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Obama, McCain pledge to work together for reform
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Suri Cruise tops Forbes.com list of Hottest Tots
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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The New Frugality Americans return to thriftiness
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Archaeologists New evidence for Herods tomb site
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Astronaut who lost tool bag admits making mistake
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Mammoth task Scientists map DNA of ancient beast
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Microsoft lets Zune music subscribers keep tunes
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Malkovich to film documentary about migrants
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Herod may have been buried among lavish artwork
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Global News Archive for August 2008:
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Couple marrying Friday to clinch luck of triple 8s
It may not be as big as 7-7-7, but thousands of couples are heading down the aisle Friday, hoping the date Aug. 8, 2008, brings them luck and an easy to remember anniversary date...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Couples marrying Friday to clinch lucky triple 8s
It may not be as big as 7-7-7, but thousands of couples are heading down the aisle Friday, hoping the date Aug. 8, 2008, brings them luck and an easy to remember anniversary date...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Cambodia demands Thai troops pull back
Cambodia on Tuesday demanded that Thailand pull its troops back from a second temple site along their border, the latest in a series of territorial claims and counterclaims that have prompted armed tensions between the Asian neighbors...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Funerals begin after North India temple stampede
Mukesh Chabba lit the funeral pyre on which seven of his relatives _ including his wife and daughter _ were cremated Monday, the day after a stampede at a remote mountaintop Hindu temple killed 145 people...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Anthrax widows lawsuit blames US for death
The widow of a tabloid photo editor who died in the 2001 anthrax attacks insisted in a $50 million federal lawsuit filed years ago that the U.S. government was ultimately responsible for his death...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Newly discovered Beatles tape sells for $23,000
A newly discovered tape of The Beatles laughing and chatting during an early recording session has sold for about $23,000, an auction house reported Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Newly discovered Beatles sells for $23,000
A newly discovered tape of The Beatles laughing and chatting during an early recording session has sold for about $23,000, an auction house reported Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Kelsey Grammer checks out of hospital in New York
Kelsey Grammer is returning home after being hospitalized in New York...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
FBI used aggressive tactics in anthrax probe
Before killing himself last week, Army scientist Bruce Ivins told friends that government agents had stalked him and his family for months, offered his son $2.5 million to rat him out and tried to turn his hospitalized daughter against him with photographs of dead anthrax victims...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
NY charges for woman in Afghan military shooting
A Pakistani woman once identified as a possible al-Qaida associate has been arraigned in New York on charges that she tried to kill U.S. agents and military officers...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Sorianos homer helps Cubs rally past Astros 11-7
Alfonso Soriano hit a tiebreaking, three-run homer in the seventh inning and the Chicago Cubs rallied after blowing a five-run lead, beating the Houston Astros 11-7 Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Joba hurt, Yankees lose on Byrds 9th-inning slam
Joba Chamberlain went down with a stiff shoulder during a tight pennant race. On a tough night in Texas for the New York Yankees, the latest injury to their pitching staff really hurt...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Singh finds range on short putts, wins Bridgestone
After hitting his golf ball more than 17 miles over four days at Firestone Country Club, Vijay Singh agonized over the final 42 inches...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Even with his game in decline, Daly still a draw
Kids reached out to touch him. Grown men shouted his name. Women smiled and begged for an autograph...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Angels beat Orioles on bases-loaded walk
Chone Figgins drew a bases-loaded walk from All-Star closer George Sherrill with two outs in the ninth inning after Francisco Rodriguez blew a four-run lead, and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Baltimore Orioles 6-5 on Monday night...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Judge rules Snipes must reimburse government
Actor Wesley Snipes must reimburse the government in prosecution costs for his tax conviction...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Edouard now depression after drenching Texas coast
The National Hurricane Center says Edouard has been downgraded to a tropical depression as it moves inland across eastern Texas and western Louisiana...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
News Corp 4Q profit jumps 27 percent
News Corp. says fiscal fourth-quarter earnings jumped 27 percent on profit from the sale of assets and higher operating earnings in its film, cable networks and newspaper units...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Lawyers for Mexican say execution violates treaty
Condemned prisoner Jose Medellin looked to the federal courts to keep him from the death chamber Tuesday for his part in the gang rape, beating and strangling of two teenage girls 15 years ago...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
No change expected in Fed interest rates
The Federal Reserve, caught between mounting job losses and rising inflation, is likely to sit tight and hope that the interest rate cuts it has already provided will be enough to heal a sick economy...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Bush tells troops Iraq no longer hopeless
President Bush said Monday that U.S. troops going to Iraq soon will find a country dramatically different from the one that was "hopeless" before his troop buildup...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Report Therapist feared anthrax researcher
Bruce E. Ivins, the late microbiologist suspected in the 2001 anthrax attacks, had attempted to poison people and his therapist said she was "scared to death" of him, according to court testimony that emerged Saturday...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Whole Foods 3Q misses estimates, lowers outlook
Whole Foods Market Inc. said Tuesday that its third-quarter net income dropped more than 30 percent due largely to costs associated with its acquisition of Wild Oats and a tough economy that hurt consumer spending...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Canadian bus attack suspect charged with murder
A man who witnesses said stabbed and beheaded his seat mate on a Greyhound bus in Canada made his first court appearance Friday, while police offered no motive for the savage attack against a 22-year-old carnival worker...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Strong earthquake hits western China
