flooding in living memory. More than 1,000 people have been killed or injured by waters
 the floods affected India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal. 20 million people are known to have fled their homes or trapped in villages. Almost 200 have died in the floods in the last few days
  Sierra Leone Boat capsizes, 50 drowned, 100 missing   England   Farm infected with foot-and-mouth Map of Guildford United Kingdom
  60 animals on the farm at a farm in Surrey have been found to be infected with foot-and-mouth disease
  Southern California   Marine sentenced over Iraq murder  Sgt Lawrence Hutchins has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for the murder of a civilian during a failed search for an insurgent  Russian Far East  Quake leaves 2,000 homeless

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Aug.4  Turkey  Parliament being sworn in  Lebanon  Tensions high for polls  Southern California  Bonds homers 755th, ties Aaron

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Aug.5   Iraq U.S.: Iraq shrine bomber killed  India  South Asia flood death toll rising  Lebanon  Rivals claim poll victory   Lebanon   Opposition wins key Lebanese poll   An opposition candidate Michel Aoun has defeated a government-backed rival in a tense by-election near Beirut  Croatia  Dubrovnik menaced by major fire

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Aug.6  India  Monsoon recedes, death toll rises  Iraq  190,000 weapons 'missing in Iraq'  Washington  Bush and Karzai vow 'an end to Taliban'  Utah  Coal mine collapse traps six   Georgia   Georgia: Russia bomb falls on town  Georgian Interior Minister: Jets flown from Russia fired an air-to-surface missile at Georgian territory in an 'act of aggression'  Japan  Eda choosen as upper house leader

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Aug.7   India   Millions face flood disease threat   The UN is warning of a health crisis in southern Asia, where 30 million people have been overwhelmed by the rains and flash flooding  South Korea  Two Koreas to hold summit  Baghdad  Pilgrimage's history prompts to ban traffic   San Francisco Bay Area Bonds breaks home run record

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Aug.8   Baghdad Raid, street fighting leave 40 dead   New York Storms lead to chaos  Pakistan  Pakistan 'considering emergency'  Florida  Teacher blasts off on shuttle mission

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Aug.9   New York   Mortgage concerns hit US markets
  The share indexes tumbled amid fears that a wobble in the mortgage market may prompt a global credit crunch. Dow Jones fell 199.24
  Pakistan Rice sways Musharraf on emergency  Guantanamo  9/11 mastermind closer to military trial   New York   World markets fall after US losses
  The markets have faltered in early trading a day after markets in NY and London suffered losses amid fears of a global credit crunch
 Dow Jones was down 124.8 points, or 0.9%, at 13,145.9 points. London's FTSE 100 fell 3.1%, the Paris Cac index down 3% and Germany's main Dax fell 1.6%
 Polynesia  14 killed in French Polynesia air crash

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Aug.10   UN Security Council UN approves expanded Iraq mission   London Central banks pour money into system  USA  Discovery disbands without backer   Arctic Canada to build two military Arctic bases   India Monsoon death toll reaches 2,000  Sierra Leone  S Leone poised for landmark polls

August 11 ... more > Top ^

Aug.11   Southern Iraq Bomb kills governor   New England 'Casual lunch' for Bush, Sarkozy  Afghanistan  Taliban: 2 hostages to be released  Pakistan  Musharraf 'to join Afghan jirga'

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Aug.12  Baghdad  Iraqi PM calls for crisis summit   Darfur Darfur force 'to be all-African'  Oklahoma  Woods wins 13th major by two shots

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Aug.13   Afghanistan     Two female Korean hostages freed  Kim Kyung Ja and Kim Jina were now in Ghazni's provincial capital, 25 days after they were seized  Washington  Top White House aide Rove resigns   China   14 dead in bridge collapse  A bridge being built as a tourist attraction in central China. Workers were removing scaffolding from the bridge spanning the Jiantuo River   Turkey Gul getting 2nd shot at presidency  Pakistan  Pakistan marks 60th anniversary   North Korea   'Hundreds dead' in floods  Flooding caused by heavy rain has left hundreds of people dead or missing. The rain had destroyed more than 30,000 homes

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Aug.14  USA  Mattel recalls millions of Chinese toys   Northern Iraq   Up to 500 people die in bomb attacks Map of Mosul Iraq
  The blasts targeted a Kurdish religious minority, the Yazidi sect, near Mosul. At least 4 blasts hit areas which house the community
 Tensions between the Yazidi and local Muslims have grown since a Yazidi girl was stoned by her community in April for converting to Islam. The string of suicide truck bombings that killed and wounded hundreds in villages looked like the work of al Qaeda in Iraq
  New Delhi India marks 60th anniversary

