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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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Unknown problem interrupts Mars landers task
The Phoenix lander has made its first attempt to dump a sample of Martian soil into its tiny testing oven but scientists say an unknown glitch kept any of the dirt from reaching the instrument...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Energy chief Flat production behind oil prices
Nations should fight rising oil prices by cutting subsidies and vastly increasing investment in energy, while oil-producing countries need to ramp up output and divulge more information about how much they produce, the U.S. energy secretary said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Immigrants fear ID checks aboard ferry
Pedro Perez has not left Orcas Island in more than four months. Not for weekend trips with his family, not for cheaper groceries on the mainland, not for medical care _ not for anything...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Angry consumers in India protest fuel prices
Angry consumers blocked rail tracks and roads and shut down businesses in parts of India for a second day Friday to protest a hike in fuel prices by the government, while Malaysia defended its decision to end fuel subsidies...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Cyclone destroys trees in Myanmars main city
The waiter looks down at the streets of Yangon from the panoramic rooftop restaurant. He remembers how diners used to be shielded from the noise and bustle of the city below by a thick green cushion of leaves...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Farmworkers death prompts calls for Calif. reform
The death of a pregnant teenager pruning grape vines in 100-degree heat has outraged the farmworking community and sparked calls for safety reforms as laborers prepare for the long summer harvest...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Specialized NYPD unit tracks graffiti writers
Graffiti artists come to New York City from all over the world to make their mark on subway cars, buildings and billboards. They spend hours surveying and then spray-painting hard-to-reach spaces with remarkable precision...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Legal issue affects timings of gay weddings
Drew Snyder and William Ballentine had a commitment ceremony with all the trimmings four years ago, the closest they could get to a wedding at the time...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Wildfire keeps burning NC wildlife refuge
A wildfire that has burned 30,000 acres in eastern North Carolina may smolder for months as it burns decayed vegetation that makes up the soil in the area, North Carolina Forest Service spokesman Bill Swartley said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Top man on totem pole could get his clothes back
For nearly seven decades, a sad-eyed wooden lump of a man has been gazing out over Sitka Sound beset by the pelting rains and biting winds that whip in from the Pacific Ocean...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Guests for Sunday TV news shows include Sen. Kerry
Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:___...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Bo Diddleys funeral being held in Florida
Family, friends and fans of music legend Bo Diddley are heading to Gainesville, Fla., for his funeral...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Rain inundates central Indiana, threatens dams
Storms dumped as much as 10 inches of rain on already-soggy central Indiana on Saturday, threatening dams, inundating highways and sending the Coast Guard to rescue residents from swamped homes...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Clinton suspends historic campaign, endorses Obama
Hillary Rodham Clinton ended her historic campaign for the presidency on Saturday and told supporters to unite behind rival Barack Obama, closing out a race that was as grueling as it was groundbreaking...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Clinton suspends her historic presidential bid
Hillary Rodham Clinton ended her historic campaign for the presidency on Saturday and told supporters to unite behind rival Barack Obama, closing out a race that was as grueling as it was groundbreaking...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Clinton suspends campaign, endorses Obama
Hillary Rodham Clinton has ended her historic quest for the presidency and endorsed Democratic rival Barack Obama...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
South African Clark takes 1-shot lead at St. Jude
Tim Clark heated up at just the right time Saturday, and the South African broke a logjam at the Stanford St. Jude Championship to grab the lead to himself...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Black Japanese watermelon sold at record price
A jumbo black watermelon auctioned in Japan on Friday fetched a record $6,100, making it one of the most expensive watermelons ever sold in the country...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Oil producers urged to boost output as prices soar
Leading energy-consuming nations urged oil producers Saturday to boost their output to counter soaring prices threatening the world economy, while they pledged to develop clean energy technologies and improve efficiency...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Oils biggest day yet drags down stocks
Oil prices made their biggest single-day leap ever Friday _ clearing $139, dragging the Dow Jones industrials down nearly 400 points and raising the once-unthinkable prospect of $150 oil and even higher gas prices by the Fourth of July...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
WVU president Resignation only way to end debate
West Virginia University President Mike Garrison could have taken the heat. He says the school he loves could not...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Franken wins endorsement for Senate in Minnesota
Al Franken has won a resounding endorsement for U.S. Senate from Democratic activists at the Minnesota state convention...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Molestation suspect in N.H. after Mexico arrest
A sex offender who lived with a family after prison, then fled after being accused of molesting their 5-year-old son, appeared in court Friday following his return from Mexico, where he apparently spent a decade on the lam...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Gitmo court day for alleged 911 mastermind
The military expects a confrontational hearing when the alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and four alleged confederates are brought before a Marine colonel presiding over their war-crimes tribunal...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Accused 911 plotters due in Guantanamo court
Almost seven years after terrorists hijacked airliners and used them as missiles to kill 2,973 people, five men who allegedly plotted the attacks face a military tribunal Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Alleged 911 plotters face military tribunal
Almost seven years after terrorists hijacked airliners and used them as missiles to kill 2,973 people, five men who allegedly plotted the attacks face a military tribunal Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Alleged 911 plotters due in Gitmo court
