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Gustav stalls offshore in Haiti after killing 23
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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Indian security forces kill 3 in Kashmir
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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Indian security forces kill 5 in Kashmir
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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Kashmir police and suspected rebels in shootout
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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Swiss exonerate Europes last executed witch
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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Combat flares in 3rd area of Pakistan border belt
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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At least 5 dead in Kashmir battle over hostages
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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9 killed in bomb blast in northwestern Pakistan
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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Garth, Doherty make nice while filming new 90210
Southern Ledger - August 28, 2008
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US News Archive for February 2008:
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12,000 Flee Darfur for Chad, U.N. Says
The U.N. refugee agency was rushing emergency assistance to refugees fleeing the fighting in Darfur...
New York Times - February 10, 2008
East Timor President Wounded in Attack
East Timor President and Nobel Peace Prize winner Jose Ramos-Horta was wounded in a pre-dawn attack on his home Monday morning, an army spokesman said...
New York Times - February 10, 2008
Car Bombing Outside Market in Iraq Kills 23
The blast near Balad, north of Baghdad, was one of the deadliest this year. At least 40 people were wounded...
New York Times - February 10, 2008
Union Boards Back Deal to End Writers? Strike
The governing boards of the unions representing movie and television writers unanimously approved a tentative three-year deal...
New York Times - February 10, 2008
HarperCollins Will Post Free Books on the Web
In an attempt to increase book sales, HarperCollins Publishers will begin offering free electronic editions of some of its books on its Web site on Monday...
New York Times - February 10, 2008
El Salvador probes funding claim
Salvador's president says he is confident ties with Venezuela will stay despite funding allegations...
BBC News - February 10, 2008
Can We Uninvent Suburbia?
Is there a way to "retrofill" sprawled suburban landscapes?...
New York Times - February 10, 2008
Live Updates on African Cup Final
These are the probable starting lineups for the two finalists: attack-minded, foreign-based Cameroon, and defence-first, domestic-based Egypt...
New York Times - February 10, 2008
Gates Warns Europe on Afghan Danger
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said that Europe?s security is directly tied to NATO?s success in Afghanistan...
New York Times - February 10, 2008
Israelis Urge Tougher Action in Gaza
Israeli cabinet ministers urged sharper military action in Gaza after a rocket attack by Palestinian militants seriously wounded two brothers...
New York Times - February 10, 2008
U.S. Soldier Convicted of Killing Iraqi
BAGHDAD (AP) -- A U.S. Army sniper convicted of killing an unarmed Iraqi civilian and planting evidence on his body was sentenced Sunday to 10 years in prison...
New York Times - February 10, 2008
Writers Reach Tentative Deal With Producers
Union leaders have decided to put the issue of an immediate return to work to a 48-hour vote of the membership...
New York Times - February 10, 2008
After 3 Wins, Obama Vies With Clinton in Maine Vote
Barack Obama?s decisive victories on Saturday, combined with his building advantage in fund-raising, gave him momentum going into the caucuses in Maine...
New York Times - February 10, 2008
Democrats Woo Superdelegates
The Clinton and Obama campaigns are aggressively pursuing members of a group that could decide the outcome at the convention...
New York Times - February 10, 2008
Writers Reach Tentative Deal With Producers
The strike remains in effect until the governing boards of the two writers? guilds gauge the sense of their membership on both coasts...
New York Times - February 10, 2008
US sniper jailed for Iraqi murder
A US army sniper is sentenced to 10 years in jail for murdering an Iraqi civilian and planting a gun on him...
BBC News - February 10, 2008
Artists prepare for Grammys gala
The 50th Grammy Awards are to take place, with Kanye West and Amy Winehouse leading the nominations...
BBC News - February 10, 2008
Universities Rush to Set Up Outposts Abroad
The American system of higher education, long the envy of the world, is starting to become an important export...
New York Times - February 10, 2008
Terror Threat From Pakistan Said to Expand
A suspected bombing plot in Spain is indicative of an important threat coming from Pakistan, officials said...
New York Times - February 10, 2008
From Bush, Foe of Earmarks, Similar Items
In his new budget, the president has requested money for thousands of items similar to the pet projects of Congress...
New York Times - February 10, 2008
Obama Gets Convincing Wins in 3 States
Barack Obama beat Hillary Rodham Clinton in contests in Louisiana, Nebraska and Washington State as Mike Huckabee showed that he is still attracting Republican voters...
New York Times - February 10, 2008
Neck and Neck, Democrats Woo Superdelegates
Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama are aggressively pursuing members of the group that could be tiebreakers at their party?s convention...
New York Times - February 10, 2008
Recession Would Work in Democrats? Favor
Voters are likely to blame the weak economy mostly on the Republicans, even though President Bush will not be on the ballot...