A strong aftershock struck a western Chinese region where a May earthquake killed almost 70,000 people, shaking buildings a few hours after the Olympic torch relay passed through the area Tuesday. No injuries or damage were reported...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Frostbitten survivor of K2 disaster reaches camp
Limping through ice on frostbitten feet, the last survivor of the mountaineering disaster that killed 11 climbers on K2 reached base camp Tuesday as cloud and snow prevented a helicopter rescue...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
S. Koreans fire water cannons at Bush protesters
Police fired water cannons at thousands of protesters Tuesday as President Bush got a volatile reception in South Korea at the start of his three-nation Asian trip...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
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Oil giants Chevron Corp. and Total SA wrapped up a string of gargantuan, record-breaking earnings reports Friday, a stretch in which six of the major international oil companies topped $50 billion in combined profit...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
No change expected in Fed interest rates
The Federal Reserve, caught between mounting job losses and rising inflation, is likely to sit tight and hope that the interest rate cuts it has already provided will be enough to heal a sick economy...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Italian reaches base camp after tragedy on K2
The last survivor of the deadliest mountaineering disaster to hit K2 limped into base camp with frostbitten feet Tuesday, but thick clouds threatened to keep him on the mountain for at least another night...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
New fears about Olympic press freedoms
The beating of two Japanese journalists by police in western China drew an official apology Tuesday, but Beijing also set new obstacles for news outlets wanting to report from Tiananmen Square in the latest sign of trouble for reporters covering the Olympics...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Strong earthquake hits western China 1 killed
A strong aftershock struck a western Chinese region where a May earthquake killed almost 70,000 people, shaking buildings a few hours after the Olympic torch relay passed through the area Tuesday. One person was killed and 23 injured...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Activists, UN want HIV travel restrictions erased
AIDS experts praised the United States on Tuesday for ending its two-decade ban on HIV-positive people entering the country, and said travel restrictions by dozens of other countries are hurting efforts to control the epidemic...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Lack of nurses to blame for baby deaths in Turkey
A shortage of hospital staff was likely to blame for the deaths of dozens of babies this month at a Turkish hospital for high-risk births, a government-appointed doctor said on Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Montenegro convicts 4 Americans in uprising plot
Four Michigan residents were among 12 ethnic Albanians convicted Tuesday of plotting a rebellion to carve out a homeland within the tiny Balkan republic of Montenegro...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Suspect in bus beheading described as hard working
A man who witnesses said stabbed, beheaded and cannibalized a fellow traveler on a Greyhound bus immigrated to Canada from China four years ago and worked for a time as a church custodian, the pastor who employed him said...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Hamas warns of uprising against Fatah in West Bank
A senior Hamas official warned Tuesday the militant group that took over Gaza a year ago could also overrun the West Bank if it is provoked by rival Fatah...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Olympic torch relayed through China quake zone
The Olympic torch completed the final leg of its global relay before reaching Beijing where the games will open, passing Tuesday through the earthquake-stricken province of Sichuan in an homage to tens of thousands killed there in May...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Bus beheading suspect pleads Please kill me
A man accused of stabbing, beheading and cannibalizing another man on a Greyhound bus in Canada pleaded Tuesday in court for someone to "please kill me," and was ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Rwanda accuses French officials over 1994 genocide
Rwanda accused senior French officials Tuesday of involvement in the 1994 genocide that killed 800,000 people, naming late President Francois Mitterrand, former Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin and others...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Canada bus beheading suspect says please kill me
A man accused of beheading and cannibalizing another passenger on a Greyhound bus in Canada pleaded Tuesday in court for someone to "please kill me," and was ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Trial could brings US closer to closing Guantanamo
The war crimes trial of a driver for Osama bin Laden could bring the United States closer to its goal of closing the prison at Guantanamo Bay...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Gitmo jury adjourns for day without verdict
Jurors in the first Guantanamo war crimes trial are ending another day of deliberations without a verdict...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
And then there were 5 pit bull clones that is
Bernann McKinney says her beloved pit bull "Booger" saved her life when another dog attacked her, then learned to push her wheelchair while she recovered from a severe hand injury and nerve damage...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Scientists cheer gorilla find, but warn of threats
Can there be more lurking in the mist? Despite a startling find announced Tuesday that doubled the estimated number of western lowland gorillas in central Africa, scientists warned that hundreds of primate species remain in danger of extinction...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Pope Benedict tells China open up to Christianity
Pope Benedict XVI urged China Tuesday to open up to Christianity as he visited the birthplace of a 19th century saint who died as a missionary there 100 years ago...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Court has HIV-positive Mexican soldier reinstated
A Mexican soldier has won his job back six years after he was kicked out of the military for testing HIV positive...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Argentina trial opens against 2 ex-military men
Two former military officers charged with the 1976 kidnapping and disappearance of a senator are on trial in northern Argentina...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
UK agrees to delay preachers extradition to US
Britain agreed Tuesday to delay the extradition of a radical Muslim preacher to face charges that he helped set up an al-Qaida terrorist training camp in Oregon...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Ballard, pioneer of fuel-cell industry, dies at 76
Geoff Ballard, a Canadian pioneer of the fuel cell industry and an entrepreneur Time Magazine once named one of its "Heroes for the Planet," has died. He was 76...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Hospitals 'infested with vermin'
The cleanliness of most NHS hospitals in England is threatened by frequent invasions of rats, fleas, bedbugs, flies and cockroaches, claims a report...
BBC News - August 5, 2008
UK pensions are 'back in the red'
UK pension funds are in the red again after the biggest 12-month swing in funding levels since 2002, says a report...
BBC News - August 5, 2008
Bolivia protests prevent summit
The leaders of Venezuela and Argentina cancel a trip to Bolivia after clashes between police and opponents of President Morales...
