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Ballmer and Gates bid farewell with tears
On his final full day at Microsoft Corp., Bill Gates went on stage to reminisce with his longtime friend Steve Ballmer, and neither man could hold back tears as Ballmer handed Gates a large scrapbook as a farewell present...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Kashmir paralyzed by anti-Hindu protests
Tens of thousands of demonstrators paralyzed cities in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Saturday with protests against what they charge is a government plan to build Hindu settlements to change the religious balance in the Muslim-majority region...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Iraqi guards kill female suicide bomber
Iraqi guards opened fire on a female suicide bomber on Sunday and triggered her explosives belt before she reached their headquarters, foiling the latest of more than 20 suicide missions by women this year, military officials said...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Mens Paris fashions blur gender boundaries
The French menswear collections ended on Sunday in a sea of sequins, silk and all things pink, challenging the adage that boys will be boys...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Winehouse strikes back at Glastonbury fan
Amy Winehouse was packing a punch at the Glastonbury music festival...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Shipping woes cut Chinese fireworks exports
Chen Tiezhong will likely spend the Fourth of July worrying about the future of his sprawling fireworks factory. China, where fireworks were invented, is running short of ports from which to ship the dangerous cargoes abroad...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Gay activists march in Indias gay pride parade
Men wore sparkling saris, women wore rainbow boas and hundreds of people chanted for gay rights in three Indian cities Sunday in the largest display of gay pride in the deeply conservative country where homosexual acts are illegal...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Pakistan presses on with offensive vs. militants
Pakistani paramilitary forces destroyed a handful of militant centers and uncovered alleged torture cells as they pressed ahead Sunday with an offensive against extremists near the Afghan border, officials said...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
UN official Afghan civilian deaths up 60 percent
A senior U.N. official says the number of civilians killed in fighting in Afghanistan has soared by nearly two-thirds...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Protests over shrine continue in Kashmir
Tens of thousands of demonstrators paralyzed cities in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Saturday with protests against what they charge is a government plan to build Hindu settlements to change the religious balance in the Muslim-majority region...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Japanese game shows coming to America
A grown man wearing a diaper is spun around until he can barely stand, then is made to try an obstacle course carrying pitchers of milk without spilling any. Another man, dressed like an insect, flings himself onto a giant-sized "windshield" with a giant-sized "splat."...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
South Korea bans rallies against US beef imports
South Korean police refused Sunday to allow more candlelight protests against the resumption of American beef imports, just hours after thousands of demonstrators clashed with riot police in the streets of the capital...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Aurilia drives in 5 runs in Giants 11-1 rout
Rich Aurilia homered and matched his career-high with five RBIs to help the San Francisco Giants beat the Oakland Athletics 11-1 on Sunday for their first series win in the Bay Area rivalry in two years...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Perry wins Buick Open at 19-under, shot ahead of 2
Kenny Perry joined a short list of multiple champions at the 50th Buick Open...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Perry wins Buick Open
Kenny Perry joined a short list of multiple champions at the 50th Buick Open...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Models death after NYC apartment fall was suicide
The death of a fashion model who plunged from the ninth floor of a Manhattan building has been ruled a suicide...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Winehouse strikes back at Glastonbury reveler
Amy Winehouse was packing a punch at the Glastonbury music festival. After taking the stage Saturday, the troubled singer climbed down into the pit and scuffled briefly with a reveler...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Heppner trying on Siegfried in Aix-en-Provence
When tenor Ben Heppner wanted to try the grueling role of Tristan for the first time back in 1997, he chose a spot that he described as "off the beaten path."...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
SAG leader calls strike talk a distraction
The leader of the Screen Actors Guild said Sunday the union remains committed to negotiating a new deal with Hollywood producers as contract expiration looms and is not calling for a strike...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Wall Street to begin July on shaky ground
The year is nearly halfway over, and Wall Street appears to be on even shakier ground than when it began 2008. And this shortened week ahead of the Fourth of July holiday is unlikely to bring the market enough proof that the economic climate is improving...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Obama gets in works out, hair cut, hoops
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama took a break from campaigning Sunday, but still had a busy day...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Rivals McCain and Obama court Hispanic voters
Presidential rivals John McCain and Barack Obama on Saturday sought the love of Hispanics, beginning a four-month courtship with a pivotal swing-voting constituency...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Lackey, Angels beat Dodgers 1-0
John Lackey held the Dodgers to three hits for 8 2-3 innings, Francisco Rodriguez retired James Loney with the bases loaded for the final out and the Angels beat the Dodgers 1-0 Sunday...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Ichiro goes 5-for-5 in Mariners win
Ichiro Suzuki went 5-for-5 to tie his career-high, Adrian Beltre and Jeff Clement homered and the Seattle Mariners beat Jake Peavy and the punchless San Diego Padres 9-2 on Sunday for a three-game sweep...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
US checks if tomatoes caused Salmonella outbreak
As salmonella cases continue to climb, the government is checking if tainted tomatoes really are to blame for the record outbreak _ or if the problem is with another ingredient, or a warehouse that is contaminating newly harvested tomatoes...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Reports Model dies in apparent suicide dive in NY
A European Vogue cover model fell to her death from her Manhattan apartment building Saturday in an apparent suicide, published reports said...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Newspapers, reeling from slumping ads, slash jobs
