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Russian forces turned over 12 Georgian soldiers on the border of one of the separatist provinces under its control Thursday after the short war that outraged the West and brought Moscow's military deep into Georgia. (Aug. 28)

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Tropical Storm Gustav was heading toward Jamaica early Thursday while many miles away, residents in the New Orleans area watched it with a nervous eye. (Aug. 28)

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The Kosi River in India has spilled its banks, stranding more than one million people. Soldiers and air force helicopters are providing relief to those who are trapped. So far, more than 800 people have died during India's monsoon season. (August 28)

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Passengers from the plane hijacked from Sudan's Darfur region said on Wednesday they were told the plane had been seized because of the situation in Darfur. After 22 hours, they were freed and the gunmen surrendered. (August 27)

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Gustav swirled toward Cuba on Wednesday after triggering flooding and landslides that killed at least 11 people in the Caribbean. Its track pointed toward the U.S. Gulf coast. (Aug. 27)

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A U.S. military ship docked at a southern Georgian port Wednesday, and Russia sent a missile cruiser and two other ships to another Georgian port in a show of force. (Aug. 27)

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Thousands of people descended on the Spanish town of Bunol on Wednesday to take part in the Tomatina festival. (Aug. 27)

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Passengers on an Air France flight tell what happened when the flight they were on overshot the runway when it landed Tuesday night in Montreal. There were no injuries. (Aug. 27)

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At least 16 people are dead after explosions ripped through a chemical plant in southwest China. Another 57 people were injured in the blasts. The explosions also forced the evacuations of thousands of nearby residents. (August 27)

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Hurricane Gustav barreled into Haiti on Tuesday, toppling trees, dumping rain and sending global fuel prices soaring on fears the storm could become 'extremely dangerous' when it reaches the Gulf of Mexico. (Aug. 26)

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President Bush says the United States condemns the 'irresponsible decision' by Russia to recognize two breakaway Georgian provinces as independent. (Aug. 26)

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Forecasters say Hurricane Gustav has made landfall on Haiti's southwest peninsula. The fast-forming storm is sending global oil prices soaring on fears it could become 'extremely dangerous' as it approaches the Gulf of Mexico. (Aug. 26)

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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is holding out hope of a Mideast peace agreement before President Bush leaves office. But she has offered few specific signs of progress. (Aug. 26)

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With hopes fading for brokering an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal by year's end, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice offered few signs of progress Tuesday, saying talks are "serious" but settlements are counterproductive. (Aug. 26)

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Tropical Storm Julio dumped rain on the southern half of the Baja California peninsula Monday before heading toward the northern Gulf of California. (Aug. 26)

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Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher unveiled a statue of herself at the House of Commons, joking with those assembled about her likeness cast in bronze. (Aug. 26)

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A small plane that broke apart in Guatemala as the pilot attempted an emergency landing, killing 11 of the 14 people aboard, was carrying members of a humanitarian group. (August 25)

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Russia's parliament voted unanimously Monday to urge the president to recognize the independence of Georgia's two breakaway regions, stoking further tensions between Moscow and the small Caucasus nation's Western allies. (Aug. 25)

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Chinese Authorities are scrambling to make sure the best use of the post-Olympic spotlight. They want to avoid the fate of other Olympic hosts that were left with empty, debt-burdened facilities. (Aug. 25)

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Israel freed nearly 200 jailed Palestinians on Monday in a goodwill gesture just hours before U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice began her latest peace mission to the region. (Aug. 25)

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The USS McFaul, a US Navy warship carrying a small consignment of humanitarian aid for Georgia, has anchored in that country's southern port of Batumi. (Aug. 25)

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A Spainair plane was forced to make an unscheduled landing after a technical problem on Sunday. The landing comes less than a week after a Spainair flight crashed upon take-off killed 154 people. (August 25)

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A passenger jet carrying 90 people, including a Kyrgyz high school sports team, crashed shortly after takeoff Sunday in Kyrgyzstan killing 68, government officials said. (August 25)

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Two boats carrying dozens of international activists sailed into the Gaza Strip in defiance of an Israeli blockade on Saturday. (Aug. 24)

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A Georgian official says a train carrying oil products has hit a mine and at least two tanker cars were burning. There were no immediate reports of casualties. Georgia's Interior Ministry blamed Russia for the blast. (Aug. 24)

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AP photographer Charlie Dharapak visits the school that Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama attended as a child in Indonesia. (Aug. 23)

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Thousands of Georgians demanded that Russian troops leave the outskirts of this strategic Black Sea port on Saturday and took to the streets in protest, while a top Russian general said his country's forces would keep patrolling the area. (Aug. 23)

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A Russian armored column moved away from a base in western Georgia and Russian forces also were leaving the key central city of Gori on Friday, the day that Russia's president had said a pullback would be complete. (Aug. 22)

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The airliner that crashed in Madrid must have suffered more than one kind of failure, Spain's civil aviation chief said, as the investigation into the cause of the disaster that killed 153 people heated up Friday. (Aug. 22)

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Australian wildlife experts in Sydney euthanised an injured and abandoned baby humpback whale on Friday after veterinarians determined it was too weak to survive on its own. (August 22)

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Spanish couple say they have acquired a new lease on life by just barely missing a flight that ended up in a fiery crash and claimed 153 lives. (Aug. 21)

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A pair of young American girls who were trapped in Georgia when the war broke out have been reunited with their father and should be heading home soon. (Aug. 21)

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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says the U.S. and Iraq have agreed to a timetable for the withdrawal of American troops. The deal hasn't been finalized yet, but Rice says it's close. (Aug. 21)

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Spain began three days of mourning Thursday for the 153 people who died when a jetliner crashed shortly after takeoff in the nation's worst air disaster in nearly 25 years. (Aug. 21)

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An Australian environmental official says an abandoned baby whale that has been attempting to suckle boats in the waters off north Sydney will be euthanized. (Aug. 21)

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A Spanish airliner bound for the Canary Islands at the height of the vacation season crashed, burned and broke into pieces Wednesday while trying to take off from Madrid, killing 153 people on board, officials said. (Aug. 20)

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The United States and Poland signed a deal Wednesday to place a U.S. missile defense base just 115 miles from Russia, a move followed swiftly by a new warning from Moscow of a possible military response. (Aug. 20)

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A top Russian general said Russia plans to construct a series of checkpoints manned by hundreds of soldiers in the so-called "security zone" around Georgia's de-facto border with the breakaway territory of South Ossetia. (Aug. 20)

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Morning train commuters in Tokyo were joined on their way to work by an unusual companion on Wednesday: a wild monkey. (Aug. 20)