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DOVER, England – He had nothing above him but four tanks of kerosene and nothing below him but the cold waters of the English Channel. But Yves Rossy leapt from a plane and into the record books yesterday, crossing the channel on a homemade jet-propelled wing. Read more
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Missed drinking game opportunities OK, McCain’s repetition of “Sen. Obama doesn’t understand” is Tourettic at this point. Dang! We could have had a great drinking game. McCain rips Obama again for “failing to acknowledge that he was wrong about the surge. “We need more flexibilty” from a president, McCain said. “I don’t think I need [...]
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El Presidente Bush esta semana lanzó lo que será seguramente su última iniciativa para América Latina. Acompañado por los presidentes o altos funcionarios de 11 paÃses en Nueva York, donde asistÃan a la Asamblea General de Naciones Unidas, Bush presentó la iniciativa, Caminos hacia la Prosperidad en las Américas, aclamándola como “un foro donde los [...]
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NEW YORK — George W. Bush governs by crisis interspersed with long periods of not governing at all. Only when disaster threatens or arrives does this president summon himself, Congress and the nation to act — in haste and extremis rather than in reasoned unison. Read more
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UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 26 — The United States, Russia, China and key European powers agreed Friday to press for a U.N. Security Council resolution that renews previous demands for Iran to halt its enrichment of uranium but includes no new punitive measures to compel Tehran to do so. Read more
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ABOARD A YEMENI COAST GUARD VESSEL — Somali pirates plying the Gulf of Aden in speedboats equipped with grenade launchers and scaling ladders have launched what the maritime industry calls the biggest surge of piracy in modern times, sending shipping costs soaring and the world’s navies scrambling to protect the main water route from Asia [...]
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JOHANNESBURG, Sept. 25 — Kgalema Motlanthe, a former union leader and political prisoner, was sworn in as South Africa’s caretaker president Thursday in a ceremony during which he pledged to keep the nation on course during its most turbulent political period since the end of apartheid. Read more
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OXFORD, Miss., Sept. 26 — Sen. Barack Obama sharply criticized Sen. John McCain‘s judgment on the war in Iraq, repeatedly telling his presidential rival “you were wrong” to rush the nation into battle, directly challenging the Republican nominee on foreign policy as the two met in their first debate of the general-election season. Read more
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JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia — During Ramadan this year, Faten Jiddawi and a few friends from a charity packed into a hot van and delivered a new washing machine and refrigerator to a needy family. Read more
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DAMASCUS (Reuters) – A powerful car bomb exploded near a security complex in the Syrian capital Damascus on Saturday, killing 17 civilians in what the interior minister described as a terrorist attack. Read more
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OXFORD, Mississippi (Reuters) – Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain battled over spending, taxes and the Iraq war on Friday, sharply questioning each other’s judgment and ability to lead on the biggest issues facing the United States. Read more
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US presidential rivals Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama have attacked each other over foreign policy and the economy, in their first debate. Read more
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Fellow astronaut Liu Boming also emerged briefly from the capsule to hand Zhai a Chinese flag that he then waved for an exterior camera. The third crew member, Jing Haipeng, monitored the ship from inside the re-entry module. Read more
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Russia is to build new space and missile defence shields and put its armed forces on permanent combat alert, said President Dmitry Medvedev yesterday. Read more
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (Sept. 26) – Pakistan warned U.S. troops not to intrude on its territory Friday, after the two anti-terror allies traded fire along the volatile border with Afghanistan. Read more
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In their first presidential debate, Republican John McCain declared today that his Democratic opponent did not have the “knowledge or experience” to keep the United States safe. Barack Obama shot back that the Arizona senator was out of touch and showed flawed judgment by supporting the Iraq war. 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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Saudi Arabia’s king called for greater dialogue and openness between the world’s monotheistic religions on March 24, 2008. In the face of rising tensions over Mohammed cartoons, al-Qaida claiming Pope Benedict XVI is leading a crusade, and a stalled Middle East peace process, King Abdullah‘s outreach took on extra weight. From the International Herald Tribune: [...]
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Despite rabid popularity of the Comedy Central show, the channel that broadcasts “South Park” in Russia — along with “The Simpsons” and “The Family Guy” — is suspending the shows until charges of extremism brought in response to the shows’ content are settled. The channel, 2×2, received a recommendation today from the country’s federal broadcasting [...]
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[John McCain] was recently made TV-ready by makeup artist Tifanie White who’s worked on “So You Think You Can Dance” and “American Idol.” McCain paid the 2002 beauty-school grad $5,583.43 for her services, according to the Federal Election Commission. Read more