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Source: Reuters (Adds casualties, clashes near Kabul) By Elyas Wahdat KHOST, Afghanistan, Aug 19 (Reuters) - A wave of Taliban suicide bombers backed by gunmen attempted to breach the defences of the main U.S. ...

Source: Reuters (Updates with details, numbers exchanged) By Margarita Antidze IGOETI, Georgia, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Russian and Georgian forces exchanged prisoners on Tuesday in a gesture of goodwill despite ...

Source: Reuters By Will Rasmussen CAIRO, Aug 19 (Reuters) - The Egyptian government wants Fawzi Zawar, 49, to give up his taxi. But Zawar, with a white moustache and white hair, is not about to let go of his 27- ...

Source: Reuters (Adds details) PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Aug 19 (Reuters) - At least 20 Islamist militants were killed in a clash with Pakistani security forces in Bajaur, a known sanctuary for al Qaeda and Taliban ...

Source: Reuters VERKHNY ZARAMAG, Russia, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Russian troops and tanks did not move out of Georgia overnight through the main military crossing point, despite a Russian announcement that a gradual ...

Source: Reuters By Ho Binh Minh HANOI, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Rising Mekong floods upstream may cause landslides and deep inundation in southern Vietnam but the seasonal floodwater would also bring farmers good crops ...

Source: Reuters IGOETI, Georgia, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Russian and Georgian forces exchanged prisoners on Tuesday in a gesture of goodwill despite continued tension over Russia's promised withdrawal from positions in ...

Source: Reuters Aug 19 (Reuters) - Leaders of nuclear-armed Pakistan's coalition government set about on Tuesday seeking a replacement for President Pervez Musharraf and tackling pressing economic and security ...

Source: Reuters August 19 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Afghanistan at 0620 GMT on Tuesday: *indicates new or updated items *KHOST - NATO troops and Taliban fighters clashed on Tuesday after ...

Source: Reuters BAGHDAD, Aug 19 (Reuters) - An Iraqi security forces unit attacked the office of the governor of restive Diyala province early on Tuesday, killing the governor's secretary and triggering clashes ...

Source: Reuters By Andrew Gray WASHINGTON, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Instability in Pakistan always has the Pentagon worried about two things above all -- the country's nuclear arsenal and the fight against al Qaeda and ...

Source: Reuters (Releads with Tuareg to lay down arms, changes dateline) By Abdoulaye Massalatchi; NIAMEY, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Niger's Tuareg rebel leader Aghaly ag Alambo said his fighters would lay down their ...

Source: Reuters (Recasts lead, adds Poland visit, quotes) By David Alexander BRUSSELS, Aug 18 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice warned Moscow on Monday that it was playing a dangerous game with ...

Source: Reuters (Recasts, updates position, adds details, quotes) By Michael Haskins KEY WEST, Fla., Aug 18 (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Fay swept over the Florida Keys with heavy rain and 60 mile per hour (97 km ...

Source: Reuters NIAMEY, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Niger's Tuareg rebel leader Aghaly ag Alambo said his fighters would lay down their arms from Monday and together with Mali's Tuareg rebellion agreed to mediation by Libyan ...

Source: Reuters (Adds quotes from houseboat owner in paragraphs 11, 12) By Michael Haskins KEY WEST, Fla., Aug 18 (Reuters) - As Tropical Storm Fay buffeted Key West on Monday, islanders displayed the nonchalance ...

Source: Reuters Aug 18 (Reuters) - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf resigned on Monday to avoid impeachment charges, nearly nine years after the former army chief and key ally in the U.S. campaign against ...

Source: Reuters UNITED NATIONS, Aug 18 (Reuters) - U.N. and other aid agencies issued a joint appeal for $58.6 million on Monday to help more than 100,000 people affected by fighting in Georgia. The money would ...

Source: Reuters (Corrects 5th paragraph characterization of Key West as the southernmost city in Florida, not in the United States) By Michael Haskins KEY WEST, Fla., Aug 18 (Reuters) - Store owners boarded up ...

Source: Reuters (Corrects 1st paragraph to say Key West is the southernmost city in Florida, not in the United States) By Michael Haskins KEY WEST, Fla., Aug 18 (Reuters) - As Tropical Storm Fay buffeted Key West ...