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at 16:39 on August 7, 2008, EDT.
BEIJING - U.S. President George W. Bush's Olympic odyssey started with a game of political one-upmanship Thursday, as his blunt critique of the host country prompted China to warn the U.S. president to stop meddling in its business.
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at 4:57 on August 7, 2008, EDT.
An attack on a Pakistani military checkpost by some 200 pro-Taliban militants triggered intense fighting that killed 25 insurgents and two paramilitary soldiers near the Afghan border, security officials said Thursday.
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at 5:30 on August 7, 2008, EDT.
BANGKOK, Thailand - U.S. President George W. Bush is heading for China after a visit to Thailand, where he gave a speech that was critical of Beijing's human rights record.
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at 12:08 on August 7, 2008, EDT.
KATMANDU, Nepal - Thousands of Tibetan exiles demonstrated in Nepal and India on Thursday, a day before the Olympics open in Beijing, demanding religious rights and saying China should not be allowed to host the Games while its harsh rule over their homeland continues.
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at 17:29 on August 7, 2008, EDT.
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba - A military jury gave Osama bin Laden's driver a stunningly lenient sentence on Thursday, making him eligible for release in just five months despite the prosecutors' request for a sentence tough enough to frighten terrorists around the globe.
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at 18:40 on August 7, 2008, EDT.
ISTANBUL, Turkey - Shells fired from a mortar-like mechanism near a municipal government building in Istanbul slightly injured three people, the city's governor reportedly said.
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at 16:37 on August 7, 2008, EDT.
YANGON, Myanmar - A rare bird's-eye look at Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta shows the devastation still left from Cyclone Nargis - broken levies, flooded farm roads, the shattered remains of bamboo huts and trees strewn like matchsticks along the coast.
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at 18:43 on August 7, 2008, EDT.
KABUL - The deadliest three months for American forces in Afghanistan have pushed the U.S. death toll to at least 500, forcing a war long overshadowed by Iraq back into the headlines.
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at 16:33 on August 7, 2008, EDT.
CHICAGO - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Thursday dismissed suggestions that the nominating convention could be marred by tensions between his supporters and the die-hard backers of Hillary Clinton.
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at 10:10 on August 7, 2008, EDT.
MOSCOW - Russian officials say a device exploded Thursday on a beach in a Russian resort that will host the 2014 Winter Olympics, killing two people and wounding at least seven.
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