BBC News - August 5, 2008
Concern over headbutt attack fine
Lawyers claim that many violent criminals are not being charged because of a drive to reduce congestion in courts...
BBC News - August 5, 2008
Man arrested over Quigley murder
A man, thought to be Stephen Cahoon, is arrested in Donegal in connection with the murder of Londonderry woman Jean Quigley...
BBC News - August 5, 2008
In pictures
Acrobatic troupe's colourful London debut of Swan Lake...
BBC News - August 5, 2008
The McCann files
Sifting through 30,000 pages of police evidence...
BBC News - August 5, 2008
Climate Camp policing condemned
A Labour MP condemns Kent Police's decision to let officers wear riot gear during a protest at the Climate Camp in Kent...
BBC News - August 5, 2008
After the cyclone
Three months on, Burmese villagers are still struggling...
BBC News - August 5, 2008
Day in pictures
The most striking images from around the world...
BBC News - August 5, 2008
Fab fun... Giggling Beatles tape sells for £9,800 at auction
A tape of a Beatles recording session in which John Lennon and Paul McCartney are heard cracking jokes sells for £9,800...
BBC News - August 5, 2008
The sea creature giving Britain's Olympic sailing squad a boost
Britain's sailing squad has an extra weapon going into the Olympics - an extract from a sea creature which could help keep them ready to race...
BBC News - August 5, 2008
Rangers slump to shock Euro exit
Kaunas come from a goal behind to send Rangers crashing out at the qualification stages of the Champions League...
BBC News - August 5, 2008
Stock markets rally as oil falls
Stock markets rally strongly in the US and Europe on the back of a continued fall in the price of oil...
BBC News - August 5, 2008
US kidnap father 'is not guilty'
The US lawyer for a father accused of abducting his London-based daughter denies his client kidnapped her...
BBC News - August 5, 2008
US cracks 'biggest ID fraud case'
US authorities charge 11 people over the alleged theft of credit card details in the country's largest ID theft case...
BBC News - August 5, 2008
Freeman recovering after surgery
Actor Morgan Freeman is in "good spirits" after surgery for injuries sustained in a car accident in Mississippi...
BBC News - August 5, 2008
'Al-Qaeda' woman appears in court
A Pakistani woman scientist accused of links to the al-Qaeda leadership appears in a New York court charged with attempting to kill US soldiers...
BBC News - August 5, 2008
UK Basra deal claims 'not true'
Des Browne says reports UK soldiers delayed helping Iraqis in Basra in a deal with militiamen are "simply not true"...
BBC News - August 5, 2008
Funerals begin after North India temple stampede
Mukesh Chabba lit the funeral pyre on which seven of his relatives _ including his wife and daughter _ were cremated Monday, the day after a stampede at a remote mountaintop Hindu temple killed 145 people...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Philippine court blocks autonomy deal for Muslims
The Philippine Supreme Court, acting on a petition by Christian politicians, on Monday blocked the signing of a key accord granting an expanded southern homeland to minority Muslims as part of a deal to end decades of bloody Islamic rebellion...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Kin search among dead from Indian temple stampede
Family members moved through row after row of bodies overnight in a grim search for their loved ones among the 145 people killed in a deadly stampede at a remote mountaintop Hindu temple...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Dad charged in girl abduction arrives in Mass.
The father accused of kidnapping his daughter off a Boston street and fleeing to Baltimore has arrived in Massachusetts to face arraignment...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Dark Knight still soars with $42.7M weekend
Bruce Wayne continues to add to his millions. "The Dark Knight," the blockbuster about the rich guy and his crime-fighting alter-ego, led the box office for the third weekend with $42.7 million...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Some answers, but not all, likely in anthrax case
The FBI plans to begin briefing family members of victims of the 2001 anthrax attacks, an indication that some lingering questions in the case may soon be answered...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Even with his game in decline, Daly still a draw
Kids reached out to touch him. Grown men shouted his name. Women smiled and begged for an autograph...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Angels beat Orioles on bases-loaded walk
Chone Figgins drew a bases-loaded walk from All-Star closer George Sherrill with two outs in the ninth inning after Francisco Rodriguez blew a four-run lead, and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Baltimore Orioles 6-5 on Monday night...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Moehler, Astros beat Cubs in rain-shortened game
Brian Moehler pitched five sharp innings before two powerful storms rolled into Wrigley Field, and the Houston Astros withstood the wild weather to beat the Chicago Cubs 2-0 in a rain-shortened game that was called in the bottom of the eighth Monday night...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Freeman still in serious condition after car crash
Morgan Freeman remained in serious condition Tuesday with a broken arm and elbow after rescuers used a jaws-of-life machine to free him and a passenger from their car after it crashed on a stretch of rural Mississippi Delta highway this weekend...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Critical of McCain, Obama quiet on own energy vote
Democratic candidate Barack Obama criticized Republican John McCain on Tuesday for taking a page out of "the Cheney playbook" on energy, overlooking his own support of oil-friendly policies that the unpopular vice president helped to craft...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Obama links energy troubles to unpopular Cheney
Barack Obama sought on Tuesday to link what he called an "economy in turmoil" with administration energy policies that he asserted Vice President Dick Cheney helped shape. Setting things right will require "all hands on deck efforts," he said...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Young people finding Obama way cooler than McCain
Forget the war for the White House for a moment. Among young people, Barack Obama appears to be beating John McCain in the battle for "cool."...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Singh finds range on short putts, wins Bridgestone
After hitting his golf ball more than 17 miles over four days at Firestone Country Club, Vijay Singh agonized over the final 42 inches...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Edouard hits Texas coast with strong wind, rain
Tropical Storm Edouard hit the Texas Gulf coast east of Galveston on Tuesday with strong winds and rain but was expected to weaken as it makes its way inland during the day...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Wall Street spikes higher after ISM data
Wall Street is surging higher after a trade group reported that activity in the services sector fell less than expected in July...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Oil falls as low as $118 on demand concerns
Oil prices slid further Tuesday, dropping to as low as $118 a barrel on widening expectations that the slumping U.S. economy will keep eroding consumer demand for gasoline and other petroleum products...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
No change expected in Fed interest rates
