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• Iraqi Cabinet approves initial gas deal with Shell
The ministry also said it was negotiating with Shell to conduct output tests for the Akkas gas field in western Iraq with estimated reserves of more than 2.15 trillion cubic feet.
• Montana Gov. To Headline Harkin Steak Fry
With his featured string tie and western twang, his slashing assault on John McCain during the Democratic Convention drew some of the loudest cheers of the convention.
• 2 NATO soldiers killed in Afghanistan
More than 4,000 people — mostly militants — have died in insurgency-related violence, according to an Associated Press tally based on figures from Western and Afghan officials.
• Official: 6 killed in Iraq bomb; Chalabi uninjured
Chalabi was not wounded, but the explosion Friday night in the western Baghdad neighborhood of Mansour killed six of his bodyguards, said Ayad Kadhim Sabti.
• Medvedev: Russia must 'be reckoned with'
Medvedev also criticized the United States and other Western nations, though not by name, for challenging Russia's intervention in Georgia, which started after Georgian forces attacked South Ossetia's main city on Aug. 7.