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  • NEW YORK TIMES

    STATE OF THE ART: NEW NIKON HOLDS A SECRET
    The Nikon D90 camera, arriving in stores next month, has the features and performance of a single-lens reflex, and can record high-definition video....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 19:15:01 EST
    OBAMA IS NOMINATED BY ACCLAMATION
    Senator Barack Obama officially became the presidential nominee of the Democratic Party, capping a meteoric rise from a first-term senator to the first African-American to win a major-party nomination....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 19:00:02 EST
    CITY ROOM: BIKE, DON’T DRIVE, CITY TELLS EMPLOYEES
    Officials said they would expand secure bicycle parking for employees at five municipal buildings in Lower Manhattan in the fall....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 18:45:03 EST
    MAN IN THE NEWS: A CONSISTENT YET ELUSIVE NOMINEE
    Even after thousands of campaign events, many Americans say they do not feel they know Senator Barack Obama....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 18:30:00 EST
    MAN IN THE NEWS: A NOMINEE OF CONSISTENCY AND MYSTERY
    Even after thousands of campaign events, many Americans say they do not feel they know Senator Barack Obama....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 18:15:00 EST
    THE CAUCUS: THE EARLY WORD: SEEKING READER REVIEWS
    Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's speech last night received solid --- even rave reviews -- from disparate corners....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 17:15:02 EST
    US OPEN: JANKOVIC SURVIVES THREE-SET SCARE
    Jelena Jankovic barely survived against Sofia Arvidsson of Sweden, 6-3, 6-7 (5), 7-5 in a 2 hour 44 minute second round match at the U.S. Open today....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 17:00:06 EST
    THE LEDE: TRACKING TROPICAL STORM GUSTAV
    Though the storm called Gustav is still days away from any landfall on the Gulf Coast, residents and officials are already on a nervous lookout for any uncomfortable resemblances to Katrina....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 16:45:27 EST
    STATE OF THE ART: NEW FROM NIKON: AN S.L.R. WITH A SECRET
    The Nikon D90 camera, arriving in stores next month, has the features and performance of a single-lens reflex, and can record high-definition video....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 16:45:15 EST
    CLINTON FREES DELEGATES, ENSURING FAST NOMINATION
    The roll call vote will precede speeches by former President Bill Clinton and the vice presidential nominee, Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 16:45:00 EST
    BITS: WHY A NEW BROWSER FROM MICROSOFT MATTERS
    IE 8 is Microsoft’s answer to the renewed browser challenge. Firefox is now a credible competitor to IE, with its share of the browser market having climbed to 19 percent....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 16:30:16 EST
    CITY ROOM: FILM ANIMATES CHINATOWN
    A new animated film, "The Year of the Fish," takes Chinatown and transforms it into a magical landscape populated by characters from a modern Cinderella tale....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 16:30:01 EST
    DOT EARTH: TRACKING TROPICAL STORM GUSTAV
    Tropical Storm Gustav could strike the Gulf Coast of the United States as a hurricane around Labor Day....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 16:00:07 EST
    ON THE CONVENTION: NEW MEDIA STREAM INTO AN OLD TRADITION
    The convention is a showcase for how the new media is mixing with — and altering — old politics, helping the party reach audiences unfiltered by the usual outlets....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 15:30:12 EST
    U.S. OPEN ’08: DAVYDENKO AND KUZNETSOVA ADVANCE
    Fifth-seeded Nikolay Davydenko of Russia dispatched Dudi Sela of Israel, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3, while third-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova defeated Sorana Cirstea to advance in the women’s bracket....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 15:30:01 EST
    DOT EARTH: LABOR DAY ARRIVAL FOR GUSTAV?
    Tropical Storm Gustav could strike the Gulf Coast of the United States as a hurricane around Labor Day....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 15:15:08 EST
    INDICTED SENATOR WINS G.O.P. PRIMARY
    Senator Ted Stevens’s victory came weeks after he was indicted for concealing gifts from an oil services company....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 14:45:00 EST
    U.S. MOVES TOWARD INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING RULES
    The S.E.C. moved to require all American companies to use international accounting standards by 2016....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 14:30:01 EST
    RUSSIA SEES NEW REALM OF CONCERN: BLACK SEA
    Russian commanders said they were growing alarmed at the number of NATO warships sailing into the Black Sea....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 14:00:01 EST
    THE LONG RUN: ONCE A CONVENTION OUTSIDER, OBAMA NAVIGATED A PATH TO THE MARQUEE
    Barack Obama’s evolution as a politician can be seen as a narrative centered on his party’s conventions....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 13:45:38 EST
    + NEW YORK TIMES