Almost seven years after terrorists hijacked airliners and used them as missiles to kill 2,973 people, five men who allegedly plotted the attacks face a military tribunal Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Clinton and Obama hold secret meeting
Hillary Rodham Clinton and likely Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama met privately Thursday night to talk about uniting the Democratic Party, an Obama spokesman said...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Clinton poised to end historic presidential bid
Hillary Rodham Clinton is ready to thank her supporters for hanging on during her 17-month roller coaster journey from sure thing to also ran and to urge them to rally behind Barack Obama...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Guantanamo court day for alleged 911 mastermind
The military expects a confrontational hearing when the alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and four alleged confederates are brought before a Marine colonel presiding over their war-crimes tribunal...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Cubans guard glasses on Lennon statue after thefts
All he needs is love _ and someone to keep an eye on his glasses...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
1.5 million survivors in Myanmar without shelter
A severe shortage of housing has left hundreds of thousands of cyclone survivors in Myanmar exposed to heavy rain as the monsoon season begins, aid agencies said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Rain causes floods, landslides in Hong Kong
Heavy rains unleashed flooding and landslides early Saturday in Hong Kong, shutting down roads and air traffic throughout the territory, officials said...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Clinton to deliver on vow to strongly back Obama
Hillary Rodham Clinton is ready to swing her full support behind Barack Obama and ask her backers to follow along, while thanking them for sticking with her on a roller coaster ride from sure thing to also-ran...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Fact Check Obama and the status of Jerusalem
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama tried to please a pro-Israel crowd this week by saying that Jerusalem should be the capital of Israel and that the holy city should not be divided...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Car bombings in Baghdad leave at least 5 dead
A suicide car bomb and another car packed with explosives targeted Iraqi police patrols Saturday on opposite sides of Baghdad, killing at least five people, police said...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Pakistan leader Musharraf resists pressure to quit
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf vowed Saturday to resist pressure for him to resign but suggested he might quit if Parliament reduces him to a toothless figurehead...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Rare screening of Pakistani film in Indian Kashmir
The first Pakistani film to be screened in India in nearly 40 years has opened in the main city of Indian Kashmir, a cultural milestone for a region beset by a Muslim insurgency and international border disputes...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Musharraf denies rumors he will quit and leave
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf is denying rumors he will resign and go into exile...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
5 more UN helicopters arrive in Myanmar
Five helicopters working for the U.N. landed Saturday in Myanmar to help with cyclone relief efforts, as problems continued to dog efforts to help victims of the May 2-3 storm...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Rescued lions join African wildlife sanctuary
The wide-eyed lion cub inched slowly to the edge of the wooden crate and stared around him. Then, prompted by a growl from the older cub behind him, he leaped out onto the grass...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Car bombings in Baghdad leave at least 6 dead
A suicide car bomb and another car packed with explosives targeted Iraqi police patrols Saturday on opposite sides of Baghdad, killing at least six people, police said...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Philippines 3 rebels killed in clash
Communist rebels attacked a government militia outpost Saturday in the northern Philippines, provoking a clash in which three guerrillas were killed, police said...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Kosovo prime ministers home attacked
Armed assailants trying to break into the home of Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci exchanged fire with guards, but the leader was away and his family was not hurt, police said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Iraqi PM in Tehran for talks with Iranian leaders
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki was in Tehran Saturday for talks that are expected to focus on a proposed U.S.-Iraq security agreement that Iran fears will keep the American military in neighboring Iraq for years...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Chavez wants to work with next US leader
President Hugo Chavez said Saturday he wants to work together with the next U.S. president and that Venezuela and the United States should cooperate to resolve problems including world hunger, energy shortages and climate change...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Chavez backtracks on Venezuela spy law
President Hugo Chavez says his government will rewrite a new intelligence law to calm Venezuelan fears that the decree could be used to stifle dissent...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Somali journalist killed in Kismayo
Gunmen in southern Somalia fatally shot a local journalist who had been a contributor to various news organizations including The Associated Press and the British Broadcasting Corp., his wife and a doctor said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Macedonian vote partially annulled after violence
The State Election Commission announced Saturday it would nullify results from 186 polling stations after detecting fraud and other irregularities in the violence-marred parliamentary election a week ago...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Giant panda's sex secrets revealed
A BBC film crew captures the giant panda's full courtship and mating - from boisterous beginning to noisy ending...
BBC News - June 7, 2008
Big hearts 'have genetic problem'
Scientists say they have found a new genetic basis for why some people develop a dangerously enlarged heart...
BBC News - June 7, 2008
UN looks to DR Congo withdrawal
The UN Security Council raises the prospect of pulling peacekeepers out of DR Congo after talks in Kinshasa...
BBC News - June 7, 2008
Czech Republic defeat Swiss hosts
Substitute Vaclav Sverkos gives the Czech Republic a winning start to Euro 2008 with a second-half strike to break Switzerland's resistance...
BBC News - June 7, 2008
Founder of sports car firm dies
Trevor Wilkinson, founder of Blackpool sports car company TVR, dies in hospital near his Minorcan home...
BBC News - June 7, 2008
On-song Portugal sink Turkey
Portugal's Euro 2008 campaign opens in impressive fashion with victory over Turkey in Geneva...
