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CERNOBBIO, Italy, Sept. 6 — Vice President Cheney on Saturday called Russia’s actions in the conflict with Georgia an “affront to civilized standards” and urged Western nations to stand united against any effort by Russia to use its dominance as an energy supplier to intimidate its neighbors. Read more
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BEIJING — In recent weeks, Beijing’s brand-new airport has been able to give a special welcome to thousands of Paralympic athletes from around the world because the government spent $1.7 million to lower washbasins and handrails, add Braille signs and transform 214 toilets into the accessible variety. Read more
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KEY WEST, Fla., Sept. 6 — Hurricane Ike grew to fierce Category 4 strength Saturday as the National Hurricane Center described it as an “extremely dangerous” storm. Read more
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NAIROBI — In Kenya these days, tourists are slowly returning to safari camps across the Masai Mara game reserve. The economy is hobbling back to life, and the country’s once-feuding political leaders often shake hands and exchange conciliatory words in public. Read more
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NEW YORK — Ed Pulido joined the Army at 18 and spent 19 years in uniform. He lost his left leg four years after being wounded by a roadside bomb in Baqubah, Iraq. And when he was discharged in 2005, with a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart, he decided to the devote the rest [...]
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CAIRO – Iraqi refugee Jenan Adnan Abdel-Jabbar arrived for the Iraqi government’s free airlift back home with eight suitcases, five children and a knotted skein of hope and fear in her heart. At she stepped onto the curb at Cairo’s airport, hope rose. About 250 other returning Iraqis crowded outside the terminal — as many [...]
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli police recommended to prosecutors on Sunday that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert be indicted in a corruption investigation, Israeli media reported. Read more
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government on Sunday seized control of mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in an aggressive move to help the distressed U.S. housing market and economy. Read more
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US financial officials have outlined plans for the government to take over the failing mortgage giants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. Read more
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“These storms have a mind of their own,” Florida Gov. Charlie Crist said as tourists were ordered out of the vulnerable Florida Keys Saturday. Authorities planned a phased evacuation for residents Sunday morning, starting with the southernmost islands. “What we have to do is be prepared, be smart, vigilant and alert.” Read more
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MEET Christopher Foster, the self-made millionaire and devoted family man. Read more
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PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos (Sept. 7) – Hurricane Ike roared across the Turks and Caicos Islands and headed toward the Bahamas and Cuba as a ferocious Category 4 storm Sunday. Read more
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A Government Minister’s career was hanging in the balance last night after he admitted bombarding a young female aide with suggestive phone messages. Read more
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Receding waters in the starving Haitian city of Gonaives revealed the bodies of more victims killed by Tropical Storm Hanna’s floods, as UN peacekeepers and aid groups struggled to feed thousands of people left hungry by the storm. Read more
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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 [...]
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…had to remind long-time Chicagoans of this priceless 1987Â video:Â Read more
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3:31pm UK, Saturday September 06, 2008 The widower of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto has been elected president of Pakistan, officials have said.  Ms Bhutto’s widower Asif Ali Zardari [...]
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A documentary about a new machine aiming to recreate The Big Bang was a ratings hit for BBC Four on Thursday night. The Big Bang Machine, charting an experiment that will re-create conditions a billionth of a second after the start of the universe, drew a sizeable 544,000 (2.9%) in the 9pm hour. The figures [...]
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President Dmitry Medvedev said Saturday the war with Georgia has shown the world that “Russia is a nation to be reckoned with” — his most aggressive comments to date on the conflict with Russia’s southern neighbor. Read more
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TRIPOLI, Libya – Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met Libyan leader Moammar Khadafy – once reviled as a “mad dog” by President Ronald Reagan – yesterday in a historic visit that she said proved Washington had no “permanent enemies.” Read more