Medvedev and Putin spend day fishing in Volga river Posted: 16 Aug 2011 01:50 PM PDT MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's two top leaders, believed to be close to a decision on which of them will run for president, spent Tuesday fishing and boating on the Volga river in a rare, day-long private meeting, the Kremlin said.  
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Arsenal 1-0 Udinese Posted: 16 Aug 2011 01:36 PM PDT Theo Walcott's first-half goal is enough to give Arsenal a slender advantage over Udinese going into the second leg of their Champions League play-off tie.  
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Mideast Quartet Criticize Israel Over Settlements Posted: 16 Aug 2011 12:47 PM PDT The U.S.and other Mideast mediators criticized Israel for a rush of new settlement building approvals, warning it won't be able to shape a peace agreement through unilateral construction in lands claimed by Palestinians.  
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Canadian Economy Shows Risk of Shrinking Posted: 16 Aug 2011 12:19 PM PDT The Canadian economy, a stalwart of growth among the G-7 in the post-recession recovery, is at risk of shrinking in the second quarter, data indicated.  
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Group claims newspaper HQ attack Posted: 16 Aug 2011 01:37 PM PDT A group of vandals who smashed 17 windows at the headquarters of the Bristol Evening Post claim responsibility for the attack.  
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Body found after Thames capsize Posted: 16 Aug 2011 12:19 PM PDT A man's body is found, following the sinking of a tug boat from Kent in the Thames at Greenwich last Friday.  
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Indictment served on Nat Fraser Posted: 16 Aug 2011 01:00 PM PDT An indictment is served on Nat Fraser citing him to appear at a preliminary hearing for a retrial over the murder of his wife.  
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Court Sides With Trustee Over Madoff Payouts Posted: 16 Aug 2011 01:23 PM PDT A federal appeals court decision is a setback for thousands of "net winners" in the vast fraud by Bernard L. Madoff.  
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Hop Tien Journal: In Vietnam, Healing a Village Wounded by Trafficking Posted: 16 Aug 2011 12:40 PM PDT A textile cooperative started for women rescued from the sex trade is thriving, lifting a small Vietnamese village near the border with China.  
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In Poll, Lowest Marks for Bloomberg in 6 Years Posted: 16 Aug 2011 01:00 PM PDT Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's 45 percent approval rating comes as residents express widespread economic anxieties.  
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Brawling Tweed told to 'grow up' Posted: 16 Aug 2011 04:45 AM PDT Jade Goody's widower Jack Tweed is given community service for attacking a man during a scuffle outside a nightclub in Essex.  
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World Bank says famine in Horn of Africa is manmade Posted: 16 Aug 2011 01:07 PM PDT BERLIN (Reuters) - The famine in the Horn of Africa is manmade -- the result of artificially high prices for food and civil conflict, the World Bank's lead economist for Kenya Wolfgang Fengler told Reuters Tuesday.  
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VIDEO: Anti-corruption protester arrested Posted: 16 Aug 2011 12:31 PM PDT Thousands have taken to the streets of India in protest, after one of the country's leading anti-corruption activists was arrested ahead of a planned hunger strike.  
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Hacking practice 'approved' at UK tabloid Posted: 16 Aug 2011 12:24 PM PDT Letter written in 2007 by former News of the World reporter alleges illegal bugging was discussed in editorial meetings.  
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Bomb Kills 8 at Afghan Market Posted: 16 Aug 2011 12:03 PM PDT A bomb planted on a motorcycle exploded in a vegetable market in southern Afghanistan, killing eight people.  
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Hop Tien Journal: In Vietnam, Healing a Village Wounded by Trafficking Posted: 16 Aug 2011 12:40 PM PDT A textile cooperative started for women rescued from the sex trade is thriving, lifting a small Vietnamese village near the border with China.  
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Rights panel shuts Bahrain office Posted: 16 Aug 2011 10:24 AM PDT An international commission investigating recent unrest in Bahrain closes its office after an angry crowd clashed with staff.  
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Dutch Probe 1950s Deaths at Catholic Boys' School Posted: 16 Aug 2011 12:09 PM PDT Dutch authorities say they are investigating possible murders at a Catholic institution for psychiatrically ill boys, where 34 children under the age of 18 died over a three-year span ending in 1954.  
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Child victims Posted: 16 Aug 2011 11:38 AM PDT Family tragedies amid Karachi's escalating ethnic tension  
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Bin Laden's doctor spotted in Egypt Posted: 16 Aug 2011 09:07 AM PDT The Egyptian army and police are cracking down in an "anti-terror" operation in the Sinai area of Egypt, state-owned media reported on Tuesday, as reports emerge of Osama bin Laden's doctor surfacing in the area.  
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