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About 40 rebels believed killed in Afghan violence
07-29 23:32 (World)
About 40 militants were killed in separate incidents in troubled parts of Afghanistan in operations by Afghan forces with the support of international military...
Crude at 14-week low
07-29 23:31 (Business)
Crude oil fell to a 14-week low as the US dollar strengthened against the euro and on signs petrol demand may extend declines. Oil has fallen 18 percent ...
Bush signs sanctions against Burma into law
07-29 23:11 (World)
US President George W Bush has renewed a ban on imports from military-ruled Burma and also signed a new law that aims to keep Burma's gems from entering ...
Cholera kills 172 in Indonesia's Papua province
07-29 22:56 (World)
At least 172 villagers have died in a cholera outbreak that has triggered unrest in Indonesia's remote eastern Papua province, church authorities said. ...
Israeli army commander suspended over shooting
07-29 22:38 (World)
The Israeli army suspended a commander for 10 days after he failed a lie-detection test over the shooting of a blindfolded and handcuffed Palestinian with a ru...
Bosnian court convicts Serbs of genocide
07-29 22:17 (World)
Bosnia's war crimes court sentenced seven Serbs to heavy jail terms after finding them guilty of genocide during the Srebrenica massacre in July 1995. ...
Wall Street opens higher
07-29 22:11 (Business)
Wall Street opened higher as news that Merrill Lynch was dumping distressed mortgage assets and raising fresh capital helped bring buyers off the sidelines....
Turkish jets destroy Kurdish rebel base inside Iraq
07-29 21:55 (World)
Turkish warplanes bombed a Kurdish rebel hideout in northern Iraq on Tuesday, destroying the base and killing an unspecified number of militants, the military...
Blaze curbs production at Nippon Steel plant
07-29 21:45 (Business)
A fire blazed for more than 12 hours on Tuesday at a plant of Nippon Steel, forcing Japan's largest steelmaker to suspend some production for automakers duri...
Partner pulls out of Thai coalition
07-29 21:26 (World)
A key member of Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej's ruling coalition government withdrew from the alliance, striking yet another blow to the struggling a...
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