Arrests at anti-Kremlin protests Posted: 31 Aug 2010 01:07 PM PDT Police detain at least 100 people, including a former deputy prime minister, at anti-government demonstrations.  
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Sunderland pay £13m to sign Gyan Posted: 31 Aug 2010 10:41 AM PDT Sunderland break their transfer record to sign Ghana striker Asamoah Gyan from Rennes for a fee "in excess of £13m".  
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Floods in south Sudan leave nearly 60,000 homeless Posted: 31 Aug 2010 12:42 PM PDT JUBA, Sudan (Reuters) - Floods have displaced nearly 60,000 people in the last month in south Sudan with many at risk of malaria and other diseases, the semi-autonomous region's government said Tuesday.  
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Dozens detained at anti-Kremlin rallies Posted: 31 Aug 2010 12:45 PM PDT MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian police detained more than 150 people including prominent opponents of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at anti-Kremlin protests Tuesday, after Putin said demonstrators without permits could expect harsh treatment.  
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4 Israeli Settlers Killed in West Bank Posted: 31 Aug 2010 12:20 PM PDT |
Inquiry into exam marking errors Posted: 31 Aug 2010 09:41 AM PDT Education Minister Caitriona Ruane launches an investigation into how incorrect grades were sent to Chemistry A level students.  
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4 Israeli civilians shot dead in West Bank Posted: 31 Aug 2010 12:45 PM PDT |
Clue to ancient Antarctic seaway Posted: 31 Aug 2010 12:13 PM PDT Scientists have found evidence for an ancient sea passage linking currently isolated areas of Antarctica.  
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Iraq's Failure to Form a Government Concerns U.S. Spy Officials Posted: 31 Aug 2010 11:51 AM PDT U.S. intelligence officials see Iraq's inability to form a government as the greatest security threat to the country.  
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Champagne Producers Aim for ‘Greener’ Bottle Posted: 31 Aug 2010 11:50 AM PDT |
Fed Minutes Show Divisions on Move to Buy Debt Posted: 31 Aug 2010 12:45 PM PDT |
Movie Review | 'The American': A Man of Few Words and an Artisanal Weapon Posted: 31 Aug 2010 11:43 AM PDT |
Fidel Castro takes blame for 1960s gay persecution Posted: 31 Aug 2010 11:56 AM PDT HAVANA (Reuters) - Fidel Castro took the blame for a wave of homophobia launched by his revolutionary government in the 1960s, but said it happened because he was distracted by other problems, in an interview published on Tuesday in a Mexican newspaper.  
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Venezuela hunger striker's death angers Chavez foes Posted: 31 Aug 2010 11:28 AM PDT CARACAS (Reuters) - A Venezuelan farmer who died after a hunger strike to protest President Hugo Chavez's land takeover policies was denied his own doctor and has become a symbol for the oppressed, his mourning family said.  
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Gunmen Kill Four Israelis Outside West Bank Settlement Posted: 31 Aug 2010 12:04 PM PDT Unidentified gunmen shot and killed four Israelis late Tuesday in what appeared to be a drive-by shooting outside a Jewish settlement near the West Bank town of Hebron, according to Israeli officials.  
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Israel's Gas-Tax Review Draws Fire Posted: 31 Aug 2010 09:42 AM PDT Energy companies have warned that any move by the Israeli government to increase its share of tax and royalties from natural resources may jeopardize investment in the country's nascent energy sector.  
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Champagne Producers Aim for ‘Greener’ Bottle Posted: 31 Aug 2010 11:50 AM PDT |
A Long-Awaited Day Posted: 31 Aug 2010 11:30 AM PDT |
Man jailed for giving woman HIV Posted: 31 Aug 2010 09:13 AM PDT A Sittingbourne man who knowingly infected a 19-year-old woman with HIV is jailed for two years after admitting causing GBH.  
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Big rocket booster in second test Posted: 31 Aug 2010 11:09 AM PDT A further test ignition takes place on the giant booster intended to power Nasa's next big rocket.  
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