  • CNN WORLD

    IT'S OFFICIAL: OBAMA WINS NOMINATION
    Democrats nominated Barack Obama to be their candidate for president in November, making him the first African-American nominee from a major party. In a carefully staged maneuver, Obama's defeated rival Hillary Clinton called on Democrats to interrupt a roll call vote and nominate him by acclamation...
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 19:00:39 EST
    NYC'S HIV RATE 3 TIMES HIGHER THAN NATION'S
    New York City's rate of HIV infection is about three times the national rate, according to estimates released Wednesday by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 18:45:32 EST
    RECENTLY MARRIED LESBIAN ACTIVIST DIES
    Lesbian activist Del Martin, at the forefront of the battle for same-sex marriage in California, died Wednesday in San Francisco. She was 87....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 18:45:19 EST
    ACTIVIST WHO FOUGHT FOR MARRIAGE RIGHTS DIES
    Lesbian activist Del Martin, at the forefront of the battle for same-sex marriage in California, died Wednesday in San Francisco. She was 87....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 18:30:49 EST
    INDICTED SENATOR WINS ALASKA GOP PRIMARY
    Indicted U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens easily turned back challengers in Alaska's Republican primary, but the state's longtime representative, Don Young, was locked in a neck-and-neck battle with a GOP rival Wednesday....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 18:30:34 EST
    HARVARD DEAN: MCCAIN, OBAMA NEGLECT SCHOOLS
    As we enter the final months of the longest presidential campaign in American history, it seems clear that the issue of the education of our nation's children is virtually absent from John McCain and Barack Obama's rhetoric....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 18:30:15 EST
    DEMOCRATS HOLD ROLL CALL VOTE FOR NOMINATION
    Democrats have formally began the choreographed roll call process of nominating Barack Obama to be their candidate for president in November. Hillary Clinton and Obama were each formally nominated. Clinton earlier released her delegates, allowing them to vote for whomever they choose....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 18:15:23 EST
    OBAMA, CLINTON EACH GET NAMES IN NOMINATION
    Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama were formally nominated to be the Democratic Party's candidate for president at the convention today, part of an arrangement expected to lead later to Obama's selection by acclimation. Clinton earlier released her delegates, allowing them to vote for whomever they ch...
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 18:00:03 EST
    JURY: IDAHO CHILD KILLER SHOULD BE EXECUTED
    Read full story for latest details....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 17:15:28 EST
    HILLARY CLINTON RELEASES DELEGATES
    Sen. Hillary Clinton released her delegates this afternoon, allowing those who had been pledged to her to vote for whomever they choose in a roll call vote later in the day. Controversy has surrounded the role of Clinton's nearly 1,700 pledged delegates. Last month, she said allowing them to cast a...
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 17:15:14 EST
    INDIAN ARMY TRIES TO REACH FLOOD VICTIMS
    Massive flooding has killed at least 55 people in India since the Kosi River burst through an embankment more than a week ago, swallowing villages and destroying about 225,000 homes, officials and the Press Trust of India said Wednesday....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 15:45:04 EST
    BANKRUPTCY FILINGS SOAR TO 1 MILLION
    As things in the economy have gotten worse, the number of people and businesses heading to bankruptcy court has spiked....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 15:30:43 EST
    BILL CLINTON COULD BRING THE DRAMA, NOT BIDEN
    Sen. Joe Biden will make his first appearance before the Democratic National Convention as his party's vice presidential nominee Wednesday night, but the real drama of the evening may come from former President Clinton and what he says about Sen. Barack Obama....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 15:30:27 EST
    VIOLENCE WRACKS INDIA STATE AFTER HINDU SHOT
    The remote east Indian state of Orissa -- historically a tinderbox of Hindu-Christian tensions -- erupted in violence this week after gunmen killed a Hindu leader and mobs burned churches in retaliation....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 15:00:02 EST
    MCCARTNEY TO PLAY ISRAEL 43 YEARS AFTER BAN
    Some 43 years after a Beatles concert was banned by Israel, Paul McCartney has announced he'll perform there in September....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 14:45:27 EST
    SUDAN HIJACKERS SURRENDER
    Hijackers released all 87 passengers aboard a Sudanese plane Wednesday but held on to six crew members while they negotiated with Libyan officials about passage to France, Libyan state media said....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 14:45:17 EST
    IRAQI TROOPS TO TAKE CONTROL OF PROVINCE
    U.S.-led coalition troops are scheduled to hand over control of a onetime hub of the Sunni insurgency in Iraq to Iraqi forces on Monday, a senior American military official said....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 14:30:53 EST
    GUSTAV HEADS FOR CUBA, LEAVING TRAIL OF DEATH
    Tropical Storm Gustav dumped torrential rainfall over parts of Haiti early Wednesday, and forecasters warned of potentially dangerous weather for parts of Cuba, Jamaica and the Cayman Islands....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 14:30:42 EST
    INDIAN STATE ERUPTS IN VIOLENCE AFTER HINDU SHOT
    The remote east Indian state of Orissa -- historically a tinderbox of Hindu-Christian tensions -- erupted in violence this week after gunmen killed a Hindu leader and mobs burned churches in retaliation....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 14:30:30 EST
    U.S. AID ARRIVES IN TENSE GEORGIA
    A U.S. Coast Guard ship carrying humanitarian aid docked in the Georgian Black Sea port of Batumi Wednesday, as Georgia's Western allies renewed their criticism of Russia amid escalating tensions....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 14:30:20 EST
    + CNN WORLD ARCHIVE

