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Review Just say I dont to Bride Wars
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
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Audiovox to expand availability of TV on the road
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
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How big Jurassic flying reptiles got off ground
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
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Congo rebel faction denounces Nkunda as leader
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
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Arabs put Hamas in UN draft, West offers own text
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
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New US-led naval force to battle Somali pirates
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
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How many scorpions? London Zoo does critter count
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
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Pope Benedict jokes about hoarse voice
Southern Ledger - January 8, 2009
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Handlers on phone ordered Mumbai gunmen to kill
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Rainwater collectors work to ease shortages
Tara Hui climbed under her deck, nudged past a cluster of 55-gallon barrels and a roosting chicken, and pointed to a shiny metal gutter spout...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Evangelicals energized by McCain-Palin ticket
Sarah Palin already has energized conservative religious leaders who had fretted that John McCain would pick an abortion rights supporter as his running mate. The Alaska governor was raised in a Pentecostal church and has called herself "as pro-life as any candidate can be."...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Usher to help kick off NFL season with concert
Like the NFL teams beginning their new seasons, Usher is hoping to go all the way to the Super Bowl...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
AAA Labor Day travel expected to dip
Falling gas prices might not be enough to entice people to travel this Labor Day weekend, with some keeping a wary eye on dangerous Hurricane Gustav, which is threatening the Gulf Coast...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Hurricane watch issued for Gulf Coast of US
The National Hurricane Center has issued a hurricane watch for Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and part of Texas...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Clark takes Deutsche Bank lead, loses shot at 59
Tim Clark needed only one birdie over his final two holes to shoot 59. He finished with consecutive bogeys and had to settle for a one-shot lead Saturday in the Deutsche Bank Championship...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Fans queue to snag tickets to see Oprah, Olympians
Fans began lining up at 6 a.m. Saturday for a chance to snag free tickets to "The Oprah Winfrey Show" season premiere featuring 150 U.S. Olympic athletes...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
David Duchovny in rehab for sex addiction
David Duchovny has entered a rehabilitation facility for sex addiction...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
McCain, Palin in Pa. convention monitors storm
John McCain introduced new running mate Sarah Palin to voters in battleground Pennsylvania on Saturday as they wound their way toward St. Paul and a Republican National Convention where the mood was suddenly threatened by Hurricane Gustav...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Pennsylvania, Michigan crucial to fall election
Keep your eyes on Pennsylvania and Michigan.There are battleground states in the presidential election, and then there are these two, looming larger than all others because they offer such a rich opportunity for Republican John McCain and potential peril for Democrat Barack Obama...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Oil companies completing Gulf evacuations
Royal Dutch Shell, BP and other oil companies wrapped up evacuations and shut down production Saturday as an intensifying Hurricane Gustav churned toward the petroleum-rich waters of the Gulf of Mexico...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Incomes drop sharply in July while spending slows
Consumer spending slowed to a crawl and personal incomes plunged in July, reflecting the waning impact of $93 billion in economic stimulus payments...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Pro-union Starbucks barista gets his job back
A barista who said he was fired from Starbucks Corp. for helping to organize fellow workers into a union has been given his job back...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
McCain, Palin in Pa. GOP convention eyes Gustav
John McCain voiced concern for Gulf Coast residents fleeing the path of Hurricane Gustav on Saturday even as he reintroduced running mate Sarah Palin to a raucous crowd in a key battleground state...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
In New Orleans, no shelter for those who stay
Police with bullhorns plan to go street to street with a tough message about getting out ahead of Hurricane Gustav: This time there will be no shelter of last resort. The doors to the Superdome will be locked. Those who stay will be on their own...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is McCains veep pick
Republican John McCain shook up the presidential race with his surprise choice of little-known Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate on Friday. Democrat Barack Obama, entering a crucial stage of the campaign fresh off his historic nominating convention, began a tour of battleground states...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Maine artist creates HOPE image decades after LOVE
The Maine artist who brought LOVE to the world is doing the same with HOPE...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Diamondbacks defeat Dodgers 9-3
Stephen Drew, Adam Dunn and Conor Jackson each drove in two runs and the Arizona Diamondbacks defeated the nose-diving Dodgers 9-3 on Friday night, dropping Los Angeles 4 1/2 games back in the NL West...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Minnesotas Mauer, Morneau do in As
Joe Mauer matched his career high with five hits and had a season-best four RBIs, Kevin Slowey won his fourth straight decision and the Twins beat the Oakland Athletics 12-2 on Friday night...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Calif. ex-radio host gets 7 years for child porn
A former San Francisco radio talk show host and Roman Catholic priest was sentenced to more than seven years in prison Thursday for distributing child pornography...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Bush Gulf Coast govs to have full federal support
President Bush, confronted with the prospect of a second monster hurricane striking the still-battered Gulf Coast, checked in with governors and federal officials Saturday to make sure Washington was doing all it can...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
On Katrinas 3rd anniversary, another storm brews