The Federal Reserve, caught between mounting job losses and rising inflation, is likely to sit tight and hope that the interest rate cuts it has already provided will be enough to heal a sick economy...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Ibanez rallies Mariners with 6 RBIs in 1 inning
Raul Ibanez had a grand slam and six RBIs _ all in a wild seventh inning _ and the Seattle Mariners staged their biggest comeback of a lost season to stun the AL Central-leading Minnesota Twins 11-6 on Monday night...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Canadian bus attack suspect charged with murder
A man who witnesses said stabbed and beheaded his seat mate on a Greyhound bus in Canada made his first court appearance Friday, while police offered no motive for the savage attack against a 22-year-old carnival worker...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Report Therapist feared anthrax researcher
Bruce E. Ivins, the late microbiologist suspected in the 2001 anthrax attacks, had attempted to poison people and his therapist said she was "scared to death" of him, according to court testimony that emerged Saturday...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Bush tells troops Iraq no longer hopeless
President Bush said Monday that U.S. troops going to Iraq soon will find a country dramatically different from the one that was "hopeless" before his troop buildup...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Dutch survivor of K2 avalanche describes ordeal
Blinded by the glare off the snow and ice, attempting a perilous descent down K2 to save his life, the Dutch mountaineer came upon three Korean climbers...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Roadside bomb kills 2 US soldiers in Baghdad
A roadside bomb killed two U.S. soldiers in a predominantly Shiite area in Baghdad on Monday, the first deadly attack against American troops in the capital in nearly a month...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Solzhenitsyn death leaves complex legacy in Russia
Alexander Solzhenitsyn and Vladimir Putin could have seemed like natural enemies _ a writer plagued by the secret police and a president who started his career with the KGB...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
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Oil giants Chevron Corp. and Total SA wrapped up a string of gargantuan, record-breaking earnings reports Friday, a stretch in which six of the major international oil companies topped $50 billion in combined profit...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
No change expected in Fed interest rates
The Federal Reserve, caught between mounting job losses and rising inflation, is likely to sit tight and hope that the interest rate cuts it has already provided will be enough to heal a sick economy...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Bush kicks off Asia trip with visit to S. Korea
President Bush is kicking off his Asian trip with a visit to a new friend while seeking solutions to sticky issues old and new...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Russians pay tribute to Solzhenitsyn
Hundreds of Russians lined up in the pelting rain on Tuesday to pay tribute to Alexander Solzhenitsyn as the author, dissident and patriot lay in state inside the Russian Academy of Sciences...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Helicopters ready for new rescue attempt on K2
Helicopter pilots were waiting for thick clouds to clear Tuesday before attempting to rescue an Italian mountaineer stranded on K2 after he survived an avalanche and exposure that left 11 other climbers presumed dead...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Venezuelas Chavez pushes through 26 decrees
President Hugo Chavez is aiming to set up neighborhood-based militias, move toward a socialist economy in Venezuela and increase state control over agriculture under a package of laws enacted by presidential decree...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
S. Koreans fire water cannons at Bush protesters
Police fired water cannons at thousands of protesters Tuesday as President Bush got a volatile reception in South Korea at the start of his three-nation Asian trip...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Italian survivor of K2 disaster reaches base camp
After a painful descent on frostbitten feet, the last survivor of the mounteering disaster that killed 11 climbers on K2 reached base camp Tuesday as cloud and snow prevented a helicopter rescue...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Cambodia demands Thai troops pull back
Cambodia on Tuesday demanded that Thailand pull its troops back from a second temple site along their border, the latest in a series of territorial claims and counterclaims that have prompted armed tensions between the Asian neighbors...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Strong earthquake hits western China
A strong aftershock struck a western Chinese region where a May earthquake killed almost 70,000 people, shaking buildings a few hours after the Olympic torch relay passed through the area Tuesday. No injuries or damage were reported...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Frostbitten survivor of K2 disaster reaches camp
Limping through ice on frostbitten feet, the last survivor of the mountaineering disaster that killed 11 climbers on K2 reached base camp Tuesday as cloud and snow prevented a helicopter rescue...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
New fears about Olympic press freedoms
The beating of two Japanese journalists by police in western China drew an official apology Tuesday, but Beijing also set new obstacles for news outlets wanting to report from Tiananmen Square in the latest sign of trouble for reporters covering the Olympics...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Strong earthquake hits western China 1 killed
A strong aftershock struck a western Chinese region where a May earthquake killed almost 70,000 people, shaking buildings a few hours after the Olympic torch relay passed through the area Tuesday. One person was killed and 23 injured...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Chinese police beat, detain 2 Japanese reporters
Two Japanese journalists were briefly detained and beaten by police in western China, their companies and one of the men said Tuesday, triggering a protest by the Japanese government. Chinese officials later apologized...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Report UK troops cut deal and avoided Iraq battle
A secret deal between Britain and a notorious Iraqi militia kept the British forces out of a bloody battle in the southern Iraqi city of Basra earlier this year, leaving U.S. and Iraqi forces to fight alone, The Times of London reported Tuesday. The Ministry of Defense denied the allegation...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Tibetan exiles in India arrested near China border
Indian police detained 56 Tibetan exiles, including several monks and nuns, attempting to cross the border into China and protest the Beijing Olympics, police said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Iraq Gunmen kill US-allied Sunni group leader
Gunmen killed a senior leader of a U.S.-allied Sunni group and six of his guards in an ambush south of Baghdad, a group member and residents said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Official Russian arms sales to set new record
Russian arms sales are set to reach a new post-Soviet record this year, a top official said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Hi-tech criminals target Twitter
A fake profile on the Twitter micro-blogging site has been found to hide a program capable of stealing data...
