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Rage boils over at town hall meetings over health careNew York Daily NewsPolice stand near protesters outside Portsmouth High School where President Barack Obama held a town hall on health care. Screaming foes of health care reform gave Democrats major migraines on Tuesday as a pair of town hall forums …Analysis: Health care debate a [...]
Times Online
Myanmar's Suu Kyi begins house arrest amid outrageThe Associated PressYANGON, Myanmar — Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi awoke at her lakeside home Wednesday to begin serving the first full day of her latest house arrest, following her globally condemned conviction that lawyers said they would promptly appeal. …Asian regrets at Suu Kyi [...]
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Rescuers find 700 alive after Taiwan mudslideReutersCISHAN, Taiwan, Aug 12 (Reuters) – About 700 people from the remote mountains of southern Taiwan have been found alive overnight after it was feared they may have been buried by mudslides, but many are still missing, an official said. …Hundreds stranded in typhoon-hit TaiwanCNN InternationalHundreds of Taiwanese [...]
Brisbane Times
Wreck of Papua New Guinea plane foundCNN(CNN) — All 13 people aboard a small plane that crashed in Papua New Guinea were killed, the airline said Wednesday. The twin-engine plane took off Tuesday from the capital, Port Moresby, for a 27-minute flight to Kokoda, a popular destination for …All 13 dead after plane plunges [...]
ABC News
Bali bombing mastermind escaped deadly police siegeguardian.co.ukThe terrorist leader Noordin Mohammad Top, now believed to have survived a bloody police raid in Java. Photograph: Ho/REUTERS A man killed in a 17-hour siege on Saturday was not Indonesia's most wanted militant, Noordin Mohammed Top, police said today. …Blow for Indonesia as militant Top eludes policeReutersHunt [...]
Telegraph.co.uk
15 m agoCops release Hudson crash 911 callsNewsdayPhoto credit: AP Photo/Seth Wenig | A diver hands up pieces of debris that were found in the Hudson River, as seen from Hoboken, NJ, Sunday, Aug. 9, 2009. Police boats on Sunday circled the wreckage of a submerged tourist helicopter as investigators …Officials Demand Tighter Control, or [...]
Xinhua
Deadly storm brings chaos across East AsiaCNN InternationalBEIJING, China (CNN) — The wrath of Typhoon Morakot has affected nearly 9 million people across four coastal China provinces, destroying thousands of homes and killing at least six people, the Chinese government said Tuesday. …Huge mudslides toppled China apartment blocksTimes Online38 dead in Taiwan flooding: officialsAFPTyphoon Morakot [...]
guardian.co.uk
Obama wants to fix `a broken' immigration system by next yearMiamiHerald.comAn immigration overhaul and commerce expansion were among goals that President Barack Obama focused on at the North American Leaders Summit. GUADALAJARA, Mexico — President Barack Obama said Monday he would pursue an immigration overhaul this year …But Immigration Action Won't Come Until 2010Washington PostDemonstrators [...]
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Riot at crowded Calif. prison as budget cuts loomThe Associated PressSANTA ANA, Calif. — Inmates at an overcrowded California prison tore doors from their hinges and broke off toilets and sinks in a four-hour riot that injured 175 people, and many fear the crowding that may have helped escalate the brawl will only get …The [...]
Sydney Morning Herald
Hillary Clinton: I am Secretary of State, not BillTimes OnlineThey may be hailed as 'Team Clinton' for their international humanitarian efforts, but there was no mistaking who is the official top diplomat in the Clinton household when Hillary reacted angrily to a question about her husband Bill yesterday. …Question riles Clinton; translation might [...]
Times Online
NTSB: Seven Bodies Pulled From Collision Site In HudsonNY1The National Transportation Safety Board says seven of the nine victims involved in Saturday's air collision over the Hudson River have been recovered. All nine are presumed to have died when a small plane and a helicopter collided around noon Saturday …7 bodies pulled from Hudson [...]
BBC News
Trade, security focus at "Three amigos" summitReutersGUADALAJARA, Mexico, Aug 9 (Reuters) – Leaders of the United States, Mexico and Canada — also known as "the three amigos" — begin a summit on Sunday in Mexico to talk about simmering trade issues and the threat …Obama in Mexico to Attend North American Leaders' SummitWashington PostObama [...]
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Pakistani Taliban's leader 'ill'BBC NewsThe Pakistani Taliban's leader Baitullah Mehsud is gravely ill, his top aide has told the BBC. Maulan Nur Syed denied this was linked in any way to claims Baitullah Mehsud was killed in a US missile strike on Wednesday in a remote tribal area. …A Taliban TakedownWall Street JournalTaleban in turmoil [...]