The solemn ceremonies for the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina on Friday for the most part were blown away by Tropical Storm Gustav, which threatens to become a hurricane and poses the biggest threat to New Orleans since the killer 2005 storm...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Thai protest alliance not so happy with democracy
Thai police fired tear gas at thousands of right-wing protesters besieging their headquarters Friday, while demonstrators outside the capital disrupted air and rail service in a growing campaign to unseat the prime minister...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
In New Orleans, no shelter for those who stay
Police with bullhorns plan to go street to street with a tough message about getting out ahead of Hurricane Gustav: This time there will be no shelter of last resort. The doors to the Superdome will be locked. Those who stay will be on their own...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Boat sinks in flooded northern India, killing 20
Police say a boat rescuing people in a flooded area of northern India has capsized, killing 20 people...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Hurricane Gustav plows through Cayman Islands
Hurricane Gustav plowed through the Cayman Islands toward Cuba, gathering strength on a journey that could take it to the U.S. Gulf Coast as a fearsome Category-3 storm three years after Hurricane Katrina...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
A hurricane again, Gustav moves through Caymans
Gustav became a hurricane again on Friday and moved through the Cayman Islands, the start of a buildup that could take it to the U.S. Gulf Coast as a fearsome Category-3 storm three years after Hurricane Katrina...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Dissident Cuban rocker fined $28, freed
A Cuban court convicted a punk rocker known for his raunchy lyrics against Fidel Castro of public disorder Friday, but freed him after dismissing a more serious "social dangerousness" charge that could have brought four years behind bars...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Lights out? Experts fear fireflies are dwindling
Preecha Jiabyu used to take tourists on a rowboat to see the banks of the Mae Klong River aglow with thousands of fireflies...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Dalai Lama fasts for peace from hospital bed
The Dalai Lama participated in a 12-hour fast for peace in Tibet on Saturday from his hospital bed in western India, his spokesman said...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
UN Georgians effectively blocked from homes
Russian troops remaining in Georgian territory are effectively preventing Georgians from returning to their homes, a U.N. representative said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Iraqi police want equipment to stop bombers
Iraqi police in this provincial backwater got a tip earlier this month that a suicide bomber was on the loose. They were even given his name, age and a description of his car...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
US, UN launch joint probe into deadly Afghan raid
A top NATO official says the U.S.-led coalition, the U.N. and Afghan officials will launch a joint probe into a deadly raid in western Afghanistan...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Israel tightens grip on West Banks Jordan Valley
They live just a couple of miles from each other along a country road winding through parched fields, but they are worlds apart...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Few things are as they seem in Tehran
They file in slowly, patiently submitting to body searches, men in one line, black-clad, head-scarved women in another. Most are poor, old or very young, and most are ready for some America-bashing...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
India floods strand hundreds of thousands
The deluge came and turned his world to water, so Umesh Kushyaha decided to build a boat...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Gustav swells to dangerous Cat 4 storm off Cuba
Gustav swelled into a fearsome Category 4 hurricane with winds of 145 mph (235 kph) on Saturday as Cuba raced to evacuate more than 240,000 people and Americans to the north clogged highways fleeing New Orleans...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
UK official gets more time in Guantanamo case
A British court on Friday gave Foreign Secretary David Miliband a week to justify his decision to suppress secret documents that lawyers for a Guantanamo detainee argue could prove their client was tortured in Morocco...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
US military More than 11,000 Iraqis freed in 2008
More than 11,000 Iraqis have been released from American detention centers this year, leaving nearly 20,000 still in custody, the U.S. military said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Land mine blast kills 12 officers in India
Police say a land mine blast has killed at least 12 police officers in an eastern Indian Maoist rebel stronghold...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Amazon deforestation on the rise
Amazon deforestation jumped 69 percent in the past 12 months _ the first such increase in three years _ as rising demand for soy and cattle pushes farmers and ranchers to raze trees, officials said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Italy to compensate Libya $5B for colonial rule
Italy agreed Saturday to pay Libya US$5 billion as compensation for its 30-year occupation of the country, which ended in 1943...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Ex-track star Maree faces prison on fraud charges
A South African who was a U.S. track star faces prison on fraud charges here...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Mexicans protest nationwide against crime wave
President Felipe Calderon faced one of his biggest challenges Saturday as Mexicans poured into the streets nationwide for mass protests against the tide of killings, kidnappings and shootouts sweeping the country...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Farm pregnancy 'cuts asthma risk'
Living on a farm while pregnant may help cut the chance of the child developing asthma, eczema and even hayfever, say scientists...
BBC News - August 30, 2008
Mass anti-crime rallies in Mexico
Mexicans hold huge nationwide rallies to protest against a wave of killings and kidnappings sweeping the nation...
BBC News - August 30, 2008
Why so frank?
The thinking behind the chancellor's candid comments...
BBC News - August 30, 2008
Files reveal amateur British diplomat sought Nazi pact
A fascist sympathiser who tried to broker peace with Germany during WWII was aided by the Foreign Office, MI5 files reveal...
BBC News - August 30, 2008
Impressive Arsenal overwhelm Newcastle
Robin van Persie scores a brace as Arsenal return to their irresistible best to beat Newcastle 3-0 at the Emirates...
BBC News - August 30, 2008
Russia moves to calm Georgia row
Russia takes a series of diplomatic steps in an apparent effort to ease tensions with the West over the conflict in Georgia...
BBC News - August 30, 2008
Jailed ex-soldiers 'lack support'
Concerns are raised about help offered to former members of the armed services as figures suggest thousands are in prison...
BBC News - August 30, 2008
Deadly hurricane roars into Cuba
Hurricane Gustav, now a highly dangerous Category 4 storm, lashes Cuba with torrential rain after churning up the Caribbean...
