Archive for August, 2008

Rose and Hansen almost there as Havret clings to lead

GLENEAGLES (Reuters) - Justin Rose and Soren Hansen appeared to seal their Ryder Cup debuts with one round to go in the Johnnie Walker Championship while France’s Gregory Havret clung on to the lead for the third day in a row.

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SNP suspends firearm councillor

The SNP suspends a councillor for two months after he appeared on video firing a Kalashnikov rifle.

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Iraq “surge” followed sharp internal debate: report

NEW YORK (Reuters) - President George W. Bush’s decision to mount a troop “surge” in Iraq last year was taken against the initial recommendations of his top advisers, including his field commander, The New York Times reported in Sunday editions.

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Gulf Coast braces, flees as deadly Gustav takes aim at US (AFP)

Chief B.J. Bilbo (left) of Orleans Schools Police directs people on board an evacuation bus at Warren Easton High School in New Orleans. Killer Hurricane Gustav churned toward the US Gulf Coast where residents jammed highways on mandatory orders to evacuate New Orleans, still battered by the 2005 Hurricane Katrina catastrophe.(AFP/Matthew Hinton)AFP - More than a million people fled Louisiana as killer Hurricane Gustav on Sunday churned toward New Orleans, a fragile US coastal city still healing from the devastating 2005 Katrina storm.


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Letter: Planes, Fees and Automobiles

Letter about the article ?At Least the Airsickness Bags Are Free,? published on Aug. 17.

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Thai PM’s allies hit street as debate begins (Reuters)

Supporters of the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) gestures during clash with riot police outside the Government House in Bangkok August 29, 2008. (Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters)Reuters - More than 1,000 government supporters marched on Thailand’s parliament on Sunday as lawmakers began a special debate on street protests threatening to topple Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej.


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McCain and Palin team up as Gustav looms

ST LOUIS (Reuters) - White House hopeful John McCain and running mate Sarah Palin hit the campaign trail as a team on Saturday, seeking to build on the momentum of her surprise addition to the Republican ticket even as Hurricane Gustav threatened to overshadow next week’s party convention.

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Suicide risks studied in drugs for physical ills (AP)

Andy Briggs, son of Douglas Briggs,  is seen at his home  in Washington, Friday, Aug. 8, 2008. Briggs was a doctor coping with pain from an old back injury. Such an ailment is a commonplace medical condition, not the kind that foreshadow a tragedy. Briggs' father, who committed suicide while taking a drug for pain relief, represents a growing number of prescription drugs on the market that have been linked to an increased risk of suicide.(AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson)AP - Cody Miller was a high school football player who was allergic to ragweed. Douglas Briggs was a doctor coping with pain from an old back injury.


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China quake kills 27, destroys 180,000 homes (AP)

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, a villager looks at a quake-flattened house in Dalongtan Township, Renhe District in Panzhihua City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2008. Saturday's 6.1-magnitude earthquake in the province has killed 27 people and destroyed at least 180,000 houses as of 6 p.m. on Sunday, according to Xinhua. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Hai Mingwei)AP - Chinese rescue teams carrying tents, quilts and sacks of rice rushed Sunday to reach survivors of an earthquake that killed at least 27 people, turned tens of thousands of homes into rubble and cracked reservoirs.


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Sexy Carmen Electra, Kim Kardashian get funny in "Disaster Movie" - New York Daily News


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Sexy Carmen Electra, Kim Kardashian get funny in "Disaster Movie"
New York Daily News -6 hours ago
BY ETHAN SACKS It may not knock down box-office records like "The Dark Knight" or generate buzz like "Indiana Jones 4," but there's no disputing "Disaster Movie" is the "hottest" movie of the summer.
'Disaster Movie' lives up to its nameWNYT
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