BBC News - August 5, 2008
X Files fails to make UK impact
The second X Files film fails to make a big impact in the UK box office in its opening weekend, entering at number four...
BBC News - August 5, 2008
UN warning on India child health
The world will fail to reach millennium development goals unless India improves healthcare for children, the UN says...
BBC News - August 5, 2008
Tropical Storm Edouard hits Texas
A powerful tropical storm hits Texas with heavy rains and near-hurricane strength winds, US weather forecasters say...
BBC News - August 5, 2008
Death crash firefighter in court
A firefighter appears in court after a motorist is killed after being hit by a fire engine responding to a 999 call...
BBC News - August 5, 2008
Father's appeal in fatal stabbing
The father of a man police are hunting in connection with a fatal stabbing appeals for his son to hand himself in...
BBC News - August 5, 2008
Man charged with assaulting MLA
A man, 21, appears in court charged with assaulting a Sinn Fein MLA and another party member...
BBC News - August 5, 2008
Zuma fate delayed till September
South Africa's ruling party leader will find out next month whether corruption charges against him will be dropped...
BBC News - August 5, 2008
The survey said...
What not to believe when surveys seem improbable...
BBC News - August 5, 2008
Ten to watch
China's track hero leads our picks...
BBC News - August 5, 2008
Secret pact?
Was there a deal to keep the British out of the Basra battle?...
BBC News - August 5, 2008
Payment holiday
Will home buyers get a break from stamp duty?...
BBC News - August 5, 2008
Midori mystery
What has melon liqueur got to do with Microsoft?...
BBC News - August 5, 2008
Live text - Kaunas v Rangers
Rangers play the second leg of their second round Champions League qualifying tie with FBK Kaunas...
BBC News - August 5, 2008
Sleep action urged after death
A coroner vows to lobby government to reduce the number of road deaths
caused by sleeping disorders...
BBC News - August 5, 2008
Oil price falls further to $118
Oil prices touch $118 a barrel, the lowest price for three months, as figures indicate supplies are rising...
BBC News - August 5, 2008
Laughter threatens woman's health
A student who faces being paralysed if she laughs is running a campaign to raise awareness of the condition...
BBC News - August 5, 2008
Two planes in airport collision
Two aircraft, carrying a combined 287 passengers, are involved in a "minor wingtip collision" at Manchester Airport...
BBC News - August 5, 2008
US hearing for 'al-Qaeda' woman
A Pakistani woman scientist accused of links to al-Qaeda is to appear in a US court after her transfer from Afghanistan...
BBC News - August 5, 2008
Police files give McCanns 'hope'
Kate and Gerry McCann "draw strength" from the lack of evidence in police files that Madeleine is dead, says their spokesman...
BBC News - August 5, 2008
Northern Rock cash boost attacked
Opposition parties criticise the government's decision to give Northern Rock £3bn more in cash as a serious risk to taxpayers...
BBC News - August 5, 2008
France accused in Rwanda genocide
Rwanda's government accuses France of playing an active role in the 1994 genocide, in which about 800,000 were killed...
BBC News - August 5, 2008
Lawyers for Mexican say execution violates treaty
Condemned prisoner Jose Medellin looked to the federal courts to keep him from the death chamber Tuesday for his part in the gang rape, beating and strangling of two teenage girls 15 years ago...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Anthrax suspect connected to Princeton sorority
One of the biggest mysteries surrounding the anthrax scare of 2001 _ why the anthrax-laced letters were dropped off at a mailbox in New Jersey _ may be connected to a sorority chapter at Princeton University...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Texas-La. coast begin to feel tropical storm
The winds were beginning to pick up and the surfs were rising in Galveston early Tuesday as Tropical Storm Edouard closed in on the Texas Gulf Coast...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Ibanez rallies Mariners with 6 RBIs in 1 inning
Raul Ibanez had a grand slam and six RBIs _ all in a wild seventh inning _ and the Seattle Mariners staged their biggest comeback of a lost season to stun the AL Central-leading Minnesota Twins 11-6 on Monday night...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
The gangs back Werewolves, vampires and all
"Breaking Dawn" (Little, Brown and Company, 754 pages, $22.99) by Stephanie Meyer: The heartbreakingly beautiful vampires, loyal werewolves and emotionally torn humans are back for one last round in "Breaking Dawn," the fourth and last installment in the fanatically loved "Twilight Saga" series...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Feds, tribe wage legal fight in immigration scam
When federal agents raided the offices of the Kaweah Indian Nation, Malcolm Webber told the arresting officer he had not committed fraud and was confused how he could be arrested on "sovereign soil," court documents show...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Obama proposes tapping oil stockpiles
Barack Obama put forward a broad energy plan Monday designed to end U.S. reliance on imported oil within 10 years and shore up his standing amid a tightening White House race and high-anxiety over gas prices...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Obama backs limited drilling, tapping oil reserve
Barack Obama put forward a broad energy plan Monday designed to end U.S. reliance on imported oil within 10 years and shore up his standing amid a tightening White House race and high-anxiety over gas prices...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Singh finds range on short putts, wins Bridgestone
After hitting his golf ball more than 17 miles over four days at Firestone Country Club, Vijay Singh agonized over the final 42 inches...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Even with his game in decline, Daly still a draw
Kids reached out to touch him. Grown men shouted his name. Women smiled and begged for an autograph...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Moehler, Astros beat Cubs in rain-shortened game
Brian Moehler pitched five sharp innings before two powerful storms rolled into Wrigley Field, and the Houston Astros withstood the wild weather to beat the Chicago Cubs 2-0 in a rain-shortened game that was called in the bottom of the eighth Monday night...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Researchers to herd headset-wearing cows from afar
The tradition dates back to the Old West: A cowboy gently soothes his cattle with a simple song...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Oil falls toward $120 in Asia on demand concerns
Oil prices fell to near $120 a barrel Tuesday in Asia on expectations the economic downturn in the U.S. will erode consumer demand for crude products...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Oil prices drop toward $120 a barrel in Asia
Oil prices fell to near $120 a barrel Tuesday in Asia on expectations the economic downturn in the U.S. will erode consumer demand for crude products...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
No change expected in Fed interest rates
