GulfNews
Hurricane Bill Gathers Force Over AtlanticWall Street JournalThe first hurricane of the season gathered force far out over the Atlantic Ocean and appeared headed on a track that could take it near Bermuda by this weekend. The strengthening of Hurricane Bill, along with the arrival of rapidly …Bill could be major hurricane, edges closer to [...]
Newsweek
Afghanistan Hit by Attacks Ahead of ElectionNew York TimesKABUL, Afghanistan — An apparent suicide car bombing and two explosions rocked Kabul on Tuesday, and a suicide bomber killed three soldiers in the south of the country in what seemed further indications of …Deadly attacks rock Kabul pre-voteAFPKabul hit ahead of Afghan pollAljazeera.netTaliban attacks Nato, police [...]
Telegraph.co.uk
Health-care option: The 'Cooperative' approachNew York Daily NewsDo you think non-profit insurance co-ops are a better alternative to a public option? Yes, the less the government is involved the better. No, it just sounds more complicated than it needs to be. I think health care should be left alone …Obama's healthcare trade-offLos Angeles TimesAlternate Plan [...]
Telegraph.co.uk
Russia Says It Holds Hijackers of Cargo ShipNew York TimesMOSCOW — Unraveling a maritime mystery, the Defense Ministry said Tuesday that Russian forces had rescued the crew and arrested eight hijackers who commandeered a cargo ship which seemed to vanish without trace off Portugal last …Cargo ship 'was hijacked by pirates'CNN InternationalRussian navy arrests eight [...]
Washington Post
Bomber 'will die a convicted man'BBC NewsIt is not just the fate of the man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing that is in the hands of the Scottish justice secretary. It is a curiosity of devolution that Kenny MacAskill is also in a position to decide whether or not to …Lockerbie Convict Can Drop [...]
USA Today
Nation Digest: Tropical Storm Claudette Threatens Florida CoastWashington PostBrewing in the Gulf of Mexico, Tropical Storm Claudette was bringing heavy rain to the Florida Panhandle on Sunday, and was likely to become the first tropical storm to strike the US mainland this year. Claudette had winds of at least 50 mph but was …Claudette [...]
BBC News
TOPWRAP 1-Japan emerges from recession; markets wary on recoveryReutersTOKYO, Aug 17 (Reuters) – Japan's economy emerged from its longest recession in at least 60 years in the second quarter, but souring sentiment among US consumers highlighted the fragile nature of the global …Japan pulls out of recession, but outlook shakyWashington PostJapan Emerges From Recession; [...]
Los Angeles Times
Foreign affairs will share spotlight with health reform this weekCNN International(CNN) — Health care remains, without a doubt, President Obama's top priority, though the week ahead will bring more of a public focus on international and security issues. One key dynamic to keep an eye on is the reaction among leading House Democrats [...]
Straits Times
Report: Kim Jong Il meets Hyundai officialCNN International(CNN) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Il met with Hyundai's chairwoman, who had come from South Korea seeking the release of an employee detained since March, South Korean media reported. Hyundai Group Chairwoman Hyun Jeong-eun arrives at the customs …S Korea's Hyundai Chief arrives back homeXinhuaQ+A: [...]
Newsday
Tentative deal in Bay Area rail talksBoston GlobeAP / August 17, 2009 OAKLAND, Calif. – A tentative agreement was reached last night in a labor dispute that threatened a crippling commuter train strike in San Francisco, officials said. Union and Bay Area Rapid Transit officials negotiated through the …BART strike averted, tentative deal reachedSan Francisco [...]
MiamiHerald.com
Full text of Obama's Colorado healthcare town hallLos Angeles TimesSo why not relax with a little reading of hard-hitting healthcare yada-yada courtesy of President Obama in Colorado this afternoon. After devoting an entire morning to visiting vast Yellowstone National Park with his wife, the president went to Central …No 'silver bullet' to health care overhaul, [...]
Straits Times
Webb frees US prisoner in MyanmarWashington TimesBy Desikan Thirunarayanapuram (Contact) | Sunday, August 16, 2009 Virginia Sen. Jim Webb on Saturday became the first US official to meet with the reclusive military ruler of Myanmar and won the release of an American man sentenced to seven years of …Senator gains release of American jailed [...]
Times Online
Washington Post Foreign ServiceWashington PostKABUL, Aug. 15 — A suicide car bombing outside the US military headquarters in Afghanistan's capital Saturday was the most serious indication yet of the Taliban's designs to disrupt Thursday's presidential election through violence. …Why Taliban leaders prefer dead diplomatsguardian.co.ukHow did a suicide bomber get to Kabul's NATO headquarters?MiamiHerald.comKabul bombing [...]