Even for an industry awash in bad news, the newspaper business went through one of its most severe retrenchments in recent memory last week...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Falling pound squeezes retired British expats
Margaret Ditchburn never used to mind the prices at her favorite French-style bistro in this sun-baked seaside resort popular with retired British expatriates...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
McCain, Obama court Hispanic voters
Presidential rivals John McCain and Barack Obama on Saturday vied for the support of Hispanics, beginning a four-month courtship with a pivotal voting constituency...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
First American named to head Vatican high court
An archbishop who tussled with singer Sheryl Crow, college basketball coach Rick Majerus, and Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry over their support for abortion rights has been named as the first American to lead the Vatican supreme court...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Sri Lanka New fighting kills 43
Government troops captured a Tamil Tiger rebel-held village in war-ravaged northern Sri Lanka on Saturday while infantry clashes across the region killed 40 rebels and three soldiers, the military said...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Calif fire deals big blow to Big Sur tourism
Many of the rustic inns, restaurants and art galleries that dot the rugged Central Coast are nearly deserted this weekend at the height of the tourist season as a huge wildfire threatens Big Sur...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Berkeley tree-sitters hanging on, 18 months in
In December 2006, protesters angry about campus expansion plans clambered into the branches of a threatened oak grove at the University of California, Berkeley...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
McCain, Obama court Hispanic voters
Presidential rivals John McCain and Barack Obama on Saturday vied for the support of Hispanics, beginning a four-month courtship with a pivotal voting constituency...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
California fire deals big blow to Big Sur tourism
Many of the rustic inns, restaurants and art galleries that dot the rugged Central Coast are nearly deserted this weekend at the height of the tourist season as a huge wildfire threatens Big Sur...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
High court death penalty rulings wont end suits
For decades, the Supreme Court has declined to rule on execution methods and whether that punishment applies to child rapists. In its term ending Friday, the high court issued decisions on both, but neither solves the bitter fight over capital punishment...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Supreme Court rulings wont end lawsuits
For decades, the Supreme Court has declined to rule on execution methods and whether that punishment applies to child rapists. In its term ending Friday, the high court issued decisions on both, but neither solves the bitter fight over capital punishment...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Money ruling a remarkable womans legacy
He thinks of her every time he gazes at the painting _ a blazing orange sun she drew a few years after the tragedy. It is the only splash of color in his tiny K Street office and it gives him great joy, and a stab of sorrow...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
California fire deals big blow to Big Sur tourism
Many of the rustic inns, restaurants and art galleries that dot the rugged Central Coast are nearly deserted this weekend at the height of the tourist season as a huge wildfire threatens Big Sur...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Chinese investor pays $2.1M to eat with Buffett
A Chinese investment fund manager won the chance to have lunch with billionaire Warren Buffett by bidding $2.1 million in the most expensive charity auction ever held on eBay...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
SF gay pride festivities inspire wedding march
Move over Dykes on Bikes. Here come the brides _ and grooms...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
SC teen struck, killed by Six Flags coaster in Ga.
A teenager was decapitated by a roller coaster after he hopped a pair of fences and entered a restricted area Saturday at Six Flags Over Georgia, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Smoky skies threaten health in fiery California
Hundreds of lightning-sparked wildfires have turned the air of Northern California into an unhealthy stew of smoke and ash, forcing the cancellation of athletic events and other outdoor activities...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
As river rushes into Mo. town, residents file out
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 but ultimately doomed battle against the surging river...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Inundated towns along river ponder their futures
Once the Mississippi River starts to recede this week from another great flood, the tiny river towns that dot its banks in Missouri and Illinois will once again face the question: return and rebuild, or relocate?...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
West Point cadets practice by barking at civilians
Fresh-faced cadet candidates arrive Monday for buzz cuts, measurements for gray uniforms and a crash course in toeing the line, West Point style...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Commuter colleges go residential, gain enrollment
The neighborhood around Georgia State University was for years a maze of boarded up storefronts, aging buildings and parking lots that emptied at the close of each day...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Fla. vandals tag 60 cars with anti-Obama messages
Vandals have spray-painted 60 city vehicles in Orlando, Fla., some with messages against Sen. Barack Obama...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Vandals tag 60 cars with anti-Obama messages
Vandals have spray-painted 60 city vehicles in Orlando, Fla., some with messages against Sen. Barack Obama...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Apartment complex fire near Seattle kills 3
A fire at an apartment complex near Seattle has killed three people and left about 50 homeless...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Officer killed by suspected drunk driver
A car slammed into two police officers working traffic control at a construction site early Sunday, killing one and seriously injuring the other, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
New Wash. law bans hand-held phones while driving
Driving with one hand on the wheel and the other on a cell phone is no longer an option for Washington state drivers...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Great Lakes compact focus shifting to Congress
A year ago, it seemed a proposed interstate compact designed to prevent thirstier regions from raiding the Great Lakes might be sunk by squabbles among the eight states with jurisdiction over the vast reservoir...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Firefighters in stalemate against Calif. wildfires
Firefighters are making slow progress against more than 1,000 wildfires throughout Northern California as the region braces for more lightning storms...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Ohio man accused of stalking teen singers