The Federal Reserve, caught between mounting job losses and rising inflation, is likely to sit tight and hope that the interest rate cuts it has already provided will be enough to heal a sick economy...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Report Therapist feared anthrax researcher
Bruce E. Ivins, the late microbiologist suspected in the 2001 anthrax attacks, had attempted to poison people and his therapist said she was "scared to death" of him, according to court testimony that emerged Saturday...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Angels beat Orioles on bases-loaded walk
Chone Figgins drew a bases-loaded walk from All-Star closer George Sherrill with two outs in the ninth inning after Francisco Rodriguez blew a four-run lead, and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Baltimore Orioles 6-5 on Monday night...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Sorority may link anthrax suspect to NJ letters
His decades-long obsession with a college sorority may link a former Army biowarfare scientist to four anthrax-laced letters dropped off at a New Jersey mailbox in 2001, authorities said Monday in the latest twist of one of the most bizarre unsolved crimes in FBI history...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Embattled senator receives warm greeting in Alaska
Sen. Ted Stevens returned home Monday to a cheering crowd, declaring his innocence and insisting his re-election campaign was "full speed ahead."...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Dark Knight still soars with $42.7M weekend
Bruce Wayne continues to add to his millions. "The Dark Knight," the blockbuster about the rich guy and his crime-fighting alter-ego, led the box office for the third weekend with $42.7 million...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
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Al-Qaida confirmed Sunday the death of a top commander accused of training the suicide bombers who killed 17 American sailors on the USS Cole eight years ago...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Poll McCains attack strategy paying dividends
Intensified attacks by Republican John McCain on the character of his Democratic opponent have coincided with Barack Obama losing a nine percentage point advantage in a national poll, which showed the candidates running dead even over the weekend...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Hamas forces battled Fatah-linked fighters with mortars and machine guns in a crowded Gaza neighborhood Saturday, leaving at least nine dead in the worst Palestinian infighting in nine months...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Gaza clansmen exiled as Hamas grabs Fatah bastion
Hamas claimed Monday to have "uprooted" the last major pocket of armed resistance to its 14-month rule in the Gaza Strip, saying it seized mortars, grenade launchers and other weapons from a once powerful clan allied with the rival Fatah movement...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Huge new US embassy reflects growing US-China ties
A massive new U.S. Embassy, the second-largest in the world after the heavily fortified compound in Baghdad, formally opens in the Chinese capital this week, a testament to the depth and breadth of the ties binding the trading partners and sometimes rivals...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Bush to face protesters during South Korea visit
President Bush held off on visiting Seoul earlier this year when protesters held nightly candlelight vigils and clashed with riot police in anger over government plans to resume imports of American beef...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Funerals begin after North India temple stampede
Mukesh Chabba lit the funeral pyre on which seven of his relatives _ including his wife and daughter _ were cremated Monday, the day after a stampede at a remote mountaintop Hindu temple killed 145 people...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Iraq violence kills 11, including 2 US soldiers
Roadside bombs killed two U.S. soldiers and at least nine Iraqis Monday in Baghdad and surrounding areas, officials said...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Venezuelas Chavez pushes through 26 decrees
President Hugo Chavez is aiming to set up neighborhood-based militias, move toward a socialist economy in Venezuela and increase state control over agriculture under a package of laws enacted by presidential decree...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Dutch survivor of K2 avalanche describes ordeal
Blinded by the glare off the snow and ice, attempting a perilous descent down K2 to save his life, the Dutch mountaineer came upon three Korean climbers...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Roadside bomb kills 2 US soldiers in Baghdad
A roadside bomb killed two U.S. soldiers in a predominantly Shiite area in Baghdad on Monday, the first deadly attack against American troops in the capital in nearly a month...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Solzhenitsyn death leaves complex legacy in Russia
Alexander Solzhenitsyn and Vladimir Putin could have seemed like natural enemies _ a writer plagued by the secret police and a president who started his career with the KGB...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Cambodia demands Thai troops pull back
Cambodia on Tuesday demanded that Thailand pull its troops back from a second temple site along their border, the latest in a series of territorial claims and counterclaims that have prompted armed tensions between the Asian neighbors...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Bush kicks off Asia trip with visit to S. Korea
President Bush is kicking off his Asian trip with a visit to a new friend while seeking solutions to sticky issues old and new...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Russians pay tribute to Solzhenitsyn
Hundreds of Russians lined up in the pelting rain on Tuesday to pay tribute to Alexander Solzhenitsyn as the author, dissident and patriot lay in state inside the Russian Academy of Sciences...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Helicopters ready for new rescue attempt on K2
Helicopter pilots were waiting for thick clouds to clear Tuesday before attempting to rescue an Italian mountaineer stranded on K2 after he survived an avalanche and exposure that left 11 other climbers presumed dead...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
27 dead, thousands homeless in Pakistan floods
Officials in Pakistan say floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains have destroyed thousands of homes and caused at least 27 deaths...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Kyrgyz cops find weapons in US citizens apartment
Kyrgyz police have uncovered a large weapons cache at an apartment rented by a U.S. citizen, officials said Tuesday, though American officials say the arms were meant to be used in counterterrorism training...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Tibetan exiles in India arrested near China border
Indian police detained 56 Tibetan exiles, including several monks and nuns, attempting to cross the border into China and protest the Beijing Olympics, police said Tuesday...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Intel unveils graphics chip line
Chip giant Intel has revealed details of the chip line that will spearhead its push into the graphics card market...