BBC News - June 7, 2008
Somali BBC contributor shot dead
Nasteh Dahir, a freelance contributor to the BBC, is the latest journalist to be killed in Somalia...
BBC News - June 7, 2008
Immigrants fear ID checks aboard ferry
Pedro Perez has not left Orcas Island in more than four months. Not for weekend trips with his family, not for cheaper groceries on the mainland, not for medical care _ not for anything...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Angry consumers in India protest fuel prices
Angry consumers blocked rail tracks and roads and shut down businesses in parts of India for a second day Friday to protest a hike in fuel prices by the government, while Malaysia defended its decision to end fuel subsidies...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Cyclone destroys trees in Myanmars main city
The waiter looks down at the streets of Yangon from the panoramic rooftop restaurant. He remembers how diners used to be shielded from the noise and bustle of the city below by a thick green cushion of leaves...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Farmworkers death prompts calls for Calif. reform
The death of a pregnant teenager pruning grape vines in 100-degree heat has outraged the farmworking community and sparked calls for safety reforms as laborers prepare for the long summer harvest...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Southern California wildfire mostly contained
A wildfire charred nearly a square mile of steep brush and grassland on Friday, threatening about 50 homes in Southern California, before calm winds and high humidity helped firefighters get a handle on the blaze...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
3 condors released after treatment for lead
Three endangered California condors were returned to the wild Friday after undergoing treatment for lead poisoning at the Los Angeles Zoo...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Bo Diddleys funeral being held in Florida
Family, friends and fans of music legend Bo Diddley are heading to Gainesville, Fla., for his funeral...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Carell jokes about on-screen kiss with The Rock
Steve Carell, who plays Maxwell Smart in the upcoming spy comedy "Get Smart," says he had a scent-sational time kissing co-star Dwayne Johnson, who most might recognize as "The Rock."...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Top man on totem pole could get his clothes back
For nearly seven decades, a sad-eyed wooden lump of a man has been gazing out over Sitka Sound beset by the pelting rains and biting winds that whip in from the Pacific Ocean...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Home oyster gardening popular restoration effort
Oysters in the Chesapeake Bay have been all but wiped out, but amateur conservationists are signing on to the growing hobby of home aquaculture to help bring the struggling bivalves back...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
McCain deploying staff, expanding advertising
With his Democratic foe now certain, Republican John McCain is deploying dozens of staffers into battleground states, boasting of improved fundraising and expanding his advertising into some of the most competitive terrain of the general election...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Ana Ivanovic wins first French Open title
This time Ana Ivanovic was ready for the French Open final...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Busch trifecta begins with second-place finish
Kyle Busch arrived at Texas Motor Speedway, got in his truck and started driving through the field...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Kuroda dazzles Cubs with first complete game
Hiroki Kuroda allowed four hits and struck out a career-high 11 in his first complete game, leading the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 3-0 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Friday night...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Wolf has strong outing in Padres 2-1 win over Mets
Randy Wolf pitched seven strong innings and Kevin Kouzmanoff drove in the go-ahead run to lead the San Diego Padres to a 2-1 victory over the New York Mets on Friday night...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Angels Lackey gets early lead to beat As
Maicer Izturis homered on the third pitch of the game to give John Lackey an early lead and the Los Angeles Angels won their season-best sixth straight game with a 3-1 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Friday night...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Guests for Sunday TV news shows include Sen. Kerry
Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:___...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Oils biggest day yet drags down stocks
Oil prices made their biggest single-day leap ever Friday _ clearing $139, dragging the Dow Jones industrials down nearly 400 points and raising the once-unthinkable prospect of $150 oil and even higher gas prices by the Fourth of July...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
WVU president Resignation only way to end debate
West Virginia University President Mike Garrison could have taken the heat. He says the school he loves could not...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Clinton suspends her historic presidential bid
Hillary Rodham Clinton ended her historic campaign for the presidency on Saturday and told supporters to unite behind rival Barack Obama, closing out a race that was as grueling as it was groundbreaking...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Clinton suspends her historic presidential run
Hillary Rodham Clinton suspended her historic campaign for president on Saturday...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Clinton to deliver on vow to strongly back Obama
Hillary Rodham Clinton is ready to swing her full support behind Barack Obama and ask her backers to follow along, while thanking them for sticking with her on a roller coaster ride from sure thing to also-ran...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Clinton poised to end historic presidential bid
Hillary Rodham Clinton is ready to thank her supporters for hanging on during her 17-month roller coaster journey from sure thing to also ran and to urge them to rally behind Barack Obama...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Black Japanese watermelon sold at record price
A jumbo black watermelon auctioned in Japan on Friday fetched a record $6,100, making it one of the most expensive watermelons ever sold in the country...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Accused 911 plotters due in Guantanamo court
Almost seven years after terrorists hijacked airliners and used them as missiles to kill 2,973 people, five men who allegedly plotted the attacks face a military tribunal Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Disney creates Google Earth map of Disney World
Tourists overwhelmed by the mind-boggling size of Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla., will now be able to plan their tour with the help of a 3D Google Earth map created by The Walt Disney Co...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Alleged 911 plotters face military tribunal
