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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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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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Invasive mussel confirmed in Utahs Electric Lake
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Rebels No clashes in eastern Congo after pullback
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Ben Affleck visits refugee camps in eastern Congo
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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UN Clouds of pollution threaten glaciers, health
Southern Ledger - November 20, 2008
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Ga. priest facing excommunication will appeal
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Unfazed by bombings, India has an option peace
With a deadly attack on its embassy in Afghanistan, Pakistani troops clashing with its soldiers in disputed Kashmir and Islamic militants bombing its cities, India has in recent months seemed a country under siege...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Shrine clash threatens to tear Kashmir from India
It started as a small demonstration against a plan to build bathrooms and shelters for Hindu pilgrims visiting a shrine in Kashmir...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Ivins remembered for intelligence, compassion
The Army scientist suspected in the anthrax attacks was remembered for his humor, intelligence and compassion at a memorial service Saturday...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Matthew McConaughey birth to bear more fruit
Matthew McConaughey says the birth of his son will help bring a little joy to others in the world someday...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Somalis fill vacant jobs at Iowa meatpacking plant
Nearly three months after a federal immigration raid uprooted almost 400 employees at a meatpacking plant in northeastern Iowa, dozens of Somali immigrants are slowly but steadily filling the depleted ranks left by the arrested workers...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Hawaii teachers cure clears way for a new saint
When cancer spread into her lungs, doctors told Audrey Toguchi she had six months to live, at best, and suggested chemotherapy as the only option...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Lincolns hometown marks 100th anniversary of riot
Two days of terror. Black men tortured and hanged. A baby dead of exposure. Four white rioters shot by black defenders...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Cloned puppies may have exposed 31-year mystery
A woman who made news around the world when she had five pups cloned from her beloved pit bull Booger looked very familiar to some who saw her picture: She may be the same woman who 31 years earlier was accused of abducting a Mormon missionary in England, handcuffing him to a bed and making him her sex slave...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
911 callers told of carnage at Texas bus wreck
Witnesses who called 911 after a chartered bus crash that killed at least 16 people described a chaotic scene, telling emergency personnel of bloody passengers crushed beneath the smoking wreckage, according to calls released Saturday by police...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Actor and comedian Bernie Mac dies at age 50
A publicist says Emmy and Golden Globe nominated actor and comedian Bernie Mack has died at age 50...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Guests for the Sunday TV news shows
Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:___...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Edwards ex-mistress rules out paternity test
The ex-mistress of former presidential candidate John Edwards says she will not participate in DNA testing to establish the paternity of her daughter...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Angels hit 4 solo homers, beat Yankees 11-4
Vladimir Guerrero triggered an eight-run eighth inning with a home run, leading the Los Angeles Angels to an 11-4 rout of the New York Yankees on Saturday...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Kent drives in 3 to lead Dodgers to victory
Brad Penny finally looked like an ace in his return from the disabled list, Jeff Kent drove in three runs and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Francisco Giants 6-2 on Friday night...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
More Nebraska Beef recalled despite assurances
Federal authorities last month assured consumers that a meat plant linked to nearly 50 illnesses caused by tainted ground beef had made enough changes after a recall to ensure that its products were safe. Less than a month later, the same processor has recalled 1.2 million pounds of other beef products that might have sickened more than 30 people...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Fannie Mae loses $2.3B in quarter as defaults rise
Mortgage finance company Fannie Mae says it swung to a second-quarter loss that was more than triple what Wall Street expected as the housing market continued to slump...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Shiite militia to become religious, cultural body
Anti-U.S. Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr ordered most of his militiamen Friday to lay down their arms, and his spokesman said the young cleric might call off all resistance if the Americans accept a timetable to leave Iraq...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Execution prompts concern for detained Mexicans
Mexico is protesting the execution of one of its citizens in Texas despite a world court ruling for a new hearing, expressing concern for the rights of other Mexicans detained in the United States...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Bush leads Raiders to 18-6 win over 49ers
Michael Bush made the most of his first game of any kind in nearly two years...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Dolphins sign ex-Jet Chad Pennington
Chad Pennington, cut by the New York Jets after they signed Brett Favre, has signed with the Miami Dolphins...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Hunter helps Angels bag Yankees 10-5
Torii Hunter had four hits with a home run and four RBIs, Howie Kendrick tied a career high with four hits and the Los Angeles Angels beat the New York Yankees 10-5 on Friday night...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Small pro-Tibet protest pulled off in Tiananmen
Pro-Tibet activists wrapped themselves in Tibetan flags and lay down in Tiananmen Square on Saturday, their group said, in a protest that breached heavy security surrounding the heart of Beijing for the Olympic Games...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Student tries to show Tibetan flag at Olympics
Security officers at an Olympics event in Hong Kong have removed a university student from the audience who tried to display the Tibetan flag...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
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Anti-U.S. Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr ordered most of his militiamen Friday to lay down their arms, and his spokesman said the young cleric might call off all resistance if the Americans accept a timetable to leave Iraq...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
