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Obama visits Western Wall

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:05:18 -0400

JERUSALEM - Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama paid a predawn visit to the holiest place in Judaism on Thursday, bowing his head in prayer at the Western Wall. Obama placed a small note...

After 60 years, black officers in U.S. military rare

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:41:11 -0400

WASHINGTON - Blacks have made great strides in the military since it was integrated 60 years ago, but they still struggle to gain a foothold in the higher ranks, where less than six per cent of U.S. g...

Convicted killers in Texas, Mississippi, put to death

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:40:33 -0400

HUNTSVILLE, Texas - Texas executed a man Wednesday who was convicted of killing a woman and her child, while Mississippi put to death a man who took part in the fatal beating of another man. Derric...

U.S. lawmakers chide attorney general on press freedom

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:41:15 -0400

WASHINGTON - Lawmakers chided Attorney General Michael Mukasey on Wednesday for claiming national security concerns in opposing legislation that would allow reporters to protect the identities of conf...

Powerful earthquake hits Japan and leaves dozens of people injured

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:23:35 -0400

TOKYO - A powerful earthquake has struck off the northern Japanese coast, injuring at least 91 people, triggering landslides and cutting power to thousands of people. Japan's Meteorological Agency ...

Hurricane Dolly blows ashore on South Padre Island in Texas; levees hold

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:44:34 -0400

BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Hurricane Dolly slammed into the South Texas coast Wednesday with punishing rain and winds of 160 km/h, blowing down signs, peeling off roofs and knocking out power to thousands b...

Karadzic's capture signals big shift for Serbia, away from nationalism

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:31:10 -0400

BELGRADE, Serbia - Just a few months ago, thugs outraged at Kosovo's independence set part of the U.S. Embassy in Belgrade on fire, and ultranationalists prepared to seize power. But this week's ca...

Karadzic's secret life as a fugitive enthralls his fellow Serbs

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:31:06 -0400

BELGRADE, Serbia - Radovan Karadzic sent word he plans to defend himself against UN genocide charges, but his fellow Serbs were more enthralled with details that emerged Wednesday about his secret lif...

Venezuela, Belarus sign oil deal; Chavez hails resistance to U.S. imperialism

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:27:09 -0400

MINSK, Belarus - Venezuela signed over three more oil fields to a joint venture with Belarus on Wednesday, with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez declaring that the two countries were strongly united i...

Pentagon to recommend more troops for Afghanistan, official says

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:32:09 -0400

WASHINGTON - A senior Pentagon official says top military leaders are expected soon to recommend to Defence Secretary Robert Gates which additional U.S. troops could be sent to Afghanistan over the ne...

U.S. House approves housing rescue bill after Bush drops opposition

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:55:17 -0400

WASHINGTON - Rescue legislation sailed through the House Wednesday aimed at helping 400,000 strapped homeowners avoid foreclosure and to prevent troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac fro...

Obama, on Mideast trip, tells Israel he's committed to its security

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:25:22 -0400

SDEROT, Israel - From the solemnity of a Holocaust museum to a dusty village battered by Hamas rockets, Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama on Wednesday professed "an unshakable commitment ...

French company says 100 employees 'slightly contaminated' at nuclear site

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:25:25 -0400

PARIS - The French electric company EDF says that 100 employees have been "slightly contaminated" by a leak at a reactor site in southern France. It was the third incident at a French nuclear site ...

Pennsylvania infant cut from mother's womb is released from hospital

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:25:20 -0400

PITTSBURGH - A baby boy who was cut from his slain mother's womb has been released from a western Pennsylvania hospital. A spokeswoman for West Penn Hospital in Pittsburgh confirmed Tuesday that th...

Magnitude 6.8 quake hits off Japan's northern coast, no danger of tsunami

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:25:24 -0400

TOKYO - A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 struck off the northern Japanese coast early Thursday, injuring at least 43 people, causing blackouts and landslides, officials said. ...