Captors release eight of 19 South Korean captives they promised to free under a deal struck with the South Korean government to resolve a nearly six-week hostage crisis.

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Blazes raging in southern Greece have claimed 46 lives. Bodies have been found in the charred homes of mountain villages reached too late by rescue crews hampered by powerful winds. A new fire is threatening Athens.

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President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva says hydro-electric energy is must-have for the development of South America's biggest economy. But environmental and indigenous groups increasingly oppose massive engineering projects.

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Jordan has changed its policy and is allowing Iraqi refugee children to go to school, even those children whose parents are in the country illegally. The U.S. has allocated $137 million to help Jordan's schools cope with the numbers, but only a trickle of Iraqi families are taking up the offer.

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