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One more person has died in the crash of a charter bus in Texas, raising the toll to 14...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
1 more dead in Texas bus wreck, toll up to 14
One more person has died in the crash of a charter bus in Texas, raising the toll to 14...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Russian troops raid Georgian town scores dead
Russia sent hundreds of tanks and troops into the separatist province of South Ossetia and bombed Georgian towns Saturday in a major escalation of the conflict that has left scores of civilians dead and wounded...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Bush Georgia crisis endangers regional peace
President Bush says the outbreak of fighting in the Georgia republic of South Ossetia is endangering peace throughout the region, and he is urging an end to the deadly outbreak of violence...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
At least 62 dead in Vietnam floods
Landslides and floods killed at least 62 people in northern Vietnam, covering the homes of some victims as they slept in their beds, disaster officials said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Bush soaks up Olympic spirit
Most days, being the U.S. president means trying to extinguish one blooming crisis after another. Then there are days like Saturday...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Losing the yeti in forgotten nation of Bhutan
He remembers the darkness of the pine forest, and the footprints, and his terror when the creature began to howl. He remembers the stories of his childhood, of a beast that stalked the upper reaches of the mountains, and how fear spread through the village every time it was spotted...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
All the world an Olympic venue for sportsman Bush
Most days, being the U.S. president means trying to extinguish one crisis after another...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Syria says IAEA cant visit suspect site again
Syria says U.N. nuclear inspectors cannot make a return visit to a suspect site bombed by Israel last year because its agreement with the U.N. agency allowed only one check...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Government opponents protest in Venezuela
About 3,000 opponents of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez marched through the capital on Saturday to protest a package of laws that expand his power and accelerate his push toward socialism...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Georgia In state of war over South Ossetia
Russia and Georgia headed toward a wider war Saturday as Russian tanks rumbled into the contested province of South Ossetia and Russian aircraft bombed a Georgian town, escalating a conflict that already has left hundreds dead...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish dead at 67
A Palestinian presidential aide says that renowned Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish has died...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Georgian athletes follow violence back home
Nearly three dozen Olympic athletes from Georgia are anxiously following the news of violence in a breakaway region of their country, following a bombardment by Russian tanks, planes and artillery...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
South Ossetia Russian armor in, refugees out
Columns of Russian armor crawled up the deep passes of the Caucasus Mountains on Saturday toward the border with South Ossetia in a push to support Russian troops fighting in the Georgian separatist region...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
US-Iraqi officials seek to ease water shortages
The tanks were full of enough clean drinking water for some 200,000 Iraqis at a new distribution station in eastern Baghdad, but local officials struggled Saturday to agree on where it should go...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Syria bars repeat visit by UN nuclear experts
Syria said Saturday it would bar U.N. nuclear investigators from revisiting a site bombed by Israeli jets on suspicion it was a secretly built atomic reactor...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Death toll rises to 25 from Iraqi market bombing
The death toll from a blast in a market in the northern Iraqi town of Tal Afar rose to 25 on Saturday after four of the six dozen people injured died from their wounds, a security official said...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Small pro-Tibet protest held in Tiananmen Square
Activists continued their pro-Tibet demonstrations on Saturday, with the boldest protest coming when they breached heavy security in Tiananmen Square and urged Tibetan freedom before being confronted by angry Chinese onlookers...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
German soccer players hit by lightning
Police say lightning struck 32 soccer players training in western Germany, seriously injuring nine of them...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Text of call to prayer in Moroccos mosques
A translation of the Arabic-language prayer call heard five times a day in Morocco, an overwhelmingly Sunni Muslim nation:...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Syria rules out new IAEA visit to bombed site
Syria on Saturday declared a suspect site bombed by Israeli jets last year off limits to U.N. experts investigating allegations it was a secretly built atomic reactor...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Mexico fines US drivers seeking cheap diesel
A Mexican border city has begun fining U.S. drivers who cross the border to fill extra drums, tanks or barrels with government-subsidized Mexican fuel...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
At least 31 killed in Burkina Faso mining accident
National radio says at least 31 people have been killed in a mudslide at an unofficial gold mine in Burkina Faso...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Palestinian 'national poet' dies
Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish dies after surgery at the age of 67, hospital and Palestinian officials say...
BBC News - August 9, 2008
Police probe after bodies found
A murder investigation is under way in Newcastle after two bodies are found in a flat in the West End...
BBC News - August 9, 2008
Fisherman dies after sea rescue
A 50-year-old fisherman dies in hospital after his boat capsizes off the coast of Fife...
BBC News - August 9, 2008
As it happened - USPGA Championship
The third round of the USPGA is suspended because of thunderstorms at at Oakland Hills...
BBC News - August 9, 2008
Fatal blasts hit Chinese province
At least one person is killed as several explosions rock the north-western Chinese province of Xinjiang, state media reports...
BBC News - August 9, 2008
Mbeki arrives in Harare for talks
South Africa's president arrives in Harare to broker talks on a power-sharing solution for Zimbabwe's political crisis...
BBC News - August 9, 2008
Woman rider dies at horse trials
A 23-year-old female rider has been killed while competing in a cross-country equestrian trial in Gloucestershire...
