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• Geneva: Russia-Georgia talks break down shortly
  2008-10-16 01:51:13 - (SomaliNet) Talks between Russia and Georgia broke off shortly after they started on Wednesday. A United Nations\' representative said they had faltered on a \"procedural difficulty.\" They were th
  
• Brussels: EU heads discuss finance and climate targets
  2008-10-16 01:49:25 - (SomaliNet) European Union government heads are meeting in Brussels to discuss the international financial crisis and European climate plans. The summit, which will last two days, began with a d
  
• Cambodia, Thailand: Two Cambodian soldiers killed in border fighting
  2008-10-16 01:47:26 - (SomaliNet) Two Cambodian soldiers have been killed in a fighting between Thai and Cambodian troops along a disputed stretch of border. Cambodia says it has taken ten Thai soldiers prisoner, but Thail
  
• Iraq: US Army says killed top al-Qaeda operative
  2008-10-16 01:41:56 - (SomaliNet) The US Army says it has killed Abu Qaswarah, al-Qaeda\'s second-in- command in Iraq. The US Army says the Moroccan was killed during an operation in Mosul in northern Iraq and that his deat
  
• US budget deficit rises to record $455 bln- Treasury in 2008
  2008-10-15 08:55:52 - (SomaliNet) The United States Treasury Department says the country\'s budget deficit has risen to a record 455 billion dollars, or 334 billion euros, for the fiscal year 2008. It is the largest deficit
  
• Afghanistan: Six police officers, 18 Taliban insurgents killed
  2008-10-15 08:52:32 - (SomaliNet) At least six police officers were killed along with 18 Taliban insurgents during an attack on a police post on the outskirts of Lashkar Gah, capital of the southern province of Helmand.
  
• Black Sea: Turkish Airlines passengers foil drunken hijack attempt
  2008-10-15 08:48:21 - (SomaliNet) Passengers on board a Turkish Airlines jet flying over the Black Sea foiled what may have been a hijack attempt when they overpowered a drunken passenger who threatened to set off a bomb o
  
• Peru: Suspected Shining Path rebels kill 2 soldiers
  2008-10-15 08:43:18 - (SomaliNet) Suspected Shining Path rebels fired a convoy carrying Peruvian soldiers killing at least two of them. Five soldiers were also injured in the fire fight, The Peruvian military authorit
  
• Vietnam: Journalist jailed for two years for revealing gov’t corruption
  2008-10-15 08:26:28 - (SomaliNet) A journalist, Nguyen Viet Chien has been sentenced to two years in jail for by a court in the Vietnamese capital Hanoi for revealing government corruption. Meanwhile, a second journ
  
• U.S Elections: New survey puts Obama in 14 points lead over McCain
  2008-10-15 03:20:02 - (SomaliNet) The latest opinion polls from the New York Times and CBS News give Democrat Barack Obama a 14 point lead over his rival, the Republican John McCain, on the eve of the final debate between
  

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