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Let the Games begin
Myanmar News.Net
The long-awaited and somewhat controversial Beijing Olympics officially open Friday.
Bush annoys Chinese with human rights speech
Myanmar News.Net
China has hit back at US President George Bush for his criticism of Chinese religious and human rights.
Musharraf faces impeachment bid
BBC
Pakistan's ruling coalition parties say they will begin impeachment proceedings against President Pervez Musharraf. Party leaders Asif Ali Zardari and Nawaz Sharif made the announcement after...
Obama and McCain stir each other on economic matters
Myanmar News.Net
White House hopeful John McCain has suggested what he calls a "policy surge" to balance the teetering US economy.
UN feud stirred up by Russia and Britain
Myanmar News.Net
Russia and Britain are feuding over a Security Council debate on last March's rioting in a Serb-populated part of Kosovo.
Political positions revealed in Zimbabwe talks
Myanmar News.Net
The governing ZANU-PF party in Zimbabwe and the opposition MDC party have called on their supporters to stop political violence.
Karadzic wants US diplomats to testify under oath
Myanmar News.Net
Radovan Karadzic has demanded the UN war crimes court order former US diplomat Richard Holbrooke to give evidence about an alleged secret deal.
New FBI assessment alleges scientist link with anthrax
Myanmar News.Net
A new FBI assessment alleges that Dr Bruce Ivins, a US scientist who killed himself last week, was the sole person responsible for the deadly anthrax letter attacks in 2001.
Osama driver sentenced to five years
The Australian
A MILITARY jury today sentenced terrorist chief Osama bin Laden's ex-driver, Salim Hamdan, to 66 months in prison, far less than the 30 years prosecutors sought.
Olmert agrees to release more Palestinian prisoners
Myanmar News.Net
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has agreed to the release of 120 to 150 Palestinian prisoners later this month.
Israel builds military stocks to defeat Iran
Myanmar News.Net
Israel appears to be building its strike capability against Iran.
Buckingham Palace refutes prostate cancer claims
Myanmar News.Net
A newspaper report from London that the Duke of Edinburgh had been diagnosed with prostate cancer has been denied by Buckingham Palace.
Senior Islamic Party official assassinated in Iraq
Myanmar News.Net
A senior figure of Iraq's Islamic Party was shot in an apparent assassination in the northern province of Mosul, a party spokesman said...
Armchair astronomer finds
CNN
... astronomy at the University of Alabama and a Galaxy Zoo team member. "There was a time when I spoke pejoratively of armchair astronomers. And I've gotten up at a star party and publicly...
Couple save girls from house blaze
The Herald
A mother passed her three children out of a first-floor window into the arms of their father to escape flames engulfing their home yesterday. Paul Hicks, 28, Cyndi Rostigina, 26, and their daughters...
Pilot crashes near city he once bombed
The Herald
James Woodward A decorated Luftwaffe pilot who carried out 120 bombing raids on England has escaped unharmed after a plane crash near the city he once tried to destroy. Willi Schludecker, 88...
Floods displace 40,000 people
The Australian
Seasonal heavy rains in Northern Bahr el-Ghazal state caused the Kuom river to overflow in the town of Aweil, making 39,000 people homeless in the region, officials said. "This is an area of...
Brett Favre joins Jets after trade from Packers
New York Post
Off the couch and out of the cold, Brett Favre is slipping on a new jersey. Favre's summertime soap opera ended Wednesday night when the Green Bay Packers traded their iconic...
Man held in Fla. on charge of threatening Obama
New York Post
A man who authorities said was keeping weapons and military-style gear in his hotel room and car appeared in court Thursday on charges he threatened to assassinate Democratic...
Prosecutors ask 30 years for bin Laden driver
New York Post
Salim Hamdan pleaded with a military jury on Thursday to spare him from a life in prison, saying he worked as Osama bin Laden's driver because he needed a job....
EU crop yields expected to do well
IOL
Brussels - Europe's main crop yields will be above average this year thanks to good weather and an increase in the planted area farmed, the European Commission predicted on Thursday. The total...
U.S. holding Iraqi prisoners in crates
CNN
U.S. military calls wooden crates "segregation boxes" for violent detainees Segregation boxes vary in size, can be smaller than a phone booth Human rights advocates say little is known...
McCain slams Obama over drilling off coasts
Reuters
Republican presidential candidate John McCain poured scorn on his Democratic rival Barack Obama on Thursday for failing to match his commitment to drilling off U.S. coasts for...

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