The teen sister act known as Aly & AJ continued with plans to hold a concert Friday as a man accused of stalking and threatening them appeared in court...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Child dies at Ala. air show as wind topples tents
A county coroner in Alabama says a 5-year-old was killed when strong winds blew over a row of tents at an air show in Huntsville...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Plane crashes in Alabama after takeoff, killing 4
An Alabama sheriff says four people have died after a small plane crashed shortly after takeoff about 40 miles north of Birmingham...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Firefighters in stalemate against Calif. blazes
Firefighters made slow progress Sunday against more than a thousand wildfires burning throughout Northern California, but forecasters said dangerous fire conditions would not relent anytime soon...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Bear mauls teen during 24-hour bike race in Alaska
Anchorage police say a teenage girl taking part in a 24-hour bike race was severely injured after a grizzly bear attack...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Ballmer and Gates bid farewell with tears
On his final full day at Microsoft Corp., Bill Gates went on stage to reminisce with his longtime friend Steve Ballmer, and neither man could hold back tears as Ballmer handed Gates a large scrapbook as a farewell present...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Study Global warming chases plants uphill
Faced with global warming, plants are heading for the hills. A study of 171 forest species in Western Europe shows that most of them are shifting their favored locations to higher, cooler spots...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Macho man is going out of fashion
As world financial markets wobble and bonuses shrink, the macho male is going out of fashion...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Troyer sex tape shut down, for now
Verne Troyer successfully shut down the distribution of a sex tape featuring the "Austin Powers" actor and a former girlfriend _ for now...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Protests over shrine continue in Kashmir
Tens of thousands of demonstrators paralyzed cities in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Saturday with protests against what they charge is a government plan to build Hindu settlements to change the religious balance in the Muslim-majority region...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Kashmir paralyzed by anti-Hindu protests
Tens of thousands of demonstrators paralyzed cities in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Saturday with protests against what they charge is a government plan to build Hindu settlements to change the religious balance in the Muslim-majority region...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Iraqi guards kill female suicide bomber
Iraqi guards opened fire on a female suicide bomber on Sunday and triggered her explosives belt before she reached their headquarters, foiling the latest of more than 20 suicide missions by women this year, military officials said...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Mens Paris fashions blur gender boundaries
The French menswear collections ended on Sunday in a sea of sequins, silk and all things pink, challenging the adage that boys will be boys...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Winehouse strikes back at Glastonbury fan
Amy Winehouse was packing a punch at the Glastonbury music festival...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Shipping woes cut Chinese fireworks exports
Chen Tiezhong will likely spend the Fourth of July worrying about the future of his sprawling fireworks factory. China, where fireworks were invented, is running short of ports from which to ship the dangerous cargoes abroad...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Gay activists march in Indias gay pride parade
Men wore sparkling saris, women wore rainbow boas and hundreds of people chanted for gay rights in three Indian cities Sunday in the largest display of gay pride in the deeply conservative country where homosexual acts are illegal...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Pakistan presses on with offensive vs. militants
Pakistani paramilitary forces destroyed a handful of militant centers and uncovered alleged torture cells as they pressed ahead Sunday with an offensive against extremists near the Afghan border, officials said...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
UN official Afghan civilian deaths up 60 percent
A senior U.N. official says the number of civilians killed in fighting in Afghanistan has soared by nearly two-thirds...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Inundated towns along river ponder their futures
Once the Mississippi River starts to recede this week from another great flood, the tiny river towns that dot its banks in Missouri and Illinois will once again face the question: return and rebuild, or relocate?...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
West Point cadets practice by barking at civilians
Fresh-faced cadet candidates arrive Monday for buzz cuts, measurements for gray uniforms and a crash course in toeing the line, West Point style...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Commuter colleges go residential, gain enrollment
The neighborhood around Georgia State University was for years a maze of boarded up storefronts, aging buildings and parking lots that emptied at the close of each day...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
South Korea bans rallies against US beef imports
South Korean police refused Sunday to allow more candlelight protests against the resumption of American beef imports, just hours after thousands of demonstrators clashed with riot police in the streets of the capital...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Models death after NYC apartment fall was suicide
The death of a fashion model who plunged from the ninth floor of a Manhattan building has been ruled a suicide...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Winehouse strikes back at Glastonbury reveler
Amy Winehouse was packing a punch at the Glastonbury music festival. After taking the stage Saturday, the troubled singer climbed down into the pit and scuffled briefly with a reveler...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Heppner trying on Siegfried in Aix-en-Provence
When tenor Ben Heppner wanted to try the grueling role of Tristan for the first time back in 1997, he chose a spot that he described as "off the beaten path."...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
SAG leader calls strike talk a distraction
The leader of the Screen Actors Guild said Sunday the union remains committed to negotiating a new deal with Hollywood producers as contract expiration looms and is not calling for a strike...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Japanese game shows coming to America
A grown man wearing a diaper is spun around until he can barely stand, then is made to try an obstacle course carrying pitchers of milk without spilling any. Another man, dressed like an insect, flings himself onto a giant-sized "windshield" with a giant-sized "splat."...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Rivals McCain and Obama court Hispanic voters
