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Bomb attack on Pakistani police kills 11

August 27, 2008 - 10:16pm

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A car bomb blew up as a Pakistani police bus traveled across a bridge in the country's northwest on Thursday, killing 11 people, police said.

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Obama wins nomination and Clintons' support

August 27, 2008 - 8:24pm

DENVER (Reuters) - To shouts of "Yes we can," Democrats nominated Barack Obama on Wednesday as their presidential candidate in a historic first for a black American, backed by his ex-rivals Bill and Hillary Clinton.

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U.S. soldiers say they executed Iraqis on riverbank: report

August 27, 2008 - 8:14pm

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three U.S. soldiers killed four handcuffed and blindfolded Iraqi prisoners with pistol shots on the bank of a Baghdad canal last year, the New York Times reported on Wednesday.

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Russia's Medvedev looks east for support on Georgia

August 27, 2008 - 7:09pm

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev looked east on Thursday for support for Moscow's tough line over Georgia, which has inflamed relations with the West and prompted talk of a new Cold War.

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Idaho jury sentences serial child killer to death

August 27, 2008 - 6:49pm

SPOKANE, Washington (Reuters) - A federal jury in Idaho sentenced Joseph Duncan on Wednesday to death for shooting to death a 9-year-old boy in front of his younger sister after kidnapping and sexually abusing the boy.

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U.S. lesbian pioneer, 87, dies months after wedding

August 27, 2008 - 6:38pm

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Lesbian activist Del Martin died on Wednesday, just two months after marrying her partner of 55 years in one of the first legally recognized California same-sex weddings.

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Judges consider whether FBI violated free speech

August 27, 2008 - 5:12pm

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A panel of federal appeals court judges pushed a U.S. government lawyer on Wednesday to answer why FBI letters sent out to Internet service providers seeking information should remain secret.

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Germany's Merkel most powerful woman again: Forbes

August 27, 2008 - 4:05pm

NEW YORK (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel is the world's most powerful woman for the third straight year, topping Forbes magazine's 2008 list of the top 100 women based on their career, economic impact and media coverage.

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Some 70 migrants feared missing in Mediterranean

August 27, 2008 - 2:45pm

VALLETTA (Reuters) - Some 70 African migrants are feared missing in the central Mediterranean after a large rubber dinghy taking them to Europe capsized, the Malta representative of the UN refugee agency said on Wednesday.

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Corporate America taking longer to collect: study

August 27, 2008 - 1:39pm

BOSTON (Reuters) - Corporate America is having the hardest time getting its customers to pay their bills since the last U.S. recession in 2001, according to a study released on Wednesday.

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Top U.S. Marine sees shift from Iraq to Afghanistan

August 27, 2008 - 12:22pm

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. Marine officer said on Wednesday he could reduce his 25,000-strong force in the former al Qaeda stronghold of Iraq's Anbar province to reinforce military operations against a growing Taliban threat in Afghanistan.

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New Orleans considers evacuation as Gustav looms

August 27, 2008 - 12:01pm

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Three years after Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Louisiana coast, New Orleans residents on Wednesday again faced the prospect of an evacuation as Tropical Storm Gustav loomed.

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U.S. assessing possible military aid to Georgia

August 27, 2008 - 10:11am

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. military planners have begun pondering the thorny question of how Georgia's shattered armed forces might be rebuilt without provoking a Russian backlash that could risk direct confrontation with Moscow.

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U.S. soldiers say they executed Iraqis on riverbank: report

August 27, 2008 - 8:25am

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three U.S. soldiers killed four handcuffed and blindfolded Iraqi prisoners with pistol shots on the bank of a Baghdad canal last year, the New York Times reported on Wednesday.

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FDIC may borrow money from Treasury: report

August 27, 2008 - 7:23am

(Reuters) - Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (FDIC) might have to borrow money from the Treasury Department to see it through an expected wave of bank failures, the Wall Street Journal reported.

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Violence hits as Pakistani politicians jockey

August 27, 2008 - 5:26am

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Government forces killed at least 44 militants in clashes in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday, and the stock exchange took drastic action to stop steady losses stemming from increased violence and political uncertainty.

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Storm Gustav kills 23 in Caribbean, heads for Gulf

August 27, 2008 - 4:15am

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Gustav pulled away from Haiti and the Dominican Republic on Wednesday after killing 23 people and threatened to become a major hurricane aimed at New Orleans and Gulf of Mexico oil fields.

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Sudanese plane hijackers surrender in Libya

August 27, 2008 - 3:23am

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - The hijackers of a Sudanese airliner surrendered to authorities in Libya on Wednesday after releasing all the passengers and crew, Libya's aviation authority said.

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Nearly 50 Taliban killed in Afghanistan

August 27, 2008 - 3:16am

KHOST, Afghanistan (Reuters) - An air strike killed 30 Taliban in southeastern Afghanistan close to the border with Pakistan and Afghan police killed 18 more militants in the south of the country, officials said on Wednesday.

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North Korea still holds plutonium card: analysts

August 27, 2008 - 3:03am

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea's threat to restart its plant that makes arms-grade plutonium is feasible, although the task would be a daunting one, analysts said on Wednesday.

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