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Morning News


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  Karl Rove, seen by many as the brains behind Bush's presidency, has said he will resign at the end of August

  New York US markets join global recovery  Global stock markets have recovered some ground, after central banks moved to ease fears of a world credit crisis

  Moscow 'Maniac' on trial for 49 murders  A court began trying a supermarket porter 33-year-old Alexander Pichushkin who prosecutors say murdered 49 people over a 14-year period

  West Pakistan Flash floods kill 22  A monsoon storm unleashed landslides and collapsed houses in a village in mountainous northwest

Day News


  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
  Ruling AK Party decided to re-submit Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul, an ex-Islamist, as its candidate for president


  Pakistan   Pakistan marks 60th anniversary  Celebrations are under way across the country to mark the anniversary of independence from Britain

  Amazon Brazil Amazon destruction slows  President Lula has welcomed new figures showing that the destruction of the rainforest has decreased by 25%.

Evening News


  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


  Russia Russia investigates train blast  The prosecutors launched a terrorism investigation after an improvised bomb derailed an overnight express train, injuring dozens of passengers

  Chile Chile and Peru in sea border row  Chile called home its ambassador in Peru, as a dispute flared over disputed maritime territory between the neighbors
San Francisco Bay Area , August 13, 2007 Timeline