Presidential rivals John McCain and Barack Obama on Saturday sought the love of Hispanics, beginning a four-month courtship with a pivotal swing-voting constituency...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Lackey, Angels beat Dodgers 1-0
John Lackey held the Dodgers to three hits for 8 2-3 innings, Francisco Rodriguez retired James Loney with the bases loaded for the final out and the Angels beat the Dodgers 1-0 Sunday...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Ichiro goes 5-for-5 in Mariners win
Ichiro Suzuki went 5-for-5 to tie his career-high, Adrian Beltre and Jeff Clement homered and the Seattle Mariners beat Jake Peavy and the punchless San Diego Padres 9-2 on Sunday for a three-game sweep...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Aurilia drives in 5 runs in Giants 11-1 rout
Rich Aurilia homered and matched his career-high with five RBIs to help the San Francisco Giants beat the Oakland Athletics 11-1 on Sunday for their first series win in the Bay Area rivalry in two years...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Perry wins Buick Open
Kenny Perry joined a short list of multiple champions at the 50th Buick Open...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Falling pound squeezes retired British expats
Margaret Ditchburn never used to mind the prices at her favorite French-style bistro in this sun-baked seaside resort popular with retired British expatriates...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Wall Street to begin July on shaky ground
The year is nearly halfway over, and Wall Street appears to be on even shakier ground than when it began 2008. And this shortened week ahead of the Fourth of July holiday is unlikely to bring the market enough proof that the economic climate is improving...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Obama gets in works out, hair cut, hoops
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama took a break from campaigning Sunday, but still had a busy day...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
First American named to head Vatican high court
An archbishop who tussled with singer Sheryl Crow, college basketball coach Rick Majerus, and Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry over their support for abortion rights has been named as the first American to lead the Vatican supreme court...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Sri Lanka New fighting kills 43
Government troops captured a Tamil Tiger rebel-held village in war-ravaged northern Sri Lanka on Saturday while infantry clashes across the region killed 40 rebels and three soldiers, the military said...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
US checks if tomatoes caused Salmonella outbreak
As salmonella cases continue to climb, the government is checking if tainted tomatoes really are to blame for the record outbreak _ or if the problem is with another ingredient, or a warehouse that is contaminating newly harvested tomatoes...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Reports Model dies in apparent suicide dive in NY
A European Vogue cover model fell to her death from her Manhattan apartment building Saturday in an apparent suicide, published reports said...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Newspapers, reeling from slumping ads, slash jobs
Even for an industry awash in bad news, the newspaper business went through one of its most severe retrenchments in recent memory last week...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
California fire deals big blow to Big Sur tourism
Many of the rustic inns, restaurants and art galleries that dot the rugged Central Coast are nearly deserted this weekend at the height of the tourist season as a huge wildfire threatens Big Sur...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
California fire deals big blow to Big Sur tourism
Many of the rustic inns, restaurants and art galleries that dot the rugged Central Coast are nearly deserted this weekend at the height of the tourist season as a huge wildfire threatens Big Sur...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Calif fire deals big blow to Big Sur tourism
Many of the rustic inns, restaurants and art galleries that dot the rugged Central Coast are nearly deserted this weekend at the height of the tourist season as a huge wildfire threatens Big Sur...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
McCain, Obama court Hispanic voters
Presidential rivals John McCain and Barack Obama on Saturday vied for the support of Hispanics, beginning a four-month courtship with a pivotal voting constituency...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Cardinals tag Rogers for 5 runs to beat Tigers 8-4
Brian Barton, Skip Schumaker and Brendan Ryan each drove in two runs, leading the St. Louis Cardinals to an 8-4 win over the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday night. Braden Looper (9-5) gave up four runs on three homers in six-plus innings...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Candace Parker wins college athlete of year award
Candace Parker threw down a dunk on one coast and picked up an honor on the other...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Imus faces new questions over on-air race remarks
Don Imus is finding himself in a familiar position on his morning radio broadcast: facing questions over what he meant by on-air remarks about race...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
McCain, Obama court Hispanic voters
Presidential rivals John McCain and Barack Obama on Saturday vied for the support of Hispanics, beginning a four-month courtship with a pivotal voting constituency...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Johnson, Braves avoid 3-game sweep against Brewers
Kelly Johnson drove in three runs to back Jorge Campillo, and the banged-up Atlanta Braves rallied to beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-2 Wednesday and avoid getting swept in the three-game series...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Rose, Beasley set to lead fab freshmen into NBA
Michael Beasley strolled into a hotel ballroom Wednesday, spotted the swarm of cameras surrounding his table, and jokingly asked Brandon Rush if he wanted to switch spots...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Cher harassed at Nashville club, man is arrested
A Nashville man has been charged with disorderly conduct and public intoxication after he repeatedly harassed Cher at the famed honky-tonk Tootsies Orchid Lounge...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Fresno States big outburst forces Game 3 in CWS
Fresno State kept its amazing postseason run alive Tuesday night thanks to an offensive performance that was nothing short of, well, amazing...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Heat take Kansas States Beasley with No. 2 pick
Michael Beasley left his workout with the Miami Heat last week, telling confidants that he wanted to begin his NBA career learning from Pat Riley...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Bulls select Rose with No. 1 pick in NBA draft
The Chicago Bulls selected Derrick Rose with the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft Thursday night, choosing the Memphis guard over Kansas State forward Michael Beasley...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Bulls take Rose with No. 1 pick in NBA draft