  • REUTERS

    BRAZIL COURT DELAYS RULING ON INDIAN RIGHTS CASE
    BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's Supreme Court delayed a ruling on Wednesday over the future of an Indian reserve on the country's northern border, a case seen as one of the most important in years on indigenous rights....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 19:30:05 EST
    JUDGES CONSIDER WHETHER FBI VIOLATED FREE SPEECH
    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....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 19:15:30 EST
    HISTORIC FIRST: OBAMA NOMINATED BY DEMOCRATS
    DENVER (Reuters) - Democrats nominated Sen. Barack Obama on Wednesday as their presidential candidate in a historic first for a black American, sending him into battle against Republican John McCain....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 19:15:18 EST
    MEDVEDEV LOOKS EAST FOR SUPPORT ON GEORGIA
    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....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 19:00:56 EST
    STORM GUSTAV KILLS 23 IN CARIBBEAN, HEADS FOR GULF
    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....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 18:45:48 EST
    U.N. OFFICIAL FREED IN SOMALIA BUT MSF CLOSES CLINIC
    NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kidnappers freed the head of the U.N. refugee agency's office in Somalia on Wednesday but rising insecurity forced Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) to close a clinic in Mogadishu that provided essential health care to hundreds of women and children....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 18:15:49 EST
    GERMANY'S MERKEL MOST POWERFUL WOMAN AGAIN: FORBES
    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....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 18:15:36 EST
    ISRAELI PEACE PIONEER ABIE NATHAN DIES AT 81
    JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Abie Nathan, an Israeli peace activist who blazed trails to Egypt and the Palestinians that his country would eventually follow, died on Wednesday. He was 81....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 18:00:35 EST
    TOP U.S. MARINE SEES SHIFT FROM IRAQ TO AFGHANISTAN
    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....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 17:45:02 EST
    OBAMA SET TO BE NOMINATED AS DEMOCRATS' CANDIDATE
    DENVER (Reuters) - Barack Obama was set to be nominated on Wednesday as the Democrats' presidential candidate, a historic first for a black American, and Bill and Hillary Clinton marked their last day in the Denver spotlight....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 17:15:39 EST
    OFFICER AND CIVILIANS AMONG 11 KILLED IN KASHMIR
    JAMMU, India (Reuters) - Suspected Muslim militants who slipped across the border from Pakistan into Indian Kashmir were shot dead by security forces after they killed six people in the Hindu-majority region of Jammu on Wednesday, police said....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 17:00:53 EST
    SOME 70 MIGRANTS FEARED MISSING IN MEDITERRANEAN
    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....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 17:00:35 EST
    CORPORATE AMERICA TAKING LONGER TO COLLECT: STUDY
    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....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 15:45:27 EST
    NEW ORLEANS MULLS EVACUATION AS GUSTAV LOOMS
    NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Three years after Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Louisiana coast, New Orleans residents on Wednesday again confronted the prospect of an evacuation as Tropical Storm Gustav loomed....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 15:45:17 EST
    WOMAN GIVEN CARE AFTER 20 YEARS IN CELLAR
    HEBRON, West Bank (Reuters) - A charity in the West Bank offered shelter on Wednesday to a mentally handicapped Palestinian woman whose father had made her live for most of the past 20 years in a room under his house....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 15:00:34 EST
    TOP MARINE SEES SHIFT TO AFGHANISTAN
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. Marine officer on Wednesday said 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....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 14:45:40 EST
    RUSSIA PLANS TO RAISE NAVY PRESENCE IN SYRIA: DIPLOMAT
    DAMASCUS (Reuters) - The Russian navy will make more use of Syrian ports as part of increased military presence in the Mediterranean, a Russian diplomat said on Wednesday....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 14:15:45 EST
    THREE DRUG HITMEN DIE IN ATTACK ON MEXICAN ARMY
    MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Suspected drug hitmen attacked a group of sleeping soldiers with grenades in central Mexico, sparking a battle that killed three gunmen, a state attorney general's office said on Wednesday....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 14:15:36 EST
    BILL CLINTON'S TURN TO BOOST OBAMA
    DENVER (Reuters) - Former President Bill Clinton gets the chance on Wednesday to pick up where his wife, Hillary, left off -- provide a ringing endorsement of Democrat Barack Obama's presidential aspirations....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 14:15:26 EST
    NEW ORLEANS CONSIDERS EVACUATION AS GUSTAV LOOMS
    NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Three years after Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Louisiana coast, New Orleans residents on Wednesday again confronted the prospect of an evacuation as Tropical Storm Gustav loomed....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 14:00:52 EST
    + REUTERS ARCHIVE

