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GEORGIA ON OUR MINDS

icnetwork.co.uk     9 hrs ago   562 related          

Sep 7 2008 by Tomos Livingstone, Wales On Sunday Russia’s military intervention in Georgia has raised the prospect of a new Cold War. South Ossetia is part of Georgia, on its border with Russia. The South Ossetians have...                    

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Rupert Cornwell: McCain is swimming againstthe tide

independent.co.uk     9 hrs ago   131 related          

"I don't mind a good fight," John McCain told the Republican faithful last week, "and for reasons known only to God I've had quite a few tough ones in my life." But even for this former prisoner of war in North Vietnam...                    

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guardian.co.uk: Protesters hold a rally against president-elect Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of the former Pakistani premier Benazir Bhutto guardian.co.uk

Pakistan: Bhutto's shadow lingers as Zardari takes reins of power

guardian.co.uk     9 hrs ago   335 related          

Benazir's husband is voted in amid muted rejoicing, but army hostility and militant violence could threaten hopes for stability, reports Jason Burke Protesters hold a rally against president-elect Asif Ali Zardari, the...                    

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Letters: Brown's hypocritical Cold War rhetoric

guardian.co.uk     9 hrs ago          

What a pity Gordon Brown ('This is how we will stand up to Russia's naked aggression', Comment, 31 August) appears not to have read Thomas de Waal's excellent piece in The Observer two weeks earlier. Here, instead of the...                    

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Review: Man in the Dark by Paul Auster

guardian.co.uk     9 hrs ago          

'What's real and make believe?' asked Roxy Music's Bryan Ferry in 'Virginia Plain' in 1972. Nearly 40 years on, Paul Auster is asking the same question. Brick lands in this reality after 13 million Americans have already...                    

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Total victory for Zardari as bombs go off

scotsman.com     8 hrs ago          

Published Date: 07 September 2008 BOMBS and an earthquake yesterday greeted Pakistan's newly-elected president, Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto. Zardari swept to victory...                    

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Struan Stevenson: A day-by-day diary of the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minneapolis

scotsman.com     8 hrs ago          

Monday 1st September Day one of the Republican National Convention was thrown into disarray after John McCain tore up the script, ordering the cancellation of all but essential opening-day activities as Hurricane Gustav...                    

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Suicide Bomber Kills 6 In Iraq

huffingtonpost.com     10 hrs ago   23 related          

BAGHDAD — A suicide car bomber blasted an outdoor market Saturday in a northern Iraqi city, killing six people and wounding 54, police and hospital authorities said. The attack in the mainly Turkomen city of Tal Afar took...                    

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Pakistan blocks fuel supply route to Western forces

ibnlive.com     3 hrs ago   3 related          

India N-chants Vienna, next stop Washington There is stiff opposition for the Indo-US deal from a small quarter in the US. Zardari wins Pak Prez polls | Peshawar: Pakistani authorities have blocked a major fuel supply...                    

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Rice's "historic visit" to Libya of profound significance

people.com.cn     3 hrs ago   243 related          

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice left Tripoli Friday night, concluding the first visit by a U.S. top diplomat in over 50 years to a "pariah" state once shunned by Washington. The historic visit during which Rice...                    

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