Almost seven years after terrorists hijacked airliners and used them as missiles to kill 2,973 people, five men who allegedly plotted the attacks face a military tribunal Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Molestation suspect in N.H. after Mexico arrest
A sex offender who lived with a family after prison, then fled after being accused of molesting their 5-year-old son, appeared in court Friday following his return from Mexico, where he apparently spent a decade on the lam...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Economic cost drives Senate climate debate
The possible economic cost of confronting global warming _ from higher electricity bills to more expensive gasoline _ is driving the debate as climate change takes center stage in Congress...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Gitmo court day for alleged 911 mastermind
The military expects a confrontational hearing when the alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and four alleged confederates are brought before a Marine colonel presiding over their war-crimes tribunal...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Guantanamo court day for alleged 911 mastermind
The military expects a confrontational hearing when the alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and four alleged confederates are brought before a Marine colonel presiding over their war-crimes tribunal...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Negotiators to start writing Mideast peace pact
Israeli and Palestinian negotiators have agreed to start drafting elements of a proposed peace accord, the chief Palestinian negotiator said Friday...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Clinton to deliver on vow to strongly back Obama
Hillary Rodham Clinton is ready to swing her full support behind Barack Obama and ask her backers to follow along, while thanking them for sticking with her on a roller coaster ride from sure thing to also-ran...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Fact Check Obama and the status of Jerusalem
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama tried to please a pro-Israel crowd this week by saying that Jerusalem should be the capital of Israel and that the holy city should not be divided...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Clinton and Obama hold secret meeting
Hillary Rodham Clinton and likely Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama met privately Thursday night to talk about uniting the Democratic Party, an Obama spokesman said...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Rain causes floods, landslides in Hong Kong
Heavy rains unleashed flooding and landslides early Saturday in Hong Kong, shutting down roads and air traffic throughout the territory, officials said...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Tamils suspected in deadly Sri Lanka bus bombings
Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels blew up two passenger buses in Sri Lanka on Friday, killing 23 people and raising the specter of an escalating cycle of attacks on civilian targets...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Energy chief Flat production behind oil prices
Nations should fight rising oil prices by cutting subsidies and vastly increasing investment in energy, while oil-producing countries need to ramp up output and divulge more information about how much they produce, the U.S. energy secretary said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Israelis, Palestinians to start writing peace pact
Israeli and Palestinian negotiators have agreed to start drafting elements of a proposed peace accord, the chief Palestinian negotiator said Friday...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Musharraf denies rumors he will quit and leave
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf is denying rumors he will resign and go into exile...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Cubans guard glasses on Lennon statue after thefts
All he needs is love _ and someone to keep an eye on his glasses...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
1.5 million survivors in Myanmar without shelter
A severe shortage of housing has left hundreds of thousands of cyclone survivors in Myanmar exposed to heavy rain as the monsoon season begins, aid agencies said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Car bombings in Baghdad leave at least 6 dead
A suicide car bomb and another car packed with explosives targeted Iraqi police patrols Saturday on opposite sides of Baghdad, killing at least six people, police said...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Car bombings in Baghdad leave at least 5 dead
A suicide car bomb and another car packed with explosives targeted Iraqi police patrols Saturday on opposite sides of Baghdad, killing at least five people, police said...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Pakistan leader Musharraf resists pressure to quit
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf vowed Saturday to resist pressure for him to resign but suggested he might quit if Parliament reduces him to a toothless figurehead...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Rare screening of Pakistani film in Indian Kashmir
The first Pakistani film to be screened in India in nearly 40 years has opened in the main city of Indian Kashmir, a cultural milestone for a region beset by a Muslim insurgency and international border disputes...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Philippines 3 rebels killed in clash
Communist rebels attacked a government militia outpost Saturday in the northern Philippines, provoking a clash in which three guerrillas were killed, police said...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
US kills 4 suspected militants, captures 5
The U.S. military says it has killed four suspected militants, captured five others and destroyed two safehouses in northern Iraq...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Several militants killed in Afghanistan raids
U.S.-led coalition and Afghan forces raided several homes in a district just north of the capital, killing several militants who shot at them, the coalition said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Police Gunmen kill tribal leader in Afghanistan
A police chief says armed gunmen have killed a tribal leader in southern Afghanistan...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Macedonian vote partially annulled after violence
The State Election Commission announced Saturday it would nullify results from 186 polling stations after detecting fraud and other irregularities in the violence-marred parliamentary election a week ago...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Manager held over TV chef 'arson'
A manager at Jamie Oliver's restaurant in Melbourne is questioned by police over a big fire at the chef's office...
BBC News - June 7, 2008
MP demands end to 'landbanking'
A Liberal Democrat MP is calling for new laws to stop companies selling plots of land at inflated prices...
BBC News - June 7, 2008
Murder probe after stabbing death
Police launch a murder investigation after a man dies from several stab wounds...
BBC News - June 7, 2008
Man faces six immigration charges
A 51-year-old man arrested in Lisburn is charged with six counts of facilitating illegal immigration...