BBC News - August 9, 2008
Researchers study mercury in the Great Salt Lake
The Great Salt Lake is so briny that swimmers bob in the water like corks. It is teeming with tiny shrimp that were sold for years in the back of comic books as magical "sea monkeys." And, for reasons scientists cannot explain, it is heavily laden with toxic mercury...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Separatist leaders detained in Indian Kashmir
Three top separatist leaders in Indian Kashmir were placed under house arrest Friday to prevent them from leading a march to protest alleged assaults on Muslims, police said...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
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 9, 2008
Unfazed by bombings, India has an option peace
With a deadly attack on its embassy in Afghanistan, Pakistani troops clashing with its soldiers in disputed Kashmir and Islamic militants bombing its cities, India has in recent months seemed a country under siege...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Shrine clash threatens to tear Kashmir from India
It started as a small demonstration against a plan to build bathrooms and shelters for Hindu pilgrims visiting a shrine in Kashmir...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Matthew McConaughey birth to bear more fruit
Matthew McConaughey says the birth of his son will help bring a little joy to others in the world someday...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Texas bus crash kills 15 on a religious pilgrimage
Like passengers around her, Leha Nguyen had started to doze off when she heard the bus make a horrible noise, followed by screaming. She opened her eyes to see people strewn about. A television had fallen on one person...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Bus accident in Texas kills 15 on a pilgrimage
Like passengers around her, Leha Nguyen started to doze when she suddenly heard the bus emit a horrible noise, followed by the screaming. She opened her eyes to see people strewn about. A television had fallen on one person...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Actor and comedian Bernie Mac dies at age 50
A publicist says Emmy and Golden Globe nominated actor and comedian Bernie Mack has died at age 50...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Guests for the Sunday TV news shows
Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:___...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Stocks head for higher open ahead of economic data
Stocks headed for a higher open Friday, a day after a sharp pullback, as oil prices declined and investors awaited a government reading on worker productivity...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Edwards suffers political downfall from affair
Senator. Vice presidential nominee. Leading presidential candidate. Political outcast...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
PGA capping off a tough year in the majors
Justin Leonard is among 11 players who have made the cut in all four majors this year, but he holds one dubious distinction among such a select group...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Kent drives in 3 to lead Dodgers to victory
Brad Penny finally looked like an ace in his return from the disabled list, Jeff Kent drove in three runs and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Francisco Giants 6-2 on Friday night...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Fannie Mae loses $2.3B in quarter as defaults rise
Mortgage finance company Fannie Mae says it swung to a second-quarter loss that was more than triple what Wall Street expected as the housing market continued to slump...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Execution prompts concern for detained Mexicans
Mexico is protesting the execution of one of its citizens in Texas despite a world court ruling for a new hearing, expressing concern for the rights of other Mexicans detained in the United States...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
1 more dead in Texas bus wreck, toll up to 14
One more person has died in the crash of a charter bus in Texas, raising the toll to 14...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Bush leads Raiders to 18-6 win over 49ers
Michael Bush made the most of his first game of any kind in nearly two years...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Hunter helps Angels bag Yankees 10-5
Torii Hunter had four hits with a home run and four RBIs, Howie Kendrick tied a career high with four hits and the Los Angeles Angels beat the New York Yankees 10-5 on Friday night...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Dolphins sign ex-Jet Chad Pennington
Chad Pennington, cut by the New York Jets after they signed Brett Favre, has signed with the Miami Dolphins...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Outspoken Mexican general loses his Tijuana post
An outspoken general who urged residents to call the Army when they witnessed a murder or drug deal in this crime-stricken border city was ousted Friday after repeatedly chastising police for being corrupt...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Shiite militia to become religious, cultural body
Anti-U.S. Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr ordered most of his militiamen Friday to lay down their arms, and his spokesman said the young cleric might call off all resistance if the Americans accept a timetable to leave Iraq...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Beijing residents told to stay home as games open
Giant screens were set up in parks so Beijing residents could share in the glory of their city hosting the lavish Olympics opening ceremony Friday. But in at least one park, security guards shut the gates and shooed people away...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Not just guns Gazans smuggle lions into zoo
The monkeys and lions were drugged, tossed into cloth sacks and dragged through smuggling tunnels under the border between Egypt and the besieged Gaza Strip before ending up in a dusty Gaza zoo...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
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Anti-U.S. Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr ordered most of his militiamen Friday to lay down their arms, and his spokesman said the young cleric might call off all resistance if the Americans accept a timetable to leave Iraq...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
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One more person has died in the crash of a charter bus in Texas, raising the toll to 14...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Student tries to show Tibetan flag at Olympics
Security officers at an Olympics event in Hong Kong have removed a university student from the audience who tried to display the Tibetan flag...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