The Chicago Bulls selected Derrick Rose with the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft Thursday night, choosing the Memphis guard over Kansas State forward Michael Beasley...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Mindy McCready charged with violating probation
Mindy McCready has been arrested in Tennessee and charged with violating her probation...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Perry wins Buick Open at 19-under, shot ahead of 2
Kenny Perry joined a short list of multiple champions at the 50th Buick Open...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Statler Brothers Country Hall of Fame honor tops
Brothers Harold and Don Reid of the country and gospel group the Statler Brothers are coming clean about which career award meant the most...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Statler Brothers Hall honor is tops
Brothers Harold and Don Reid of the country and gospel group the Statler Brothers are coming clean about which career award meant the most...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Timberwolves trade Mayo to Memphis for Love
The Minnesota Timberwolves have traded No. 3 pick O.J. Mayo to the Memphis Grizzlies for Kevin Love in an eight-player, late-night blockbuster long after the NBA draft concluded...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Zimbabwes Mugabe promises talks with opposition
President Robert Mugabe says he promises "serious talks" with the opposition...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Researchers recreate pre-Columbian sounds
Scientists were fascinated by the ghostly find: a human skeleton buried in an Aztec temple with a clay, skull-shaped whistle in each bony hand...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Ballmer and Gates bid farewell with tears
On his final full day at Microsoft Corp., Bill Gates went on stage to reminisce with his longtime friend Steve Ballmer, and neither man could hold back tears as Ballmer handed Gates a large scrapbook as a farewell present...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
UN official Afghan civilian deaths up 60 percent
A senior U.N. official says the number of civilians killed in fighting in Afghanistan has soared by nearly two-thirds...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
G-8 protestors clash with police in Tokyo
Protesters clashed with police in Tokyo Sunday during demonstrations against an upcoming summit of leaders from the Group of Eight industrialized nations...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Protests over shrine continue in Kashmir
Tens of thousands of demonstrators paralyzed cities in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Saturday with protests against what they charge is a government plan to build Hindu settlements to change the religious balance in the Muslim-majority region...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Kashmir paralyzed by anti-Hindu protests
Tens of thousands of demonstrators paralyzed cities in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Saturday with protests against what they charge is a government plan to build Hindu settlements to change the religious balance in the Muslim-majority region...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Shipping woes cut Chinese fireworks exports
Chen Tiezhong will likely spend the Fourth of July worrying about the future of his sprawling fireworks factory. China, where fireworks were invented, is running short of ports from which to ship the dangerous cargoes abroad...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Gay activists march in Indias gay pride parade
Men wore sparkling saris, women wore rainbow boas and hundreds of people chanted for gay rights in three Indian cities Sunday in the largest display of gay pride in the deeply conservative country where homosexual acts are illegal...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Pakistan presses on with offensive vs. militants
Pakistani paramilitary forces destroyed a handful of militant centers and uncovered alleged torture cells as they pressed ahead Sunday with an offensive against extremists near the Afghan border, officials said...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Bays home run gives Pirates victory
Jason Bay homered with two outs in the 13th inning to give the Pittsburgh Pirates a 4-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday night...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Reports Model dies in apparent NYC suicide dive
A European Vogue cover model fell to her death from her Manhattan apartment building Saturday in an apparent suicide, published reports said...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Reports Model dies in apparent suicide dive in NY
A European Vogue cover model fell to her death from her Manhattan apartment building Saturday in an apparent suicide, published reports said...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Award-winning pianist Leonard Pennario dies at 83
Leonard Pennario, a Grammy-winning pianist and best-selling classical recording artist, has died. He was 83...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Newcomers revive mens fashion in Paris
A trio of newcomers breathed new life into Paris menswear on Friday, with displays that ran the gamut from sober minimalism to Gothic excess...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Rivals McCain and Obama court Hispanic voters
Presidential rivals John McCain and Barack Obama on Saturday sought the love of Hispanics, beginning a four-month courtship with a pivotal swing-voting constituency...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Rivals McCain and Obama court Hispanics voters
Presidential rivals John McCain and Barack Obama seek the love of Hispanic voters, beginning a courtship with a pivotal constituency that will span the next four months...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Silva breaks nine-game losing streak
Carlos Silva won for the first time in 13 starts spanning nearly 2 1/2 months and the Seattle Mariners beat former teammate Cha Seung Baek and the San Diego Padres 4-2 on Saturday night...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Stimulus payments send after-tax incomes soaring
Millions of economic stimulus payments sent after-tax incomes surging in May by the largest amount since a similar recession-fighting effort by Gerald Ford 33 years ago...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Who are those oil speculators, anyway? Maybe you
All those speculators getting the blame for driving up the price of oil these days _ just who are they? For part of the answer, look in the mirror...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Wall Street extends losses in volatile week
Wall Street has suffered another big loss, with the Dow Jones industrials falling more than 100 points amid worries about high oil prices and further fallout from the credit crisis...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Sri Lanka New fighting kills 43
Government troops captured a Tamil Tiger rebel-held village in war-ravaged northern Sri Lanka on Saturday while infantry clashes across the region killed 40 rebels and three soldiers, the military said...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
