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Afghans fed up with government, US
September 6, 2008
GHANI KHIEL, Afghanistan (AP) _ The bearded, turbaned men gather beneath a large, leafy tree in rural eastern Nangarhar province. » Full Story
US warship to Georgian port partly held by Russia
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POTI, Georgia (AP) _ The flagship of the U.S. » Full Story
ESA spacecraft completes flyby of Steins asteroid
September 6, 2008
DARMSTADT, Germany (AP) _ A deep space probe launched by the European Space Agency successfully has completed a flyby of an asteroid millions of miles from earth. » Full Story
Peacekeepers, aid workers race to feed Haitians
September 6, 2008
GONAIVES, Haiti (AP) _ Receding waters in the starving Haitian city of Gonaives revealed the bodies of more victims killed by Tropical Storm Hanna's floods, as U.N. » Full Story
Medvedev: ‘Russia Is a Nation To Be Reckoned With’
September 6, 2008
MOSCOW (AP) — President Dmitry Medvedev declared that “Russia is a nation to be reckoned with” following its war with Georgia, again putting the West on notice that Moscow is prepared to use it milit » Full Story
Hanna takes aim at Bahamas, Ike next in line
September 5, 2008
NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Tropical Storm Hanna roared past the edge of the Bahamas on Thursday ahead of a possible hurricane hit on the Carolinas, leaving behind at least 137 dead in Haiti. » Full Story
Rescuers can’t get aid to starving Haitian city
September 5, 2008
GONAIVES, Haiti (AP) — The convoy rumbled out of the U.N. » Full Story
Iraq to open Saddam abuse museum at Abu Ghraib
September 5, 2008
BAGHDAD (AP) — The notorious Abu Ghraib prison is getting a facelift: work to reopen the facility and construct a museum documenting Saddam Hussein’s crimes — but not the abuses committed there by U. » Full Story
US raid complicating Pakistani’s presidential bid
September 5, 2008
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — A deadly American-led raid on a Pakistani village embarrassed the government and eroded support for the pro-U.S. » Full Story
Iran bill to ease polygamy angers women
September 5, 2008
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A bill that would allow Iranian men to take additional wives without the consent of their first wife has angered women and the country’s top justice official, who say it would unde » Full Story