Iran rejects suspension of uranium enrichment in nuclear talks
Iran vows a multifaceted response to a Western incentives package while not suspending enrichment, after military test fires. Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi adds negotiations must yield a compromise with no suspension on the agenda. In Congo, Joseph Kabila leads with 45 percent but falls short of an outright majority, triggering a runoff with former rebel leader Jean-Pierre Bemba, per official results.
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Iran
Foreign Ministry
Hamid Reza Asefi
Asefi
Kinshasa
Congo
Joseph Kabila
Kabila
Jean-Pierre Bemba
Electoral Commission
Apollinaire Malu Malu
South Korea offers 230 million in flood relief to North Korea
South Korea pledges 230 million dollars in disaster aid to flood ravaged North Korea. The package includes 100000 tons of rice 80000 blankets and emergency medical supplies to be sent starting late this month per Vice Unification Minister Shin Eon-sang.
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South Korea
North Korea
Pyongyang
Unification
Shin Eon-sang
Japan law reform to flood courts with new lawyers
Tokyo reports the sweeping postwar reform opens the door to many new lawyers prosecutors and judges amid Japan’s rising litigation. Experts call reforms overdue signaling a shift in social attitudes and a push to increase access to the courts from current levels.
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Japan
Tokyo
United States
Hands Across the Coast marks Katrina anniversary coastwide
Hundreds of events are planned for the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina in Mississippi. At 3 p.m. on August 27, South Mississippians are urged to join Hands Across the Coast to symbolize support across the coast.
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Biloxi
Miss
Saddam faces second trial on war crimes
Saddam Hussein goes on trial for a second time charged with genocide and war crimes from the 1987 88 Anfal campaign against Kurds. Co defendants include Ali Hassan al Majid as prosecutors seek the death penalty for thousands killed and villages razed.
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Iraq
Saddam Hussein
Saddam
Iran
Halabja
High Tribunal
Dujail
Human Rights Watch
Iraqi High Tribunal
Ali Hassan al-Majid
Massacre of pilgrims shocks Baghdad amid sectarian violence
Snipers and gunmen in Baghdad targeted Shiite processions near the Imam Moussa Kadhim shrine killing at least 20 and injuring about 300 as security forces and U.S. troops bolster the capital. Officials cite 200,000 to 1,000,000 participants in the processions and confirm multiple militant deaths.
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Iraq
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U.S
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Kadhim
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Muhammad
Fadhil al-Sharaa
Nouri al-Maliki
Health Ministry
Interior Ministry
Barry Johnson
Taliban clash kills 71 militants and 5 Afghan police
Afghan police backed by NATO aircraft and artillery killed 71 suspected Taliban in Panjwayi district Kandahar with heavy casualties on both sides. Four police and one Afghan soldier were killed, several wounded, and reports varied on overall toll. In Farah Nimroz clashes, another police officer, two attackers died, and six officers and three attackers injured. A separate firefight in Kunar left three U.S. soldiers killed and three wounded.
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Kandahar
Afghanistan
NATO
Panjwayi
Niaz Mohammad Sarhadi
Farah
U.S
Kunar
Tom Collins
Four lawmen wounded in Midlothian standoff
In Midlothian Texas a gunman wounded three officers and a state trooper during a standoff at an apartment complex sparked by a reported broken window. The gunman remained in the building as gunfire resumed near 8 p.m. and residents described hearing multiple shots.
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Midlothian, Texas
Dallas
Midlothian
Rick Smith
Lisa Block
Texas Department of Public Safety
Kim Gladney
Missouri man charged with murder after confessed killings
A 33 year old man, Michael Lee Shaver Jr, was charged with first degree murder and armed criminal action in a fall 2001 killing case. He allegedly confessed to killing seven men in his residence during drug deals and burning the bodies in a bedroom fireplace. Investigators found bone fragments near Drexel and continued searching the property for more victims.
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Drexel
Missouri
Michael Lee Shaver Jr
Shaver
Cass County
Chuck Stocking
Kansas City
Stocking
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