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Dalai Lama cancels engagements due to 'exhaustion' (AFP)
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Wednesday, 27 August 2008
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Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama (seen here August 13) is suffering from exhaustion and has cancelled all his appointments for three weeks, his office has said.(AFP/File/Olivier Laban-Mattei)AFP - Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama is suffering from exhaustion and has cancelled all his appointments for three weeks, his office said Wednesday.



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Gustav floods Haiti, kills 11, heads toward Cuba (AP)
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Wednesday, 27 August 2008
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People cover themselves from rain caused by Hurricane Gustav in Port-au-Prince,Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2008. Gustav barreled into Haiti toppling trees, dumping rain and sending fuel prices soaring on fears the storm could become 'extremely dangerous' when it reaches the Gulf of Mexico. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)AP - Hurricane Gustav triggered flooding and landslides that killed at least 11 people before weakening to a tropical storm, but forecasters said Wednesday it's still a major threat to the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico.



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Hijackers of Darfur plane surrender in Libya (AP)
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Wednesday, 27 August 2008
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In this image from Libyan television the hijacked Boeing 737 Sudanese airliner sits at the remote desert airstrip in Libya's Sahara desert oasis of Kufra Wednesday Aug. 27, 2008.  The hijackers of the plane that took off from Sudan's Darfur region were releasing passengers Wednesday a civil aviation official said. The hijackers commandeered the Boeing 737 jetliner, which was carrying 95 passengers and crew, soon after it took off Tuesday from the southern Darfur town of Nyala, not far from a refugee camp that the Sudanese military attacked Monday. The hijacked airliner belongs to a private company, Sun Air, the Sudanese civil aviation authority said.  (AP Photo/Libyan TV via APTN)AP - Two hijackers who commandeered a jetliner from Sudan's Darfur region and diverted it to a remote desert airstrip in southern Libya surrendered and freed all hostages Wednesday after a daylong standoff, officials said.



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