Washington Post
Air Controller Gave No Warning in Hudson CrashNew York TimesWASHINGTON — The air traffic controller monitoring the plane that hit a helicopter over the Hudson River last Saturday did not warn its pilot about traffic ahead, including the helicopter, and at the time had “initiated …Agencies at Odds Over New York CrashWall Street JournalAlerts [...]
Washington Post
Jund Ansar Allah group was armed by Fatah operatives, Hamas claimsJerusalem PostJund Ansar Allah is one of several tiny radical Islamist groups that have popped up in the Gaza Strip in the past few years. An armed Jund Ansar Allah member stands guard while his leader Abdel-Latif Moussa, not pictured, …Gaza violence / Hamas [...]
CBC.ca
Obama in Montana, liveUSA TodaySome play-by-play from President Obama's town hall in Belgrade, Montana, a suburb of Bozeman. 3:00 pm- A little news already: Sen. Max Baucus, D-Montana, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, is speaking. Baucus and Obama have argued about how to …Obama to Make Case for Health Reform at Montana Town HallWashington [...]
Daily Nation
Clinton Ends Africa Tour, Vowing to Stay InvolvedNew York TimesSANTA MARIA, Cape Verde — After a grueling seven-nation, 11-day trip, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton wrapped up her Africa tour on Friday by reaffirming her promise to renovate American relations with the continent. …Clinton wraps up African tourBBC NewsIn Cape Verde, Clinton Lauds [...]
CTV.ca
Manson follower Lynette 'Squeaky' Fromme released from Fort Worth …Dallas Morning NewsLynette “Squeaky” Fromme walked out of a Fort Worth federal prison a free woman Friday, perhaps hoping to live out her life in anonymity. But it's unlikely that the woman who spent 34 years behind bars for …Charles Manson Follower 'Squeaky' Fromme FreedKansas City [...]
guardian.co.uk
Missing Russian Freighter Sighted off African CoastVoice of AmericaBy VOA News Reports from military and maritime officials say the Russian owned vessel that disappeared in the English Channel late last month has been sighted near Cape Verde, off the western coast of Africa. French Defense Ministry and Cape Verde …Missing ship reported off Cape Verde [...]
New York Daily News
FAA to Impose Tighter Visual Flight Rules in Hudson River CorridorWall Street JournalFederal aviation regulators are expected to tighten visual flight rules over the Hudson River between New York and New Jersey, less than a week after a fatal midair collision between a small plane and a helicopter …Mourners gather in Pa. [...]
Washington Post
Retail Sales in US Unexpectedly Declined in JulyBloombergAug. 13 (Bloomberg) — Sales at US retailers unexpectedly fell in July as a boost from the cash-for-clunkers automobile incentive program failed to overcome cuts in other spending. The 0.1 percent decrease in sales, the first drop …Even With 'Cash for Clunkers,' Retail Sales Fall in JulyNew [...]
MSN Indonesia
Exiled Myanmar groups seek constitution compromiseReutersJAKARTA (Reuters) – Exiled Myanmar pro-democracy groups said Thursday they were seeking to break the political deadlock in the country by proposing an amended version of a widely condemned constitution drafted by the ruling junta. …EU Stiffens Myanmar Sanctions, Demands Freedom for Suu KyiBloombergIn First, US Senator to Meet [...]
The Inquisitr
Homes evacuated as wildland fire near Boulder Creek growsSan Jose Mercury NewsA wildfire that began Wednesday evening, Aug. 13, 2009 in the Santa Cruz Mountains, quickly burned 1000 acres and was threatening 250 structures. BONNY DOON — About 250 homeowners this morning were still …Bonny Doon residents flee wildfireSan Francisco ChronicleWildfire Burning Out of [...]
ABC News
Few Defend CheneyWashington PostThe runaway comment magnet today is Bart Gellman's outstanding piece telling us that former Vice President Richard B. Cheney is working on a book that will express great disappointment with his former boss, President George W. Bush. …Cheney's Anti-Bush Rage Hardening Like Plaque in an ArteryNew York MagazineThe First Draft: Will [...]
guardian.co.uk
FAQ: Abdelbaset al-Megrahi releaseguardian.co.ukThe Scottish justice secretary, Kenny MacAskill, is weighing up two requests from the Libyan government for Abdelbaset al-Megrahi to be returned to Libya. One is for his transfer to a Libyan prison – he has 19 years of his 25-year minimum sentence …Opinion split over bomber releaseBBC NewsNo decision made on Lockerbie [...]