Miners survive on tiny rations as rescue looms in Chile
In Copiapó Chile the 33 trapped miners have lived on two spoons of tuna a day, milk, crackers and peaches since the Aug 5 collapse. They rationed strictly, still holding some food after 17 days when contact was reestablished, and await a long rescue operation to dig them out.
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Floods in Pakistan Leave 800000 Cut Off by Air Aid
United Nations reports about 800,000 people stranded in flooded Pakistan areas reachable only by air. More than 17 million affected, with 40 additional heavy lift helicopters needed for relief. Gilani warns of damaged health facilities and rising disease risk amid ongoing Indus flooding.
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Blair urges serious ideas for Mideast peace talks
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair told an Israeli academic audience that any new U S backed peace talks starting September 2 require final status issues to be on the table. He said proposals must address core disputes to be meaningful. Netanyahu and Abbas will lead negotiating teams with debates over borders refugees Jerusalem and demilitarization shaping the talks.
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Remaining U.S. troops in Iraq face danger after combat end
In southern Baghdad a U.S. platoon hunts rockets amid low troop levels, as Obama sets 50,000 threshold and end-of-year end to combat. Remaining forces train Iraqis, patrol, and assist civilians while Basra sees a roadside bombing and a rocket attack that killed a U.S. soldier.
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Barack Obama
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