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Aug.15   Germany   6 Italians die in 'clan execution' Map of Duisburg Germany
  Police found young men shot in the head outside a train station in Duisburg in an attack that was part of a feud between organized crime clans
 Northern Iraq  Frantic hunt in bomb rubble  Venezuela  President Hugo Chavez outlines changes  Washington  U.S. eyes terror tag for Iranian force   Peru Deadly earthquake strikes   London World markets continue to slide  Northern Iraq  Death toll in bombings has risen to 500

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Aug.16   Peru   337 killed in earthquake Map of http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6948888.stm#anchor
  All but one of the deaths were in the coastal province of Ica, about 165 miles south of Lima
 The earthquake struck at 18.4 and lasted for several minutes. In Lima, buildings shook violently, prompting residents to take to the streets
 Iraq  More Iraqi women turning to prostitution  Peru  Peruvians mourn earthquake dead  Japan  Sharp market falls in Asia

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Aug.17   Moscow Russia bomber flights 'permanent'   Peru Dead scattered in streets  New York  US rate cut boosts global markets  Baghdad  U.S. troops in 24-hour battle  Caribbean  Dean strengthens to Category 4 hurricane   China   Scores trapped in coal mine   The emergency teams are searching for 172 miners trapped in a flooded mine  Peru  Calm urged for quake victims  Egypt  'Dozens missing' as ferry sinks

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Aug.18   Kabul   German woman kidnapped  A woman has been kidnapped at gunpoint in the heart of the capital. She works for an international aid organisation   Peru Looting disrupts quake rescue bid   Turkey Jet hijack ends peacefully   Haiti Hurricane churns up the Caribbean   Peru More troops for quake zone  Jamaica  Jamaica alert as Dean threatens

August 19 ... more > Top ^

Aug.19  Peru  Reports: Baby found in quake ruins  Afghanistan  Kidnapped German in Afghan video   Jamaica Jamaicans start to feel hurricane   Kabul Kidnapped German woman freed  Japan  Jetliner burst into flames  China  China mum on miners' fate

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Aug.20   Southern Iraq   Bomb kills governor  Mohammed Ali al-Hassani , the governor of Muthana province, was killed by a roadside bomb in the city of Samawa  Mexico  Hurricane Dean spins toward Yucatan   Mexico Hurricane Dean grows into Category 5  Australia  Judge overturns Haneef visa ban

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Aug.21   Mexico   Dean slams into Yucatan, loses steam Map of Yucatan Mexico
  The hurricane is knocking down trees and flooding streets but not inflicting catastrophic damage.    Dean charged ashore before dawn as a Category 5 but lost strength as it traversed the peninsula and was...
  Bangladesh   Student riots flare
  Angry students burned an army van and damaged 50 vehicles during violence with security forces at Dhaka University
 Mexico  Hurricane pushes into Mexico gulf

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Aug.22   Northern Iraq     Helicopter crash kills 14 U.S. soldiers  2 UH-60 Black Hawks were on a night operation when one of the aircraft crashed. The U.S. said the crash was not the result of an attack  Bangladesh  Curfew after clashes  Baghdad  Iraq PM hits back at US criticism   Washington     Bush issues Vietnam warning over Iraq   President has warned a US withdrawal could trigger the kind of upheaval seen in South East Asia after US forces quit Vietnam  Mexico  Dean hitting Mexico for second time  U.S. Congress  Democrats condemn Bush over Iraq

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Aug.23   Pakistan Ex-PM Sharif to return   Brazil At least 20 prisoners die in prison fire   U.S. Congress Top Republican urges Iraq pullout  Sudan  Khartoum 'defying Darfur embargo'  Bangladesh  Bangladesh bids to quell clashes  Washington  U.S. intel: Doubts over al-Maliki

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Aug.24   Afghanistan     U.S. jet 'bombs British troops'  3 soldiers have been killed by so-called friendly fire from American fighter planes  Bangladesh  Bangladesh lifts daytime curfew  Northern Lebanon  Truce as women flee camp   Greece Fires kill 27 in southern Greece  Florida  Noriega can be extradited to France

