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• World

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  • Russia promises to start Georgia pullback

• Business

  • Genentech to Pay Retention Bonuses
  • Genentech retention plan to cost $371 million
  • Merrill, Goldman and Deutsche settle auction-rate probe

• Celebrity

  • Venice Film Festival delves into docus
  • The Cheetah Girls: We defy stereotypes
  • Bond Finds Solace a Week Later

• Politics

  • Group to spend $2.8 million on anti-Obama ad
  • White Powder Found At Two McCain Offices
  • Giuliani and Romney to crash Democrats' Denver party

• Science

  • Extra pounds mean insurance fees for Alabama workers
  • Report Rejects Medicare’s Boast of Cutting Fraud
  • New protection urged for anti-abortion docs

• Tech

  • Md. Company Sues Nintendo In Wii Wand Patent Suit
  • Plasma TV on the rebound?
  • NY comptroller: ditch $2 billion wireless network

• Sports

  • Ravens' McGahee targets Sept. 7 return to action
  • Big Brown to run in Monmouth Stakes
  • Jamaica's Campbell-Brown wins 200m; Felix 2nd

Selected and fresh photos from around the web.

• Editor's pick

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    Georgian soldiers run near a blazing building after a Russian bombardment in Gori, 80 km (50 miles) from Tbilisi, August 9, 2008. A Russian warplane dropped a bomb on an apartment block in the Georgian town of Gori on Saturday, killing at least 5 people, a Reuters reporter said. The bomb hit the five-story building in Gori close to Georgia's embattled breakaway province of South Ossetia when Russian warplanes carried out a raid against military targets around the town.

    1 week ago

    from Reuters Pictures by REUTERS

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    CARSON, CA - JULY 31: Andre Villa practices in the Moto X Freestyle during the summer X Games 14 at Home Depot Center on July 31, 2008 in Carson, California.

    3 weeks ago

    from Getty Images

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    A woman collects drinking water from a tube well at the flooded village of Godadhar in Faridpur July 27, 2008. Several areas in north and northeastern Bangladesh remain inundated with floodwaters after the embankments of the rivers Jamuna and Padma collapsed due to heavy rainfall earlier this week.

    3 weeks ago

    from Reuters Pictures by REUTERS

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    LONDON - JULY 25: Reese Hoffa of United States competes in the Men's Shot Put Final during day 1 of the Norwich Union Aviva London Grand Prix at Crystal Palace Stadium on July 25, 2008 in London, England.

    3 weeks ago

    from Getty Images

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    Italy's Alex Schwazer reacts after winning the men's 50-kilomter walk during the athletics competitions in the National Stadium at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Friday, Aug. 22, 2008.

    55 mins ago

    from AP Photo by Mark Baker

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    Eddy Riva of France rests after competing in the in the men's 50km walk of the athletics competition in the National Stadium at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 22, 2008.

    42 mins ago

    from Reuters Pictures by REUTERS

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    NEW YORK - AUGUST 21: Tennis Player Andy Roddick celebrates Lacoste's 75 Anniversary at Macy's Herald Square on August 21, 2008 in New York City.

    4 hours ago

    from Getty Images

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    Workers labour in the fields of an organic farm at Dezevci, eastern Croatia, May 27, 2008. Farm owners hope their organic products will fare well on the markets of the European Union, which Croatia hopes to join around 2011.

    1 week ago

    from Reuters Pictures by REUTERS

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    LYNCHBURG, VA - AUGUST 20: Presumptive Democratic Presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) waits to speak during a Town Hall event at EC Glass High School August 20, 2008 in Lynchburg, Virginia. Reports indicate that Obama will announce his Vice Presidential candidate on Friday and they will campaign together on Saturday.

    1 day ago

    from Getty Images

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    RALEIGH, NC - AUGUST 19: Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama speaks at a campaign event August 19, 2008 in Raleigh, North Carolina. Democrats hold their national convention August 25-28 in Denver.

    2 days ago

    from Getty Images

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    RALEIGH, NC - AUGUST 19: Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama listens to his introduction at a campaign event August 19, 2008 in Raleigh, North Carolina. Democrats hold their national convention August 25-28 in Denver.

    2 days ago

    from Getty Images

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