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19:04 02/08/2008

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Russian Tu-204 airliner makes safe emergency landing in Minsk
18:24 02/08/2008
Georgia says "will not step back" in conflict with S. Ossetia
17:46 02/08/2008
Georgia will not give ground in the crisis around recent incidents on the border with its breakaway region of South Ossetia, a senior military official said on Saturday.
Cuban-Russian future military cooperation is unlikely - diplomat
16:41 02/08/2008
Cuban leadership has no intentions to resume military cooperation with Russia after a surprise closure of a Russian electronic listening post in Lourdes in 2001, a high-ranking Cuban diplomat said on Saturday.
Two Hamas officers killed in Gaza clashes with Fatah supporters
16:07 02/08/2008
At least two Hamas security officers were killed and 30 other people were wounded on Saturday in fighting between the radical Islamist faction and a pro-Fatah clan in the Gaza Strip, a spokesman for Hamas interior ministry said.
Russia urges Georgia, S. Ossetia to stop violence in conflict
14:17 02/08/2008
Russia's Foreign Ministry called on Saturday upon Georgia and its breakaway region of South Ossetia to show restraint and search for ways to settle the conflict without violence.
S. Ossetia puts troops on high alert over Georgia attack
13:30 02/08/2008
South Ossetia has not yet mobilized its population following border incidents allegedly provoked by Georgia but put its armed forces on high alert, the interior minister said on Saturday.
U.S. top diplomat to play piano at music festival in Colorado
12:32 02/08/2008
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will perform on Saturday classical piano compositions during a music festival in Aspen, Colorado, the State Department said.

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Main news of August 2

Russian Tu-204 airliner makes safe emergency landing in Minsk

Georgia says "will not step back" in conflict with S. Ossetia

Cuban-Russian future military cooperation is unlikely - diplomat

Two Hamas officers killed in Gaza clashes with Fatah supporters

Russia urges Georgia, S. Ossetia to stop violence in conflict

S. Ossetia puts troops on high alert over Georgia attack

U.S. top diplomat to play piano at music festival in Colorado

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