| Source: | Lateline |
|---|---|
| Published: | Friday, August 22, 2008 7:52 AEST |
| Expires: | Thursday, November 20, 2008 7:52 AEST |
The US and Iraq have agreed to set a timetable for the withdrawal of American troops by 2011. It is a shift for the Bush administration which had previously refused to discuss timetables.
An elephant has turned over cars and injured its keeper in a five-hour rampage in India.
Scientists are giving the native bush rat a helping hand in its fight against its European rival.
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