South Ossetia fighting risks wider war
Russia dispatched an armored column into the breakaway enclave of South Ossetia on Friday after Georgia, a staunch U.S. ally, launched a surprise offensive to crush separatists. Witnesses said hundreds of civilians were killed...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
At least 62 dead in Vietnam floods
Landslides and floods killed at least 62 people in northern Vietnam, covering the homes of some victims as they slept in their beds, disaster officials said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Bush soaks up Olympic spirit
Most days, being the U.S. president means trying to extinguish one blooming crisis after another. Then there are days like Saturday...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Small pro-Tibet protest pulled off in Tiananmen
Pro-Tibet activists wrapped themselves in Tibetan flags and lay down in Tiananmen Square on Saturday, their group said, in a protest that breached heavy security surrounding the heart of Beijing for the Olympic Games...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
All the world an Olympic venue for sportsman Bush
Most days, being the U.S. president means trying to extinguish one crisis after another...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Russian troops raid Georgian town scores dead
Russia sent hundreds of tanks and troops into the separatist province of South Ossetia and bombed Georgian towns Saturday in a major escalation of the conflict that has left scores of civilians dead and wounded...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Bush Georgia crisis endangers regional peace
President Bush says the outbreak of fighting in the Georgia republic of South Ossetia is endangering peace throughout the region, and he is urging an end to the deadly outbreak of violence...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Death toll rises to 25 from Iraq market bombing
The death toll from a blast in a market in the northern Iraqi town of Tal Afar rose to 25 on Saturday, after four of the six dozen people injured died from their wounds, a security official said...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Pirates free 2 Germans seized off Somali coast
Suspected pirates have freed two German hostages kidnapped in June from a yacht off the Gulf of Aden, a local governor said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Police say 2 Americans killed on Swiss mountain
Swiss police say an American man and woman have been found dead on a mountain in southern Switzerland...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Chinese rights activist Zeng Jinyan disappears
A Chinese human rights activist whose husband was jailed earlier this year has disappeared and may have been taken by police to prevent her from speaking to journalists during the Beijing Olympics, an overseas-based human rights group said Friday...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Syria rules out new IAEA visit to bombed site
Syria on Saturday declared a suspect site bombed by Israeli jets last year off limits to U.N. experts investigating allegations it was a secretly built atomic reactor...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Syria says IAEA cant visit suspect site again
Syria says U.N. nuclear inspectors cannot make a return visit to a suspect site bombed by Israel last year because its agreement with the U.N. agency allowed only one check...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Olympic opening draws 5m viewers
The opening of the Beijing Olympics is seen by five million people on BBC One, but a delayed broadcast angers US viewers...
BBC News - August 9, 2008
UK makes Ossetia ceasefire call
The British Government joins the push to secure an immediate ceasefire in South Ossetia so peace talks can begin...
BBC News - August 9, 2008
Dozens killed in Vietnam floods
At least 62 are killed and dozens missing after a tropical storm hit northern Vietnam...
BBC News - August 9, 2008
Italy holds five on terror charge
Five North Africans are arrested in northern Italy on charges of conspiring to commit acts of international terrorism...
BBC News - August 9, 2008
Militants kill Pakistani police
Eight Pakistani policemen are killed in an attack by militants in the Swat Valley in the north-west of the country...
BBC News - August 9, 2008
Man in court over Quigley murder
A man arrested in County Donegal over the killing of Londonderry woman Jean Quigley appears in court charged with murder...
BBC News - August 9, 2008
AU plans to suspend Mauritania
The African Union announces it will suspend the West African nation until it restores democracy...
BBC News - August 9, 2008
The Last Cavalier
Hats off to one of France's literary greats...
BBC News - August 9, 2008
Man's body pulled from mudflats
A body is found in mudflats on the River Medway after a fisherman reports seeing a man in difficulty...
BBC News - August 9, 2008
Search locates missing fisherman
A missing fisherman is airlifted to hospital after his boat capsizes in poor weather off the coast of Fife...
BBC News - August 9, 2008
Dismal weather frustrates England
Only 17 overs are possible on day three of the final Test at The Oval, as South Africa close on 110-2, 12 runs behind England...
BBC News - August 9, 2008
United aims
Sense of community on front line of climate protest...
BBC News - August 9, 2008
'Pray for peace'
UK Georgians call for the international community to help...
BBC News - August 9, 2008
Sub to make deep Caribbean dive
UK scientists will use their new auto-sub to explore the world's deepest undersea volcanoes, which lie 6km down in the Caribbean...
BBC News - August 9, 2008
Over-enthusiastic Cher fan has stereo destroyed
A man has his stereo equipment and music collection destroyed after complaints of playing Cher and U2 too loud...
BBC News - August 9, 2008
Live text - USPGA Championship
The third round of the USPGA is under way at Oakland Hills...
BBC News - August 9, 2008
Falkirk 0-1 Rangers
Andrius Velicka's second-half goal gives Rangers victory in the opening game of the SPL season...
BBC News - August 9, 2008
Comedian Bernie Mac dies aged 50
US actor and comedian Bernie Mac has died in hospital due to complications arising from pneumonia...
BBC News - August 9, 2008
Britain 'not broken' says Brown
Gordon Brown dismisses the idea of a broken society in Britain, saying the country is "decent and compassionate"...
BBC News - August 9, 2008
Stamp duty rumours 'hits sales'
Uncertainty about stamp duty changes is causing confidence in the UK housing market to fray further, the BBC learns...
BBC News - August 9, 2008
Arrests in power station protest
Fifty people are arrested during a day of action at Kingsnorth power station in Kent...
BBC News - August 9, 2008
Peace bid as Ossetia crisis rages
Envoys from the EU, US and OSCE head to Georgia as its violent conflict with Russia over the breakaway region of South Ossetia deepens...
