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India says Pakistan peace talks at a low after blasts

COLOMBO, Aug. 1, 2008 (Reuters) — India said on Friday that peace talks with Pakistan were at the lowest point in their four-year history after a spate of bombings in Indian cities and at the country's embassy in Kabul. ...  > full story

Venezuela cites security in Chavez summit no show

CARTAGENA, Colombia, Aug. 1, 2008 (Reuters) — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez failed to show up for a narcotics summit of Latin American leaders on Friday and his government said he did not attend because of security concerns. ...  > full story

Bunker of former East German leaders open to public

PRENDEN, Germany, Aug. 1, 2008 (Reuters) — Visitors flocked to the once top-secret bunker of Erich Honecker and other leaders of former East Germany as it opened to the public on Friday, almost 19 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall. ...  > full story

Iran heading to nuclear breakthrough: Mofaz

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1, 2008 (Reuters) — Iran is heading toward a major breakthrough in its nuclear program, an Israeli official said on Friday, as the White House warned Iran could face new sanctions if it ignores an international freeze offer. ...  > full story

U.S. welcomes IAEA approval of India nuclear plan

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1, 2008 (Reuters) — The Bush administration said on Friday the U.N. nuclear watchdog's approval of an inspection plan for India's civilian atomic power plants would advance its efforts to have Congress consider a U.S.-India nuclear accord this year. ...  > full story

Bolivia recall vote to proceed despite legal spat

LA PAZ, Aug. 1, 2008 (Reuters) — A recall vote in Bolivia that could force out leftist President Evo Morales and a group of opposition governors will go ahead on August 10 despite a possible change in voting rules, the vice president said on Friday. ...  > full story

CORRECTED: Brazil arrests man who beheaded UK girl

BRASILIA, Aug. 1, 2008 (Reuters) — Brazilian police on Thursday arrested a man accused of having decapitated and mutilated his British teenage girlfriend after a spat over drugs, a spokeswoman said. ...  > full story

U.S. held terrorism suspects at British island: report

NEW YORK, Aug. 1, 2008 (Reuters) — The United States imprisoned and interrogated one or more terrorism suspects at the British Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia in 2002 and possibly 2003, a former senior U.S. official has told Time magazine. ...  > full story

At least 32 people killed in India train fire

HYDERABAD, India, Aug. 1, 2008 (Reuters) — At least 32 people died when a fire believed to have been sparked by a short-circuit spread through an Indian train early on Friday while many passengers were asleep, the government and police said. ...  > full story

Brazil seeks accomplice in murder of British teen

BRASILIA, Aug. 1, 2008 (Reuters) — Brazilian police on Friday were looking for an accomplice in the murder of a British teenager who was beheaded and mutilated by her boyfriend last weekend, a spokesman said. ...  > full story
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