BBC News - August 5, 2008
Human malaria jab tests nearing
Successful animal experiments have given the green light for trials of a new type of malaria vaccine in humans...
BBC News - August 5, 2008
Data points to weaker UK economy
The UK service sector shrinks for a third month in a row, while manufacturing output also falls, figures show...
BBC News - August 5, 2008
Ex-Tory candidate admits harassment
A former Tory general election candidate admits carrying out a campaign of harassment against Lib Dem rivals...
BBC News - August 5, 2008
Iran ambiguous on nuclear offer
Iran says it has sent a message to the EU, but not a response to the latest proposals on its nuclear programme...
BBC News - August 5, 2008
New quake hits Chinese province
An earthquake rocks China's Sichuan province, devastated by a powerful quake three months ago...
BBC News - August 5, 2008
Russia pays Solzhenitsyn respects
Russians file past the coffin of once-exiled author Alexander Solzhenitsyn, who exposed the horrors of Stalin's regime...
BBC News - August 5, 2008
Scots pupils receive exam results
Higher and Standard Grade exam pass rates in Scotland reach their highest level since the system was revamped...
BBC News - August 5, 2008
Woman hid dead baby in car boot
A woman who admitted hiding the body of her dead son in the boot of her car is given a suspended jail sentence...
BBC News - August 5, 2008
Adams defends justice agreement
Sinn Fein's Gerry Adams defends his party and the DUP on the transfer of policing and justice powers to Stormont...
BBC News - August 5, 2008
S Africa's Zuma returns to court
South Africa's ruling party leader, Jacob Zuma, is in court again as supporters urge him on to get graft charges dropped...
BBC News - August 5, 2008
More Brazil murder remains found
The forearms, leg and head of a south London teenager murdered in Brazil have been discovered, police say...
BBC News - August 5, 2008
'Film addict'
Star Wars' George Lucas on thrill of making Clone Wars...
BBC News - August 5, 2008
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Police files in the hunt for missing Madeleine McCann...
BBC News - August 5, 2008
Feeling the pinch
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BBC News - August 5, 2008
'DIY' machine saves girl with kidney failure
A baby dying from kidney failure was saved when her doctor designed and built her a dialysis machine from scratch in his garage...
BBC News - August 5, 2008
GB 'to meet' Olympic medal target
Team GB should exceed a target of 41 medals at the Olympics demanded by sports minister Gerry Sutcliffe, research shows...
BBC News - August 5, 2008
Strike threat may delay SPL start
The start of the Scottish Premier League this weekend could be delayed because of a strike threat from the country's Referees' Association...
BBC News - August 5, 2008
ECB extends deals with Sky & Five
The ECB announces a new four-year deal which sees Sky keeping the rights to show live England matches with highlights on Five...
BBC News - August 5, 2008
Olsen seeks immunity over Ledger
Actress Mary-Kate Olsen will not answer questions about Heath Ledger's death unless granted immunity from prosecution...
BBC News - August 5, 2008
Owner's delight as scientists produce five clones of pet pooch
Scientists in South Korea say they have successfully completed the world's first commercial cloning of a pet dog...
BBC News - August 5, 2008
Test results record small gains
The primary Sats test results for England are published - with 460 schools still waiting for their marks...
BBC News - August 5, 2008
'Weapons stash' near Climate Camp
Police recover "a stash of knives and weapons" from woodland close to the Climate Camp in Kent...
BBC News - August 5, 2008
Northern Rock makes a £585m loss
Northern Rock made a bigger-than-expected loss of £585m in the first half of the year, and will get a £3bn cash injection...
BBC News - August 5, 2008
China confident of safe Olympics
China stresses the Beijing Olympics will be safe, following an attack that killed 16 policemen in the north-west of the country...
BBC News - August 5, 2008
Government 'may defer' stamp duty
The Treasury may allow home buyers to postpone stamp duty payments, the BBC understands...