BBC News - August 9, 2008
Separatist leaders detained in Indian Kashmir
Three top separatist leaders in Indian Kashmir were placed under house arrest Friday to prevent them from leading a march to protest alleged assaults on Muslims, police said...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
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 9, 2008
Bus in fatal Texas crash had improper tire
An unlicensed charter bus carrying a Vietnamese-American Catholic group on a pilgrimage to a religious festival blew an illegally treaded tire and skidded off a highway early Friday, killing at least 15 people and injuring dozens, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
NTSB Bus in fatal Texas crash had improper tire
Investigators say a blown tire on a charter bus that crashed and killed 15 people had been refitted with a new tread in violation of safety standards...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Matthew McConaughey birth to bear more fruit
Matthew McConaughey says the birth of his son will help bring a little joy to others in the world someday...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Bus accident in Texas kills 15 on a pilgrimage
Like passengers around her, Leha Nguyen started to doze when she suddenly heard the bus emit a horrible noise, followed by the screaming. She opened her eyes to see people strewn about. A television had fallen on one person...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Crash of illegal charter bus in Texas kills 15
An unlicensed charter bus carrying a Vietnamese-American Catholic group on a pilgrimage to a religious festival blew an illegally treaded tire and skidded off a highway early Friday, killing at least 15 people and injuring dozens, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Kent drives in 3 to lead Dodgers to victory
Brad Penny finally looked like an ace in his return from the disabled list, Jeff Kent drove in three runs and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Francisco Giants 6-2 on Friday night...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Rays get back to winning ways, beat Mariners 5-3
Carlos Pena hit his 21st home run and drove in another run and the Tampa Bay Rays increased their lead in the AL East to 3 1/2 games with a 5-3 victory over the Mariners on Friday night...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Guests for the Sunday TV news shows
Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:___...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Fannie Mae loses $2.3B in quarter as defaults rise
Mortgage finance company Fannie Mae says it swung to a second-quarter loss that was more than triple what Wall Street expected as the housing market continued to slump...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Stocks head for higher open ahead of economic data
Stocks headed for a higher open Friday, a day after a sharp pullback, as oil prices declined and investors awaited a government reading on worker productivity...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Clinton tells cheering Nev. crowd to support Obama
Hillary Rodham Clinton told an exuberant crowd Friday she wants Barack Obama to win the White House, even though he dashed her own presidential dreams _ and she wants her supporters to vote that way, too...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Clinton tells cheering Nevada crowd to back Obama
Hillary Rodham Clinton told an exuberant crowd Friday she wants Barack Obama to win the White House, even though he dashed her own presidential dreams _ and she wants her supporters to vote that way, too...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Hunter helps Angels bag Yankees 10-5
Torii Hunter had four hits with a home run and four RBIs, Howie Kendrick tied a career high with four hits and the Los Angeles Angels beat the New York Yankees 10-5 on Friday night...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Dolphins sign ex-Jet Chad Pennington
Chad Pennington, cut by the New York Jets after they signed Brett Favre, has signed with the Miami Dolphins...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Edwards admits to affair he denied as candidate
Former presidential candidate John Edwards, who won nationwide praise and sympathy as he campaigned side-by-side with his cancer-stricken wife, Elizabeth, admitted in shame Friday he had had an affair with a woman who produced videos for his campaign...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
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Anti-U.S. Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr ordered most of his militiamen Friday to lay down their arms, and his spokesman said the young cleric might call off all resistance if the Americans accept a timetable to leave Iraq...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
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One more person has died in the crash of a charter bus in Texas, raising the toll to 14...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Execution prompts concern for detained Mexicans
Mexico is protesting the execution of one of its citizens in Texas despite a world court ruling for a new hearing, expressing concern for the rights of other Mexicans detained in the United States...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
1 more dead in Texas bus wreck, toll up to 14
One more person has died in the crash of a charter bus in Texas, raising the toll to 14...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Bush leads Raiders to 18-6 win over 49ers
Michael Bush made the most of his first game of any kind in nearly two years...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Unfazed by bombings, India has an option peace
With a deadly attack on its embassy in Afghanistan, Pakistani troops clashing with its soldiers in disputed Kashmir and Islamic militants bombing its cities, India has in recent months seemed a country under siege...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Shrine clash threatens to tear Kashmir from India
It started as a small demonstration against a plan to build bathrooms and shelters for Hindu pilgrims visiting a shrine in Kashmir...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Americans convicted in Montenegro claim innocence
Two U.S. citizens convicted in Montenegro of plotting an ethnic Albanian rebellion in the country said in an interview Friday that they are innocent, and they accused the authorities of torture...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Anti-China protests worldwide as Olympics begin
An anti-China protester set himself on fire outside the Chinese Embassy in the Turkish capital and demonstrators raised the Tibetan flag Friday in defiance in London in protests worldwide timed to coincide with the start of the Beijing Olympics...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
