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By Candace Rondeaux, The Washington Post
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Pakistan's ruling coalition parties agreed Thursday to impeach President Pervez Musharraf, setting up a major showdown between the former military chief and the newly elected civilian government.
Leaders of the ruling Pakistan People's Party and the Pakistan Muslim League-N faction called for a no-confidence vote in Parliament against Musharraf and said they could begin official impeachment proceedings in the next few days.
Pakistan People's Party co-chair Asif Ali Zardari said Musharraf's nearly nine-year rule had thrown the country into turmoil and that the time had come to break the six-month-long political deadlock that has paralyzed Pakistan since the civilian- d...
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By Candace Rondeaux, The Washington Post
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Pakistan's ruling coalition parties agreed Thursday to impeach President Pervez Musharraf, setting up a major showdown between the former military chief and the newly elected civilian ...
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BBC Monitoring Newsfile The Olympic torch relay began its final leg in Beijing from the landmark Forbidden City Wednesday morning.
At the Meridian Gate of the Forbidden City, the torch was handed over to the first bearer, Yang Liwei, the count...
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United Press International - A U.S. government scientist and suspect in the 2001 anthrax attacks has died in Maryland of an apparent suicide, colleagues said.
Bruce Ivins, 62, died as the U.S. Justice Department was preparing to file criminal charg...
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By Duncan Mansfield, Associated Press
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- An out-of-work truck driver accused of opening fire at a Unitarian church, killing two people, left behind a note suggesting that he targeted the congregation out of hatred for its liberal p...
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BERLIN - In a highly unusual move for an American presidential candidate, Barack Obama staged a foreign policy speech Thursday before a huge overseas audience, calling for renewed trans-Atlantic cooperation to rein in Iran, fight religious extremism ...
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Rocky Mountain News - By Associated Press
Scrambling to bolster eroding investor confidence, the Federal Reserve and the Treasury Department announced unprecedented steps to brace slumping mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
The plan, u...
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SAN JOSE) – The Governor´s budget cuts to In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) would devastate thousands of families and hurt the economy by reducing hours and jobs for many health care workers employed by the valuable safety net program, Democra...
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United Press International
A suicide bomb exploded Monday on a crowded street near the Indian Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, killing at least 41 people and injuring 140, officials said.
Officials said the bomber rammed a car into two Indian dipl...
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Deseret News (Salt Lake City) By Betsy Taylor, Associated Press
WINFIELD, Mo. -- A makeshift barrier holding back the Mississippi River failed early Saturday, swamping the low-lying part of the small community of Winfield and ending a valiant bu...
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Several Airlines Likely to Fail; Affordable, Frequent Air Travel and Jobs at Risk.
WASHINGTON and RADNOR, Pa. -- At current oil prices, several large and small U.S. airlines will default on their obligations to creditors beginning at th...
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USA TODAY: By Alan Gomez, Marisol Bello and Judy Keen
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- Marie Welton figures her daughter will have to bulldoze her flooded home here. She worries about the survival of her own business, a children's hair salon, as people recover...
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By Georgina Gustin, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
ST. LOUIS -- Area grocery stores have pulled some fresh tomatoes from their shelves after learning that a salmonella outbreak traced to certain tomato varieties has sickened 145 people in 16 states.
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Canadian Press - BOSTON: Banner No. 17 is halfway to the rafters. The Celtics are two wins from another NBA championship.
And maybe a little lucky to be there.
Paul Pierce, darting around the parquet floor with ease, scored 28 points, Boston'...
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The Independent (UK) - By Rupert Cornwell
After an epic five-month battle that has rewritten US politics, Barack Obama last night stood poised to secure the 2008 Democratic nomination, with a very real chance of becoming the first African American ...
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Knight Ridder Washington Bureau
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Hillary Clinton coasted to victory Sunday in Puerto Rico's presidential primary, a win she hoped would give her a desperately needed boost-but probably would not.
The New York senator was b...
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 By David Jackson and Richard Wolf
WASHINGTON -- It's not unusual for a former White House official to write a book -- but it is w...
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Fury at Plight of Burmese Under-Fives.
Daily Record; Glasgow (UK) By Stephen White
MORE than 30,000 kids under five will die of hunger in Burma in days unless their brutal rulers let the world help them.