BBC News - August 5, 2008
New Paraguay leaders first challenge land reform
Just outside the rickety wire fence that guards the rich, red soil of this vast hacienda, dozens of peasants have camped for weeks under a patchwork of thatched shelters and tarpaulin-covered tents...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Kin search among dead from Indian temple stampede
Family members moved through row after row of bodies overnight in a grim search for their loved ones among the 145 people killed in a deadly stampede at a remote mountaintop Hindu temple...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Anglican leader seeks moratorium on gay bishops
Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, struggling to hold together the troubled world Anglican family, urged church leaders gathered Sunday in England not to consecrate another gay bishop, saying the fellowship will be in "grave peril" without a moratorium...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Sorority may link anthrax suspect to NJ letters
His decades-long obsession with a college sorority may link a former Army biowarfare scientist to four anthrax-laced letters dropped off at a New Jersey mailbox in 2001, authorities said Monday in the latest twist of one of the most bizarre unsolved crimes in FBI history...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Embattled senator receives warm greeting in Alaska
Sen. Ted Stevens returned home Monday to a cheering crowd, declaring his innocence and insisting his re-election campaign was "full speed ahead."...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
7 more Philly workers suspended in teens death
Seven city human resources administrators were suspended Monday, exactly two years after the emaciated, maggot-infested body of a 14-year-old girl with cerebral palsy was found in the squalid home of her mother, who has been charged with murder...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Gay couples use weddings to wage ballot fight
When Pamela Brown got married, the two bride figurines atop her wedding cake celebrated her newfound right in California to marry another woman. But one of the figurines had a tiny sign over its head with something more to say: "Vote No on 8."...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Cain shuts down Braves
Matt Cain beat the Braves for the first time in three career tries, Randy Winn doubled in a run and had three hits and the San Francisco Giants won 4-2 against Atlanta on Monday night...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Young, Reynolds power Diamondbacks past Pirates
Mark Reynolds homered and drove in three runs, Chris Young snapped an 0-for-18 skid with three hits and the Arizona Diamondbacks routed the Pittsburgh Pirates 13-7 on Monday night...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Dark Knight still soars with $42.7M weekend
Bruce Wayne continues to add to his millions. "The Dark Knight," the blockbuster about the rich guy and his crime-fighting alter-ego, led the box office for the third weekend with $42.7 million...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
The gangs back Werewolves, vampires and all
"Breaking Dawn" (Little, Brown and Company, 754 pages, $22.99) by Stephanie Meyer: The heartbreakingly beautiful vampires, loyal werewolves and emotionally torn humans are back for one last round in "Breaking Dawn," the fourth and last installment in the fanatically loved "Twilight Saga" series...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Obama proposes tapping oil stockpiles
Barack Obama put forward a broad energy plan Monday designed to end U.S. reliance on imported oil within 10 years and shore up his standing amid a tightening White House race and high-anxiety over gas prices...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Obama backs limited drilling, tapping oil reserve
Barack Obama put forward a broad energy plan Monday designed to end U.S. reliance on imported oil within 10 years and shore up his standing amid a tightening White House race and high-anxiety over gas prices...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Michelle Obama describes duty as mother-in-chief
Forget the pearls. Michelle Obama says her best accessory is her husband...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Angels beat Orioles on bases-loaded walk
Chone Figgins drew a bases-loaded walk from All-Star closer George Sherrill with two outs in the ninth inning after Francisco Rodriguez blew a four-run lead, and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Baltimore Orioles 6-5 on Monday night...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Moehler, Astros beat Cubs in rain-shortened game
Brian Moehler pitched five sharp innings before two powerful storms rolled into Wrigley Field, and the Houston Astros withstood the wild weather to beat the Chicago Cubs 2-0 in a rain-shortened game that was called in the bottom of the eighth Monday night...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Ibanez rallies Mariners with 6 RBIs in 1 inning
Raul Ibanez had a grand slam and six RBIs _ all in a wild seventh inning _ and the Seattle Mariners staged their biggest comeback of a lost season to stun the AL Central-leading Minnesota Twins 11-6 on Monday night...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Oil prices drop toward $120 a barrel in Asia
Oil prices fell to near $120 a barrel Tuesday in Asia on expectations the economic downturn in the U.S. will erode consumer demand for crude products...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
No change expected in Fed interest rates
The Federal Reserve, caught between mounting job losses and rising inflation, is likely to sit tight and hope that the interest rate cuts it has already provided will be enough to heal a sick economy...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Rising prices beat down consumer spending in June
Consumer spending, after adjusting for inflation, fell in June as shoppers were hit with the biggest increase in prices in nearly three decades...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Car leasings fall means cost climb for consumers
Just when motorists were starting to adjust to exorbitant gas prices, they face the prospect of much higher costs, fewer choices and a dearth of financing options if they want to lease their next car...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Big Oils biggest quarter ever $51.5B in all
Oil giants Chevron Corp. and Total SA wrapped up a string of gargantuan, record-breaking earnings reports Friday, a stretch in which six of the major international oil companies topped $50 billion in combined profit...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Iraq suffers from dirty water, fears about cholera
Just months after Americans repaired a sewage treatment plant in southern Baghdad, insurgents attacked the facility and killed the manager. Looters took care of the rest...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Tensions run high in Iraq over disputed Kirkuk
More than 1,000 Sunni Arabs and Turkomen staged a demonstration Saturday to protest calls by Kurds to annex the oil-rich city of Kirkuk to their autonomous region as Iraqi officials met in Baghdad to defuse tension over the disputed city...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Bush rips Democrats for opposing offshore drilling
President Bush chastised Democrats on Saturday for refusing to allow a vote on whether to lift the federal ban on offshore oil drilling before lawmakers departed for their summer recess...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
Mine hits bus with Afghan wedding party 10 die
Police say a bus carrying a wedding party in southern Afghanistan has struck a mine, killing 10 people including the bride and groom...
Southern Ledger - August 5, 2008
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