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August 29, 2009 (Saturday)
- Chandrayaan-1 loses contact with ground control. (Indian Express)
- Noel Gallagher leaves the British rock band Oasis. (The Times) (Channel News Asia) (Reuters India) (The New York Times)
- Several people are reported killed after fresh clashes erupt in the Kokang region of Shan State, northeastern Burma, near the border with China. A bomb is also thrown across the border. (Global Times) (Al Jazeera) (Times of India) (AFP)
- North Korea frees four South Korean fishermen seized last month when the boat strayed across the Northern Limit Line sea boundary. (BBC) (JoongAng Daily)
- Two civilian members of the UNAMID peacekeeping force are kidnapped by armed men in Darfur, Sudan. (BBC)
- Seven people are found dead in the US state of Georgia and two are seriously wounded in one of the worst slayings in the state in 25 years.CBS News
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