  • WASHINGTON POST

    CLINTON RELEASES HER DELEGATES
    In a meeting before roll call of the states, Hillary Clinton releases convention delegates to vote for certain presidential nominee Barack Obama....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 19:15:40 EST
    CLIMATE SHIFT MAY ALTER MD. SHORE
    As temperatures continue to warm, sea-level rise could swallow 200 square miles in next century....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 16:45:52 EST
    GUSTAV TRACK POINTS TO GULF COAST
    As storm moves off Haiti, likeliest targets could be anywhere from south Texas to the Fla. panhandle....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 16:45:42 EST
    SCIENTISTS REPROGRAM ADULT CELLS
    Advance could lead to bevy of cures and sidestep political, ethical debate over embryonic stem cells....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 16:30:59 EST
    OBAMA AND BILL CLINTON SO DISTANT
    Can former president and Democratic candidate overcome hard feelings and gain from an alliance?...
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 16:30:47 EST
    BIDEN WILL LINK MCCAIN TO UNPOPULAR BUSH FOREIGN POLICIES
    ...
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 16:30:35 EST
    OBAMA, BILL CLINTON REMAIN DISTANT
    Despite similar stories, a complex relationship....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 12:30:18 EST
    UNEARTHING SECRETS IN COLOMBIA
    Forensic teams track victims "disappeared" by death squads....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 07:45:38 EST
    A BRUTAL BUDGET SEASON FOR N.VA.
    Fairfax and other counties face falling property values, rising costs and stagnant sales tax receipts....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 06:15:29 EST
    'BARACK OBAMA IS MY CANDIDATE'
    Clinton urges support, calls for party unity....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 06:15:21 EST
    CHINA'S EMISSIONS ON THE RISE
    Carbon output from the country's power plants to increase by about a third this year, report says....
    Date: 26 Aug 2008 22:15:35 EST
    AN INEQUALITY OF OUTCOMES
    COLUMN | American wages aren't rising nearly as fast as productivity. Where's all the money going?...
    Date: 26 Aug 2008 21:45:57 EST
    HACKERS TRACK ONLINE ACTS OF WAR
    As Internet assaults play a larger role in military strategy, "hacktivists" conduct digital espionage....
    Date: 26 Aug 2008 21:30:43 EST
    CRAWFORD GETS BACK TO NORMAL
    Tiny Texas town made famous by President Bush faces a future free of hordes of media, protesters....
    Date: 26 Aug 2008 20:45:42 EST
    MLB TO ALLOW INSTANT REPLAY
    Baseball's long opposition will end Thursday, when umpires can check video on home run calls....
    Date: 26 Aug 2008 19:00:36 EST
    U.S. AIRSTRIKES KILL 90, U.N. SAYS
    Evidence shows 90 Afghan civilians, most of them children, died last week, U.N. reports....
    Date: 26 Aug 2008 17:45:28 EST
    FAA: GLITCH CAUSES FLIGHT DELAYS
    Agency says computer failure hasn't interrupted communication with pilots on ground or in air....
    Date: 26 Aug 2008 17:45:17 EST
    CLINTON TO TAKE STAGE IN PRAISE OF OBAMA'S CANDIDACY
    Prime-time convention speech is expected to feature strong attacks on McCain and the Bush administration....
    Date: 26 Aug 2008 17:45:05 EST
    FED MINUTES SIGNAL RATE INCREASE
    Many economists don't believe the Fed will start to push up rates to fend off inflation until next year....
    Date: 26 Aug 2008 16:15:32 EST
    LANE ON BAY BRIDGE TO CLOSE
    Workers will take two or three weeks to strengthen the containing wall after fatal truck accident....
    Date: 26 Aug 2008 14:30:56 EST
    + WASHINGTON POST ARCHIVE