US checks if tomatoes caused Salmonella outbreak
As salmonella cases continue to climb, the government is checking if tainted tomatoes really are to blame for the record outbreak _ or if the problem is with another ingredient, or a warehouse that is contaminating newly harvested tomatoes...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
McCain, Obama court Hispanic voters
Presidential rivals John McCain and Barack Obama on Saturday vied for the support of Hispanics, beginning a four-month courtship with a pivotal voting constituency...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
McCain, Obama court Hispanic voters
Presidential rivals John McCain and Barack Obama on Saturday vied for the support of Hispanics, beginning a four-month courtship with a pivotal voting constituency...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
California fire deals big blow to Big Sur tourism
Many of the rustic inns, restaurants and art galleries that dot the rugged Central Coast are nearly deserted this weekend at the height of the tourist season as a huge wildfire threatens Big Sur...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
California fire deals big blow to Big Sur tourism
Many of the rustic inns, restaurants and art galleries that dot the rugged Central Coast are nearly deserted this weekend at the height of the tourist season as a huge wildfire threatens Big Sur...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Calif fire deals big blow to Big Sur tourism
Many of the rustic inns, restaurants and art galleries that dot the rugged Central Coast are nearly deserted this weekend at the height of the tourist season as a huge wildfire threatens Big Sur...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Berkeley tree-sitters hanging on, 18 months in
In December 2006, protesters angry about campus expansion plans clambered into the branches of a threatened oak grove at the University of California, Berkeley...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
First American named to head Vatican high court
An archbishop who tussled with singer Sheryl Crow, college basketball coach Rick Majerus, and Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry over their support for abortion rights has been named as the first American to lead the Vatican supreme court...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
As river rushes into Mo. town, residents file out
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 but ultimately doomed battle against the surging river...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
High court death penalty rulings wont end suits
For decades, the Supreme Court has declined to rule on execution methods and whether that punishment applies to child rapists. In its term ending Friday, the high court issued decisions on both, but neither solves the bitter fight over capital punishment...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Supreme Court rulings wont end lawsuits
For decades, the Supreme Court has declined to rule on execution methods and whether that punishment applies to child rapists. In its term ending Friday, the high court issued decisions on both, but neither solves the bitter fight over capital punishment...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Money ruling a remarkable womans legacy
He thinks of her every time he gazes at the painting _ a blazing orange sun she drew a few years after the tragedy. It is the only splash of color in his tiny K Street office and it gives him great joy, and a stab of sorrow...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Vandals tag 60 cars with anti-Obama messages
Vandals have spray-painted 60 city vehicles in Orlando, Fla., some with messages against Sen. Barack Obama...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Chinese investor pays $2.1M to eat with Buffett
A Chinese investment fund manager won the chance to have lunch with billionaire Warren Buffett by bidding $2.1 million in the most expensive charity auction ever held on eBay...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
SF gay pride festivities inspire wedding march
Move over Dykes on Bikes. Here come the brides _ and grooms...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
SC teen struck, killed by Six Flags coaster in Ga.
A teenager was decapitated by a roller coaster after he hopped a pair of fences and entered a restricted area Saturday at Six Flags Over Georgia, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Smoky skies threaten health in fiery California
Hundreds of lightning-sparked wildfires have turned the air of Northern California into an unhealthy stew of smoke and ash, forcing the cancellation of athletic events and other outdoor activities...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
NY, Ore. governors doing fine after surgeries
The governors of New York and Oregon are doing fine after surgeries Saturday to remove a cataract and a gall bladder, respectively...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Ark. mayor faces charges over release of dogs
An Arkansas mayor who ordered 10 Humane Society dogs let loose in a national forest is wanted on animal cruelty charges after a special judge issued an arrest warrant...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
West Point cadets practice by barking at civilians
Fresh-faced cadet candidates arrive Monday for buzz cuts, measurements for gray uniforms and a crash course in toeing the line, West Point style...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Commuter colleges go residential, gain enrollment
The neighborhood around Georgia State University was for years a maze of boarded up storefronts, aging buildings and parking lots that emptied at the close of each day...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Fla. vandals tag 60 cars with anti-Obama messages
Vandals have spray-painted 60 city vehicles in Orlando, Fla., some with messages against Sen. Barack Obama...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Lost lotuses leave revelers little to celebrate
One of the most enduring images of summer in Los Angeles has all but vanished...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Nev. plane crash kills 4, touches off wildfire
The crash of a small plane near Las Vegas has killed four people and started a fire that is threatening homes...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Mother of girl found in sea off Texas gives birth
The mother of a toddler known as "Baby Grace" after her body was found in the sea off Texas has given birth to another child...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Out-of-state crews post SC signs in wrong places
While out-of-town for business, it always helps to ask the locals for directions. Especially if that business involves putting up street signs...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Macho man is going out of fashion
As world financial markets wobble and bonuses shrink, the macho male is going out of fashion...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Troyer sex tape shut down, for now
Verne Troyer successfully shut down the distribution of a sex tape featuring the "Austin Powers" actor and a former girlfriend _ for now...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Ohio man accused of stalking teen singers
