| West faces stark choice over Georgia (AP) Posted: 29 Aug 2008 02:05 AM CDT  AP - Russia's invasion of Georgia presents the West with a difficult choice: Punish Moscow by kicking it out of clubs like the Group of Eight or pursue a strategy of placating it that could invite further bullying in places like Ukraine, the Baltic states or Moldova.
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| South Ossetia: Russia intends to absorb region (AP) Posted: 29 Aug 2008 04:16 AM CDT  AP - Officials in South Ossetia said Friday that Russia intends eventually to absorb the breakaway Georgian province.
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| Karadzic to enter pleas on war crimes charges (AP) Posted: 29 Aug 2008 02:04 AM CDT  AP - Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic is scheduled to enter pleas Friday at the U.N.'s Yugoslav war crimes tribunal to 11 charges that include genocide and crimes against humanity.
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| Gustav swamps Jamaica, leaves 59 dead in Haiti (AP) Posted: 29 Aug 2008 03:07 AM CDT  AP - The spinning core of Gustav bore down on southern Jamaica on Thursday after leaving 67 people dead in Hispaniola. Texas and Louisiana put their national guards on standby, and New Orleans said a mandatory evacuation might be necessary.
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| Probe reveals oxygen bottle burst on Qantas flight (AP) Posted: 29 Aug 2008 02:06 AM CDT  AP - Air safety investigators confirmed Friday that an exploding oxygen cylinder ripped a gaping hole in a Qantas jet's fuselage midflight last month, but said they were no closer to solving the mystery of why the tank failed.
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| Olympic hero Zabaleta to join Man City (AFP) Posted: 29 Aug 2008 04:31 AM CDT  AFP - Espanyol's Pablo Zabaleta, part of Argentina's Olympic gold medal-winning team, is to join Manchester City after the English club agreed to pay the eight-million-euro buy-out clause in his contract, the Spanish side said Friday.
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| Report: 4,000 centrifuges in Iran nuclear program (AP) Posted: 29 Aug 2008 01:25 AM CDT  AP - Iran's official IRNA news agency says the government now has nearly 4,000 centrifuges operating in its uranium enrichment plant.
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| Ex-generals convicted of killing Argentine senator (AP) Posted: 28 Aug 2008 08:59 PM CDT  AP - An Argentine court convicted two former generals on Thursday for the murder of a senator during the country's seven-year military dictatorship and sentenced them to life in prison.
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| Iran offers nuclear aid to Nigeria (AFP) Posted: 29 Aug 2008 04:29 AM CDT  AFP - Iran is ready to share its nuclear technology with Nigeria to help the energy-starved west African powerhouse boost electricity generation, a senior Iranian official has said.
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| Thai protesters, police scuffle at besieged compound (AFP) Posted: 29 Aug 2008 04:40 AM CDT  AFP - Defiant Thai protesters scuffled with police Friday as tensions flared on day four of the Bangkok government compound siege, but the premier vowed that his peaceful resolve would not crack.
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| Exploding oxygen bottle behind Qantas mid-air blast: inquiry (AFP) Posted: 29 Aug 2008 02:25 AM CDT  AFP - Australian safety investigators Friday blamed an exploding oxygen bottle for a mid-air blast which blew a gaping hole in a Qantas jet last month, and said they could not rule out it happening again.
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