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August 15, 2008
Iraq Tightens Security For Shi'ite Pilgrimage Amid Bombings

A roadside bomb struck a minibus packed with pilgrims bound for the holy Shi'ite city of Karbala even as Iraqi authorities deployed over 40,000 police and soldiers to avert new violence in the annual rite.
August 15, 2008
Pakistani President Said Ready To Quit

Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf is ready to resign rather than face impeachment but is seeking immunity from prosecution for imposing emergency rule, a coalition government official said.
August 15, 2008
Iraqi Troops Take Over From Withdrawn Georgians

Iraqi troops have taken over the checkpoints guarded by Georgian soldiers who pulled out of Iraq to rush home for the conflict with Russia, the U.S. military said.
August 15, 2008
Iran, Turkey Fail To Sign Energy Deals

Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad and his Turkish counterpart failed to sign energy deals opposed by Washington, which is seeking to pressure Tehran into halting its nuclear program.
August 14, 2008
Blast Kills Three Coalition Soldiers In Afghanistan

An explosion killed three U.S.-led coalition soldiers while they were on a foot patrol in southern Afghanistan, the U.S. military said.
August 14, 2008
UN Agency To Help Tajikistan Avert Famine

The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) will supply Tajikistan with $10 million worth of food this year to avert famine, the aid agency said.
August 14, 2008
Iraqi President Believed To Have Had Heart Surgery In U.S.

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani is recovering from heart surgery in the United States, three Iraqi political sources said.
August 14, 2008
Russia Backs Georgia Separatist Regions On Status

Russia supports the position of Georgia's separatist South Ossetia and Abkhazia regions in talks on their future status, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said.
August 14, 2008
Russian Ship Barred From NATO Antiterror Patrol

NATO has barred a Russian ship from joining its multinational antiterrorism patrol in the Mediterranean in apparent retaliation for Moscow's military action against Georgia, a NATO diplomat said.
August 14, 2008
Pakistan's Musharraf Calls For Reconciliation

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, under mounting pressure to resign, has called for reconciliation to tackle economic problems and Islamist militancy.
August 13, 2008
Ukraine Toughens Russian Warship Rules In Crimea

President Viktor Yushchenko, back from a visit to Georgia to offer support in its confrontation with Moscow, has introduced tougher regulations on the movements of Russian warships based in his ex-Soviet state.
August 13, 2008
Abkhaz Rebels Exult Over 'Liberation' From Georgians

Jubilant rebel troops proclaimed the "liberation" of Abkhazia as they surveyed a remote gorge abandoned by Georgian forces, who dropped weapons, ammunition, and clothes in their flight.
August 13, 2008
Missile Strike Kills Nine Militants In Pakistan

At least nine militants were killed in a missile strike on their training camp in Pakistan's South Waziristan region, near the Afghan border, security officials and residents say.
August 13, 2008
Three Foreign Female Aid Workers Die In Afghan Ambush

Suspected Taliban insurgents have killed three women international aid workers and their Afghan driver in an ambush in Afghanistan, officials said.
August 13, 2008
EU Debates Monitoring Georgia Cease-Fire

European Union foreign ministers are debating sending peacekeeping monitors to Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia to help uphold a French-brokered cease-fire between Georgian and Russian forces.
August 12, 2008
U.S. Said Ready To Nix Russia Exercise Due To Georgia

Top U.S. officials have strongly criticized Russia's operations in Georgia, but a decision to cancel the exercise would be one of Washington's first concrete actions of protest.
August 12, 2008
U.S. Sanctions Five Iranian Groups Over Nuclear Work

The Treasury says the entities, designated as proliferators of weapons of mass destruction, are controlled by or act on behalf of previously blacklisted Iranian entities responsible for uranium enrichment, nuclear development work, and ballistic missile programs.
August 12, 2008
NATO Says Membership Pledge To Georgia Stands

NATO says its April summit pledge that Georgia will one day become a member of the alliance still stands, despite fighting with Russia over the breakaway Georgian region of South Ossetia.
August 12, 2008
UN Says 100,000 Uprooted By Conflict In Georgia

Nearly 100,000 people have been driven from their homes by the conflict in Georgia, the United Nations refugee agency has said.
August 12, 2008
Senior Al-Qaeda Leader Reportedly Killed In Pakistan

Senior Al-Qaeda commander Abu Said al-Masri has been killed in recent clashes with Pakistani forces in a Pakistani region near the Afghan border, a security official said.

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