BBC News - August 30, 2008
Gustav swells to dangerous Cat 3 storm off Cuba
Gustav swelled to a fearsome Category 3 hurricane early Saturday with winds of 115 mph as it approached western Cuba on a track to hit the U.S. Gulf Coast three years after Hurricane Katrina...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
New Orleans evacuations begin as Gustav threatens
Lines of people waiting for buses to take them out of the city grew longer Saturday and traffic grew heavier on main highways as Hurricane Gustav strengthened into a dangerous storm on track for the Gulf Coast...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Lines for evacuation buses grow in New Orleans
Lines of people waiting for buses to take them out of the city grew longer Saturday and traffic grew heavier on main highways as Hurricane Gustav strengthened into a dangerous storm on track for the Gulf Coast...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Kuznetsova loses at US Open Roddick, Federer win
Roger Federer flicked a final winner, trotted to the net and started to shake hands. Then, there was one last challenge...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
David Duchovny in rehab for sex addiction
David Duchovny has entered a rehabilitation facility for sex addiction...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Usher to help kick off NFL season with concert
Like the NFL teams beginning their new seasons, Usher is hoping to go all the way to the Super Bowl...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Trekkies pay final visits to Las Vegas attraction
After a decade at the final frontier, Star Trek: The Experience is going where no Las Vegas Strip attraction wants to go...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
New show aims to represent public defenders
On one side of the "Raising the Bar" soundstage is a sterile office space punctuated with old phones, metal filing cabinets and stacks of papers. On the other side: a far less drab enclave accented with modern office furniture, frosted glass partitions and minimalist Macs...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Evangelicals energized by McCain-Palin ticket
Sarah Palin already has energized conservative religious leaders who had fretted that John McCain would pick an abortion rights supporter as his running mate. The Alaska governor was raised in a Pentecostal church and has called herself "as pro-life as any candidate can be."...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Buoyed by crowd, Roddick gets past Gulbis at Open
Maybe Andy Roddick was right. Maybe his racket was to blame. Maybe that inanimate object _ rendered a mangled mess by being slammed to the court not once but twice by a fumbling and frustrated Roddick _ truly was at fault...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Minnesotas Mauer, Morneau do in As in 12-2 rout
Joe Mauer and the Minnesota Twins have played enough nail-biters lately that they welcomed a lopsided victory...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Roddick overcomes early problems to win at Open
Andy Roddick has overcome a big deficit to beat Ernests Gulbis of Latvia 3-6, 7-5, 6-2, 7-5 in the second round of the U.S. Open...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Pro-union Starbucks barista gets his job back
A barista who said he was fired from Starbucks Corp. for helping to organize fellow workers into a union has been given his job back...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Obama Lets hope lessons of Katrina were learned
Barack Obama expressed hope Saturday that the lessons learned from Hurricane Katrina three years ago would help to protect the Gulf Coast from Hurricane Gustav this time. His running mate, Joe Biden, urged people to pray that the levees in New Orleans hold...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Analysis Palin could complicate energy debate
If Democrats hoped to portray John McCain as captive to the oil industry, their task became more complicated with his selection of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as a running mate...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Maine artist creates HOPE image decades after LOVE
The Maine artist who brought LOVE to the world is doing the same with HOPE...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Minnesotas Mauer, Morneau do in As
Joe Mauer matched his career high with five hits and had a season-best four RBIs, Kevin Slowey won his fourth straight decision and the Twins beat the Oakland Athletics 12-2 on Friday night...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Anderson HRs for Angels in 3-1 win over Rangers
Garret Anderson hit a go-ahead two-run homer, center fielder Torii Hunter robbed Marlon Byrd of a two-run shot, and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Texas Rangers 2-1 Friday night...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Incomes drop sharply in July while spending slows
Consumer spending slowed to a crawl and personal incomes plunged in July, reflecting the waning impact of $93 billion in economic stimulus payments...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
On Katrinas 3rd anniversary, another storm brews
The solemn ceremonies for the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina on Friday for the most part were blown away by Tropical Storm Gustav, which threatens to become a hurricane and poses the biggest threat to New Orleans since the killer 2005 storm...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
In New Orleans, no shelter for those who stay
Police with bullhorns plan to go street to street with a tough message about getting out ahead of Hurricane Gustav: This time there will be no shelter of last resort. The doors to the Superdome will be locked. Those who stay will be on their own...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Diamondbacks defeat Dodgers 9-3
Stephen Drew, Adam Dunn and Conor Jackson each drove in two runs and the Arizona Diamondbacks defeated the nose-diving Dodgers 9-3 on Friday night, dropping Los Angeles 4 1/2 games back in the NL West...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is McCains veep pick
Republican John McCain shook up the presidential race with his surprise choice of little-known Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate on Friday. Democrat Barack Obama, entering a crucial stage of the campaign fresh off his historic nominating convention, began a tour of battleground states...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
In New Orleans, no shelter for those who stay
Police with bullhorns plan to go street to street with a tough message about getting out ahead of Hurricane Gustav: This time there will be no shelter of last resort. The doors to the Superdome will be locked. Those who stay will be on their own...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Calif. ex-radio host gets 7 years for child porn
A former San Francisco radio talk show host and Roman Catholic priest was sentenced to more than seven years in prison Thursday for distributing child pornography...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
France No EU sanctions against Russia imminent
European Union leaders will not impose sanctions on Russia at their summit next week in Brussels even though some EU countries have pushed for them, French officials said Friday...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Aid agencies say they can work again in Zimbabwe