  • BBC WORLD

    GENE THERAPY 'MAY REPAIR HEARING'
    Scientists claim gene therapy has the potential to restore hearing in mice, offering hope for humans as well....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 19:45:17 EST
    OBAMA NAMED DEMOCRATS' CANDIDATE
    US Democrats name Barack Obama as presidential candidate, the first African-American to represent a major US party....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 19:45:02 EST
    MAP HIGHLIGHTS 'OBESITY HOTSPOTS'
    Shetland and parts of Wales and north England are Britain's obesity hotspots, according to a map compiled from GP records....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 19:30:45 EST
    JANKOVIC SURVIVES ARVIDSSON TEST
    World number two Jelena Jankovic reaches the US Open third round, along with Svetlana Kuznetsova and Elena Dementieva....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 19:30:35 EST
    OBAMA NOMINATED FOR THE DEMOCRATS
    US Democrats name Barack Obama as presidential candidate, the first African-American to represent a major US party....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 19:30:20 EST
    LEAKING MUSHROOM SOUP FORCES PLANE TO MAKE UNPLANNED LANDING
    A Ryanair flight was forced to land after a passenger had an allergic reaction to mushroom soup, the airline confirms....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 19:15:56 EST
    LAST-GASP KUYT PUTS LIVERPOOL THROUGH
    Liverpool scrape into the group stages of the Champions League courtesy of a 117th minute goal from Dirk Kuyt against Standard Liege....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 17:45:22 EST
    DAVYDENKO FINDS FORM TO BEAT SELA
    Fifth seed Nikolay Davydenko shrugs off his recent poor form to march into the second round of the US Open with a 6-3 6-3 6-3 victory over Dudi Sela....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 17:30:21 EST
    RUSSIA FACES FRESH CONDEMNATION
    Seven of the world's top industrialised nations deplore Russia's decision to recognise Georgia's breakaway regions....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 17:30:04 EST
    THAI PROTESTERS ORDERED ARRESTED
    Thai authorities issue arrest warrants for leaders of a two-day-old protest inside the prime minister's compound in Bangkok....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 17:15:49 EST
    AID WORKER KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN
    A Japanese aid worker abducted in Afghanistan earlier this week is found dead, Afghan officials say....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 15:45:47 EST
    MALTA FEARS 71 MIGRANTS DROWNED
    As many as 71 illegal migrants drown after their boat sinks in the Mediterranean Sea, their companions tell Maltese police....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 15:45:37 EST
    GADDAFI CHARGED OVER CLERIC KIDNAP
    Lebanon indicts Libya's leader over the disappearance of a revered Shia cleric during a visit to the country 30 years ago....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 15:30:55 EST
    OSLO TRIAL FOR BOSNIA WAR SUSPECT
    A Bosnian-born man pleads not guilty in Norway's first war crimes trial since the end of World War II....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 15:15:26 EST
    SUDAN PLANE HIJACKERS SURRENDER
    Two hijackers of a Sudanese plane surrender after flying it to Libya and releasing the passengers, officials say....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 15:00:50 EST
    MIGRANTS FEARED DROWNED OFF MALTA
    As many as 71 illegal migrants drown after their boat sinks in the Mediterranean Sea, their companions tell Maltese police....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 14:45:50 EST
    LIVE TEXT - CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
    Arsenal entertain FC Twente and Liverpool host Standard Liege for a place in the Champions League group stage....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 14:15:56 EST
    STAR ATTRACTIONS
    Clooney and Pitt charm Venice on festival's first day...
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 13:15:46 EST
    BILL CLINTON TO ADDRESS DEMOCRATS
    Former President Bill Clinton is to take to the stage at the US Democratic convention in Denver, Colorado....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 13:15:35 EST
    INDIA BEAT SRI LANKA & WIN SERIES
    Sri Lanka lose a second consecutive home one-day series for the first time in their history as India beat them by 46 runs....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 13:01:07 EST
    + BBC WORLD ARCHIVE

