Washington announces $1bn (£564m) to help Georgia's reconstruction after the conflict with Russia.

England's hopes of a 5-0 series victory over South Africa are ended as the final one-day match in Cardiff is abandoned.

Turkey's President Abdullah Gul is to visit Armenia in an apparent easing of the row over an alleged 1915-17 genocide.

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Afghanistan says Bush regrets civilian deaths in raid
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By Sanjeev Miglani KABUL (Reuters) - US President George W. Bush called his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai on Wednesday to express regret over civilian deaths in an air strike last month that has outraged Afghans, the government said.
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Syria warns of global "disaster" if Iran attacked
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DAMASCUS, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad warned on Wednesday that any attack on Iran would be a "disaster", pledging to help find a peaceful solution between the West and Tehran to the nuclear dispute.
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US would stop nuke trade if India tests bomb
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WASHINGTON (AP) - A leading Democratic lawmaker has made public a secret Bush administration letter that says the US has the right to immediately stop nuclear trade with India if that country conducts an atomic test.
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Actress Keira Knightley joins fellow stars on the red carpet as The Duchess receives its world premiere in London.

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Afghan attack kills Canada troops
BBC News - 50 minutes ago
Three Canadian soldiers have been killed and five more injured in an attack in Afghanistan, reports say. A senior military source told Reuters that the soldiers' vehicle had come under attack by insurgents.
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N Korea has started reassembling its Yongbyon nuclear plant, reversing an international deal, the South says.

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Bodies swapped in north Sri Lanka
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Tamil Tiger rebels have handed over the bodies of 19 Sri Lankan soldiers to the government, the International Committee of the Red Cross says.
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Cypriot Leaders Restart Unification Talks
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By SEBNEM ARSU ISTANBUL - The leaders of the two sides of the long-divided island of Cyprus met Tuesday to restart talks on reunification that stalled in 2006.
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John McCain's team condemns the media over running mate Sarah Palin as she plans her Republican convention address.

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Pakistan raid based on bad intelligence: official
Reuters - 1 hour ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Suspected US commandos blamed for killing 20 people in Pakistan were acting on faulty intelligence that was never shared with Pakistani forces inside the country, a Pakistani official said on Wednesday.
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Yushchenko accuses foes of 'coup' try
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KIEV, Ukraine, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Ukraine President Victor Yushchenko says opponents are trying to stage a "constitutional coup" as the country's government seemed on the brink of collapse.
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Ukraine's president threatens to dissolve parliament and call elections after the collapse of the country's ruling coalition.

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Cheney: US Has Deep Abiding Interest in Caucasus Region
Voice of America - 1 hour ago
By VOA News US Vice President Dick Cheney says the United States has a deep and abiding interest in the security of the Caucasus region.
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Pakistan PM escapes assassination attempt
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ISLAMABAD (AFP) - Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani escaped an apparent assassination attempt when two shots hit his motorcade Wednesday, just three days before the country's presidential election.
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North Rebuilding Nuclear Complex, South Korea Says
New York Times - 2 hours ago
By CHOE SANG-HUN SEOUL - North Korea has begun reassembling its main nuclear complex, its only known source of bomb-making plutonium, the South Korean government said Wednesday.
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