Aid agencies say they can resume distributing food in Zimbabwe. Oxfam and Save the Children said Friday that a government ban had been lifted almost three months after it was imposed. The government had ordered aid agencies to stop work before a presidential runoff...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Iraqs Palestinians still live in fear
Omar Ahmed rarely emerges from his rundown Baghdad housing project. When he does, he leaves behind the Iraqi-issued ID card that marks him as a Palestinian and switches to the Iraqi dialect of Arabic at police checkpoints...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Karadzic makes defiant stand before UN court
Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic made a defiant stand before a U.N. court preparing to try him on genocide charges, refusing to enter pleas Friday to charges including genocide and branding the tribunal a NATO proxy out to "liquidate" him...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Anne Frank museum restores fading photo collage
The Anne Frank House museum said Friday it has restored 52 photographs and images the Jewish teenager pasted on the wall of her room to cheer herself up while hiding from the Nazis...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Georgia to cut diplomatic ties with Moscow
Georgia severed diplomatic ties with Moscow on Friday to protest the presence of Russian troops on its territory. Russia said the move would only make things worse...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
A hurricane again, Gustav plows toward Caymans
Gustav became a hurricane again on Friday as it plowed toward Cayman Islands resorts, the start of a buildup that could take it to the U.S. Gulf Coast as a fearsome Category-3 storm three years after Hurricane Katrina...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Media says Hezbollah hit helicopter by mistake
Hezbollah handed over a man suspected of firing at a Lebanese army helicopter into military authorities, a judicial official said Friday, amid media reports that the fatal shooting was a mistake by the militant group...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Dissident Cuban rocker fined $28, freed
A Cuban court convicted a punk rocker known for his raunchy lyrics against Fidel Castro of public disorder Friday, but freed him after dismissing a more serious "social dangerousness" charge that could have brought four years behind bars...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Thai protest alliance not so happy with democracy
Thai police fired tear gas at thousands of right-wing protesters besieging their headquarters Friday, while demonstrators outside the capital disrupted air and rail service in a growing campaign to unseat the prime minister...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Boat sinks in flooded northern India, killing 20
Police say a boat rescuing people in a flooded area of northern India has capsized, killing 20 people...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Hurricane Gustav plows through Cayman Islands
Hurricane Gustav plowed through the Cayman Islands toward Cuba, gathering strength on a journey that could take it to the U.S. Gulf Coast as a fearsome Category-3 storm three years after Hurricane Katrina...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
A hurricane again, Gustav moves through Caymans
Gustav became a hurricane again on Friday and moved through the Cayman Islands, the start of a buildup that could take it to the U.S. Gulf Coast as a fearsome Category-3 storm three years after Hurricane Katrina...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
UN Georgians effectively blocked from homes
Russian troops remaining in Georgian territory are effectively preventing Georgians from returning to their homes, a U.N. representative said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
US, UN launch joint probe into deadly Afghan raid
A top NATO official says the U.S.-led coalition, the U.N. and Afghan officials will launch a joint probe into a deadly raid in western Afghanistan...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Lights out? Experts fear fireflies are dwindling
Preecha Jiabyu used to take tourists on a rowboat to see the banks of the Mae Klong River aglow with thousands of fireflies...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Dalai Lama fasts for peace from hospital bed
The Dalai Lama participated in a 12-hour fast for peace in Tibet on Saturday from his hospital bed in western India, his spokesman said...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
UK official gets more time in Guantanamo case
A British court on Friday gave Foreign Secretary David Miliband a week to justify his decision to suppress secret documents that lawyers for a Guantanamo detainee argue could prove their client was tortured in Morocco...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
US military More than 11,000 Iraqis freed in 2008
More than 11,000 Iraqis have been released from American detention centers this year, leaving nearly 20,000 still in custody, the U.S. military said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Land mine blast kills 12 officers in India
Police say a land mine blast has killed at least 12 police officers in an eastern Indian Maoist rebel stronghold...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Iraqi police want equipment to stop bombers
Iraqi police in this provincial backwater got a tip earlier this month that a suicide bomber was on the loose. They were even given his name, age and a description of his car...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Italy to compensate Libya $5B for colonial rule
Italy agreed Saturday to pay Libya US$5 billion as compensation for its 30-year occupation of the country, which ended in 1943...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Ex-track star Maree faces prison on fraud charges
A South African who was a U.S. track star faces prison on fraud charges here...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Cosmic crash reveals dark matter
Striking evidence has been found for the enigmatic "stuff" called dark matter which makes up 25% of the Universe...
BBC News - August 30, 2008
Winehouse no-show legal warning
The organisers of a French music concert threaten legal action after headliner Amy Winehouse pulls out with just hours to go...
BBC News - August 30, 2008
Police killed by India mine blast
Twelve police officers are killed on patrol by a landmine explosion in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand, police say...
BBC News - August 30, 2008
All Spain crash bodies identified
All 154 bodies from last week's plane crash in Madrid have now been identified, the Spanish government says...
BBC News - August 30, 2008
Thousands of fish killed in river
Heavy flooding may have contributed to the deaths of thousands of fish in a favourite angling spot...
BBC News - August 30, 2008
Egypt opens Gaza border crossing
Egypt temporarily re-opens its Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip, allowing hundreds of Palestinians to move in and out...
BBC News - August 30, 2008
Four escape air accident injuries
Four people escape injury in two separate air accidents - one involving a helicopter and the other a light aircraft - in Devon...