  • TIMES OF LONDON

    DEAFNESS BREAKTHROUGH AS DOCTOR GROWS CRITICAL CELL TYPE
    The search for new therapies for deafness has taken a significant step forward after scientists successfully grew a critical type of ear cell in mammals for the first time....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 19:45:38 EST
    COLD WAR TENSION RISES AS PUTIN TALKS OF BLACK SEA CONFRONTATION
    A new Cold War between Russia and the West grew steadily closer yesterday after the Kremlin gave a warning about “direct confrontation” between American and Russian warships in the Black Sea....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 19:45:27 EST
    BARACK OBAMA PREPARES FOR HIS FLAMBOYANT TILT AT THE WHITE HOUSE
    Barack Obama will address a crowd of up to 80,000 supporters tomorrow night at a Denver sports stadium, where he is expected to sharpen his attacks on John McCain even at the risk of being dragged down into a fist fight with his battle-hardened Republican rival....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 17:30:32 EST
    DESPERADOS WITH AVOCADOS - A SORT OF GUY RITCHIE FILM
    Imagine a voiceover. It's me, only it's not really me, because I have a voice like Bob Hoskins. And I'm saying this: “It's 7.30 on a Sunday morning and I've just been flashed by the Old Bill. This is bad news. There's a bag of guns in the boot, a bag of cash on the back seat, and I'm late...
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 16:15:06 EST
    ROBERT MUGABE PLUNGES ZIMBABWE INTO CRISIS WITH PLAN TO IGNORE MDC
    Robert Mugabe today plunged Zimbabwe into a new crisis by announcing he is to form a government without the opposition....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 15:15:44 EST
    RUSSIAN-BACKED PARAMILITARIES 'ETHNICALLY CLEANSING VILLAGES'
    Russian-backed paramilitaries are ethnically cleansing villages on Georgian soil, refugees and officials told The Times today....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 15:15:35 EST
    JOE BIDEN BACKED BY NEIL KINNOCK - 20 YEARS AFTER SPEECH WAS PLAGIARISED
    When Joe Biden takes the stage in Denver today to tell America why he should be vice-president, his speech will steer clear of echoing any Welsh lyricism from Neil Kinnock, whom he plagiarised infamously 20 years ago....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 12:45:54 EST
    GRANT WILKINSON GUILTY OF RUNNING ONE OF UK'S BIGGEST EVER GUN FACTORIES
    Britain's most deadly gun maker was found guilty today of converting replica submachine guns into the weapons used in some of the most notorious crimes of recent years....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 12:45:44 EST
    DEVOUT MUSLIM GUILTY OF MAKING BOYS BEAT THEMSELVES DURING SHIA CEREMONY
    A devout Muslim was found guilty of child cruelty today after forcing two boys to beat themselves during a Shia Muslim religious ceremony....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 12:45:36 EST
    DAVID MILIBAND WARNS RUSSIA NOT TO START NEW COLD WAR
    David Miliband warned President Medvedev of Russia today that he had had a "big responsibility" not to start a new Cold War....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 10:15:56 EST
    MILLIONAIRE CHRISTOPHER FOSTER MISSING WITH FAMILY IN ARSON MYSTERY
    A millionaire and his family were missing today after their country house was burned down in a suspected arson attack....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 09:15:56 EST
    M&S SUSPENDS REDUNDANCY PLAN 'WHISTLE-BLOWER'
    A worker at Marks & Spencer (M&S) who “blew the whistle” on the high street giant’s plans to slash redundancy terms for more than 60,000 staff has been suspended and faces a disciplinary hearing....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 07:15:18 EST
    EDINBURGH SALUTES CHRIS HOY'S OLYMPIC TREBLE
    Mansfield - and Jimmy Choo shoes - welcome back Rebecca Adlington...
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 07:00:42 EST
    DAVID MILIBAND BUILDS 'COALITION AGAINST RUSSIAN AGGRESSION'
    David Miliband is expected to deploy his fiercest rhetoric yet in the West's showdown with Russia when he makes a keynote speech in Ukraine over the conflict in the Caucasus....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 07:00:28 EST
    DEAD BABY FOUND AT RECYCLING CENTRE
    The body of a newborn baby was found amongst the rubbish at a recycling plant in Cambridgeshire today....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 06:45:53 EST
    TAYLOR WIMPEY REVEALS £1.5BN PROPERTY HIT
    Taylor Wimpey, the embattled housebuilder, said it was still locked in talks with its bankers about revising the terms of its debt convenants as two massive writedowns blew a £1.54 billion hole in first-half profits....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 06:15:56 EST
    M&S SUSPENDS REDUNDANCY 'WHISTLE-BLOWER'
    A worker at Marks & Spencer (M&S) who “blew the whistle” on the high street giant’s plans to slash redundancy terms for more than 60,000 staff has been suspended and faces a disciplinary hearing....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 06:15:47 EST
    TAYLOR WIMPEY HIT BY £1.5BN PROPERTY WRITEDOWNS
    Taylor Wimpey, the embattled housebuilder, said it was still locked in talks with its bankers about revising the terms of its debt convenants as two massive writedowns blew a £1.54 billion hole in first-half profits....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 04:15:14 EST
    BLINDNESS SUFFERERS TO GET CRUCIAL DRUG ON NHS
    Patients suffering from the most common cause of progressive blindness in the elderly should soon get an expensive drug on the NHS....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 03:30:48 EST
    NORTHERN ROCK DEFAULTS LEAVE TAXPAYERS FACING BILL
    Fears that taxpayers may end up footing an even bigger bill for Northern Rock intensified yesterday after it emerged that the nationalised bank was suffering dramatically high default rates....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 03:00:40 EST
    + TIMES OF LONDON ARCHIVE