BBC News - June 7, 2008
Iraqi PM begins talks in Tehran
Iraqi PM Nouri Maliki arrives in Tehran for talks expected to cover Iran's alleged support for militants and US-Iraqi relations...
BBC News - June 7, 2008
Moors victim body search 'active'
The search for the body of Moors murder victim Keith Bennett has been active for three years, police say...
BBC News - June 7, 2008
Arrests follow death in West End
Two people are arrested in connection with the death of 25-year-old Eleni Pachou in Glasgow...
BBC News - June 7, 2008
Expenses account
What impact will the Spelman saga have on the Tories?...
BBC News - June 7, 2008
Testing times
Google trials new Gmail features on millions of users...
BBC News - June 7, 2008
Switzerland v Czech Republic
Co-hosts Switzerland face the Czech Republic as Euro 2008 kicks off in Basel...
BBC News - June 7, 2008
New Approach takes Derby victory
Irish challenger New Approach, ridden by Kevin Manning, wins the Epsom Derby...
BBC News - June 7, 2008
Court 'lifts Zimbabwe rally ban'
Zimbabwe's High Court overturns a ban on opposition campaign rallies, according to an opposition spokesman...
BBC News - June 7, 2008
Sarkozy presses Lebanon on peace
French President Nicolas Sarkozy urges leaders in Lebanon to fully implement their recent peace deal, on a visit to Beirut...
BBC News - June 7, 2008
Clinton backs Obama and bows out
Hillary Clinton tells supporters she is suspending her campaign to win the US presidency and is backing Barack Obama...
BBC News - June 7, 2008
Family joy as lost divers found
The families of three British divers missing in Indonesia for two days speak of their delight that they have been found safe...
BBC News - June 7, 2008
Footballer held over death crash
A professional footballer is arrested after two boys are killed in a crash on the M6 in Staffordshire...
BBC News - June 7, 2008
MP's nanny 'did secretarial work'
The nanny at the centre of an expenses row says she did both childcare and secretarial work for a senior Tory MP...
BBC News - June 7, 2008
Cyclone destroys trees in Myanmars main city
The waiter looks down at the streets of Yangon from the panoramic rooftop restaurant. He remembers how diners used to be shielded from the noise and bustle of the city below by a thick green cushion of leaves...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Farmworkers death prompts calls for Calif. reform
The death of a pregnant teenager pruning grape vines in 100-degree heat has outraged the farmworking community and sparked calls for safety reforms as laborers prepare for the long summer harvest...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Immigrants fear ID checks aboard ferry
Pedro Perez has not left Orcas Island in more than four months. Not for weekend trips with his family, not for cheaper groceries on the mainland, not for medical care _ not for anything...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Angry consumers in India protest fuel prices
Angry consumers blocked rail tracks and roads and shut down businesses in parts of India for a second day Friday to protest a hike in fuel prices by the government, while Malaysia defended its decision to end fuel subsidies...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Carell jokes about on-screen kiss with The Rock
Steve Carell, who plays Maxwell Smart in the upcoming spy comedy "Get Smart," says he had a scent-sational time kissing co-star Dwayne Johnson, who most might recognize as "The Rock."...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Top man on totem pole could get his clothes back
For nearly seven decades, a sad-eyed wooden lump of a man has been gazing out over Sitka Sound beset by the pelting rains and biting winds that whip in from the Pacific Ocean...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Home oyster gardening popular restoration effort
Oysters in the Chesapeake Bay have been all but wiped out, but amateur conservationists are signing on to the growing hobby of home aquaculture to help bring the struggling bivalves back...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Southern California wildfire mostly contained
A wildfire charred nearly a square mile of steep brush and grassland on Friday, threatening about 50 homes in Southern California, before calm winds and high humidity helped firefighters get a handle on the blaze...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
3 condors released after treatment for lead
Three endangered California condors were returned to the wild Friday after undergoing treatment for lead poisoning at the Los Angeles Zoo...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Busch trifecta begins with second-place finish
Kyle Busch arrived at Texas Motor Speedway, got in his truck and started driving through the field...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Kuroda dazzles Cubs with first complete game
Hiroki Kuroda allowed four hits and struck out a career-high 11 in his first complete game, leading the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 3-0 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Friday night...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Wolf has strong outing in Padres 2-1 win over Mets
Randy Wolf pitched seven strong innings and Kevin Kouzmanoff drove in the go-ahead run to lead the San Diego Padres to a 2-1 victory over the New York Mets on Friday night...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Angels Lackey gets early lead to beat As
Maicer Izturis homered on the third pitch of the game to give John Lackey an early lead and the Los Angeles Angels won their season-best sixth straight game with a 3-1 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Friday night...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
NASCARs Busch begins manic 3-race historic swing
Hiding behind his sunglasses on a cloudy day, Kyle Busch appeared totally relaxed as he prepared to make NASCAR history...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Guests for Sunday TV news shows include Sen. Kerry
Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:___...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
WVU president Resignation only way to end debate
West Virginia University President Mike Garrison could have taken the heat. He says the school he loves could not...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Clinton poised to end historic presidential bid
Hillary Rodham Clinton is ready to thank her supporters for hanging on during her 17-month roller coaster journey from sure thing to also ran and to urge them to rally behind Barack Obama...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
McCain deploying staff, expanding advertising
With his Democratic foe now certain, Republican John McCain is deploying dozens of staffers into battleground states, boasting of improved fundraising and expanding his advertising into some of the most competitive terrain of the general election...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
McCain deploys staff to battleground states
With his Democratic foe now certain, Republican John McCain is deploying dozens of staffers into battleground states, boasting of improved fundraising and expanding his advertising into some of the most competitive terrain of the general election...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
McCain deploying staff, expanding fundraising
With his Democratic foe now certain, Republican John McCain is deploying dozens of staffers into battleground states, boasting of improved fundraising and expanding his advertising into some of the most competitive terrain of the general election...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Soldiers skeletal remains found on Miss. base
Authorities were trying to determine Wednesday whether the remains of a soldier found in the woods of a National Guard training base are of a Kentucky guardsman who went missing before his unit deployed to Iraq...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Accused 911 mastermind wants death sentence
Alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed says he wants the death sentence. He and four alleged confederates faced a military judge Thursday in their long-awaited first appearance before a war-crimes tribunal...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Oils biggest day yet drags down stocks
Oil prices made their biggest single-day leap ever Friday _ clearing $139, dragging the Dow Jones industrials down nearly 400 points and raising the once-unthinkable prospect of $150 oil and even higher gas prices by the Fourth of July...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Molestation suspect in N.H. after Mexico arrest
A sex offender who lived with a family after prison, then fled after being accused of molesting their 5-year-old son, appeared in court Friday following his return from Mexico, where he apparently spent a decade on the lam...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Guantanamo court day for alleged 911 mastermind
The military expects a confrontational hearing when the alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and four alleged confederates are brought before a Marine colonel presiding over their war-crimes tribunal...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Gitmo court day for alleged 911 mastermind
The military expects a confrontational hearing when the alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and four alleged confederates are brought before a Marine colonel presiding over their war-crimes tribunal...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Alleged 911 plotters due in Gitmo court
Almost seven years after terrorists hijacked airliners and used them as missiles to kill 2,973 people, five men who allegedly plotted the attacks face a military tribunal Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Accused 911 plotters due in Guantanamo court
Almost seven years after terrorists hijacked airliners and used them as missiles to kill 2,973 people, five men who allegedly plotted the attacks face a military tribunal Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Disney creates Google Earth map of Disney World
Tourists overwhelmed by the mind-boggling size of Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla., will now be able to plan their tour with the help of a 3D Google Earth map created by The Walt Disney Co...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Fact Check Obama and the status of Jerusalem
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama tried to please a pro-Israel crowd this week by saying that Jerusalem should be the capital of Israel and that the holy city should not be divided...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Clinton and Obama hold secret meeting
Hillary Rodham Clinton and likely Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama met privately Thursday night to talk about uniting the Democratic Party, an Obama spokesman said...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Negotiators to start writing Mideast peace pact
Israeli and Palestinian negotiators have agreed to start drafting elements of a proposed peace accord, the chief Palestinian negotiator said Friday...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Negotiators to start writing pact peace pact
Israeli and Palestinian negotiators have agreed to start drafting elements of a proposed peace accord, the chief Palestinian negotiator said Friday...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Reports Dozens hurt in South Korea beef protest
Dozens were injured in the largest protest yet over an agreement to resume U.S. beef imports to South Korea, according to authorities and media reports Saturday...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Dozens injured in South Korea protest over US beef
Dozens were injured in the largest protest yet over an agreement to resume U.S. beef imports to South Korea, according to authorities and media reports Saturday...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Uncertain life for China earthquake lake evacuees
For some evacuees, it was their fifth move since the earthquake. After relocating yet again, the weary survivors had little to do Friday but wait for an earthquake-formed lake to drain so they could begin rebuilding their lives...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
SKorean president vows humble attitude
Dozens were injured in the largest protest yet over an agreement to resume U.S. beef imports to South Korea, according to authorities and media reports Saturday...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Rain causes floods, landslides in Hong Kong
Heavy rains unleashed flooding and landslides early Saturday in Hong Kong, shutting down roads and air traffic throughout the territory, officials said...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Tamils suspected in deadly Sri Lanka bus bombings
Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels blew up two passenger buses in Sri Lanka on Friday, killing 23 people and raising the specter of an escalating cycle of attacks on civilian targets...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Energy chief Flat production behind oil prices
Nations should fight rising oil prices by cutting subsidies and vastly increasing investment in energy, while oil-producing countries need to ramp up output and divulge more information about how much they produce, the U.S. energy secretary said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Israelis, Palestinians to start writing peace pact
Israeli and Palestinian negotiators have agreed to start drafting elements of a proposed peace accord, the chief Palestinian negotiator said Friday...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Musharraf denies rumors he will quit and leave
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf is denying rumors he will resign and go into exile...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Cubans guard glasses on Lennon statue after thefts
All he needs is love _ and someone to keep an eye on his glasses...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
1.5 million survivors in Myanmar without shelter
A severe shortage of housing has left hundreds of thousands of cyclone survivors in Myanmar exposed to heavy rain as the monsoon season begins, aid agencies said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Several militants killed in Afghanistan raids
U.S.-led coalition and Afghan forces raided several homes in a district just north of the capital, killing several militants who shot at them, the coalition said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Police Gunmen kill tribal leader in Afghanistan
A police chief says armed gunmen have killed a tribal leader in southern Afghanistan...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Police say 5 European divers found alive
All five Europeans who went missing while scuba diving in treacherous waters off eastern Indonesia were found alive Saturday on a remote island, police and family members said...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
5 European divers in Indonesia found
A local police chief says that five European scuba divers have been found alive after being swept away by powerful currents off eastern Indonesia...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
UK engineers defuse, safely destroy WWII-era bomb
Military engineers used a controlled explosion Friday to safely destroy a giant, rusting World War II-era bomb that was discovered during construction for the 2012 Summer Olympics, the British army said...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Philippines 3 rebels killed in clash
Communist rebels attacked a government militia outpost Saturday in the northern Philippines, provoking a clash in which three guerrillas were killed, police said...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
US kills 4 suspected militants, captures 5
The U.S. military says it has killed four suspected militants, captured five others and destroyed two safehouses in northern Iraq...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Oasis to get Silver Clef honour
Oasis are to be given a lifetime achievement prize at the Silver Clef music awards, held in London next month...