South Ossetia fighting risks wider war
Russia dispatched an armored column into the breakaway enclave of South Ossetia on Friday after Georgia, a staunch U.S. ally, launched a surprise offensive to crush separatists. Witnesses said hundreds of civilians were killed...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Outspoken Mexican general loses his Tijuana post
An outspoken general who urged residents to call the Army when they witnessed a murder or drug deal in this crime-stricken border city was ousted Friday after repeatedly chastising police for being corrupt...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Shiite militia to become religious, cultural body
Anti-U.S. Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr ordered most of his militiamen Friday to lay down their arms, and his spokesman said the young cleric might call off all resistance if the Americans accept a timetable to leave Iraq...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Beijing residents told to stay home as games open
Giant screens were set up in parks so Beijing residents could share in the glory of their city hosting the lavish Olympics opening ceremony Friday. But in at least one park, security guards shut the gates and shooed people away...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Not just guns Gazans smuggle lions into zoo
The monkeys and lions were drugged, tossed into cloth sacks and dragged through smuggling tunnels under the border between Egypt and the besieged Gaza Strip before ending up in a dusty Gaza zoo...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Student tries to show Tibetan flag at Olympics
Security officers at an Olympics event in Hong Kong have removed a university student from the audience who tried to display the Tibetan flag...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
At least 62 dead in Vietnam floods
Landslides and floods killed at least 62 people in northern Vietnam, covering the homes of some victims as they slept in their beds, disaster officials said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Bush soaks up Olympic spirit
Most days, being the U.S. president means trying to extinguish one blooming crisis after another. Then there are days like Saturday...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Small pro-Tibet protest pulled off in Tiananmen
Pro-Tibet activists wrapped themselves in Tibetan flags and lay down in Tiananmen Square on Saturday, their group said, in a protest that breached heavy security surrounding the heart of Beijing for the Olympic Games...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Diplomats Syria turned away IAEA
Syria has blocked a new visit by International Atomic Energy Agency experts seeking to follow up on intelligence that Damascus built a secret nuclear program built with the help of North Korea, diplomats told The Associated Press on Saturday...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Diplomats say Syria has blocked new visit by IAEA
Diplomats say Syria has blocked a new visit by International Atomic Energy Agency experts investigating allegations that Damascus has a secret nuclear program...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Heavy monsoon rains kill 18 in India
Monsoon rains crumpled homes and triggered flash floods in southern India, killing 18 people, an official said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
American tourist killed in Beijing
A man attacked two American tourists, killing one and injuring the other, at an ancient landmark in Beijing on the first day of the Olympic Games on Saturday, then leapt to his death from the structure, state media reported...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Authorities American tourist killed in Beijing
Beijing authorities say a Chinese man attacked two American tourists on the opening day of the Olympic Games, killing one of them before committing suicide...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Afghan official says 20 militants killed in west
About 20 Taliban fighters were killed in a battle with Afghan and U.S.-led forces near a key military supply route in western Afghanistan, a provincial official said Saturday...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Russians raid Georgian town heavy casualties
Russian military aircraft have raided a Georgian town, leaving scores of civilians killed or wounded...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Jaws star sues family over loan
Actor Richard Dreyfuss is suing his father and uncle over a 24-year-old loan he claims was never repaid...
BBC News - August 9, 2008
Hi-tech thieves target Olympics
Security firms warn people to be on their guard as cyber thieves prepare attacks that centre around the Beijing games...
BBC News - August 9, 2008
Chen lifts first gold for China
Weightlifter Chen Xiexia gives the hosts their first victory of the 2008 Olympics with a win in the women's 48kg event...
BBC News - August 9, 2008
Man charged with Quigley murder
A man arrested in County Donegal over the killing of Londonderry woman Jean Quigley is charged with murder...
BBC News - August 9, 2008
Mbeki heads to Zimbabwe for talks
South Africa's leader is due to arrive in Harare to broker talks on a power-sharing solution for Zimbabwe's political crisis...
BBC News - August 9, 2008
Anniversary service for Newlove
A memorial service is due to take place to mark a year since the murder of a father-of-three attacked in Warrington...
BBC News - August 9, 2008
Scotland 'can expect more floods'
More frequent floods and landslides could hit areas of Scotland in the future, according to an environmental charity...
BBC News - August 9, 2008
Father in legal bid for dead son
The father of a Territorial Army soldier killed in Iraq five years ago begins a legal battle for a full inquiry into his son's death...
BBC News - August 9, 2008
Awesome start
Spectators stunned by blazing Olympic opening...
BBC News - August 9, 2008
From the ashes
Photographer who lost everything in the Camden fire...
BBC News - August 9, 2008
Brown brings mystery to festival
Prime Minister Gordon Brown appears as a surprise guest to help open this year's Edinburgh Book Festival...
BBC News - August 9, 2008
Sir Cliff launches campaign for one more number one
Sir Cliff Richard launches a campaign to make chart history by returning to the number one spot...
BBC News - August 9, 2008
Live text - England v South Africa
Stuart Broad makes the breakthrough for England on the third morning of the final Test...
BBC News - August 9, 2008
Jersey 'victims' demand answers
Lawyers for the alleged victims of an historic abuse inquiry in Jersey want to know why more people have not been charged...
BBC News - August 9, 2008
Russian jets attack Georgian town
Russian jets bomb the Georgian town of Gori, near the breakaway province of South Ossetia, as Moscow says it is sending more troops to the region...