  • CHICAGO TRIBUNE

    OPPONENTS OF EJ & E RAILWAY SALE PROTEST
    Area residents turned out by the dozens Wednesday in Barrington to voice opposition to the proposed purchase of a suburban railroad line....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 20:00:52 EST
    IMMIGRANT IN COMA DIES BEFORE DEPORTATION
    Mexican man in U.S. 11 years had brain hemorrhage in July, sister says A 30-year-old Mexican man who was in a coma, and whose treatment for a brain hemorrhage at the University of Illinois Medical Center at Ch...
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 20:00:36 EST
    SOUTHBOUND TRI-STATE CLOSED DUE TO FATAL CRASH
    The Tri-State Tollway was backed up Wednesday afternoon after a fatal semi crash and downed power lines....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 20:00:17 EST
    FEUDING ILLINOIS DEMS HOLD HUGFEST IN DENVER | VIDEO
    An emotional U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. called on warring Democrats to unite today at their national convention and said he wouldn't be satisfied unless Gov. Rod Blagojevich and House Speaker Michael Madigan hugged....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 19:45:58 EST
    DELEGATES MAKE OBAMA NOMINATION OFFICIAL
    Hillary Clinton stops the roll call of states, coronating Barack Obama as the party's presidential choice. Swamp: Live roll call | Barack and Bill: Not so much Convention schedule | Wednesday speakers | TV Graphic: DNC seating diagram Photos: Hats | Obama's week...
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 19:45:47 EST
    PARENTS PROTEST CUTTING BUS ROUTE TO GRADE SCHOOL
    A parade of children and parents marched along a busy road in Lansing this morning to protest the elimination of their bus service....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 17:45:52 EST
    CLINTON RELEASES HER DELEGATES TO OBAMA
    DENVER (AP) _ Less than an hour before the Democratic convention calls the roll of the states, Hillary Rodham Clinton began an emotional gathering with her delegates Wednesday by telling them she was releasing them as delegates to vote for Barack Obama. Many in the crowded ballroom yelled back "No!"...
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 17:45:34 EST
    UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANT IN COMA DIES BEFORE DEPORTATION
    Mexican man in U.S. 11 years had brain hemorrhage in July, sister says A 30-year-old Mexican man who was in a coma, and whose treatment for a brain hemorrhage at the University of Illinois Medical Center at Ch...
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 17:30:55 EST
    FEUDING ILLINOIS DEMS HOLD HUGFEST IN DENVER
    An emotional U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. called on warring Democrats to unite today at their national convention and said he wouldn't be satisfied unless Gov. Rod Blagojevich and House Speaker Michael Madigan hugged....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 17:30:43 EST
    MACKENZIE PHILLIPS ARRESTED ON DRUG CHARGES
    Airport screeners found a small amount of heroin and cocaine during a secondary search, authorities say. She was arrested on a felony count. Actress MacKenzie Phillips was arrested on suspicion of possession o...
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 16:15:44 EST
    ARCTIC ICE NEARING RECORD SEASONAL MELT
    ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) _ Arctic Ocean sea ice has melted to the seconnimum since satellite observations began, according to scientists at the National Snow and Ice Data Center....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 16:15:35 EST
    ILLINOIS DEMOCRATIC HUG FEST AT CONVENTION
    ...
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 16:15:23 EST
    JOURNAL: HAVE FEWER KIDS, STOP CLIMATE CHANGE
    As rising populations strain a warming planet, a British journal suggests having smaller families A British Medical Journal article urges people to fight global warming by having no more than two children....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 16:00:50 EST
    EX- JUDGE ADMITS DRINKING, DENIES BREAKING LAW
    Assisting officer testifies at hearing after Vernon Hills officer dies A former Lake County chief judge said Wednesday he did not break any traffic laws the night he was charged with driving under the influen...
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 16:00:34 EST
    METRA ELIMINATES BAR CARS
    Bar cars are home away from home for many commuters, but space is needed for other passengers They are a home away from home for many commuters, but the space is needed for an increasing number of passengers....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 15:45:57 EST
    LAKE SHERIFF GETS OUT OF JAIL, URGES IMPROVEMENTS
    Mark Curran says state prison system must improve to stop recidivism After a week living in his own jail, Lake County Sheriff Mark Curran on Wednesday tried to shift attention away from himself and onto proble...
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 15:15:57 EST
    A RISKY WALK TO SCHOOL
    A parade of children and parents marched along a busy road in Lansing this morning to protest the elimination of their bus service....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 13:15:57 EST
    OBAMA SECURITY: HOW CHICAGO COPES
    Secret Service protection was ordered earlier than any candidate in history His house in Chicago is watched around the clock, even when he's not home. The post office sends back anything larger than a normal-s...
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 08:45:55 EST
    MARIOTTI QUITS SUN-TIMES
    Columnist bemoans sports journalism now 'a Web site business' Jay Mariotti, the opinionated and polarizing sports columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times, has resigned after 17 years with the paper, he told the Tr...
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 07:15:29 EST
    3 SHOT IN ENGLEWOOD
    Three people were wounded in separate shootings an hour apart early Wednesday in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood on the South Side, police said....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 05:45:58 EST
    + CHICAGO TRIBUNE ARCHIVE

