McCain attacks media over Palin
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John McCain’s US presidential campaign has angrily condemned the media for questioning the way his running mate Sarah Palin’s candidacy was vetted. Read more
Pakistan says foreign troops stage raid on village (AP)
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The army’s spokesman, Maj. Gen. Athar Abbas, said the attack was the first incursion onto Pakistani soil by troops from the foreign forces that ousted Afghanistan’s hard-line Taliban regime after the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. Read more
Past decade had hottest weather since Dark Ages
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THE past decade was the hottest in the northern hemisphere for at least 1,300 years, scientists have found. Read more
Israeli Agents Let Nazi Doctor Get Away
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JERUSALEM (Sept. 3) – Israeli agents who kidnapped Nazi mastermind Adolf Eichmann from Argentina in 1960 found the notorious death camp doctor Josef Mengele but let him get away, one of the operatives said Tuesday. Read more
Pictured: The moment fire engulfed arson millionaire’s family mansion
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These are the first pictures of the ferocious blaze which gutted the home of Christopher Foster and his family. Read more
Excell buy for Downer
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Excell’s website says it is owned by interests associated with private investment company Cullen Investments, founded by Eric Watson. Read more
France's Worst Serial Killers?
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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 [...]
Mexicans Rally Against High Crime
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Felipe Calderon acted quickly after he was sworn in as president two years ago, sending military forces to his home state of Michoacan to battle the drug-fueled crime wave there. Yesterday, more than 150,000 Mexican protesters clad in white clothing marched against the crime that continues to worsen thanks to the cartels: More than 2,300 [...]
Is Sarah Palin a `redneck’?
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I wouldn’t lob an accusation/slur like that myself or even necessarily repeat it — the presumptive Republican vice-presidential candidate’s views and her lifestyle speak for themselves. Read more
Ambush On Pakistan PM’s Motorcade
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1:53pm UK, Wednesday September 03, 2008 Pakistan’s prime minister has survived an apparent assassination attempt – just hours before he was due to meet British Conservative leader David Cameron. Pakistani Prime [...]
Sony announces new PS3 wireless headset
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Sony has announced plans to launch a new wireless headset for the PlayStation 3 console. Priced at 5,000 Yen (£26), the firm said the unit will be compatible with a range of PS3 titles that support online chat, including Resistance 2, SOCOM: Confrontation and Motorstorm: Pacific Rift. The headset will automatically connect to the PS3 [...]
Beijing warns of post-quake hardship
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China faces tough tasks rebuilding homes and roads across its earthquake-hit southwest as winter approaches, Premier Wen Jiabao said near the epicentre of the devastating May 12 quake. Read more
DOCS PREFER HEART BYPASS
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MUNICH, Germany – For heart patients with clogged arteries, the choice between bypass surgery or angioplasty may come down to one question: How many procedures would you like to have? Read more
Inside the RNC: Bill Clinton Just Got Applause Here!
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Inside the RNC: Bill Clinton Just Got Applause Here! Stop the presses: Lieberman just name-checked Bill Clinton and got a warm response here. The context: Liebs just ripped Barack Obama for not reaching across the aisle on any issue of significance. Unlike, Liebs said, Bill Clinton did on welfare reform, free trade deals and a [...]
Obama’s Denver speech: Overseas, the reactions keep coming
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Nielsen Media Research, the television-audience measuring organization, has reported that nearly 40 million people watched Illinois Senator Barack Obama’s presidential-nomination acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention in Denver last Thursday night. (Market Watch) Around the world, countless other newshounds followed the speech live, via the Internet, or in written transcripts that appeared in newspapers [...]
A Secondary Role for U.S. in India’s Nuclear Future
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NEW DELHI — Four months before India shocked the world by conducting underground nuclear tests in 1998, French President Jacques Chirac visited India, bringing along 100 business leaders and meeting with Indian p olicymakers and industrialists. Read more
2.5 Million Indians Stranded by Floods
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NEW DELHI, Sept. 2 — Close to 2.5 million Indians remained stranded, homeless and hungry in flood-ravaged villages in the eastern part of the country Tuesday, 17 days after a river burst a dam in neighboring Nepal and changed course. Read more
After the Storm, La. Officials Focus on Cleanup
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NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 2 — Even though Hurricane Gustav did not wreak the destruction expected when it struck the Gulf Coast on Monday, officials said Tuesday that they were not ready to allow many of the 1.9 million Louisiana residents who had evacuated to return to their homes. This Story New Orleans Levees Tested As [...]
Melting Point
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SHENANDOAH, Pa. Of all the stories this tough little coal town has to tell — stories of industrial might, bloody strikes, black lungs; stories of Friday night football, Saturday night drinking, Sunday morning praying; and now, the story of a sensational murder — its favorite tale unfolds on a Saturday every August. This is Heritage [...]
17 Feared Dead in Congo Plane Crash
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NAIROBI, Sept. 2 — A small humanitarian plane carrying 17 passengers and crew crashed in a mountainous region of eastern Congo Monday evening, and there appeared to be no survivors, U.N. officials said Tuesday. Read more