The teen sister act known as Aly & AJ continued with plans to hold a concert Friday as a man accused of stalking and threatening them appeared in court...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Researchers recreate pre-Columbian sounds
Scientists were fascinated by the ghostly find: a human skeleton buried in an Aztec temple with a clay, skull-shaped whistle in each bony hand...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Ballmer and Gates bid farewell with tears
On his final full day at Microsoft Corp., Bill Gates went on stage to reminisce with his longtime friend Steve Ballmer, and neither man could hold back tears as Ballmer handed Gates a large scrapbook as a farewell present...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Study Global warming chases plants uphill
Faced with global warming, plants are heading for the hills. A study of 171 forest species in Western Europe shows that most of them are shifting their favored locations to higher, cooler spots...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Protests over shrine continue in Kashmir
Tens of thousands of demonstrators paralyzed cities in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Saturday with protests against what they charge is a government plan to build Hindu settlements to change the religious balance in the Muslim-majority region...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Kashmir paralyzed by anti-Hindu protests
Tens of thousands of demonstrators paralyzed cities in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Saturday with protests against what they charge is a government plan to build Hindu settlements to change the religious balance in the Muslim-majority region...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Zimbabwes Mugabe promises talks with opposition
President Robert Mugabe says he promises "serious talks" with the opposition...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Vandals tag 60 cars with anti-Obama messages
Vandals have spray-painted 60 city vehicles in Orlando, Fla., some with messages against Sen. Barack Obama...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Shipping woes cut Chinese fireworks exports
Chen Tiezhong will likely spend the Fourth of July worrying about the future of his sprawling fireworks factory. China, where fireworks were invented, is running short of ports from which to ship the dangerous cargoes abroad...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Gay activists march in Indias gay pride parade
Men wore sparkling saris, women wore rainbow boas and hundreds of people chanted for gay rights in three Indian cities Sunday in the largest display of gay pride in the deeply conservative country where homosexual acts are illegal...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Pakistan presses on with offensive vs. militants
Pakistani paramilitary forces destroyed a handful of militant centers and uncovered alleged torture cells as they pressed ahead Sunday with an offensive against extremists near the Afghan border, officials said...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
UN official Afghan civilian deaths up 60 percent
A senior U.N. official says the number of civilians killed in fighting in Afghanistan has soared by nearly two-thirds...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
G-8 protestors clash with police in Tokyo
Protesters clashed with police in Tokyo Sunday during demonstrations against an upcoming summit of leaders from the Group of Eight industrialized nations...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Award-winning pianist Leonard Pennario dies at 83
Leonard Pennario, a Grammy-winning pianist and best-selling classical recording artist, has died. He was 83...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Newcomers revive mens fashion in Paris
A trio of newcomers breathed new life into Paris menswear on Friday, with displays that ran the gamut from sober minimalism to Gothic excess...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
West Point cadets practice by barking at civilians
Fresh-faced cadet candidates arrive Monday for buzz cuts, measurements for gray uniforms and a crash course in toeing the line, West Point style...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Commuter colleges go residential, gain enrollment
The neighborhood around Georgia State University was for years a maze of boarded up storefronts, aging buildings and parking lots that emptied at the close of each day...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Fla. vandals tag 60 cars with anti-Obama messages
Vandals have spray-painted 60 city vehicles in Orlando, Fla., some with messages against Sen. Barack Obama...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Silva breaks nine-game losing streak
Carlos Silva won for the first time in 13 starts spanning nearly 2 1/2 months and the Seattle Mariners beat former teammate Cha Seung Baek and the San Diego Padres 4-2 on Saturday night...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Bays home run gives Pirates victory
Jason Bay homered with two outs in the 13th inning to give the Pittsburgh Pirates a 4-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday night...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Reports Model dies in apparent NYC suicide dive
A European Vogue cover model fell to her death from her Manhattan apartment building Saturday in an apparent suicide, published reports said...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Reports Model dies in apparent suicide dive in NY
A European Vogue cover model fell to her death from her Manhattan apartment building Saturday in an apparent suicide, published reports said...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Who are those oil speculators, anyway? Maybe you
All those speculators getting the blame for driving up the price of oil these days _ just who are they? For part of the answer, look in the mirror...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Wall Street extends losses in volatile week
Wall Street has suffered another big loss, with the Dow Jones industrials falling more than 100 points amid worries about high oil prices and further fallout from the credit crisis...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Rivals McCain and Obama court Hispanic voters
Presidential rivals John McCain and Barack Obama on Saturday sought the love of Hispanics, beginning a four-month courtship with a pivotal swing-voting constituency...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Rivals McCain and Obama court Hispanics voters
Presidential rivals John McCain and Barack Obama seek the love of Hispanic voters, beginning a courtship with a pivotal constituency that will span the next four months...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Calif fire deals big blow to Big Sur tourism
Many of the rustic inns, restaurants and art galleries that dot the rugged Central Coast are nearly deserted this weekend at the height of the tourist season as a huge wildfire threatens Big Sur...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
McCain, Obama court Hispanic voters
Presidential rivals John McCain and Barack Obama on Saturday vied for the support of Hispanics, beginning a four-month courtship with a pivotal voting constituency...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Berkeley tree-sitters hanging on, 18 months in