Globe and Mail
A Million in China Evacuate Ahead of TyphoonNew York TimesBEIJING — Typhoon Morakot slammed into the east coast of China on Sunday, packing winds up to 111 miles an hour, destroying hundreds of homes and forcing one million people to flee. The Hotel Chin Shuai lay collapsed in floodwater …China's east coast battered [...]
USA Today
Sotomayor now has to learn how-tos of the high courtDetroit Free PressBY MARK SHERMAN • AP • August 9, 2009 WASHINGTON — Sonia Sotomayor has gained admission to the Marble Palace. Now she has to figure out how the Supreme Court works. After 17 years as a federal judge, Sotomayor knows her way around [...]
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Sotomayor sworn as first Hispanic on Supreme CourtWashington PostWASHINGTON (Reuters) – Judge Sonia Sotomayor was sworn in on Saturday as the first Hispanic associate justice on the US Supreme Court. With her left hand on a Bible held by her mother, Sotomayor swore to "administer justice without respect to persons …Bronx's Sonia Sotomayor officially sworn [...]
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Helicopter Hits Small Plane Near New YorkNew York TimesBy REUTERS NEW YORK (Reuters) – A tour helicopter collided with a small plane and both crashed outside Hoboken, New Jersey, sending debris falling into the Hudson River, police reported on Saturday. There was no immediate report on casualties. …Helicopter, Small Plane Collide Above New York's Hudson [...]
Globe and Mail
Miliband concern over Iran trialBBC NewsIran's decision to put a senior British embassy worker on trial "brings further discredit on the Iranian regime", Foreign Secretary David Miliband said. Iranian Hossein Rassam is accused of spying and inciting unrest over President Mahmoud …Accused Spies Offer Apologies at Iran TrialNew York TimesEmbassy worker 'admits inciting [...]
Badgers love 'Clunkers' cashCapital TimesThe experts continue to debate the pros and cons of the "Cash for Clunkers" rebate program, but Wisconsin car buyers have already given it a big thumbs-up. Wisconsin is 10th in the amount of cash requested from the program based on figures from the US …Auto salvage yards mixed on Cash [...]
guardian.co.uk
Fighting erupts between Taliban rivals: Pakistan ministerReutersISLAMABAD (Reuters) – The Pakistani government has received reports that shooting broke out between two rivals for the leadership of the Pakistani Taliban, the interior minister said on Saturday. "The infighting was between Wali-ur-Rehman and …Pakistan Taliban leader wounded or killed during firing: TVXinhuaReport: Taliban rivals in deadly shootoutmsnbc.comPakistan [...]
Times Online
Pakistan Taliban chief Mehsud 'dead'AFPISLAMABAD — Pakistan said Friday it believed that wanted Taliban warlord Baitullah Mehsud was killed in a US drone attack, which if confirmed would score a coup in the US-led fight against Islamist militants. The death of the notorious commander could …Analysis: impact on Afghanistan will be minimalTimes OnlineQ+A: Mehsud [...]
FOXNews
Sotomayor's swearing in to court set for SaturdayThe Associated PressWASHINGTON — When Sonia Sotomayor is sworn in Saturday to the Supreme Court, she'll be able to claim two firsts: first Hispanic justice and first high court member to have her oath-taking made available to TV cameras. …Contrasts with court transcend ethnicityChicago TribuneA Latina on Top [...]
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Police: 20 killed in bombing in northern IraqThe Associated PressBAGHDAD — An Iraqi police official says the number of people killed in a suicide car bombing near a Shiite mosque in northern Iraq has climbed to at least 20. The official says the bomb exploded as worshippers were leaving a mosque after Friday prayers [...]
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S.Lanka bourse at 14-mo high after Tamil Tiger arrestReutersCOLOMBO, Aug 7 (Reuters) – Sri Lanka's share market .CSE rose to its highest in more than 14-months on Friday before retreating to close up marginally amid a lack of foreign buying, after the arrest of the new Tamil Tiger leader the …Tamil Tiger Leader Arrested, Sri [...]
Korea Times
Kim Jong Il's 2012 Goal Aided by Clinton, South SaysBloombergAug. 7 (Bloomberg) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's surprise meeting with former US President Bill Clinton boosted his ambition to hand over power to a third generation of his family, South Korea's foreign …Journalists Entered N. Korea, Sister SaysNew York TimesClinton Saved Journalists, [...]