BBC News - August 30, 2008
Darling speaks of Wendy 'respect'
The chancellor speaks out after an article in which he rounds on an ex-Scottish Labour leader and predicts economic doom...
BBC News - August 30, 2008
Silver lining
Energy-hungry Europe warms to Norway...
BBC News - August 30, 2008
National shock
Israel stunned by search for missing four-year-old...
BBC News - August 30, 2008
Defoe double stuns Everton
Jermain Defoe scores twice as Portsmouth with their first game of the season at Everton...
BBC News - August 30, 2008
'The Barracuda'
Sarah Palin adds energy and sizzle to McCain campaign...
BBC News - August 30, 2008
New giant clam species discovered in Red Sea
Scientists have discovered the first new living species of giant clam in the Red Sea in over two decades...
BBC News - August 30, 2008
Live text - Premier League
Arsenal host Newcastle in the Premier League's late game, after wins for Portsmouth, Wigan, Boro and West Ham...
BBC News - August 30, 2008
Super Saints clinch Cup final win
St Helens hold off a strong Hull FC fightback to win their third Challenge Cup final in a row with a 28-16 victory at Wembley...
BBC News - August 30, 2008
Thai airport warning for Britons
British citizens in Thailand should avoid large gatherings and stay away from airports hit by demonstrations, the Foreign Office advises...
BBC News - August 30, 2008
Italy seals Libya colonial deal
Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi signs a deal to pay Libya $5bn as part of a deal to resolve colonial-era disputes...
BBC News - August 30, 2008
Russia in Georgia monitors call
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev says he wants more monitors from Europe's security body to be sent to Georgia...
BBC News - August 30, 2008
Boy stabbed to death after party
A 16-year-old boy is stabbed to death after an argument at a party, say police...
BBC News - August 30, 2008
Darling defends economy warning
Chancellor Alistair Darling says he stands by his comments warning that the UK is facing the worst economic crisis in 60 years...
BBC News - August 30, 2008
Cuba braces for deadly hurricane
Mass evacuations are under way in Cuba hours before Hurricane Gustav is due to blow in after sowing chaos in the Caribbean...
BBC News - August 30, 2008
Dalai Lama admitted to hospital in India for tests
The Dalai Lama was admitted to a hospital in this western Indian city on Thursday to undergo tests for abdominal discomfort, his spokesman said...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Hurricane Gustav gains strength on way to Cuba
Gustav rapidly gained power early Saturday and verged on becoming a fearsome Category 3 hurricane as it neared western Cuba on a track to hit the U.S. Gulf Coast three years after Hurricane Katrina...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Maine artist creates HOPE image decades after LOVE
The Maine artist who brought LOVE to the world is doing the same with HOPE...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
David Duchovny in rehab for sex addiction
David Duchovny has entered a rehabilitation facility for sex addiction...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Usher to help kick off NFL season with concert
Like the NFL teams beginning their new seasons, Usher is hoping to go all the way to the Super Bowl...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Trekkies pay final visits to Las Vegas attraction
After a decade at the final frontier, Star Trek: The Experience is going where no Las Vegas Strip attraction wants to go...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
New show aims to represent public defenders
On one side of the "Raising the Bar" soundstage is a sterile office space punctuated with old phones, metal filing cabinets and stacks of papers. On the other side: a far less drab enclave accented with modern office furniture, frosted glass partitions and minimalist Macs...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Gustav swells to dangerous Cat 3 storm off Cuba
Gustav swelled to a fearsome Category 3 hurricane early Saturday with winds of 115 mph as it approached western Cuba on a track to hit the U.S. Gulf Coast three years after Hurricane Katrina...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Roddick overcomes early problems to win at Open
Andy Roddick has overcome a big deficit to beat Ernests Gulbis of Latvia 3-6, 7-5, 6-2, 7-5 in the second round of the U.S. Open...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Kuznetsova loses at US Open Roddick, Federer win
Roger Federer flicked a final winner, trotted to the net and started to shake hands. Then, there was one last challenge...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Duckett leads Seahawks over Raiders 23-16
The second- and third-string Seattle Seahawks were just like their starters: better than the Oakland Raiders...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Pro-union Starbucks barista gets his job back
A barista who said he was fired from Starbucks Corp. for helping to organize fellow workers into a union has been given his job back...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Analysis McCain choice impacts energy debate
If Democrats hoped to paint Republican John McCain a pawn of Big Oil, their task has become a bit more complicated with the selection of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is McCains veep pick
Republican John McCain shook up the presidential race with his surprise choice of little-known Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate on Friday. Democrat Barack Obama, entering a crucial stage of the campaign fresh off his historic nominating convention, began a tour of battleground states...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
On Katrinas 3rd anniversary, another storm brews
The solemn ceremonies for the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina on Friday for the most part were blown away by Tropical Storm Gustav, which threatens to become a hurricane and poses the biggest threat to New Orleans since the killer 2005 storm...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Garrett Atkins hits 2 homers in Rockies 9-4 win
Garrett Atkins hit two home runs and had a season-high five RBI to lift the Colorado Rockies to a 9-4 win over the San Diego Padres on Friday night...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Incomes drop sharply in July while spending slows
Consumer spending slowed to a crawl and personal incomes plunged in July, reflecting the waning impact of $93 billion in economic stimulus payments...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Calif. ex-radio host gets 7 years for child porn
A former San Francisco radio talk show host and Roman Catholic priest was sentenced to more than seven years in prison Thursday for distributing child pornography...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Diamondbacks defeat Dodgers 9-3
Stephen Drew, Adam Dunn and Conor Jackson each drove in two runs and the Arizona Diamondbacks defeated the nose-diving Dodgers 9-3 on Friday night, dropping Los Angeles 4 1/2 games back in the NL West...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Minnesotas Mauer, Morneau do in As
Joe Mauer matched his career high with five hits and had a season-best four RBIs, Kevin Slowey won his fourth straight decision and the Twins beat the Oakland Athletics 12-2 on Friday night...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Anderson HRs for Angels in 3-1 win over Rangers