BBC News - August 9, 2008
US tourist dies in Beijing attack
A Chinese man stabs a US tourist to death and seriously injures another as the Olympics get under way in Beijing, officials say...
BBC News - August 9, 2008
Boats stopped near power station
Four boats carrying climate change protesters are intercepted by police near Kingsnorth power station...
BBC News - August 9, 2008
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 9, 2008
Separatist leaders detained in Indian Kashmir
Three top separatist leaders in Indian Kashmir were placed under house arrest Friday to prevent them from leading a march to protest alleged assaults on Muslims, police said...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Crash of illegal charter bus in Texas kills 15
An unlicensed charter bus carrying a Vietnamese-American Catholic group on a pilgrimage to a religious festival blew an illegally treaded tire and skidded off a highway early Friday, killing at least 15 people and injuring dozens, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Bus in fatal Texas crash had improper tire
An unlicensed charter bus carrying a Vietnamese-American Catholic group on a pilgrimage to a religious festival blew an illegally treaded tire and skidded off a highway early Friday, killing at least 15 people and injuring dozens, authorities said...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
NTSB Bus in fatal Texas crash had improper tire
Investigators say a blown tire on a charter bus that crashed and killed 15 people had been refitted with a new tread in violation of safety standards...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Bus crash in Texas kills 15 on a pilgrimage
The death toll now stands at 15 in the crash of a charter bus that skidded off a freeway north of Dallas...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Edwards other woman is 42-year-old filmmaker
The woman former presidential candidate John Edwards admitted having an affair with Friday is a sometimes Hollywood producer-director who has all but dropped from sight since dismissing word of their liaison as nothing but lies last month...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Hunter helps Angels bag Yankees 10-5
Torii Hunter had four hits with a home run and four RBIs, Howie Kendrick tied a career high with four hits and the Los Angeles Angels beat the New York Yankees 10-5 on Friday night...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Rays get back to winning ways, beat Mariners 5-3
Carlos Pena hit his 21st home run and drove in another run and the Tampa Bay Rays increased their lead in the AL East to 3 1/2 games with a 5-3 victory over the Mariners on Friday night...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Guests for the Sunday TV news shows
Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:___...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Kent drives in 3 to lead Dodgers to victory
Brad Penny finally looked like an ace in his return from the disabled list, Jeff Kent drove in three runs and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Francisco Giants 6-2 on Friday night...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Bush leads Raiders to 18-6 win over 49ers
Michael Bush made the most of his first game of any kind in nearly two years...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Matthew McConaughey birth to bear more fruit
Matthew McConaughey says the birth of his son will help bring a little joy to others in the world someday...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Fannie Mae loses $2.3B in quarter as defaults rise
Mortgage finance company Fannie Mae says it swung to a second-quarter loss that was more than triple what Wall Street expected as the housing market continued to slump...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Stocks head for higher open ahead of economic data
Stocks headed for a higher open Friday, a day after a sharp pullback, as oil prices declined and investors awaited a government reading on worker productivity...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Clinton says she wants Obama to win White House
Hillary Rodham Clinton told an exuberant crowd Friday she wants Barack Obama to win the White House, even though he dashed her own presidential dreams _ and she wants her supporters to vote that way, too...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Blancos hit gives Cubs win
Henry Blanco singled home the winning run with the bases loaded in the 11th inning, and the Chicago Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals 3-2 Friday to keep up their domination this season at Wrigley Field...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Bus crash in Texas kills 14 on a pilgrimage
An unlicensed charter bus carrying a Vietnamese-American Catholic group on a pilgrimage to an open-air religious festival blew a tire and skidded off a highway early Friday, killing at least 14 people and injuring more than 40...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Edwards admits having affair, says hes ashamed
John Edwards says he made a serious error in judgment when he had an affair and is ashamed of his conduct. In a statement, the former Democratic presidential candidate also said he informed his wife about his affair with 42-year-old Rielle Hunter in 2006 and has asked her forgiveness...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr reorganizes militia
Anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has ordered most of his followers to disarm but says he will maintain an elite fighting unit to resist the Americans in Iraq...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Read More...
Anti-U.S. Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr ordered most of his militiamen Friday to lay down their arms, and his spokesman said the young cleric might call off all resistance if the Americans accept a timetable to leave Iraq...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Read More...
