Report: Anthrax suspect commits suicide Fri, 1 Aug 2008 10:37:46 GMT
 A U.S. biodefense researcher apparently committed suicide just as the Justice Department was about to file charges against him in the 2001 anthrax mailings , a newspaper reported Friday.
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Feds can detain laptops at border Fri, 1 Aug 2008 04:54:38 GMT
 Federal agents may take a traveler’s laptop to an off-site location for an unspecified period of time without any suspicion of wrongdoing, according to recently disclosed border search policies.
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Ambition, emotion color McCain’s mind Fri, 1 Aug 2008 08:22:37 GMT
 Sen. John McCain, the presumptive Republican candidate for president, is ambitious and emotional, someone for whom “Duty, Honor, Country” is a credo to live by.
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Storm hits cruise ship, injuring dozens Fri, 1 Aug 2008 10:00:38 GMT
More than 40 passengers on a cruise ship are in need of medical treatment after the ship was caught up in a storm packing high waves and strong winds. |
States plunge into budget crisis Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:48:21 GMT
Huge layoffs in California, a rainy-day fund gone dry in Nevada, discussions of leasing out the Brooklyn Bridge … all are part of an economic crisis gripping the states.
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Hollywood heavyweights Robert De Niro and Al Pacino reunited on the red carpet in New York Wednesday night for the premiere of their new crime thriller “Righteous Kill” — their first film together since making 1995’s “Heat.”
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The Pakistani Army has been given orders to retaliate against any unilateral strike by the Afghanistan-based US troops inside the country.
Army Spokesman Maj Gen Athar Abbas confirmed the orders in a brief interview with Geo News on late Thursday night.
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev says he will not accept military action or new sanctions against Iran over its nuclear activities.
“We should not take any unilateral steps. It is not acceptable to opt for a military scenario. It would be dangerous,”
As the world marks the seventh anniversary of 9/11, some European experts say security improvements in the US have been undercut by fairly basic mistakes. Among the remedies is more trust in America’s laws and allies.
Seven years after the attacks
David Miliband has allegedly come in for a rather undiplomatic tongue-lashing from his Russian counterpart.
The Foreign Secretary was apparently given a furious dressing down by Sergei Lavrov over the telephone.
Mr Miliband’s criticism of Russia’s recent incursion into Georgia is believed
PIETERMARITZBURG, South Africa - A South African judge ruled Friday that prosecutors were wrong to charge ANC President Jacob Zuma with corruption, effectively clearing way for the 66-year-old former freedom fighter to become the country’s next president.
Judge Chris Nicholson’s ruling
Thailand’s political turmoil deepened Friday when the ruling coalition failed to turn up to parliament to reelect leader Samak Sundaravej as prime minister.
Lawmakers from the six-party coalition did not attend an emergency session of parliament called to choose a prime minister, three days after a court stripped Samak of power for accepting payments for hosting
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