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China crackdown fails to stop foreign activists Thu, 7 Aug 2008 06:47:45 GMT Nation’s intense efforts to block protests that would mar Olympic Games are challenged by those bent on diverting attention to a wide variety of issues. |
9 feared dead in firefighting crash Thu, 7 Aug 2008 03:48:58 GMT Eight firefighters and a pilot are presumed dead in the crash of a helicopter that had just picked up workers battling a blaze in a Northern California forest, officials said Wednesday. |
| Obama’s abortion view may split Catholics Thu, 7 Aug 2008 09:24:47 GMT The Obama campaign is being close-mouthed about its convention plans that may include Senator Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, who is Roman Catholic and opposes abortion rights. |
Officials: Scientist was anthrax killer Thu, 7 Aug 2008 00:50:18 GMT Army scientist Bruce Ivins had possession of purified anthrax spores linked to the deadly 2001 attacks. He worked alone.
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Goodbye, Green Bay: Favre traded to Jets Thu, 7 Aug 2008 09:36:39 GMT With ’some sadness’ Packers deal unretired QB to New York
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| FBI: Fake patients were ’human pawns’ Thu, 7 Aug 2008 00:12:51 GMT A hospital CEO was arrested in what authorities said was a scheme to recruit homeless people as phony patients and bill government programs for unnecessary health services. |
Bin Laden driver to seek leniency Thu, 7 Aug 2008 05:27:50 GMT Osama bin Laden’s former driver is expected to ask the Pentagon jury that convicted him of a war crime to spare him from life in prison on Thursday, his defense lawyers said. |
Israel mulls military option for Iran nukes Wed, 6 Aug 2008 23:02:14 GMT
Israel is building up its strike capabilities amid growing anxiety over Iran’s nuclear ambitions and appears confident that a military attack would cripple Tehran’s atomic program.
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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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