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Russia will not revise decision on S.Ossetia, Abkhazia - Medvedev
18:35 09/08/2009
On the anniversary of the start of the Russia-Georgia war, President Dmitry Medvedev said that Moscow would not revise its decision to recognize the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
ETA claims responsibility for bomb attacks in Spain - CNN
18:01 09/08/2009
The Basque separatist group ETA claimed responsibility on Sunday for a series of bomb attacks in June and July that killed three people, CNN reported.
Saudi Arabia closes TV station in sex row
17:20 09/08/2009
Saudi Arabia has closed the Jeddah office of a Lebanon-based TV station after it broadcast an interview with a Saudi man who boasted about his sexual conquests, a government official said on Sunday.
Over 90 feared dead in Tonga ferry disaster
15:36 09/08/2009
The number of people missing and feared drowned in the Tonga ferry disaster has risen to 93, local police said on Sunday.
Ship with Russian crew goes missing in Atlantic
13:38 09/08/2009
A cargo ship with Russian crew has gone missing off Portugal's Atlantic coast, the Russian maritime journal Sovfrakht reported on Sunday.
Nine people feared dead in NY mid-air crash
12:47 09/08/2009
Nine people are feared dead after a small plane and a tourist helicopter collided Saturday near New York City and plunged into the Hudson River, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Sunday.
China lifts blockade on plague-stricken town - agency
12:00 09/08/2009
China has lifted a quarantine blockade on a remote northwestern town where pneumonic plague killed three and sickened twelve people, Chinese official news agency Xinhua reported on Sunday.

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Main news of August 9

Russia will not revise decision on S.Ossetia, Abkhazia - Medvedev

ETA claims responsibility for bomb attacks in Spain - CNN

Saudi Arabia closes TV station in sex row

Over 90 feared dead in Tonga ferry disaster

Ship with Russian crew goes missing in Atlantic

Nine people feared dead in NY mid-air crash

China lifts blockade on plague-stricken town - agency

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