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- Palin employees ordered to answer questions about their boss
Washington DC News.Net
Aides to Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin have been told to answer questions which will be put by a legislative inquiry into abuse-of-power allegations.
- Obama once again takes the lead
Washington DC News.Net
The Obama-Biden ticket has taken the lead again in the US presidential running.
- Thai senior minister resigns after police clash with demonstrators
Washington DC News.Net
A senior government minister in Thailand has resigned after violent clashes between police and protesters.
- Market bombs hit innocent Somali shoppers
Washington DC News.Net
Witnesses to a market bombing in Mogadishu have said at least 15 people were killed after shells were fired.
- Lecter-like cannibal charges see man in court
Washington DC News.Net
According to The Telegraph, a man who won an award in the UK which named him “Mr. Gay,” is now on trial for reportedly killing a man and eating parts of his body flesh.
- Palin causes Obama campaign to respond to attacks
Washington DC News.Net
John McCain's links to a financial scandal have been robustly pointed to by Democratic rival, Barack Obama.
- Remote village earthquakes kill many
Washington DC News.Net
Rescuers are gathering in a remote mountain village close to Kyrgyzstan's border with China searching for survivors of a powerful earthquake.
- Mumbai police arrest e-mail terror suspects
Washington DC News.Net
In India, Mumbai Police have made a major breakthrough in finding the authors of terror emails sent by the Indian Mujahideen prior to the Ahmedabad and New Delhi serial bombings in July.
- Suicide bomber targets opposition parliamentarian in Pakistan
Washington DC News.Net
A suicide bomber has attacked a parliamentary legislator in eastern Pakistan, as part of a string of attacks on local lawmakers.
- Obama and McCain present conflicting views on Iraq
Washington DC News.Net
Presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain have presented conflicting visions of how they plan to shrink American military presence in Iraq.
- John McCain regarded as cavalier air force pilot
Washington DC News.Net
Though Republican presidential candidate John McCain has used his war hero status to push his political ambitions, fresh evidence has surfaced that the ex-navy pilot was actually accident prone.
- Currency markets in turmoil as global stocks plunge
Washington DC News.Net
Foreign exchange markets are experiencing violent gyrations Monday amidst global markets turmoil.
- Australia says Afghanistan may be neglected in US economic debacle
Washington DC News.Net
Australia’s defence minister, Joel Fitzgibbon, has raised some concerns that the war in Afghanistan may be neglected by the US administration.
- Sri Lankan bomber finds his mark
Washington DC News.Net
At least 25 people, including a television journalist and two key members of the main opposition United National Party, have been killed in a suspected suicide bombing in Sri Lanka.
- 30 hurt as Qantas jet hits turbulence
The Independent
Over 30 people were injured, some with broken bones and lacerations, when a Qantas passenger jet flying from Singapore to Perth struck turbulence today and had to make an emergency landing at a...
- Mortars kill 15 more in Mogadishu, 50 NGOs appeal
Reuters
Mortar attacks in Somalia's capital killed 15 more people on Monday and 50 aid agencies appealed against "horrendous" violence as Islamist insurgents...
- Free flu vaccine for everyone
Jerusalem Post
Israelis are used to getting their annual influenza vaccinations right after Succot, but as 5768 was a leap year with an extra month, the timing is now off - and the health funds have already begun...
- N.J. man seriously wounded in road rage incident
Philadelphia Daily News
Timko, 41, of Glendora, Camden County, was critically wounded Sunday night when another driver became so enraged that he leveled a .40-caliber gun from the window of his vehicle and shot Timko in the...
- No role in City Hall soap for Nutter
Philadelphia Daily News
W. Wilson Goode Jr.'s $90,000-a-year legislative aide and sometime vacation companion Latrice Bryant tried to shield herself from cameras in City Council chambers by holding up messages...
- Round 2 in Obama-McCain debate
Philadelphia Daily News
Tonight, a presidential campaign increasingly dominated by character attacks collides with a debate format meant to produce serious discussion of kitchen-table issues.
- Egyptian finance minister wins key IMF policy post
Reuters
For the first time a finance minister from an emerging economy will chair the IMF's policy-steering committee, marking a historic shift from years of...
- Asian markets mixed after Australia
New York Post
Asian markets showed signs of life Tuesday as investors cheered a big interest rate cut by the Australian central bank aimed at alleviating the unfolding global credit...
- Rushing to register to vote at the deadline
Philadelphia Daily News
Dowling said between people sprinting toward the deadline, the armfuls that get-out-the-vote groups were delivering, and the bales of applications coming in the mail, he wouldn't be surprised if...
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