Garret Anderson hit a go-ahead two-run homer, center fielder Torii Hunter robbed Marlon Byrd of a two-run shot, and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Texas Rangers 2-1 Friday night...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
In New Orleans, no shelter for those who stay
Police with bullhorns plan to go street to street with a tough message about getting out ahead of Hurricane Gustav: This time there will be no shelter of last resort. The doors to the Superdome will be locked. Those who stay will be on their own...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Georgia to sever diplomatic ties with Russia
A Georgian Foreign Ministry official says Georgia is to recall all diplomatic staff from its embassy in Moscow because of the Russian military presence in Georgia...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
In New Orleans, no shelter for those who stay
Police with bullhorns plan to go street to street with a tough message about getting out ahead of Hurricane Gustav: This time there will be no shelter of last resort. The doors to the Superdome will be locked. Those who stay will be on their own...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Anne Frank museum restores fading photo collage
The Anne Frank House museum said Friday it has restored 52 photographs and images the Jewish teenager pasted on the wall of her room to cheer herself up while hiding from the Nazis...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Ancient gold treasure puzzles Greek archaeologists
A priceless gold wreath has been unearthed in an ancient city in northern Greece, buried with human bones in a large copper vase that workers initially took for a land mine...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Musharraf eyes comfy retirement home
Predictions that Pervez Musharraf will have to flee Pakistan to escape treason charges have died along with the coalition that drove him from the presidency...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Missing cleric roils Lebanons Shiites years later
For the rest of the world, the disappearance of the imam Moussa al-Sadr is probably at most a footnote in the checkered history of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. In 1978, the Lebanese Shiite Muslim religious leader flew to Tripoli for a week of talks with Libyan officials. He was never seen or heard from again...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
France No EU sanctions against Russia imminent
European Union leaders will not impose sanctions on Russia at their summit next week in Brussels even though some EU countries have pushed for them, French officials said Friday...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Aid agencies say they can work again in Zimbabwe
Aid agencies say they can resume distributing food in Zimbabwe. Oxfam and Save the Children said Friday that a government ban had been lifted almost three months after it was imposed. The government had ordered aid agencies to stop work before a presidential runoff...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Iraqs Palestinians still live in fear
Omar Ahmed rarely emerges from his rundown Baghdad housing project. When he does, he leaves behind the Iraqi-issued ID card that marks him as a Palestinian and switches to the Iraqi dialect of Arabic at police checkpoints...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Karadzic makes defiant stand before UN court
Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic made a defiant stand before a U.N. court preparing to try him on genocide charges, refusing to enter pleas Friday to charges including genocide and branding the tribunal a NATO proxy out to "liquidate" him...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Georgia to cut diplomatic ties with Moscow
Georgia severed diplomatic ties with Moscow on Friday to protest the presence of Russian troops on its territory. Russia said the move would only make things worse...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
A hurricane again, Gustav plows toward Caymans
Gustav became a hurricane again on Friday as it plowed toward Cayman Islands resorts, the start of a buildup that could take it to the U.S. Gulf Coast as a fearsome Category-3 storm three years after Hurricane Katrina...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Media says Hezbollah hit helicopter by mistake
Hezbollah handed over a man suspected of firing at a Lebanese army helicopter into military authorities, a judicial official said Friday, amid media reports that the fatal shooting was a mistake by the militant group...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
A hurricane again, Gustav moves through Caymans
Gustav became a hurricane again on Friday and moved through the Cayman Islands, the start of a buildup that could take it to the U.S. Gulf Coast as a fearsome Category-3 storm three years after Hurricane Katrina...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Dissident Cuban rocker fined $28, freed
A Cuban court convicted a punk rocker known for his raunchy lyrics against Fidel Castro of public disorder Friday, but freed him after dismissing a more serious "social dangerousness" charge that could have brought four years behind bars...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Thai protest alliance not so happy with democracy
Thai police fired tear gas at thousands of right-wing protesters besieging their headquarters Friday, while demonstrators outside the capital disrupted air and rail service in a growing campaign to unseat the prime minister...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Police in China shoot dead 6 suspects in Xinjiang
Chinese police investigating a spate of attacks this month in western Xinjiang province shot dead six suspects and arrested three others, state media reported...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Dalai Lama fasts for peace from hospital bed
The Dalai Lama participated in a 12-hour fast for peace in Tibet on Saturday from his hospital bed in western India, his spokesman said...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Boat sinks in flooded northern India, killing 20
Police say a boat rescuing people in a flooded area of northern India has capsized, killing 20 people...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Hurricane Gustav plows through Cayman Islands
Hurricane Gustav plowed through the Cayman Islands toward Cuba, gathering strength on a journey that could take it to the U.S. Gulf Coast as a fearsome Category-3 storm three years after Hurricane Katrina...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Explosion in Sri Lankan capital wounds at least 44
The Sri Lankan military says an explosion has rocked the capital, Colombo...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
China revokes sentence for elderly protesters
Chinese authorities have reversed their decision and will not send two elderly women to a labor camp after they applied to protest during the Olympics, a human rights group said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Land mine blast kills 12 officers in India
Police say a land mine blast has killed at least 12 police officers in an eastern Indian Maoist rebel stronghold...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Egypt opens border crossing with Gaza Strip
Palestinian officials say Egypt has opened its border crossing with the Gaza Strip, allowing hundreds of people to enter and leave the coastal territory...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Manila ferry blast suspect held
A leading suspect in the Philippines' worst militant attack - the 2004 Manila Bay ferry bombing - is arrested in Bahrain...
