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HEBRON, West Bank (Reuters) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s forces shut down four Islamic charities and two photocopying shops in the West Bank city of Hebron on Friday for alleged ties to the rival Hamas faction, a security source said.
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August, 2008
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9 August
TIMELINE: Conflict between Georgia and South Ossetia
(Reuters) – Russian armored vehicles have entered the northern edges of Tskhinvali, the capital of the breakaway Georgian region of South Ossetia, the separatists’ press service reported on its website on Friday.
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9 August
Russia “suppressed” Georgia fire in S.Ossetia: report
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian soldiers now in the South Ossetian capital say their artillery has begun firing at Georgian forces – the first confirmed engagement between the two countries’ troops, Russian agencies reported.
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9 August
South Ossetian leader says 1,400 dead: report
MOSCOW (Reuters) – About 1,400 people have died as a result of “Georgian aggression” against South Ossetia, the president of the Georgian breakaway region was quoted by Interfax news agency as saying on Friday.
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9 August
West urges an end to South Ossetia fighting
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The United States, NATO and the European Union called for an immediate end to fighting in Georgia’s South Ossetia region and called for talks between the sides.
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9 August
Car bomb in N. Iraq kills 18, wounds 25: police
MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – A car bomb in a vegetable market in the northern Iraqi town of Tal Afar killed 18 people and wounded 25 on Friday, police said.
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9 August
Turkish man sets self on fire in anti-China protest
ANKARA (Reuters) – A Turkish man set himself on fire during a protest by ethnic Uighurs in front of the Chinese embassy in Turkey on Friday against China’s rule in the region of Xinjiang as Beijing opened the Olympics.
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9 August
Russia to cut Georgia air links from Friday midnight
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia will cut all air links with Georgia from midnight on Friday, a spokeswoman for the Russian Transport Ministry said.
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8 August
Iran Oil Income $29.5 bln since end-March
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s oil revenue totaled more than $29 billion in the first four months of the Iranian year which started on March 20, a senior oil official said.
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8 August
Diplomat Warns of Crushing Response to any Strike on Iran
TEHRAN (FNA)- If Israel does something stupid, it will face a shocking response the likes of which it has never encountered before, an Iranian diplomat in Syria said.
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