New York Times - February 10, 2008
Making Sense of the Great Suicide Debate
The darkness of the soul encounters the science of pharmaceuticals...
New York Times - February 10, 2008
Cutting to the Quick
While lower rates are always a positive for banks, the effects of the Fed?s cuts may not prompt an immediate rebound in profits at many banks...
New York Times - February 10, 2008
Negative Campaign
Winning consumer votes by catering to political disdain...
New York Times - February 10, 2008
Recalling the Maharishi and Carville?s Killer Ad
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, who died last Tuesday, is not someone you would expect to be used as a blunt-force political weapon...
New York Times - February 10, 2008
Letters
How to Pay Tomorrow?s Bills...
New York Times - February 10, 2008
Recession Hint Sends Stocks Down Sharply
Buffeted by concerns about a weakening economy, the stock market fell last week after two weeks of gains...
New York Times - February 10, 2008
Nods to the Old Country in a Modern Space
A gleaming, modern interior by architect Peter Marino emerges in the flagship store Ermenegildo Zegna, the men?s luxury clothing and accessories brand...
New York Times - February 10, 2008
Love Me, Love My Apartment
Real estate in New York City has a way of looming large in matters of the heart...
New York Times - February 10, 2008
The Job Interview, Starring Your Avatar
As big companies spread their brands to Web-based social networking communities, some employers are also exploring Multi-User Virtual Environments, or MUVEs...
New York Times - February 10, 2008
The Hockey Life, and After
Playing hockey, I learned an important lesson about business and life: the puck either goes in the net or it doesn?t...
New York Times - February 10, 2008
For Your Pet, a Policy All Its Own
A new insurance field shows signs of growing along with familial feelings for animals...
New York Times - February 10, 2008
This Year, Commodities Are on a Rockier Road
Rising demand, a falling dollar and rosy economic predictions have stoked the price of commodities in the last few years. But times are changing...
New York Times - February 10, 2008
The Unending Allure of the Free Lunch
Ezra Pound?s words on usury, or ultra-high-interest lending and borrowing, come to mind when considering the subprime problems that face this great nation...
New York Times - February 10, 2008
Gulp! Burger King Is on the Rebound
A chain goes for the testosterone with big burgers and video games...
New York Times - February 10, 2008
When Self-Interest Isn?t Everything
How campaign donors can defy the odds of a classic economic theory...
New York Times - February 10, 2008
Warning: Fast Driving May Lead to More Trading
If you get speeding tickets, watch out: The chances are good that you will also engage in possibly dangerous investing behavior, too, according to a new study...
New York Times - February 10, 2008
Mashups Are Breaking the Mold at Microsoft
Although it is not yet widely visible to the outside world, some people inside Microsoft are beginning to break that mold...
New York Times - February 10, 2008
Do Boomers Want a Web Home of Their Own?
Eons, a tiny two-year-old company based in Boston, is one of several contestants aiming to become the pre-eminent Web destination for boomers...
New York Times - February 10, 2008
Tell the T.S.A. (and Don?t Hold Back)
The Transportation Security Administration launched a new blog to inform passengers -- and perhaps ease their frustration with the airport security screenings...
New York Times - February 10, 2008
Going Global With Concerns on Health Costs
Calls are deepening for the government to assume more of the costs of medical care through nationalized health care...
New York Times - February 10, 2008
Pushing Paper Out the Door
After rising steadily in the 1980s and ?90s, worldwide paper consumption per capita has plateaued in recent years...
New York Times - February 10, 2008
Now, Feed the Data to the Subprimeoscope
Economic forecasting is like reading tea leaves ? extremely difficult, unless you arrange the leaves into letters and numbers, which is no picnic, either...
New York Times - February 10, 2008
Global Finance Leaders Warn of Risk From U.S. Housing Woe
Finance leaders from the world?s wealthiest nations warned Saturday that global economic woes could get worse from the slump in the American housing market...
New York Times - February 10, 2008
Transcript Reveals Details of French Trader?s Actions
Documents suggest that a trader at Société Générale was aware of Jérôme Kerviel?s surreptitious trading and that Mr. Kerviel understood the gravity of his actions...
New York Times - February 10, 2008
Tentative Deal Is Reached in Writers? Strike
The governing boards of the two writers? guilds are expected to meet as early as Sunday, and the long and bitter strike could be over by Monday morning...
New York Times - February 10, 2008
Will Disney Keep Us Amused?
Disney is revamping one of its California theme parks by melding classic carnival games with virtual reality...
New York Times - February 10, 2008
Yahoo Expected to Reject Microsoft?s Takeover Bid
Yahoo?s board decided that Microsoft?s $44.6 billion hostile bid undervalues the company, people involved said...
New York Times - February 10, 2008
Mexico cops offered cash to slim
Overweight police officers in one Mexican city could soon be offered cash bonuses if they slim down...
BBC News - February 10, 2008
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