A key civil nuclear agreement between Russia and the U.S. looks likely to be shelved until next year at the earliest amid mounting tensions over the fate of Georgia’s breakaway republics.

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Spanish revelers have pelted each with 113 tons of ripe tomatoes in an annual food fight. Town hall says an estimated 40,000 people took part in the hour of messy fun in the village of Bunol.

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A U.S. military ship loaded with aid docked at a southern Georgian port Wednesday, and Russia sent three missile boats to another Georgian port as the standoff escalated over a nation devastated by war.

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“Pizzaioli” or pizza chefs in Naples, birthplace of the Margherita, handed out free pizzas on Wednesday in protest at high prices charged by rivals who, they say, use the spike in commodity prices to rip off consumers.

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Anna Goeldi was executed for being a witch more than 220 years ago — the last witch beheaded in Europe. On Wednesday, the Swiss decided the least they could do was clear her name.

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A woman who survived last week’s devastating plane crash said Tuesday the aircraft lacked power during takeoff, corroborating other survivor accounts of what went wrong in the disaster that killed 154 people.

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What’s at stake in the Russia-Georgia conflict? Why did the story - for a few scary days - blow away the Olympics? Jim Maceda reports from the former Soviet republic.

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There is as yet no score in the Champions League clash between Liverpool and Standard Liege.

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The equestrian’s world governing body, the FEI, has confirmed that the B sample from Ireland’s Olympic hopeful and Denis Lynch mount Lantinus has tested positive for the banned substance capsaicin.

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Leinster will select from a near full-strength squad for the clash with Queensland Reds at Donnybrook this Saturday (KO: 6pm).

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