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Secure a seat at Ethnic Support Council dinner and auction (The Daily News)

Seats are now available for the Ethnic Support Council’s 12th International Dinner and Auction to be held 6 to 9 p.m. Aug. 15 at the Cowlitz County Expo Center. This year’s event will feature a Russian theme.

Tanzania: Qatar Boosts Regional Fleet (AllAfrica.com)

Qatar Airways, which operates daily from Dar es Salaam, plans to boost its fleet by purchasing six aircraft. A statement released in Dar es Salaam yesterday said the airline recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the French plane maker for the purchase of six Airbus A321 aircraft.

Bosnian Court Should Try Plavsic (Institute for War and Peace Reporting)

Regional war crimes prosecutors must learn from Hague tribunal’s mistakes. Prisons in Sweden are famous for their enlightened attitude towards inmates – hardly surprising given that the country’s human rights standards are the best in the world.

Chatological Humor: In Which Gene Downed Two Bottles of Wine and Still Chatted With Nary a Typo (UPDATED 7.18.08) (Washington Post)

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Head of Abkhazia region rejects settlement plan (AP via Yahoo! News)

The president of Abkhazia on Friday rejected an international proposal aimed at resolving the breakaway region's dispute with Georgia's central government, and set conditions for further talks.