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Aug.25   Southern India   Blasts kill 34 in Hyderabad   Two explosions within minutes. One blast was at the Lumbini amusement park  Iraq  Execution, body dumping site found   Greece   63 died from forest fires
  The emergency workers continue to find the bodies of people burned to death by forest fires that are raging in the south of the country
 Karamanlis: Fires may have been deliberately set ahead of national elections. The newspapers are calling the southern Peloponnese region a 'crematorium'. The worst fires are concentrated along an 50 mile stretch on the west coast of the Peloponnese

August 26 ... more > Top ^

Aug.26   Greece   Fires inch closer to Olympic cradle  The wildfires that have scorched southern Greece, reached the ancient city of Olympia, birthplace of the Olympic games,  Iraq  Ex leader returning 'to fight for country'  Greece  Forest fires reward offered

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Aug.27   Washington   Attorney General Gonzales resigns   Embattled U.S. Attorney General announced his resignation. 'I have lived the American dream,' said Alberto Gonzales   Greece Greece may label fires acts of terrorism  Uganda  Crash kills 72 soldiers   Baghdad U.S. links Hussein's daughter to terror cell  Greece  MPs row over fire response

August 28 ... more > Top ^

Aug.28   Turkey   Turks elect ex-Islamist president
  Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul has been elected president in a parliamentary vote in a third round of voting
 Gul is the first politician with an Islamist background to become head of state since the creation of the Turkish Republic in 1923. His wife wears a Muslim headscarf
 Afghanistan  Taliban: Korean hostages to be released   Baghdad US seizes Iranian group in Iraq  Iraq  Al-Sadr calls for calm after militias clash  Baghdad  US frees seven Iranians

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Aug.29   Iraq   Muqtada al-Sadr suspends militia  Anti-American Shiite cleric has ordered a suspension of his Mehdi Army militia for up to six months for restructuring   Afghanistan Taliban frees 12 South Korean hostages  Northern Iraq  U.N.: Cholera outbreak   Virginia Virginia Tech response 'too slow'

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Aug.30   London   Sharif names Pakistan return date  Pakistan's exiled former Prime Minister will return home on September 10 to challenge President Musharraf  Pakistan  No decision yet from Musharraf on army  Southern Italy  Mafia suspects arrested   Afghanistan     Final S. Korean hostages freed by Taliban
  Kidnappers released the 7 remaining hostages and handed them over to Red Cross officials
  Rio de Janeiro Eight dead after train crash  Malaysia  Malaysia marks 50 years as nation  Washington  Bush discusses Iraq, China military

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Aug.31  Washington  Federal Reserve in rate cut hint   Colombia Chavez to help broker hostage deal  Monaco  Sombre Super Cup victory for Milan  Burundi  Refugees go home with fear  Switzerland  US and N Korea primed for talks

Marine sentenced over Iraq murder  Sgt Lawrence Hutchins has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for the murder of a civilian during a failed search for an insurgent U.S.: Iraq shrine bomber killed Georgia: Russia bomb falls on town  Georgian Interior Minister: Jets flown from Russia fired an air-to-surface missile at Georgian territory in an 'act of aggression' Raid, street fighting leave 40 dead Canada to build two military Arctic bases Darfur force 'to be all-African' Russia bomber flights 'permanent' More troops for quake zone   Helicopter crash kills 14 U.S. soldiers  2 UH-60 Black Hawks were on a night operation when one of the aircraft crashed. The U.S. said the crash was not the result of an attack Top Republican urges Iraq pullout   U.S. jet 'bombs British troops'  3 soldiers have been killed by so-called friendly fire from American fighter planes Muqtada al-Sadr suspends militia  Anti-American Shiite cleric has ordered a suspension of his Mehdi Army militia for up to six months for restructuring



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Aug.3   Southern California
Aug.5   Iraq
Aug.6  Iraq  190,000 weapons 'missing in Iraq'
Aug.6   Georgia
Aug.8   Baghdad
Aug.10   Arctic
Aug.12   Darfur
Aug.15  Washington  U.S. eyes terror tag for Iranian force
Aug.17   Moscow
Aug.17  Baghdad  U.S. troops in 24-hour battle
Aug.18   Peru
Aug.22   Northern Iraq
Aug.22  Bangladesh  Curfew after clashes
Aug.23   U.S. Congress
Aug.24   Afghanistan
Aug.24  Northern Lebanon  Truce as women flee camp
Aug.25  Iraq  Execution, body dumping site found
Aug.27  Uganda  Crash kills 72 soldiers
Aug.28  Iraq  Al-Sadr calls for calm after militias clash
Aug.29   Iraq



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