AP - Mediators succeeded Wednesday in getting direct talks going between Russia and Georgia, pressing the two neighbors to resolve security and refugee issues from their August war in the troubled Caucasus.
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November 19th, 2008
World Cup hosts South Africa end year on high note (AFP)
AFP - South Africa claimed a record-equalling fourth consecutive international victory Wednesday by edging Cameroon 3-2 in a Nelson Mandela Challenge thriller.
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November 19th, 2008
Animal rights video shows turkey abuse in W.Va. (AP)
AP - A video released by an animal rights group on Tuesday claims to show horrific abuse of turkeys at West Virginia farms operated by major global poultry grower Aviagen Inc.
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November 19th, 2008
Chavez in song: Venezuela vote has live soundtrack (AP)
AP - Sunday’s elections in Venezuela will be a key test for President Hugo Chavez a year after voters defeated his effort to change the constitution, and the socialist leader isn’t missing a beat as he campaigns for his allies.
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November 19th, 2008
Myanmar activist follows dad, grandfather to jail (AP)
AP - A court in military-ruled Myanmar sentenced a student activist to 6 1/2 years in jail on Wednesday, a week after his father received a 65-year prison term for his own political activities and a decade after his grandfather died in custody.
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November 19th, 2008
Suspected US missile strikes deep inside Pakistan (AP)
AP - The U.S. military apparently struck at Islamic militants outside Pakistan’s lawless tribal belt for the first time Wednesday, firing a missile that killed six suspected insurgents taking refuge away from the conflict zone along the Afghan border.
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November 19th, 2008
DR Congo rebels pull back, UN troops exchange fire with militia (AFP)
AFP - Congolese rebels withdrew Wednesday from two key battlefronts but threatened to return if government forces occupied the zones, as UN troops and a pro-army militia exchanged fire.
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November 19th, 2008
IAEA: Syrian site could have been nuclear reactor (AP)
AP - The U.N. nuclear watchdog agency said Wednesday that a Syrian site bombed by Israel in 2007 had the characteristics of a nuclear reactor. It also admitted that its investigation into Iran’s alleged nuclear weapons program is deadlocked.
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November 19th, 2008
BNP Paribas denies capital increase plan (AP)
AP - French bank BNP Paribas on Wednesday denied what it called “speculative rumors” that it was mulling a capital increase in order to bolster its ratio of ownership equity.
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November 19th, 2008
Indian navy sinks suspected pirate “mother” ship (AP)
AP - The ship, operating off the coast of Oman in the lawless waters of the Gulf of Aden, was crewed by heavily armed men, some carrying rocket-propelled grenade launchers. Behind it were a pair of speedboats the sort pirates often use when they launch attacks on merchant ships in these violent seas.
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