  • LA TIMES

    HURRICANE GUSTAV DEATH TOLL RISES TO 22; U.S. GULF COAST PREPARES
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 16:15:54 EST
    HEZBOLLAH PRESENCE IN VENEZUELA FEARED
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 04:00:58 EST
    VONS JOINS RALPHS IN CURTAILING ITS DOUBLE-COUPON POLICY
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 04:00:45 EST
    MEN'S THREAT TO KILL OBAMA IS DOWNPLAYED
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 04:00:31 EST
    LOS ANGELES COUNTY POVERTY RATE FELL IN 2007, CENSUS DATA SHOW
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 02:45:54 EST
    MATTEL WINS SKIMPY DAMAGES IN BRATZ DOLL CASE
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 02:45:42 EST
    NUMBER OF AMERICANS WITHOUT HEALTH INSURANCE FALLS
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 02:45:31 EST
    FOUR DECAPITATED BODIES DISCOVERED IN TIJUANA
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 02:30:52 EST
    DR. THOMAS H. WELLER, 93; VIROLOGIST WON NOBEL PRIZE FOR WORK ON POLIO
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 02:15:49 EST
    HILLARY CLINTON CALLS ON DEMOCRATS TO END THEIR RIFT
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 02:15:36 EST
    BLAZE SCORCHES 75 ACRES IN HILLS
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 01:15:56 EST
    WEST STRUGGLES TO COUNTER MOSCOW'S MOVE
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 01:15:49 EST
    HILLARY CLINTON TAKES THE STAGE AS OBAMA'S ADVOCATE
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 01:15:39 EST
    JURY AWARDS MATTEL INC. $100 MILLION IN BRATZ LAWSUIT
    Date: 26 Aug 2008 22:45:39 EST
    SPEAKERS AT DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION HIGHLIGHT ECONOMIC DIFFERENCES WITH REPUBLICANS
    Date: 26 Aug 2008 22:45:28 EST
    L.A. COUNTY POVERTY RATE FELL IN 2007, CENSUS DATA SHOW
    Date: 26 Aug 2008 20:30:54 EST
    ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER SAYS HE WILL SIGN SOME BILLS DESPITE BUDGET IMPASSE
    Date: 26 Aug 2008 20:15:51 EST
    JURY AWARDS MATTEL INC. $40 MILLION IN BRATZ LAWSUIT
    Date: 26 Aug 2008 20:15:41 EST
    RUSSIA FORMALLY RECOGNIZES ABKHAZIA, SOUTH OSSETIA AS INDEPENDENT NATIONS
    Date: 26 Aug 2008 20:15:33 EST
    CALABASAS FIRE SCORCHES AT LEAST 60 ACRES
    Date: 26 Aug 2008 20:15:21 EST
    + LA TIMES ARCHIVE

  • AL JAZEERA

    MALAYSIA'S ANWAR WINS ELECTION
    Opposition leader wins 70 per cent of the majority vote in by-election....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 03:45:37 EST
    DOZENS KILLED AT IRAQI CHECKPOINT
    Twenty-eight dead in Diyala attack, while another four die in Tikrit car bomb....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 03:45:30 EST
    THAI POLICE SURROUND PROTESTERS
    Demonstrators prepare for a second day of protests at Bangkok's Government House....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 03:45:20 EST
    MANY KILLED IN ISLAMABAD BLAST
    No let up in violence amid continuing political uncertainty in Pakistan....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 03:15:57 EST
    HIJACKERS DEMAND PASSAGE TO PARIS
    Hijackers of Sudan plane refuse food or medical care for hostages at Libyan airport....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 03:15:46 EST
    CLINTON CALLS FOR DEMOCRATIC UNITY
    Former US first lady tells supporters "Barack Obama is my candidate"....
    Date: 27 Aug 2008 03:00:55 EST
    GEORGIAN LEADER HITS OUT AT MOSCOW
    Saakashvili accuses Moscow of trying to "change Europe's borders by force"....
    Date: 26 Aug 2008 22:45:54 EST
    CLINTON SET TO MAKE UNITY CALL
    Former first lady is to make key Democratic convention speech....
    Date: 26 Aug 2008 21:15:48 EST
    AFGHANS DEMAND NEW 'RULES OF FORCE'
    Civilian deaths prompt Afghan cabinet to seek tighter control of foreign forces....
    Date: 26 Aug 2008 05:30:33 EST
    THAI PROTESTERS STORM PM'S COMPOUND
    State run TV was off briefly taken off air due to the demonstration....
    Date: 26 Aug 2008 04:30:05 EST
    MANILA STEPS UP SEPARATIST HUNT
    Philippines to keep up offensive until group surrenders leaders blamed for civilian attacks....
    Date: 26 Aug 2008 03:45:56 EST
    DEBRIS OF PHILIPPINE AIRCRAFT FOUND
    Officials suspect the C-130 crashed but have not ruled out a separatist attack....
    Date: 26 Aug 2008 03:45:45 EST
    BOMBING AT BALUCHISTAN RALLY
    At least 20 people hurt at pro-autonomy rally near the town of Jaaferabad....
    Date: 26 Aug 2008 03:45:37 EST
    N KOREA HALTS NUCLEAR DISABLEMENT
    Pyongyang says keeping North Korea on terror list is a US violation of deal....
    Date: 26 Aug 2008 03:30:50 EST
    PROTESTERS STORM THAI TV STATION
    Thousands of other lay siege to government buildings in attempt to topple government....
    Date: 26 Aug 2008 02:15:50 EST
    DEMOCRATS CALL FOR POLITICAL UNITY
    Obama and Clinton attempt to play down claims of a rift between their supporters....
    Date: 26 Aug 2008 02:00:45 EST
    MALAYSIANS VOTE IN KEY BY-ELECTION
    Opposition figure expected to reclaim spot in parliament in test for ruling coalition....
    Date: 25 Aug 2008 22:15:55 EST
    US WARNS RUSSIA ON GEORGIAN STATES
    Bush says Russia must respect Georgian borders and not recognise separatist provinces....
    Date: 25 Aug 2008 22:15:46 EST
    PROTESTERS SHOT AT KASHMIR RALLY
    Kashmir independence leaders arrested and demonstrators shot dead in Srinigar....
    Date: 25 Aug 2008 18:30:55 EST