BBC News - June 7, 2008
Japan and N Korea re-open talks
Japan and North Korea open talks in Beijing in a fresh push to resolve bilateral disputes after a gap of nine months...
BBC News - June 7, 2008
Armed attack at Kosovo PM's home
Security guards exchange fire with intruders at the home of Kosovo's prime minister, Hashim Thaci, police say...
BBC News - June 7, 2008
Musharraf says he will not resign
Pakistani President Pervez
Musharraf denies rumours he will resign and go into exile amid pressure to step down...
BBC News - June 7, 2008
US embassy in plane tax attack
The US embassy in London criticises a government plan to tax airlines on each plane rather than each passenger...
BBC News - June 7, 2008
Probe after farmer killed by bull
An investigation is to be carried out after a farmer is killed by a bull near Omagh in County Tyrone...
BBC News - June 7, 2008
Iraqi PM heads to Iran for talks
Iraqi PM Nouri Maliki travels to Tehran for talks aimed at ending alleged support for armed militants...
BBC News - June 7, 2008
Week in pictures
Some striking images from around the world this week...
BBC News - June 7, 2008
In the fast lane
Why life at a high pace is good for you...
BBC News - June 7, 2008
Arrest in knife threat at medics
Police arrest a man after staff at a hospital's accident and emergency department are threatened...
BBC News - June 7, 2008
Prince at 50
Charting the highs and lows of the star's career...
BBC News - June 7, 2008
Two boys killed in motorway crash
Two boys are killed and a man is seriously hurt in a crash on the M6 in Staffordshire...
BBC News - June 7, 2008
Colorado police capture 'thong bandits'
Colorado police say they have
caught two "thong bandits" who used skimpy underwear to disguise themselves during a robbery...
BBC News - June 7, 2008
Live - England v New Zealand
Drizzle and bad light delays the start of the third day in the final Test at Trent Bridge...
BBC News - June 7, 2008
Oil hike sparks 'serious concern'
The US and Asia's four largest economies say record oil prices are a big burden to economies, as G8 energy ministers meet...
BBC News - June 7, 2008
Brown terror plea to Labour MPs
The prime minister writes to Labour MPs asking them to back an extension in terror suspect detention times...
BBC News - June 7, 2008
China begins draining quake lake
Chinese troops begin to drain a dangerously swollen "quake lake" formed after the Sichuan earthquake...
BBC News - June 7, 2008
Tory chairman defends nanny pay
Conservative chairman Caroline Spelman denies she was wrong to pay her children's ex-nanny from parliamentary expenses...