BBC News - August 30, 2008
New probe urged of Nepal missing
The Red Cross calls on Nepal's new government to clarify the fate of more than 1,000 people missing from the civil conflict...
BBC News - August 30, 2008
Italy to seal Libya colonial deal
Italy will provide billions of dollars to Libya to resolve colonial-era disputes, Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi says...
BBC News - August 30, 2008
Ex-mayor rejects Met race claim
The former mayor of London Ken Livingstone rejects claims that Sir Ian Blair is guilty of racial discrimination...
BBC News - August 30, 2008
'Boil water' warning to thousands
Tens of thousands of people are told to boil their drinking water after increased levels of bacteria are found in supplies...
BBC News - August 30, 2008
Three questioned after drugs raid
Three men are arrested after police seize suspected cannabis plants during a property search in north Antrim...
BBC News - August 30, 2008
Rose-tinted view
Why it's good that things aren't like they used to be...
BBC News - August 30, 2008
Wasilla to VP?
Even Alaska surprised by choice of Sarah Palin...
BBC News - August 30, 2008
Holders Tottenham face Newcastle
Tottenham are drawn away to Newcastle in the the draw for the Carling Cup third round...
BBC News - August 30, 2008
Pietersen seeks series whitewash
Kevin Pietersen says England are intent on completing a 5-0 series whitewash after thrashing South Africa at The Oval...
BBC News - August 30, 2008
Thai PM Samak refuses to resign
Thailand's Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej says he will not resign, despite mounting anti-government protests...
BBC News - August 30, 2008
Three held over double stabbing
Police arrest three men as one man dies and another is seriously injured after they were stabbed in West Yorkshire...
BBC News - August 30, 2008
Gustav strengthens off west Cuba
Hurricane Gustav has strengthened into a category three storm as it nears western Cuba, US forecasters say...
BBC News - August 30, 2008
Dozens injured in Sri Lanka blast
A large explosion has struck Sri Lanka's capital, Colombo, with the military saying that dozens have been injured...
BBC News - August 30, 2008
Two bodies found at arson house
Two bodies are recovered from the burnt-out home of a millionaire and his family in Shropshire...
BBC News - August 30, 2008
Capsize in India floods kills 20
At least 20 people in Bihar, India, die when their boat capsizes, amid floods that have stranded hundreds of thousands...
BBC News - August 30, 2008
Indian political party campaigns against English
A regional political party has threatened to attack stores in Mumbai that place English-language signs more prominently than ones in the local Marathi language or refuse to use Marathi signs...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Pelosi gets unwanted lesson in Catholic theology
Politics can be treacherous. But House Speaker Nancy Pelosi walked on even riskier ground in a recent TV interview when she attempted a theological defense of her support for abortion rights...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Dalai Lama admitted to hospital in India for tests
The Dalai Lama was admitted to a hospital in this western Indian city on Thursday to undergo tests for abdominal discomfort, his spokesman said...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Trying to get up to speed, Slow Food makes US push
A lush, under-the-stars spread of handmade bread, gourmet olives and fine wine makes an unlikely launch for a weekend dedicated to ending hunger, empowering poor nations and transforming farming as we know it...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Forecasters Gustav strengthens into a hurricane
Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami say Gustav has again strengthened into a hurricane...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Ohio jury convicts mom in microwaved-baby case
A mother in Dayton, Ohio, has been found guilty of killing her month-old daughter by burning her in a microwave oven...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
David Duchovny in rehab for sex addiction
David Duchovny has entered a rehabilitation facility for sex addiction...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Usher to help kick off NFL season with concert
Like the NFL teams beginning their new seasons, Usher is hoping to go all the way to the Super Bowl...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Trekkies pay final visits to Las Vegas attraction
After a decade at the final frontier, Star Trek: The Experience is going where no Las Vegas Strip attraction wants to go...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
New show aims to represent public defenders
On one side of the "Raising the Bar" soundstage is a sterile office space punctuated with old phones, metal filing cabinets and stacks of papers. On the other side: a far less drab enclave accented with modern office furniture, frosted glass partitions and minimalist Macs...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
The Main Event McCain-Palin vs. Obama-Biden
Republican John McCain shook up the presidential race with his surprise choice of little-known Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate on Friday. Democrat Barack Obama, entering a crucial stage of the campaign fresh off his historic nominating convention, began a tour of battleground states...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Duckett leads Seahawks over Raiders 23-16
The second- and third-string Seattle Seahawks were just like their starters: better than the Oakland Raiders...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Garrett Atkins hits 2 homers in Rockies 9-4 win
Garrett Atkins hit two home runs and had a season-high five RBI to lift the Colorado Rockies to a 9-4 win over the San Diego Padres on Friday night...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Diamondbacks defeat Dodgers 9-3
Stephen Drew, Adam Dunn and Conor Jackson each drove in two runs and the Arizona Diamondbacks defeated the nose-diving Dodgers 9-3 on Friday night, dropping Los Angeles 4 1/2 games back in the NL West...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Pro-union Starbucks barista gets his job back
A barista who said he was fired from Starbucks Corp. for helping to organize fellow workers into a union has been given his job back...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
McCain taps Alaska governor for VP
John McCain tapped little-known Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to be his vice presidential running mate on Friday in a startling selection on the eve of the Republican National Convention...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Red Sox place Becket on DL
