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 | Bush covered up Musharraf ties with al-Qaida, Khan
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's resignation on Aug. 18 brings to an end an extraordinarily close relationship between Musharraf and the Bush administration, in which Musharraf was lavished with political and economic benefits from the United States despite policies that were in sharp conflict with US security interests.
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| Nation |
 | US may ease police spy rules
The Justice Department has proposed a new domestic spying measure that would make it easier for state and local police to collect intelligence about Americans, share the sensitive data with federal agencies and retain it for at least 10 years.
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| World |
 | Russia: Poland risks attack because of US missiles
A top Russian general said on Aug. 15 that Poland's agreement to accept a US missile interceptor base exposes the ex-communist nation to attack, possibly by nuclear weapons, the Interfax news agency reported.
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| War |
 | Iraqi elections official fears fair vote in jeopardy
Iraqi security forces loyal to the Shiite-led government are raiding voter registration centers and taking other steps to discourage participation in upcoming elections, says the head of Iraq's voting regulatory agency.
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| Women |
 | Why soldiers rape: Culture of misogyny, illegal occupation, fuel sexual violence in military
An alarming number of women soldiers are being sexually abused by their comrades-in-arms, both at war and at home. This fact has received a fair amount of attention lately from researchers and the press — and deservedly so.
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| LGBT |
 | India gays protest for sodomy law repeal
More than 600 people marched through Mumbai, India, over the weekend in the city's first gay pride parade.
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| Environment |
 | Coastal dead zones spread globally, study finds
In the latest sign of trouble in the planet's chemistry, the number of oxygen-starved "dead zones" in coastal waters around the world has roughly doubled every decade since the 1960s, killing fish, crabs and massive amounts of marine life at the base of the food chain, according to a study released on Aug. 14.
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| Media Watch |
 | The Washington Post and the great disconnect
On Aug. 12, the sub-head for the Washington Post's lead editorial read, "The West confronts an unfamiliar sight: a nation bent on conquest."
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| Health |
 | FDA: No risk from BPA in food containers
A controversial chemical commonly found in can linings, baby bottles and other household products does not pose a health hazard when used in food containers, according to a draft assessment released by the Food and Drug Administration on Aug. 15.
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| Analysis |
 | US role in Georgia crisis
The international condemnation of Russian aggression against Georgia – and the concomitant assaults by Abkhazians and South Ossetians against ethnic Georgians within their territories – is in large part appropriate. But the self-righteous posturing coming out of Washington should be tempered by a sober recognition of the ways in which the United States has contributed to the crisis.
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| Commentary |
 | This is a tale of US expansion not Russian aggression
The outcome of six grim days of bloodshed in the Caucasus has triggered an outpouring of the most nauseating hypocrisy from western politicians and their captive media. As talking heads thundered against Russian imperialism and brutal disproportionality, Vice President Dick Cheney, faithfully echoed by [British Prime Minister] Gordon Brown and [British Secretary of State] David Miliband, declared that "Russian aggression must not go unanswered." George Bush denounced Russia for having "invaded a sovereign neighboring state" and threatening "a democratic government." Such an action, he insisted, "is unacceptable in the 21st century."
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| Quote of the Week |
| "We didn't think that we annoyed anybody. We just reacted because we didn't have any other option. Any civilized country would act same way. I may remind you, September the 11th, the reaction was similar. American citizens were killed. You know the reaction." |
-- Russia's deputy prime minister, Sergei Ivanov, on his country's retaliation against Georgia, as quoted by the BBC on Aug. 13, 2008
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