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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page The UK News.com http://www.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/10/id/c08dd24cec417021/ en-us Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:00:01 -0400 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:00:01 -0400 30 Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has accused the United States of orchestrating the Georgian crisis to benefit one of the presidential candidates, a claim the White House calls 'patently false.' http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/400222/cs/1/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:14:49 -0400 The UK News.com http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/400222/cs/1/ Three white supremacists with a sniper rifle and high on drugs who were arrested near the Democratic convention in Denver will not face charges even though officials believe that they wanted to assassinate Barack Obama. http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/400032/cs/1/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:13:14 -0400 The UK News.com http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/400032/cs/1/ Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama has insisted that he does not want to dazzle a TV audience estimated to be in the tens of millions with "a bunch of a high-flying rhetoric", but instead, intends to focus on the kitchen-table economic issues facing American voters. http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/400031/cs/1/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:06:03 -0400 The UK News.com http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/400031/cs/1/ Russian-backed paramilitaries are ethnically cleansing villages on Georgian soil, The Times has quoted refugees and officials, as saying. http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/400029/cs/1/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:02:58 -0400 The UK News.com http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/400029/cs/1/ The G7, the seven most industrialised nations, have issued a stinging condemnation of the Russian recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/399998/cs/1/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:00:56 -0400 The UK News.com http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/399998/cs/1/ The death toll in Haiti from tropical storm Gustav has risen to 14. http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/399992/cs/1/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:58:25 -0400 The UK News.com http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/399992/cs/1/ St Stanislaus College, in Bathurst, New South Wales, is under fire over child-sex allegations, following which the police sex crimes squad has been called in to investigate the claims involving a former college boarder subjected to alleged late-night sex sessions. http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/399991/cs/1/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:55:39 -0400 The UK News.com http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/399991/cs/1/ Barack Obama has swept to the Democratic presidential nomination after thousands of national convention voted him in. http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/399795/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:08:10 -0400 The UK News.com http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/399795/cs/1/ New Guinean authorities, with the help of the Australian, US and Japanese governments, are investigating the discovery of what is thought to be the skeleton of a World War II pilot. http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/399785/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:23:28 -0400 The UK News.com http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/399785/cs/1/ Britain's Foreign Secretary David Miliband has used a visit to Ukraine to warn Russia not to start a new Cold War. http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/399784/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:22:09 -0400 The UK News.com http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/399784/cs/1/ Investigations began Thursday into the mid-air collision in which Indian trainee pilot Akash Ananth died after the wing of his Cessna 150 was clipped by another plane and he crashed in the populated Cheltenham suburb of Melbourne. http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/399931/cs/1/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:01:05 -0400 The UK News.com http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/399931/cs/1/ Thailand's criminal court has issued arrest warrants for eight leaders of an anti-government protest group that took over several state buildings to try to force the administration to resign. http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/399789/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:35:24 -0400 The UK News.com http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/399789/cs/1/ Iraqi forces are due to take over Anbar province. http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/399783/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:20:43 -0400 The UK News.com http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/399783/cs/1/ Nearly 80 suspected Taliban militants were killed in coalition airstrikes and clashes with Afghan forces, while four Afghan policemen were killed in a roadside bomb blast in southern region on Wednesday. http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/399782/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:19:33 -0400 The UK News.com http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/399782/cs/1/ President of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, has granted an executive pardon to 700 prisoners, both UAE nationals and expatriates, lodged in various jails across the country ahead of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/399781/cs/1/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:18:21 -0400 The UK News.com http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/399781/cs/1/ Hillary Clinton reacts after her call for the nomination of Sen. Barack Obama by acclamation was seconded at the Democratic National Convention in Denver. Photo: AP http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289743/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:54:12 -0400 Jerusalem Post http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289743/ MOSCOW: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Thursday accused the United States of manufacturing the Georgia conflict as tensions mounted with the United States threatening to scrap a nuclear deal... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289740/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:48:20 -0400 Channel News Asia http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289740/ The sculpture of a crucified frog has sparked a backlash from Pope Benedict, local clerics and politicians who want the work removed from an Italian museum. http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289748/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:40:30 -0400 MSNBC http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289748/ The bomber wing at the Minot base has been under scrutiny for the past year, after nuclear missiles were mistakenly flown to Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana. (USAF) http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289735/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:28:32 -0400 CBS News http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289735/ GENEVA (AP) — A harrowing boat journey across the Mediterranean left some 70 African migrants missing after rough seas capsized the craft, the U.N. refugee agency said Thursday, calling on Malta ... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289727/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:41:18 -0400 USA Today http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289727/ Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty holds a news conference with the group "Not Ready '08" to discuss Sen. Barack Obama's candidacy in Denver on Thursday http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289724/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:41:20 -0400 USA Today http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289724/ Ex-President Clinton, Sen. Joe Biden address convention on third night iReporter: Clinton showed "being young is not necessarily being inexperienced" "Biden found his footing and drove ... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289791/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:39:13 -0400 CNN http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289791/ ' }, { url: 'http://wwwimage.cbsnews.com/images/2008/08/28/image4392200g.jpg', alt: 'Satellite image of Hurricane Gustav approaching Jamaica, Aug. 28, 2008. Tropical Storm Hanna is on the right.',... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289734/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:28:34 -0400 CBS News http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289734/ HARROLD, Texas : Students in this tiny town of grain silos and ranch houses spent much of the first couple of days in school this week trying to guess which of their teachers were carrying pistols und... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289746/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:34:16 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289746/ BARACK Obama today will summon America to join his crusade for change, as the Democratic convention climaxes in a historic echo of Martin Luther King's" "I have a dream" speech. http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289773/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:21:49 -0400 The Australian http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289773/ Sen. Barack Obama and aides make a late Wednesday tour of the Invesco Field stage where Obama will deliver his acceptance speech Thursday. By Joe Raedle, Getty Images http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289720/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:41:24 -0400 USA Today http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289720/ Afghan forces took over responsibility for the security of Kabul yesterday in what is largely viewed as a symbolic move. Although there are no plans for foreign forces to pull out of the city soon, t... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289782/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:21:46 -0400 The Herald http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289782/ Calls from mobile phones are predicted to outnumber those from fixed lines in the UK within two years, Ofcom said yesterday. Households are now more likely to have a mobile service than a fixed line,... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289783/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:21:44 -0400 The Herald http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289783/ LONDON (AP) — Three British men questioned about an online threat to assassinate Prime Minister Gordon Brown have been charged with a range of terror offenses, police said Thursday. http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289723/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:41:22 -0400 USA Today http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289723/ RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — More than 200 oil-slicked penguins have washed up dead on the beaches of a popular Brazilian resort, and officials say they are searching for a cause. http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289725/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:41:21 -0400 USA Today http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289725/ Airline says passengers have flotation devices, don't need life vests too Canada doesn't require vests for flights within 50 miles of shore, carrier says Air Canada regional carrier, Jazz, flies over ... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289792/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:39:12 -0400 CNN http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289792/ BRITISH police charged three men with terrorism offences on Thursday over threats to kill Prime Minister Gordon Brown posted on a militant Islamic website. http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289774/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:21:46 -0400 The Australian http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289774/ Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick sits in court during an emergency bond appeal hearing in front of Judge Thomas Jackson at the Wayne County Third Circuit Court, August 8, 2008 in Detroit. (AP Photo/Brya... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289737/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:28:29 -0400 CBS News http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289737/ Hong Kong - A Hong Kong primary school teacher faced jail on Thursday after being convicted of having sex with a ten-year-old girl from his class. Chew Hing-cheung, 53, took the girl to "love hotel... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289798/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:31:51 -0400 IOL http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289798/ US troops to leave Iraq 'by 2011' WASHINGTON - More than a quarter of the United States intelligence agencies' employees are nongovernment contractors, hired to fill in gaps in the military and civili... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289810/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:43:17 -0400 New Zealand Herald http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289810/ An investigation was under way yesterday into seven cases of E-coli in a village. NHS Grampian and Aberdeenshire Council said those diagnosed with the O157 strain shared a private water supply in eig... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289785/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:21:43 -0400 The Herald http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289785/ Police gather in front of a house on Williams Way in East Goshen where what authorities described as a homicide and attempted suicide occurred Thursday morning. http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289758/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:17:50 -0400 Philadelphia Daily News http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289758/ (AP) The government said Thursday that the salmonella outbreak that sickened at least 1,440 people appears to be over, but its ultimate source may never be known, partly because of shortcomings in the... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289736/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:28:30 -0400 CBS News http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289736/ SENEGAL has jailed a Belgian retiree and his male Senegalese domestic helper for two years for "homosexual marriage and acts against nature", their lawyer said today. http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289767/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:22:08 -0400 The Australian http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289767/ Actor Ben Affleck carries a box of food during a box packing competition at the America's Second Harvest Send Hunger Packing event in Denver, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles) http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289761/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:17:46 -0400 Philadelphia Daily News http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289761/ Obama makes unscripted Convention appearance Well, it has been a slow train coming, but the Democratic convention finally chugged into some momentum yesterday.On the third day, and with nominee Barack... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289804/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:43:34 -0400 New Zealand Herald http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289804/ NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court has upheld the dismissal of criminal charges against 13 former executives at KPMG, saying prosecutors violated the defendants' rights by pressuring the accoun... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289732/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:30:34 -0400 Reuters http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289732/ US Open Second-round latest: A MURRAY (GB) v M LLODRA (Fra) * 6-4 1-6 7-5 5-4 * denotes server http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289717/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:37:31 -0400 BBC http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289717/ BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. forces arrested the deputy head of a committee that purged Iraq's government of members of Saddam Hussein's party, an ally said, but the U.S. military said he was a wanted mil... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289733/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:30:32 -0400 Reuters http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289733/ WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States on Thursday slapped new sanctions on the leader of Uganda's notorious Lord's Resistance Army rebel group as patience wears thin with the slow pace of peace tal... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289728/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:41:18 -0400 USA Today http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289728/ A Spanish judge has opened an investigation to determine what went wrong, the Associated Press reports. The bodies in question - classified as victim 104 and victim 134 - were reportedly identified pr... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289775/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:21:43 -0400 The Australian http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289775/ Sen. John McCain will inform pick Thursday night, sources say Arizona Republican slated to appear with running mate on Friday Tom Ridge, Sen. Joe Lieberman and Mitt Romney are possible picks Selection... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289790/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:39:17 -0400 CNN http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289790/ Three Ocean City beaches were closed this morning after some medical waste washed up, according to the state Department of Environmental Services. The 38th, 39th and 40th street beaches have been cle... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289765/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:17:41 -0400 Philadelphia Daily News http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289765/ The groups representing the oil and gas, mining, and manufacturing industries say the rule discriminates against business activities in the state of Alaska that might harm the bear, which was recently... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289721/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:41:23 -0400 USA Today http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289721/ A QUEBEC publisher apologized today for promoting scrawny female forms in a young women's magazine which he also pulled from stores amid a public outcry. http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289771/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:21:55 -0400 The Australian http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289771/ Peco Energy Co. announced today that it will be lowering its gas rates about 5 percent effective Sept. 1 because of an expected supply cost decrease. The company said that the average customer saving... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289762/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:17:42 -0400 Philadelphia Daily News http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289762/ Sen. Barack Obama's acceptance speech can be seen on a big outdoor screen tonight at Independence Mall, weather permitting. It's one of dozens of free "watch parties" in the Philadelphia re... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289759/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:17:49 -0400 Philadelphia Daily News http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289759/ Sick leave has risen by around 50% at the government agency created to boost business in Scotland. Figures released by Scottish Enterprise showed 17,041 days were lost in the past year compared to 11... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289778/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:21:54 -0400 The Herald http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289778/ The Ministry of Defence claimed yesterday that Britain's overstretched armed forces were at 96.8% of full manning levels at the end of June and that 2250 more recruits signed on in the past 12 months ... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289784/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:21:45 -0400 The Herald http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289784/ DENVER - Kanye West's regret on the day Barack Obama was nominated for president: That his mother, Donda, hadn't lived to experience it. "It's an incredible time to be around. I wish my momma co... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289763/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:17:44 -0400 Philadelphia Daily News http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289763/ RADICAL Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Thursday ordered a halt to armed operations by his 60,000-strong Mahdi Army militia, blamed by Washington for some of the worst sectarian killings of Sun... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289768/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:22:05 -0400 The Australian http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289768/ THE Georgian parliament today urged the government to cut diplomatic ties with Russia, as it declared that two breakaway regions were now "occupied" by Russian forces. http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289769/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:22:01 -0400 The Australian http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289769/ MELBOURNE - Journalists at Fairfax newspapers The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age have voted to strike until Monday, the Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA) says.Fairfax Media announced ear... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289811/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:43:14 -0400 New Zealand Herald http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289811/ MOSCOW : Russia on Thursday tested an inter-continental missile, heightening tensions with the West as France said the European Union could impose sanctions on Moscow over the Georgia conflict. Russia... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289741/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:48:18 -0400 Channel News Asia http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289741/ BULGARIA'S campaign against cannabis has gone literally to the doorstep of power, after marijuana plants were found growing amongst the flowers outside government headquarters in Sofia. http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289777/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:21:39 -0400 The Australian http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289777/ In a bid to break a world record, residents of Hoschton, Georgia are building hundreds of scarecrows. Hoschton hopes to nearly triple its population with 4000 scarecrows and break the Guinness World R... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289802/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:43:42 -0400 New Zealand Herald http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289802/ NEW: Pakistani military says it killed 23 Taliban militants in two attacks U.S., Pakistani officials meet to discuss Taliban, al Qaeda threat Officials say Taliban appears to be shifting tactics Issue... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289794/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:39:09 -0400 CNN http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289794/ Flood conditions in northeastern Indian state expected to worsen Those who can afford to seek higher ground do so; the poor cannot Floodwaters continue to rise as hopes continue to sink "I have h... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289793/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:39:11 -0400 CNN http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289793/ WE WEREN'T thinking about what a historic night this is going to be when we scheduled the Sexy Singles Party, which takes place tonight at G, 111 S. 17th St. But thanks to TiVo, cable TV and the Inte... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289764/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:17:40 -0400 Philadelphia Daily News http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289764/ RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 28 (IPS) - A Brazilian Supreme Court hearing on a landmark case got off on a positive footing for the indigenous people who live in the Raposa Serra do Sol reservation in northern ... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289801/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:53:41 -0400 IPS http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289801/ DENVER (AP) -- Barack Obama aims to weave the personal with the political Thursday night as he tells 75,000 supporters in a football stadium - and millions more at home - how as president he would mak... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289750/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:57:16 -0400 New York Post http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289750/ MUMBAI, India (AP) — The Dalai Lama was admitted to a hospital in this western Indian city on Thursday to undergo tests for abdominal discomfort, his spokesman said. http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289730/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:41:16 -0400 USA Today http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289730/ Prince Chunk (left), who once was said to be 44 pounds, is no longer Camden County's fat cat. Shamu, who was found on Monday in Camden, is the now the heavyweight at 35 pounds. http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289757/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:17:52 -0400 Philadelphia Daily News http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289757/ An airline in Canada is removing lifevests from all its planes to cut weight and so reduce fuel costs. The regional airline Jazz says government regulations allow it to use flotation devices if the... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289718/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:37:29 -0400 BBC http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289718/ WASHINGTON (AP) — Almost 12% of the deaths among American Indians and Alaska Natives are alcohol-related — more than three times the percentage in the general population, a new federal repo... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289729/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:41:17 -0400 USA Today http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289729/ Marcus Eriksen steps onto the pier in Honolulu on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008, after he and fellow eco-mariner Joel Paschal completed a three-month, 2,600-mile voyage from Long Beach, Ca., in a raft made... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289738/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:28:27 -0400 CBS News http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289738/ TROPICAL Storm Gustav homed in on Jamaica today after claiming some two dozen lives in Haiti and the Dominican Republic, with officials here opening emergency shelters and urging coastal residents to ... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289772/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:21:52 -0400 The Australian http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289772/ on Thursday said that Israeli politicians are too preoccupied with their own affairs to work for her son's release, speaking at a rally to mark the kidnapped Israel Defense Forces soldier's third birt... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289787/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:58:11 -0400 Haaretz http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289787/ Friends say Washington power lobbyist Jack Abramoff, imprisoned for corruption, is a changed man. Here, Abramoff is seen in January 2006 arriving at federal court in Miami. http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289726/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:41:19 -0400 USA Today http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289726/ Racehorse trainer and former England footballer Mick Channon will undergo surgery after being seriously injured in a crash in which a life-long friend died. Mr Channon, 59, and son Jack, 15, were bot... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289786/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:21:42 -0400 The Herald http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289786/ BRUSSELS : Struggling for a coherent response to the Russian military actions in the Caucasus, senior European Union diplomats Thursday agreed to increase assistance to Georgia but shied away from thr... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289745/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:34:17 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289745/ Kuala Lumpur - Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on Thursday staged a dramatic parliament walkout with his 81 lawmakers just hours after being sworn in, in protest over controversial DNA sampl... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289799/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:31:47 -0400 IOL http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289799/ , could go a long way to explaining the mystery of what is often called intuition, its authors say. "Humans frequently invoke an argument that their intuition can result in a better decision than... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289776/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:21:40 -0400 The Australian http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289776/ Gaza activists reach shore BEIT AWWA - A Palestinian couple locked their disabled son and daughter in two stinking, urine-stained rooms for four decades out of fear they would ruin the marriage prospe... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289805/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:43:31 -0400 New Zealand Herald http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289805/ About 400 Druze clergymen living in the Golan Heights crossed into Syria on Thursday for an annual pilgrimage.The clerics, in traditional uniforms of white turbans, black robes and bushy mustaches, wa... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289788/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:58:07 -0400 Haaretz http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289788/ A 6-year-old boy ran from his Hunting Park home last night, screaming, "My mommy and daddy are dead!" according to neighbors in the 4000 block of Fairhill Street. A neighbor told the boy, t... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289760/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:17:47 -0400 Philadelphia Daily News http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289760/ Cynicism and hypocrisy are always part of international politics, but in the case of Poland and the anti-ballistic missiles (ABM) everyone is over-fulfilling their norm.No one involved in the controve... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289806/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:43:24 -0400 New Zealand Herald http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289806/ Denver, Colorado - Barack Obama will on Thursday summon Americans to join his crusade for political change as he claims his place in history in a dazzling finale to the Democratic convention. The I... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289800/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:31:44 -0400 IOL http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289800/ Anwar Ibrahim and his wife Wan Azizah Wan Ismail celebrate victory in the byelection in Permatang Pauh. Photo / AP KUALA LUMPUR - Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim took his place yesterday as a member o... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289807/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:43:27 -0400 New Zealand Herald http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289807/ ISLAMABAD : The bombing followed a recent pattern of Taliban attacks against government security installations in retaliation for a fierce Pakistani military campaign. A car bomb apparently planted b... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289747/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:34:15 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289747/ By Sheikh Mushtaq Srinagar, India - Authorities tentatively relaxed a four-day curfew in Indian Kashmir on Thursday to allow people to buy essentials as residents ran short of food during massive p... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289797/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:31:54 -0400 IOL http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289797/ DENVER (AP) -- Looking toward his turn in the spotlight, Republican presidential nominee-in-waiting John McCain sought to siphon attention from Democrat Barack Obama's show in Denver by playing coy ab... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289752/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:57:12 -0400 New York Post http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289752/ AT least 1500 people have fled their homes for shelters in eastern India after days of violent clashes between Hindus and Christians that have killed at least 10, officials said today. http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289770/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:21:58 -0400 The Australian http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289770/ After five days on the Gaza Strip's coastline, two boats carrying humanitarian aid in efforts to break an Israeli-imposed economic blockade on the Strip set sail for Cyprus on Thursday, carrying seven... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289789/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:58:10 -0400 Haaretz http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289789/ Tbilisi - Georgians on Thursday urged the world to punish Russia, saying that pressure works, as they prepared to bury dozens of dead from the fighting two weeks ago. A mass funeral was planned nea... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289796/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:31:57 -0400 IOL http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289796/ The 37-year-old rapper and actor pleaded guilty Wednesday to attempted marijuana and cocaine possession and was sentenced to time served. His lawyer Bradford Cohen says DMX is still in custody, waitin... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289755/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:57:09 -0400 New York Post http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17289755/ NEW: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin accuses U.S. of plotting conflict Putin says U.S. did it to help one of the presidential election candidates Russia fails to win support of Asian security al... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17284787/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:40:23 -0400 CNN http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17284787/ + ] By Mohamed Ahmed BAIDOA, Somalia (Reuters) - Somalia's President Abdullahi Yusuf urged members of parliament on Thursday to work together and end rifts that have threatened to wreck the Horn o... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17284792/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:26:22 -0400 Reuters http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17284792/ Israel's Police's Galilee Precinct and the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) have arrested two Shfaram residents on suspicion that they intended to carry out suicide bombings and shooting attacks agai... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17284746/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:56:06 -0400 Jerusalem Post http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17284746/ AUSTRALIA'S $11 billion private health insurance market has further consolidated with the country's third-largest fund, HCF, launching a $256 million takeover bid for Manchester Unity Australia, the n... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17284769/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:21:43 -0400 The Australian http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17284769/ SHAREHOLDERS who lost millions of dollars investing in pokies company Aristocrat Leisure on the basis of erroneous profit reports have hit the jackpot with a record $144.5 million class action settlem... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17284775/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:21:30 -0400 The Australian http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17284775/ It wasn’t easy for Madeleine Robb to send an e-mail to another mom warning that her baby might have a deadly form of eye cancer. But she’s glad she did it — and so is the mother of 1-year-old Ro... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17284750/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:41:44 -0400 MSNBC http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17284750/ CLIMATE change is a global problem requiring a global solution. And, as Ross Garnaut has observed, the roadblock to a global solution is the prisoners' dilemma or free rider problem: if we all wait fo... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17284777/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:21:26 -0400 The Australian http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17284777/ (AP) A candidate for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives is bringing up his arrest for domestic assault - in his own campaign materials.Democrat Jim Prendergast says he is telling voters about h... http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17284742/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:29:16 -0400 CBS News http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17284742/ McCain is wrong and Obama is right on the most important issues, he says Biden shared childhood lessons from his mother Vice presidential nominee was introduced by his son Beau http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17284786/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:40:27 -0400 CNN http://story.theuknews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17284786/