Aug

26

Russia recognises rebel regions in new challenge to West (AFP iactiv)

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AFP iactiv - Russia on Tuesday formally recognised the Georgian rebel regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent states in a startling new challenge to the West.

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Aug

26

Russia recognizes breakaway Georgian regions (AP)

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AP - Russia formally recognized the breakaway Georgian territories at the heart of its war with Georgia on Tuesday, heightening tensions with the West as the United States dispatched a military ship bearing aid to a port city still patrolled by Russian troops.

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Aug

26

Hurricane Gustav gaining strength south of Haiti (AP)

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AP - Rapidly growing Hurricane Gustav headed for a collision with impoverished Haiti on Tuesday, driving many people off the potholed streets of the capital, but bringing few other outward signs of preparation.

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Aug

26

U.N. says has evidence air strikes killed 90 Afghans (Reuters)

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Reuters - The United Nations said on Tuesday it had
found convincing evidence that 90 Afghan civilians, most of
them children, were killed in air strikes by U.S.-led coalition
forces in western Afghanistan last week.

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Aug

26

Clinton takes spotlight at convention (Reuters)

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Reuters - Hillary Clinton will address the
Democratic convention on Tuesday in a speech designed to mend a
lingering party rift and persuade her die-hard supporters to
get behind Barack Obama’s White House bid.

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