That was the warning yesterday...
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 Civil and Human Rights Groups Hail Landmark Decision As Latest Step Toward Full Equality.
WASHINGTON — The California S...
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International Herald Tribune - From news reports Fierce clashes raged Thursday in Beirut after the Iranian-backed group Hezbollah said the U.S.-supported Lebanese government had declared war by targeting its military telecommunications network.
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 PHILADELPHIA - The primaries in North Carolina and Indiana today offer Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton one more chance to tr...
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By Bronwen Roberts.
Afghanistan's southern Helmand province, where Britain's Prince Harry has been combating the Taliban, is a harsh battleground where extremists have teamed up with powerful opium lords.
It has also proven to be dead...
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The Philadelphia Inquirer - By Thomas Fitzgerald
Stitching together a coalition of blue-collar workers, white men and women, Sen. H...
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USA TODAY - By Jill Lawrence and Kathy Kiely
Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton scoured Pennsylvania for votes Monday amid si...
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 USA TODAY - By Joan Biskupic and Kevin Johnson
WASHINGTON -- Several states are poised to resume executions after the Supreme Court o...
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By Stephen Magagnini, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.
Worldwide protest over China's human rights record and actions in Tibet blocked the path of the Olympic torch's worldwide run this week, just before its trek through San Francisco.
The torch was ...
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 USA TODAY, By Richard Wolf
KIEV, Ukraine -- When the United States and 25 other members of the NATO alliance meet in Bucharest this...
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Virginian - Pilot. By Jim Yardley, The New York Times BEIJING - Thousands of Buddhist monks and other Tibetans clashed with riot police in a second Chinese city on Saturday, while the authorities said they had regained control of the Tibetan capit...
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By Rupert Cornwell - The top US commander for the Middle East resigned yesterday, a step that seems to bear out reports of sharp policy differences on Iran between a hawkish White House and a uniformed military leadership opposed to military action. ...
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 Presidential hopeful Barack Obama won the Wyoming Democratic caucuses Saturday, beating rival Hillary Clinton.
Although there were ju...
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Presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton was the projected winner Tuesday over Barack Obama in the Texas Democratic primary, media repor...
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 By Joe Vardon, The Blade, Toledo, Ohio
CINCINNATI -- A right-wing talk show host three times invoked Sen. Barack Obama's middle name w...
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By David Espo Associated Press
AUSTIN, Texas -- Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton accused presidential rival Sen. Barack Obama of politic...
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 By Ishtiaq Mahsud and Robert H. Reid Associated Press
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan -- Taliban militants declared a cease- fire Wedn...
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 By Barry Wilner, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
GLENDALE, Ariz. - With the Super Bowl on the line, look who had the perfection thing down Pat: Eli...
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By Tom Raum and Nedra Pickler, Associated Press
LOS ANGELES -- Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton sparred, for the ...
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MIAMI - John McCain won Florida's Republican primary with the help of the state's wildly popular governor, his own war-hero biography an...
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Salt Lake City, Utah - The man 13 million Mormons consider to be a prophet of God and who served them as president of more
By Thomas Fitzgerald, The Philadelphia Inquirer
S.C. -- Sen. Barack Obama crushed Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday in the South ...
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It was a kinder, gentler GOP debate Thursday night.
Unlike prior gatherings, in which John McCain and Mike Huckabee attacked Mitt Romn...
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 Knight Ridder Washington Bureau
JERUSALEM - President Bush began an eight-day Middle East peace mission Wednesday as Israeli leaders w...
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China Strides Onto Olympic Stage As Beijing Games Officially Open
BEIJING - Once-reclusive China commandeered the world stage Friday, celebrating its first-time role as Olympic host with a stunning display of pageantry and pyrotechnics to open a Summer Games unrivalled for its mix of problems and promise.
Bush Aims for Balance in China Remarks With Praise, Admonishments
BEIJING _ President Bush started his four-day visit to China Friday by sending a mixed message of both praise for Chinese economic policy and admonishments to Chinese leaders to respect religious and political freedoms, a strategy that has so far marked his three-nation Asian tour.
