Kashmiri Villagers Bear Bloody Brunt of Rivalry Across Border
Pakistani farmer Mushtaq Hussain recalls helping kin hit by shell fragments as cross border fighting escalates. Villagers on both sides flee towering smoke and shelling while officials blame each other for the violence. Displaced families move from border villages near Chinari as peace talks collapse and both sides report casualties.
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Pakistan
Hin
Chinari
Kashmir
India
Chekoti
Britain
Hussain
Nawaz Sharif
New Delhi
Muzaffarabad
Hope fades for men buried in Austrian talc mine
In Austria, rescuers report no life signs after lowering a camera into an underground cavern where ten miners have been trapped for 16 days following a July landslide in a talc mine near Lassing, despite earlier reports of a survivor. Efforts face weathered debris, blocked shafts, and cement reinforcement delays.
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Vienna
Austria
Fritz Stangl
Lassing
Georg Hainzl
Hainzl
Stang
APA
Opposition wins Aguascalientes governor race in exit polls
Televisa and Azteca exit polls show PAN candidate Felipe Gonzalez Gonzalez at 50 percent with PRI rival Hector Hugo Olivares Ventura at 41 percent in Aguascalientes. Veracruz and Oaxaca governors also projected for PRI. Official results pending.
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Institutional Revolutionary Party
PRI
Hector Hugo Olivares Ventura
National Action Party
PAN
Felipe Gonzalez
Aguascalientes
Mexico
Televisa
Television Azteca
Veracruz
Oaxaca
National Action
Chihuahua
Felipe Gonzalez Gonzalez
Aleman
Congress
Mexico City
Jose Nelson Murat Casab
Democratic Revolution
Hector Sanchez
Sydney lifts partial tap water permit amid parasite scare
In Sydney Australia a quarter of residents were cleared to drink tap water while others must boil or use bottled water as authorities work to flush Giardia and Cryptosporidium from the system. Suburbs in the south and west reported clear tests though full safety may take another week. No illnesses yet but incubation can exceed seven days and fear remains high.
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Sydney
Australia
New South Wales
Craig Knowles
Knowles
Milwaukee
Intercontinental Hotel
Fossett Aims Round the World by Balloon From Mendoza
Steve Fossett, 54, plans a southern route to circle the globe in Solo Spirit, launching from a Mendoza field after weather delays. The Chicago investor piloted seven flights before, with past records and near-misses shaping his bold attempt, spanning oceans and high altitudes toward an 18 day/20,000 mile circumnavigation.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Steve Fossett
Chicago
Mendoza
Andes
Bob Rice
St. Louis
Fossett
Rice
English Channel
Associated Press
Kansas
John Petrehn
Rowland Smith
Earth
Sultanpur
India
Krasnodar
Russia
Australia
New Zealand
Pacific
South America
Globe
Solo Spirit
Yokohama
Japan
San Francisco
Eritrea signals possible troop pullout in border dispute
Eritrea and Ethiopia walked away from talks with African mediators amid ongoing border standoff. Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin proposed a demilitarized zone patrolled by UN and neutral African forces, signaling readiness to relinquish claimed areas though specifics remained unclear. Ethiopian counterpart Haile Woldetensae voiced limited optimism as mediation continued under AU and Burkina Faso host Blaise Campaore.
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Ouagadougou
Burkina Faso
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Horn of Africa
Seyoum Mesfin
United Nations
Seyoum
Haile Woldetensae
Blaise Campaore
Organization of African Unity
Salim Ahmed
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Chakoti
Chokoti
Mushtaq Hussain
Tranquitas
Cent
Alfonso Bernal Sahagan
Democratic Revolution Party
Martin Diaz de la Vega
State
Miguel Aleman
Luis Pazos
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