Josh Beckett was put on the 15-day disabled list Friday because of a strained right elbow after the Boston ace was examined by Dr. James Andrews...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
In New Orleans, no shelter for those who stay
Police with bullhorns plan to go street to street with a tough message about getting out ahead of Hurricane Gustav: This time there will be no shelter of last resort. The doors to the Superdome will be locked. Those who stay will be on their own...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Incomes drop sharply in July while spending slows
Consumer spending slowed to a crawl and personal incomes plunged in July, reflecting the waning impact of $93 billion in economic stimulus payments...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Anderson HRs for Angels in 3-1 win over Rangers
Garret Anderson hit a go-ahead two-run homer, center fielder Torii Hunter robbed Marlon Byrd of a two-run shot, and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Texas Rangers 2-1 Friday night...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is McCains veep pick
Republican John McCain shook up the presidential race with his surprise choice of little-known Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate on Friday. Democrat Barack Obama, entering a crucial stage of the campaign fresh off his historic nominating convention, began a tour of battleground states...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Calif. ex-radio host gets 7 years for child porn
A former San Francisco radio talk show host and Roman Catholic priest was sentenced to more than seven years in prison Thursday for distributing child pornography...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Minnesotas Mauer, Morneau do in As
Joe Mauer matched his career high with five hits and had a season-best four RBIs, Kevin Slowey won his fourth straight decision and the Twins beat the Oakland Athletics 12-2 on Friday night...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
No heat in latest NASCAR rivalry
What rivalry?Kyle Busch jokingly says Carl Edwards is his "bff," texting shorthand for best friend forever. Edwards stopped short of such a commitment, but he did say, "I feel like we really have been good competitors."...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
In New Orleans, no shelter for those who stay
Police with bullhorns plan to go street to street with a tough message about getting out ahead of Hurricane Gustav: This time there will be no shelter of last resort. The doors to the Superdome will be locked. Those who stay will be on their own...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Georgia to sever diplomatic ties with Russia
A Georgian Foreign Ministry official says Georgia is to recall all diplomatic staff from its embassy in Moscow because of the Russian military presence in Georgia...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Karadzic refuses to plead at war crimes tribunal
Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic refused to enter pleas Friday to charges including genocide and crimes against humanity...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Karadzic refuses to enter pleas at UN tribunal
Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic refused Friday to enter pleas to 11 charges filed against him, including genocide and crimes against humanity...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Gustav threatens Caymans after swamping Jamaica
Deadly Tropical Storm Gustav drenched Jamaica and menaced the Cayman Islands on Friday, setting off alarm from Cuba to New Orleans _ and at gas pumps across the United States...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Thai police use tear gas to disperse protesters
Thai police have used tear gas to disperse a crowd of anti-government protesters besieging city police headquarters...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Ancient gold treasure puzzles Greek archaeologists
A priceless gold wreath has been unearthed in an ancient city in northern Greece, buried with human bones in a large copper vase that workers initially took for a land mine...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Musharraf eyes comfy retirement home
Predictions that Pervez Musharraf will have to flee Pakistan to escape treason charges have died along with the coalition that drove him from the presidency...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Missing cleric roils Lebanons Shiites years later
For the rest of the world, the disappearance of the imam Moussa al-Sadr is probably at most a footnote in the checkered history of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. In 1978, the Lebanese Shiite Muslim religious leader flew to Tripoli for a week of talks with Libyan officials. He was never seen or heard from again...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Aid agencies say they can work again in Zimbabwe
Aid agencies say they can resume distributing food in Zimbabwe. Oxfam and Save the Children said Friday that a government ban had been lifted almost three months after it was imposed. The government had ordered aid agencies to stop work before a presidential runoff...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Iraqs Palestinians still live in fear
Omar Ahmed rarely emerges from his rundown Baghdad housing project. When he does, he leaves behind the Iraqi-issued ID card that marks him as a Palestinian and switches to the Iraqi dialect of Arabic at police checkpoints...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Karadzic makes defiant stand before UN court
Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic made a defiant stand before a U.N. court preparing to try him on genocide charges, refusing to enter pleas Friday to charges including genocide and branding the tribunal a NATO proxy out to "liquidate" him...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Anne Frank museum restores fading photo collage
The Anne Frank House museum said Friday it has restored 52 photographs and images the Jewish teenager pasted on the wall of her room to cheer herself up while hiding from the Nazis...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
Media says Hezbollah hit helicopter by mistake
Hezbollah handed over a man suspected of firing at a Lebanese army helicopter into military authorities, a judicial official said Friday, amid media reports that the fatal shooting was a mistake by the militant group...
Southern Ledger - August 30, 2008
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