One more person has died in the crash of a charter bus in Texas, raising the toll to 14...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Edwards admits to affair he denied as candidate
Former presidential candidate John Edwards, who won nationwide praise and sympathy as he campaigned side-by-side with his cancer-stricken wife, Elizabeth, admitted in shame Friday he had had an affair with a woman who produced videos for his campaign...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Americans convicted in Montenegro claim innocence
Two U.S. citizens convicted in Montenegro of plotting an ethnic Albanian rebellion in the country said in an interview Friday that they are innocent, and they accused the authorities of torture...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Anti-China protests worldwide as Olympics begin
An anti-China protester set himself on fire outside the Chinese Embassy in the Turkish capital and demonstrators raised the Tibetan flag Friday in defiance in London in protests worldwide timed to coincide with the start of the Beijing Olympics...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Tibetans exiles in India protest Beijing Olympics
More than a thousand Tibetan exiles held protests in pouring rain Friday in New Delhi, chanting anti-China slogans and demanding freedom for Tibet hours ahead of the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Man sets himself alight in anti-China protest
A man doused himself with gasoline and set himself alight during a protest Friday by ethnic Uighurs outside the Chinese Embassy in Turkey...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Baghdad zoo welcomes pair of US-donated tiger cubs
The Baghdad Zoo on Friday welcomed a pair of rare Bengal tiger cubs that were donated by a North Carolina animal sanctuary despite protests by animal rights activists...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Shiite militia to become religious, cultural body
Anti-U.S. Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr ordered most of his militiamen Friday to lay down their arms, and his spokesman said the young cleric might call off all resistance if the Americans accept a timetable to leave Iraq...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Beijing residents told to stay home as games open
Giant screens were set up in parks so Beijing residents could share in the glory of their city hosting the lavish Olympics opening ceremony Friday. But in at least one park, security guards shut the gates and shooed people away...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Not just guns Gazans smuggle lions into zoo
The monkeys and lions were drugged, tossed into cloth sacks and dragged through smuggling tunnels under the border between Egypt and the besieged Gaza Strip before ending up in a dusty Gaza zoo...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Unfazed by bombings, India has an option peace
With a deadly attack on its embassy in Afghanistan, Pakistani troops clashing with its soldiers in disputed Kashmir and Islamic militants bombing its cities, India has in recent months seemed a country under siege...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Shrine clash threatens to tear Kashmir from India
It started as a small demonstration against a plan to build bathrooms and shelters for Hindu pilgrims visiting a shrine in Kashmir...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Student tries to show Tibetan flag at Olympics
Security officers at an Olympics event in Hong Kong have removed a university student from the audience who tried to display the Tibetan flag...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
South Ossetia fighting risks wider war
Russia dispatched an armored column into the breakaway enclave of South Ossetia on Friday after Georgia, a staunch U.S. ally, launched a surprise offensive to crush separatists. Witnesses said hundreds of civilians were killed...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Outspoken Mexican general loses his Tijuana post
An outspoken general who urged residents to call the Army when they witnessed a murder or drug deal in this crime-stricken border city was ousted Friday after repeatedly chastising police for being corrupt...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
NKorea to expel SKoreans from resort Sunday
North Korea said it will expel all South Koreans from its mountain resort starting Sunday amid heightening tension after the July 11 shooting death of a southern tourist there...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Former Chilean President Aylwin hospitalized
Former Chilean President Patricio Aylwin has been hospitalized after choking while having lunch at home...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
UN makes second try on Georgia-South Ossetia
Russia and Georgia traded accusations of ethnic cleansing as the United Nations Security Council met in two tense emergency sessions Friday to head off a widening conflict over the breakaway Georgian province of South Ossetia...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,136
As of Friday, Aug. 8, 2008, at least 4,136 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Lawyer defendant unaware of Canada terror plot
A plot to attack Canadian buildings and politicians was an unrealistic "jihadi fantasy," hidden from a 20-year-old man on trial for his role in the alleged terrorist conspiracy, his lawyer said Thursday...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
Tibet protest in Tiananmen
A pro-Tibet group says five activists staged a "peaceful protest" in Tiananmen Square, breaching heavy security that has surrounded the heart of Beijing for the Olympic Games...
Southern Ledger - August 9, 2008
RBS has £691m loss in first half
Royal Bank of Scotland posts a pre-tax loss of £691m in the first half of 2008, the second-biggest loss in UK banking history...
BBC News - August 9, 2008
Father freed after Brazil arrest
A Kent University lecturer who was detained in Brazil accused of not paying child support has been released...
BBC News - August 9, 2008
Scots 'can expect more floods'
Scotland can expect more floods and landslides, according to an environmental charity...
BBC News - August 9, 2008
Storm brewing?
Is the choppy economy rocking the yachting set?...
BBC News - August 9, 2008
Week in pictures
Some of the most striking images around the world...
BBC News - August 9, 2008
Holmes leads from Rose in USPGA
American JB Holmes leads by one from Justin Rose, Ben Curtis and Charlie Wi at halfway in the USPGA at Oakland Hills...
BBC News - August 9, 2008
Parachutist dies in holiday jump
A Briton has died of a suspected heart attack during a 12,500ft parachute jump in Spain...
BBC News - August 9, 2008
Protest attempt at Olympic event
Two people are removed from an event on the first day of Olympic competition, after trying to unveil a Tibetan flag...
BBC News - August 9, 2008
Violent women 'stretching police'
The "phenomenon" of female violence is putting pressure on police resources, the Police Federation warns...
BBC News - August 9, 2008
Direct action plan at power plant
Climate change protesters are aiming to shut down a power station in Kent, despite danger warnings...
BBC News - August 9, 2008
South Ossetia clashes intensify
Fierce fighting between Russian and Georgian troops continues in the Georgian breakaway region of South Ossetia, reports say...
BBC News - August 9, 2008
Banks warned of economic worries
The City watchdog tells banks to plan on the assumption economic conditions could be as bad for them as in the early 1990s...
BBC News - August 9, 2008
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