admin @ August 16, 2008 # No Comment Yet
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has provided more than $3.6 million in aid to Georgia and supplies are being distributed in the Russian-occupied town of Gori, the U.S. government’s aid agency said on Friday. Read more
admin @ August 16, 2008 # No Comment Yet
BEIJING (Reuters) – Jamaica’s Usain Bolt won the men’s Olympic 100 meters in breathtaking style on Saturday, thumping his chest as he streaked to victory in record time. Read more
admin @ August 16, 2008 # No Comment Yet
But Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the withdrawal of Russian forces from deep inside Georgia depended on extra security measures being put in place. Read more
admin @ August 16, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The cease-fire deal, signed a a day earlier by Georgian President Mikhail Saakshvili after lengthy talks with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, calls for both Russian and Georgian forces to pull back to positions they held before fighting erupted Aug. 8. Read more
admin @ August 16, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Two physicists have boldly gone where no reputable scientists should go and devised a scheme to travel faster than the speed of light. Read more
admin @ August 16, 2008 # No Comment Yet
President Saakashvili was forced to accept defeat yesterday as he signed a peace agreement that gives the Russian Army the right to patrol on Georgian soil. Read more
admin @ August 16, 2008 # No Comment Yet
IGOETI, Georgia (Aug. 16) — Russian forces pulled back Saturday from the center of a town not far from Georgia’s capital after Russia’s president signed a cease-fire deal, but his foreign minister later suggested there would be no immediate broader withdrawal. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov also said Russia would strengthen its peacekeeping contingent in South [...]
admin @ August 16, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signed a ceasefire agreement to end the hostilities with Georgia over the breakaway region of South Ossetia, but troops remain in the area. Read more
admin @ August 16, 2008 # No Comment Yet
BEIJING – US men’s volleyball coach, New Zealander Hugh McCutcheon, has rejoined his team after his in-laws were attacked at a popular tourist site in Beijing. Read more
admin @ August 16, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The trial of Michel Fourniret — who reportedly enlisted his wife’s help to seize virgin girls to rape and kill — began March 27, 2008, with Fourniet refusing to speak unless court went into closed session and refusing to let the press take his photograph. The Times of London reported the gory details: “The couple [...]
admin @ August 16, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The trial of Michel Fourniret — who reportedly enlisted his wife’s help to seize virgin girls to rape and kill — began March 27, 2008, with Fourniet refusing to speak unless court went into closed session and refusing to let the press take his photograph. The Times of London reported the gory details: “The couple [...]
admin @ August 16, 2008 # No Comment Yet
In a moment the other night that I hope will add an enduring catch-phrase to our family’s lexicon, a TV commentator called it “a disaster of epic proportions” when a female gymnast in the Olympics lost her balance during a floor exercise routine and fell on her butt. Read more
admin @ August 16, 2008 # No Comment Yet
6:20am UK, Saturday August 16, 2008 Russia has warned Poland that it is risking an attack – even a nuclear one – by accepting a US missile interceptor base on its soil. [...]
admin @ August 16, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Dave Berry has denied speculation that he is engaged to Heidi Range of the Sugababes. The pair, who have been dating for the past five years, recently moved in together, but Berry claimed that they have no plans to wed. He is quoted as saying: “It’s been reported [that we're engaged] several times but it’s [...]
admin @ August 16, 2008 # No Comment Yet
China’s government estimates it will cost $147 billion to rebuild from the massive earthquake that struck the central part of the country in May, according to government media. Read more
admin @ August 16, 2008 # No Comment Yet
A hulking Swedish wrestler threw a fit at the Beijing Games by chucking his bronze medal to the ground in disgust after he failed to advance to the gold-medal match. Read more
admin @ August 16, 2008 # No Comment Yet
In 2006, the League of Conservation Voters helped oust GOP Rep. Dick Pombo from his East Bay/Central Valley congressional seat by naming him to their “Dirty Dozen” list of anti-environment candidates and pumping $300,000 into the campaign against him. Read more
admin @ August 16, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The good news (and it is joyous): Many Japanese are cheering because their countryman, athlete Kosuke Kitajima, has honored the nation by winning gold medals in the 100-meter and 200-meter breaststroke-swimming events at the Olympics in Beijing; that’s the same feat he pulled off at the Athens Games four years ago. Kitajima, who won the [...]
admin @ August 16, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The tell-tale signs of being a Brit in Iraq are rarely more apparent than when embedded with American soldiers. Phrases such as: “Please may I borrow your torch?” or: “Where’s the loo?” draw puzzled expressions on US faces until translated into words they understand, namely “May I borrow your flashlight?” or: “Where’s the bathroom?”Also, the [...]
admin @ August 16, 2008 # No Comment Yet
TBILISI, Georgia, Aug. 15 — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice demanded Friday that Russian troops withdraw from Georgian territory “immediately” now that Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has signed a cease-fire agreement. Read more