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Somali government says 31 dead in hotel attack

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Somali government says 31 dead in hotel attack

MOGADISHU August 24, 2010  The Somali Information Ministry  said  31 people have died in the militant attack  on a hotel in Mogadishu. The dead included 6 members of parliament and 5 government security personnel.

"The blood of the dead is leaking out of the hotel," said Information Minister Abdirahman Osman.

The Muna Hotel stands in one of the small nominally government-controlled areas of the capital, between the presidential palace and the Indian Ocean.

Osman said one gunman had been captured. His ministry said two others had blown themselves up.  Gunfire and shelling were continuing in the area.

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Somali government says at least 31 killed in hotel August 24, 2010 REUTERS (LATEST)

Somali gunmen storm hotel, 15 MPs reported killed

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Somali gunmen storm hotel, 15 MPs reported killed

MOGADISHU August 24, 2010  Somali gunmen disguised in army uniforms stormed a hotel popular with government officials on Tuesday. A lawmaker  said at least 15 parliamentarians were killed.

A hotel worker who fled the hotel said one of the attackers was a suicide bomber and had blown himself up.

Hardline al Shabaab Islamists linked to al Qaeda have waged a three-year insurgency against the  weak, Western-backed government. They control most of Mogadishu. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack.

The government and more than 6,300 African Union peacekeepers have not been able  to bring order to Somalia after nearly two decades of  lawlessness.

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Heat probably killed thousands in Moscow, says scientist

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Heat probably killed thousands in Moscow, says scientist

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Death toll from Iraq suicide blast put at 47

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Death toll from Iraq suicide blast put at 47

BAGHDAD August 17, 2010  A deputy health minister of Iraq,  Khamis al-Saad, said 47 have died so far  and  77 wounded  from a suicide bombing at an Iraqi army recruitment centre on Tuesday. /sites/default/files/xml_images/2010-08-17T144906Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNP_1_India-508874-1-pic0.jpg

More deaths were  not expected,  he said.

World Bank to give $900 million in flood aid to Pakistan

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World Bank to give $900 million in flood aid to Pakistan

ISLAMABAD August 17, 2010 The World Bank will give $900 million for relief efforts to help  Pakistan's flood relief work./sites/default/files/xml_images/2010-08-17T122922Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNP_1_India-508841-1-pic0.jpg

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Zawahri - Qaeda No. 2 - in web posting asks Turks to break ties with Israel

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Zawahri - Qaeda No. 2 - in web posting asks Turks to break ties with Israel

DUBAI August 16, 2010 Ayman al-Zawahri, Al Qaeda's No. 2,  urged the Turkish people in an Internet message posted on Sunday to pressure their government to break ties with Israel.

Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan had  spoken against  an Israeli offensive in Gaza in December 2008, and criticised an Israeli blockade of the Palestinian enclave. The genuineness of the audio recording  is not verified,

Relations between Turkey and Israeli further deteriorated after Israeli commandos killed nine Turkish pro-Palestinian activists in a sea raid as they attempted to break Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip in May.

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Military deaths pass 2,000 as Afghan war review nears

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Military deaths pass 2,000 as Afghan war review nears

KABUL August 16, 2010  /sites/default/files/xml_images/2010-08-16T092409Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNP_1_India-508601-1-pic0.jpgThe deaths of at least one more U.S.

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Military deaths pass 2,000 as Afghan war review looms August 16, 2010 REUTERS

Obama swims in Gulf, says beaches open for business

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Obama swims in Gulf, says beaches open for business

PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. August 15, 2010 U.S. President Barack Obama went swimming off the coast of Florida on Saturday and declared the Gulf area's beaches "open for business."

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PM orders Delhi Games graft investigation

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PM orders Delhi Games graft investigation

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NEW DELHI August 14, 2010 The Indian  prime minister Manmohan Singh ordered ministries on Saturday to  look into complaints of corruption and mismanagement in the preparations for October's Commonwealth Games.

China widens milk powder checks, tests breast milk

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China widens milk powder checks, tests breast milk

SHANGHAI August 14, 2010 China plans to test a range of infant milk powders and breast milks to looking deeper  into reports of hormone-tainted milk powder,  the People's Daily reported on Saturday.

The Ministry of Health  started the probe following complaints that tainted milk powder had caused baby girls to show signs of premature sexual development.

Food safety problems  have alarmed consumers, hurt China's global image and drew criminal cases.

Two years ago, China was hit by  a melamine scandal when at least six children died and nearly 300,000 became ill.   Powdered milk was found to have been laced with melamine, a chemical  added to cheat  protein tests.

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