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US, Iraq close in on deal for pullout of US troops (AP)

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, left, and Iraq's foreign minister Hoshyar Zebari, right, shake hands at a press conference in the heavily fortified Green Zone in Baghdad, Iraq Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Iraq's foreign minister Hoshyar Zebari said Thursday that American and Iraqi officials agree that timetables should be set for a U.S. troop withdrawal, but conceded that nailing down a broader pact on future relations is difficult. (AP Photo/Ali Abbas, Pool)AP - Iraq and the U.S. pushed close to a deal Thursday setting a course for American combat troops to pull out of Iraqi cities by next June on the way to broader withdrawal from the long and costly war by 2011.





Suicide bombers kill 59 at Pakistani arms factory (AP)

Pakistani security officials examine the site of suicide bombing at a gate of Pakistan's ordinance factory in Wah, a garrison city about 35 kilometers (20 miles) west of the capital Islamabad, Pakistan on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008.  Twin suicide bombings at a massive weapons factory near Pakistan's capital left at least 46 people dead Thursday, dashing hopes for an end to turmoil following Pervez Musharraf's ouster as president. (AP Photo)AP - Suicide bombers killed 59 people at a huge arms factory Thursday in one of Pakistan's deadliest terror attacks, adding to turmoil from political squabbling that is threatening to tear apart the ruling coalition now that Pervez Musharraf has quit as president.





Russian maestro Gergiev performs in South Ossetia (AP)

Renowned Russian conductor Valery Gergiev, centre, is seen before a concert in Tskhinvali, Georgia's breakaway province of South Ossetia, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008. In front of a half-destroyed government building, on a plaza flanked by armored personnel carriers, Russian conductor Valery Gergiev who is Ossetian, led a requiem Thursday for South Ossetia's victims of war. (AP Photogia/Dmitry Lovetsky)AP - Surrounded by flickering candles and flanked by armored personnel carriers, Russian conductor Valery Gergiev led a requiem concert Thursday for South Ossetia's war dead in the breakaway region's devastated capital.





Russia blocks Georgia's main port city (AP)

Russian soldiers take position at the edge of the Black Sea port city of Poti, western Georgia, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008. Russian forces took up positions Thursday at the entrance to Georgia's main Black Sea port city, excavating trenches and setting up mortars facing the city despite Russia's promise to pull back troops from Georgia. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)AP - Russian forces dug trenches and built fortifications in key areas of Georgia Thursday, but also rolled columns of tanks north toward home, picking and choosing how their nation would comply with the terms of a peace accord.





30 militants die in Afghan battle near ambush site (AP)

Coffins of French soldiers killed in Afghanistan are carried during a funeral ceremony at Les Invalides, in Paris, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008. 10 French soldiers were killed and 21 injured in a fierce Taliban ambush and firefight in mountains about 30 miles (50 kilometers) east of Kabul on Monday. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, Pool)AP - The U.S.-led coalition said Thursday it had killed more than 30 insurgents in a battle in eastern Afghanistan, fighters an Afghan governor said were responsible for an attack that killed 10 French troops this week. Officials announced the deaths of six NATO soldiers in two attacks.





French deaths in Afghanistan show rising Taliban (AP)

Relatives of soldiers killed in Afghanistan,  weep in front of the coffins during a funeral ceremony at Les Invalides, in Paris, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008. 10 French soldiers were killed and 21 injured in a fierce Taliban ambush and firefight in mountains about 30 miles (50 kilometers) east of Kabul on Monday. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)AP - A French patrol marches up a rocky and dusty Afghan mountain pass. Suddenly, Taliban insurgents open fire from front and back, setting off an hours-long gunfight — the deadliest for allied forces in Afghanistan in more than three years.





US military frees Iraqi journalist after 26 days (AP) AP - The U.S. military released an Iraqi television cameraman for the Reuters news agency and other news organizations without charges Thursday after 23 days in detention.


Actor Jean Reno released from Martinique hospital (AP) AP - French actor Jean Reno has been released from a hospital in the Caribbean island of Martinique after falling ill.


South African who threw man to lions out of prison (AP) AP - A white farmer who threw the body of his fired black worker into a lions' pen has been freed on parole after less than three years in prison.


Some of the deadliest terror attacks in Pakistan (AP) AP - Some of the deadliest terrorist attacks in Pakistan in recent years:


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