Russia deploys missiles in Ossetia

Russia said Wednesday it had deployed high-precision air defence missiles in the breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia, sending a defiant signal to Tbilisi and the West two years after a war with Georgia.

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Pakistan braces second wave of trouble

UN warns more deaths:

The United Nations appealed Wednesday for $459 million in aid for flood-hit Pakistan, warning of a second wave of death among sick, hungry survivors unless help arrived quickly.

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Rains bring misery to China mudslide town

Fresh heavy rains on Thursday brought more misery to a town in northwest China devastated by mudslides that have already killed more than 1,100, with new floods leaving more people missing.

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