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19:10 03/08/2008

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Poland must sign missile shield deal before U.S. poll - Kaczynski
18:55 03/08/2008
Warsaw needs to sign a treaty on the deployment of elements of a U.S. missile shield on its territory before the upcoming U.S. presidential elections, the Polish president said on Sunday.
Death toll in Indian temple stampede tops 120
18:31 03/08/2008
Russian oligarchs spurn the Bolshoi - paper
17:20 03/08/2008
Wealthy Russians who live in London have refused to help the Bolshoi Theater hold a unique exhibition of costumes and artwork in the British capital, the U.K.'s Sunday Telegraph said.
Russia says threat of war between Georgia, South Ossetia real
15:44 03/08/2008
The threat of war between Georgia and its breakaway region of South Ossetia is becoming increasingly real, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.
At least 60 dead in temple stampede in north India - TV
14:40 03/08/2008
At least 60 people died and another 300 were injured in a stampede at a temple in northern India, local TV channels said on Sunday.
Latvian referendum on dissolving parliament falls short
14:09 03/08/2008
A Latvian referendum on giving people the power to dissolve parliament failed to win enough support, with less than half the eligible electorate going to the polls, the national election committee said Sunday.
Georgia rejects reports of troops moving to S. Ossetia border
13:22 03/08/2008
Georgia rejected on Sunday the reports that it was moving its troops close to the border with its breakaway region of South Ossetia.
Nine killed in Hamas-Fatah armed confrontation in Gaza
12:51 03/08/2008
At least nine people were killed and over 90 wounded in fighting between the radical Islamist faction Hamas and a pro-Fatah clan in the Gaza Strip, the enclave's health officials said Sunday.
Police seize 3 kg of heroin in Urals
12:19 03/08/2008
Truck falls into river in India, killing over 60
12:05 03/08/2008
South Ossetia says Georgia pulls troops close to its borders
11:41 03/08/2008
Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia said on Sunday that Georgia was pulling troops close to its borders.
International AIDS conference to open in Mexico on August 3
11:04 03/08/2008
An international conference on combating the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) will be held in the Mexican capital from August 3 through August 8, the forum's organizers said on Sunday.

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Main news of August 3

Poland must sign missile shield deal before U.S. poll - Kaczynski

Death toll in Indian temple stampede tops 120

Russian oligarchs spurn the Bolshoi - paper

Russia says threat of war between Georgia, South Ossetia real

At least 60 dead in temple stampede in north India - TV

Latvian referendum on dissolving parliament falls short

Georgia rejects reports of troops moving to S. Ossetia border

Nine killed in Hamas-Fatah armed confrontation in Gaza

Police seize 3 kg of heroin in Urals

Truck falls into river in India, killing over 60

South Ossetia says Georgia pulls troops close to its borders

International AIDS conference to open in Mexico on August 3

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