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Bolt, Jelimo light up Zurich Golden League track meet (AFP)
AFP - Jamaican sprint king Usain Bolt continued his unstoppable streak of form with a comprehensive win in the 100 metres at the Zurich Golden
Past evidence boosts concern for Greenland icesheet: scientists (AFP)
AFP - Scientists Sunday said they could no longer rule out a fast-track melting of the Greenland icesheet -- a prospect, once the preserve of ...Gustav no longer expected to reach Category 4 (Reuters)
Reuters - Hurricane Gustav was no longer expected to reach Category 4 strength before hitting the U.S. Gulf Coast, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said ...A ray of hope for Algeria's crumbling Casbah? (Reuters)
Reuters - From cutlass and canon to earthquake and flood, powerful forces have long done damage to the Algiers Casbah, fabled bastion of Barbary pirates ...Are professional music critics losing their clout? (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - As difficult as it is to use words to describe notes, an awful lot of people seem to want to ...Over 150,000 march in Mexico against crime (Reuters)
Reuters - More than 150,000 Mexicans dressed in white marched on Saturday to protest a wave of kidnappings and gruesome murders, putting pressure on President ...Iraq "surge" followed sharp internal debate: report (Reuters)
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 ...New Orleans ordered evacuated ahead of Gustav (Reuters)
Reuters - New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin ordered the city's more than 239,000 residents to evacuate on Sunday in the face of powerful Hurricane Gustav, ...European agency warns of possible Botox side effects (AFP)
AFP - Months after US authorities sounded the alarm, European officials are warning of dangerous possible side effects from the wrinkle-smoothing injection Botox, according to ...Sudanese accused of U.S. killing are extremists:lawyer (Reuters)
Reuters - Five Sudanese men accused of murdering a U.S. aid worker are religious extremists who plotted to attack foreigners at New Year's Eve gatherings, ...No pets left behind in New Orleans evacuation (Reuters)
Reuters - Authorities evacuating residents from New Orleans ahead of Hurricane Gustav are making amends with four-legged friends after thousands of pets perished in Hurricane ...Russia warns it will respond to "aggression" (Reuters)
Reuters - Russia does not want confrontation with the West but will hit back if attacked, Kremlin leader Dmitry Medvedev said on Sunday, a day ...McCain's VP pick helps fundraising, draws scorn (Reuters)
Reuters - Presidential candidate John McCain and running mate Sarah Palin spent time getting to know each other on Saturday after the Alaska governor's surprise ...Julia Roberts designs Armani T-shirt for AIDS fight (Reuters)
Reuters - Julia Roberts has returned to work with Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani to raise money for the fight against AIDS in Africa, designing ...Review: 'The House Bunny' (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - The kind of comic actor that Anna Faris represents, and the kind of unabashedly screwball comedy that she embraces, is ...Review: 'Sukiyaki Western Django' (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - An over-extended riff on a bevy of Italian spaghetti westerns (starting with Sergio Corbucci's iconic "Django," Akira Kurasawa's "Yojimbo," and ...Michigan Democrats Are Ready to Work for Obama (U.S. News & World Report)
U.S. News & World Report - DENVER--Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama's vaunted no-state-ignored ground organization during the hard-fought primaries was the key to his victory. ...Today in History - Aug. 30 (AP)
AP - Today is Saturday, Aug. 30, the 243rd day of 2008. There are 123 days left in the year. ...Documentary shows tough reality of doctors in war (Reuters)
Reuters - A new documentary on aid workers in war zones shows the tough choices, dilemmas and limits faced by doctors providing emergency care in ...Southwest China quake kills 22, hurts 126 (Reuters)
Reuters - An earthquake hit southwest China's Sichuan and Yunnan provinces on Saturday, killing 22 people and injuring about 126 as homes in rural villages ...Log in
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