Archive for August 19th, 2008
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Bombing kills dozens in Algeria
A bomb attack on a police college east of Algiers kills 43 people and injures 38, according to Algeria’s interior ministry.
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Musharraf foes set to hold talks
Pakistan’s ruling coalition is to meet in Islamabad to discuss who will succeed long-time opponent Pervez Musharraf, after he quit.
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Bomb attack on Pakistan hospital
At least 25 people are killed in a suicide attack on a hospital in Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province, officials say.
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Pedigree dogs plagued by disease
Pedigree dogs suffer from debilitating genetic diseases due to inbreeding, a BBC inquiry concludes.
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US bank ‘to fail within months’
A big US bank is likely to collapse within months as the global financial crisis worsens, a former IMF chief economist warns.
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China jumps Olympics air hurdle
Despite fears in the run-up to the Olympic Games, the skies above Beijing have met clean-air standards, officials say.
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Afghan ambush kills French troops
Ten French soldiers die in fighting east of Kabul in one of the heaviest losses suffered by peacekeepers in Afghanistan.
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Nato holds Georgia crisis talks
Nato foreign ministers are meeting to discuss how to respond to Russia’s military action in Georgia.
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Zambia’s president dies in France
Zambia’s leader Levy Mwanawasa dies in a Paris hospital two months after suffering a stroke.
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Wild dolphin ‘is teaching others to tail-walk’
In what is thought to be a world first, a wild dolphin is apparently teaching others to tail-walk.
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