BBC News - June 7, 2008
Japans space lab about to get bigger
The newest space station addition, a giant Japanese science lab, is about to get bigger...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Immigrants fear ID checks aboard ferry
Pedro Perez has not left Orcas Island in more than four months. Not for weekend trips with his family, not for cheaper groceries on the mainland, not for medical care _ not for anything...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Wong Kar-wai to head Shanghai film festival jury
Hong Kong director Wong Kar-wai will head the jury at the Shanghai International Film Festival, which will be held June 14-22...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
3 condors released after treatment for lead
Three endangered California condors were returned to the wild Friday after undergoing treatment for lead poisoning at the Los Angeles Zoo...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Nobel winner reunited with sister lost in WWII
University of Utah geneticist Mario Capecchi got a bonus after winning the Nobel Prize for medicine last fall: He learned he has a younger sister...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Kuroda dazzles Cubs with first complete game
Hiroki Kuroda allowed four hits and struck out a career-high 11 in his first complete game, leading the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 3-0 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Friday night...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Wolf has strong outing in Padres 2-1 win over Mets
Randy Wolf pitched seven strong innings and Kevin Kouzmanoff drove in the go-ahead run to lead the San Diego Padres to a 2-1 victory over the New York Mets on Friday night...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Angels Lackey gets early lead to beat As
Maicer Izturis homered on the third pitch of the game to give John Lackey an early lead and the Los Angeles Angels won their season-best sixth straight game with a 3-1 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Friday night...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
NASCARs Busch begins manic 3-race historic swing
Hiding behind his sunglasses on a cloudy day, Kyle Busch appeared totally relaxed as he prepared to make NASCAR history...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Lackey gets early lead to beat As
Maicer Izturis homered on the third pitch of the game to give John Lackey an early lead and the Los Angeles Angels won their season-best sixth straight game with a 3-1 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Friday night...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Carell jokes about on-screen kiss with The Rock
Steve Carell, who plays Maxwell Smart in the upcoming spy comedy "Get Smart," says he had a scent-sational time kissing co-star Dwayne Johnson, who most might recognize as "The Rock."...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
WVU president Resignation only way to end debate
West Virginia University President Mike Garrison could have taken the heat. He says the school he loves could not...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
McCain deploying staff, expanding advertising
With his Democratic foe now certain, Republican John McCain is deploying dozens of staffers into battleground states, boasting of improved fundraising and expanding his advertising into some of the most competitive terrain of the general election...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
McCain deploys staff to battleground states
With his Democratic foe now certain, Republican John McCain is deploying dozens of staffers into battleground states, boasting of improved fundraising and expanding his advertising into some of the most competitive terrain of the general election...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
McCain deploying staff, expanding fundraising
With his Democratic foe now certain, Republican John McCain is deploying dozens of staffers into battleground states, boasting of improved fundraising and expanding his advertising into some of the most competitive terrain of the general election...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Fact Check Obama and the status of Jerusalem
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama tried to please a pro-Israel crowd this week by saying that Jerusalem should be the capital of Israel and that the holy city should not be divided...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Votto and Volquez lead Reds
Joey Votto had the hit that gave Edinson Volquez the little room he needed...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Soldiers skeletal remains found on Miss. base
Authorities were trying to determine Wednesday whether the remains of a soldier found in the woods of a National Guard training base are of a Kentucky guardsman who went missing before his unit deployed to Iraq...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Truck explosion kills 18, wounds 75 in Iraq
A truck packed with rockets blew up Wednesday in a Shiite area of Baghdad, killing 18 people in the deadliest single blast in the city in more than three months. Three U.S. soldiers were killed by gunfire north of the capital...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Oils biggest day yet drags down stocks
Oil prices made their biggest single-day leap ever Friday _ clearing $139, dragging the Dow Jones industrials down nearly 400 points and raising the once-unthinkable prospect of $150 oil and even higher gas prices by the Fourth of July...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Guantanamo court day for alleged 911 mastermind
The military expects a confrontational hearing when the alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and four alleged confederates are brought before a Marine colonel presiding over their war-crimes tribunal...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Gitmo court day for alleged 911 mastermind
The military expects a confrontational hearing when the alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and four alleged confederates are brought before a Marine colonel presiding over their war-crimes tribunal...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Accused 911 plotters due in Guantanamo court
Almost seven years after terrorists hijacked airliners and used them as missiles to kill 2,973 people, five men who allegedly plotted the attacks face a military tribunal Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Alleged 911 plotters due in Gitmo court
Almost seven years after terrorists hijacked airliners and used them as missiles to kill 2,973 people, five men who allegedly plotted the attacks face a military tribunal Thursday...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Molestation suspect in N.H. after Mexico arrest
A sex offender who lived with a family after prison, then fled after being accused of molesting their 5-year-old son, appeared in court Friday following his return from Mexico, where he apparently spent a decade on the lam...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Clinton and Obama hold secret meeting
Hillary Rodham Clinton and likely Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama met privately Thursday night to talk about uniting the Democratic Party, an Obama spokesman said...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Pakistani police say they foiled major terror plot
Pakistan seized three bomb-laden vehicles and arrested three suspected suicide attackers, uncovering a terror plot just days after an assault on the Danish Embassy, officials said Friday...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Angry consumers in India protest fuel prices
Angry consumers blocked rail tracks and roads and shut down businesses in parts of India for a second day Friday to protest a hike in fuel prices by the government, while Malaysia defended its decision to end fuel subsidies...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
US to probe why Guantanamo detainees talked
U.S. military officers responsible for defending Guantanamo detainees said they will investigate why five men accused in the Sept. 11 attacks were allowed to talk among themselves at their arraignment, allegedly pressuring one of the defendants to reject his lawyers...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Accused 911 mastermind welcomes martyrdom
The accused mastermind of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks said he welcomed martyrdom at U.S. hands, as he and four codefendants faced trial for war crimes without the benefit of lawyers...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
Israel retaliates for Hamas shelling, kills 1
Israel sent aircraft, tanks and ground troops to pummel the Gaza Strip on Friday, killing one Palestinian and injuring 17, a day after Palestinian militants killed an Israeli civilian in a mortar attack...
Southern Ledger - June 7, 2008
2 Shiite militia leaders surrender in Iraq
Two suspected Shiite militia leaders surrendered Friday during raids by U.S. forces, while tens of thousands of Shiite faithful streamed out of mosques to join protests against a security agreement with the United States...
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