In December 2006, protesters angry about campus expansion plans clambered into the branches of a threatened oak grove at the University of California, Berkeley...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Stimulus payments send after-tax incomes soaring
Millions of economic stimulus payments sent after-tax incomes surging in May by the largest amount since a similar recession-fighting effort by Gerald Ford 33 years ago...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
California fire deals big blow to Big Sur tourism
Many of the rustic inns, restaurants and art galleries that dot the rugged Central Coast are nearly deserted this weekend at the height of the tourist season as a huge wildfire threatens Big Sur...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Sri Lanka New fighting kills 43
Government troops captured a Tamil Tiger rebel-held village in war-ravaged northern Sri Lanka on Saturday while infantry clashes across the region killed 40 rebels and three soldiers, the military said...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
First American named to head Vatican high court
An archbishop who tussled with singer Sheryl Crow, college basketball coach Rick Majerus, and Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry over their support for abortion rights has been named as the first American to lead the Vatican supreme court...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
US checks if tomatoes caused Salmonella outbreak
As salmonella cases continue to climb, the government is checking if tainted tomatoes really are to blame for the record outbreak _ or if the problem is with another ingredient, or a warehouse that is contaminating newly harvested tomatoes...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Imus faces new questions over on-air race remarks
Don Imus is finding himself in a familiar position on his morning radio broadcast: facing questions over what he meant by on-air remarks about race...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
McCain, Obama court Hispanic voters
Presidential rivals John McCain and Barack Obama on Saturday vied for the support of Hispanics, beginning a four-month courtship with a pivotal voting constituency...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
California fire deals big blow to Big Sur tourism
Many of the rustic inns, restaurants and art galleries that dot the rugged Central Coast are nearly deserted this weekend at the height of the tourist season as a huge wildfire threatens Big Sur...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Rose, Beasley set to lead fab freshmen into NBA
Michael Beasley strolled into a hotel ballroom Wednesday, spotted the swarm of cameras surrounding his table, and jokingly asked Brandon Rush if he wanted to switch spots...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Cher harassed at Nashville club, man is arrested
A Nashville man has been charged with disorderly conduct and public intoxication after he repeatedly harassed Cher at the famed honky-tonk Tootsies Orchid Lounge...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Fresno States big outburst forces Game 3 in CWS
Fresno State kept its amazing postseason run alive Tuesday night thanks to an offensive performance that was nothing short of, well, amazing...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Cardinals tag Rogers for 5 runs to beat Tigers 8-4
Brian Barton, Skip Schumaker and Brendan Ryan each drove in two runs, leading the St. Louis Cardinals to an 8-4 win over the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday night. Braden Looper (9-5) gave up four runs on three homers in six-plus innings...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Candace Parker wins college athlete of year award
Candace Parker threw down a dunk on one coast and picked up an honor on the other...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Bulls take Rose with No. 1 pick in NBA draft
The Chicago Bulls selected Derrick Rose with the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft Thursday night, choosing the Memphis guard over Kansas State forward Michael Beasley...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Mindy McCready charged with violating probation
Mindy McCready has been arrested in Tennessee and charged with violating her probation...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Johnson, Braves avoid 3-game sweep against Brewers
Kelly Johnson drove in three runs to back Jorge Campillo, and the banged-up Atlanta Braves rallied to beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-2 Wednesday and avoid getting swept in the three-game series...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Statler Brothers Country Hall of Fame honor tops
Brothers Harold and Don Reid of the country and gospel group the Statler Brothers are coming clean about which career award meant the most...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Statler Brothers Hall honor is tops
Brothers Harold and Don Reid of the country and gospel group the Statler Brothers are coming clean about which career award meant the most...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Timberwolves trade Mayo to Memphis for Love
The Minnesota Timberwolves have traded No. 3 pick O.J. Mayo to the Memphis Grizzlies for Kevin Love in an eight-player, late-night blockbuster long after the NBA draft concluded...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Heat take Kansas States Beasley with No. 2 pick
Michael Beasley left his workout with the Miami Heat last week, telling confidants that he wanted to begin his NBA career learning from Pat Riley...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Bulls select Rose with No. 1 pick in NBA draft
The Chicago Bulls selected Derrick Rose with the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft Thursday night, choosing the Memphis guard over Kansas State forward Michael Beasley...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Live - West Indies v Australia scorecard
Australia take on West Indies in the third one-day international in Grenada...
BBC News - June 29, 2008
Kashmiri Muslims protest over Hindu shrine plans
Thousands of Muslims angry over plans to expand a Hindu shrine clashed with police in Kashmir on Friday in some of the largest protests in two decades against Indian rule...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Israel reopens Gaza border crossings
Israel reopened its border crossings with the Gaza Strip on Sunday to allow a trickle of goods into the territory, putting a rocky cease-fire back on course after Palestinian rocket attacks last week led to a closure of the passages...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Ballmer and Gates bid farewell with tears
On his final full day at Microsoft Corp., Bill Gates went on stage to reminisce with his longtime friend Steve Ballmer, and neither man could hold back tears as Ballmer handed Gates a large scrapbook as a farewell present...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
Pakistani forces take control of area in Khyber
Paramilitary troops returned Sunday to posts they had been forced to abandon and Pakistani forces widened their offensive against militants operating in a volatile tribal area along the Afghan border, an official said...
Southern Ledger - June 29, 2008
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