Russian TV Reports Live From Capital of South Ossetia As Russian Troops Arrive
Subunits of the Russian 58th Army have reached the capital of South Ossetia, most of the Georgian troops have left the town and Russian artillery is shelling Georgian firing positions outside the town, the state-controlled Russian Channel One TV reported at 1400 gmt on 8 August.
(CORR) Most of South Ossetia "Liberated" - Georgian President
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At Least 13 Dead, More Than 40 Hurt in Bus Crash on U.S. 75 in Sherman
Aug. 8--SHERMAN -- At least 13 people were killed and more than 40 were injured early this morning when a private charter bus heading from Houston to Missouri crashed along northbound U.S. Highway 75, police said.
German, NATO Leaders Call for End of Violence in Ossetia
Text of report by independent German news agency ddp on 8 August
Bus From Houston Crashes North of Dallas; 'Multiple Fatalities' Reported
Aug. 8--The operator of the chartered bus that crashed in north Texas early today, killing 13 Houston-area worshipers as they headed to a religious festival in Missouri, was no longer authorized to travel across state lines, federal records show.
National, International News Spotlight Burns City's Image
So did the Guardian in London, the Globe & Mail in Toronto, the Drudge Report and the New York Times.
Diseases Replicated in New Stem Cell Lines
U.S. scientists say they've created a set of new stem cell lines to explore 10 genetic disorders in cell and tissue types as they develop in lab cultures.
Bush's Asian Speech Gets a Cold Response
PRESIDENT George Bush arrived in Beijing yesterday amid an atmosphere of tension with China's leaders over his high-profile criticism of the country's human rights record.
Fears of All-Out War As Georgia Fights for Breakaway Province
GEORGIAN troops launched a major military offensive today to regain control over the breakaway province of South Ossetia as the president accused Russia, which has close ties to the separatists, of bombing Georgian territory.
Ailing Mr. Blackwell Regains Consciousness
Mr. Blackwell's representative said the famous Hollywood fashion critic, who was hospitalized this week, has regained consciousness.
Options for Future Wide Open As Mayor Seeks Release
Aug. 8--Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick could be back in his 11th floor city hall suite by noon -- or Wayne County Circuit Judge Thomas Jackson could keep him in a Wayne County Jail green jumpsuit and tan plastic sandals for a week or more.
Pakistan TV Show Discusses Musharraf Impeachment Decision
His guests were Ahsan Iqbal, central information secretary of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Sharif; Senator Haji Adeel, senior vice president of Awami National Party; Senator Khalid Mahmood Soomoro, senior leader of Jamiyat-e Ulema-Islam-Fazlur Rahman; Shafqat Mahmud, prominent national affairs analyst; Ms. Mehreen Anwar Raja, member of National Assembly belonging to Pakistan People's Party; Chaudhary Pervez Elahi, leader of Opposition in National Assembly and leader of pro-Musharraf Pakistan Muslim League-Qaide Azam.
China Strides Onto Olympic Stage
BEIJING - Once-reclusive China has commandeered the world stage, celebrating its first-time role as Olympic host with a stunning display of pageantry and pyrotechnics to open the Summer Games.
The Buffalo News, N.Y., Bob DiCesare Column: Favre Saga Has Parallels to Montana
Aug. 8--The aged star quarterback was told the starting job was no longer his.
At Least 13 Dead, More Than 40 Hurt in Texas Bus Crash
SHERMAN, Texas _ At least 13 people were killed and more than 40 were injured early Friday morning when a private charter bus heading from Houston to Missouri crashed along northbound U.S. Highway 75, police said.
Bond Violation Lands Detroit's Mayor in Jail
DETROIT (AP) -- Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was jailed Thursday for a bond violation in his perjury case, his pleas for leniency rejected by a judge who made it clear the mayor would get no special treatment.
Violence Rips Area of Georgia
TBILISI, Georgia -- The capital of the separatist South Ossetia region came under heavy fire early today, just hours after Georgia's president declared a cease-fire following days of sporadic fighting.
Bush Dedicates Beijing's New U.S. Embassy
BEIJING -- President Bush dedicated the massive new $434 million U.S. Embassy in Beijing today, calling it a symbol of deepening ties between the two trading partners and sometimes political rivals.
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