McCain raised $27 million in July-campaign aide |
| | | U.S. presidential candidate John McCain's campaign fundraising continues to grow, with July's contributions hitting $27 million as his race against Democratic rival Barack Obama enters a crucial period, a top aide said on Friday. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Georgia leader signs truce, but will Russia leave? |
| | | Georgia's president grudgingly signed a truce with Russia Friday, even as he denounced the Russians as invading barbarians and accused the West of all but encouraging them to overrun his country. A stone-faced Condoleezza Rice, standing alongside, said Russian troops must withdraw immediately from their smaller neighbor. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Russia: Poland risks attack because of US missiles |
| | | A top Russian general said Friday that Poland's agreement to accept a U.S. missile interceptor base exposes the ex-communist nation to attack, possibly by nuclear weapons, the Interfax news agency reported. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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SKorean police arrest 157 at anti-US beef rally |
| | | South Korean police arrested nearly 160 people at an overnight rally in downtown Seoul opposing the resumption of U.S. beef imports, an official said Saturday. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Bush Slams Russia Over Georgia |
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US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 500 |
| | | As of Friday, Aug. 15, 2008, at least 500 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Sunday at 10 a.m. EDT. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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FBI: Prints prove 'Rockefeller' is German man |
| | | The FBI said Friday that it matched fingerprints from a German man's decades-old immigration papers to a kidnapping suspect who calls himself Clark Rockefeller -- the first forensic link to a conclusion California authorities had already made. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Warehouse set to process convention arrests |
| | | Individuals arrested at the Democratic National Convention will be processed at an industrial warehouse with chain-link cells topped by razor wire, a facility some have compared to the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Americans rally from four-run deficit |
| | | Terry Tiffee doubled in the go-ahead run with two outs in the seventh, Brian Barden homered and tied the game with his seventh-inning double and the U.S. baseball team rallied from a four-run deficit to beat Canada 5-4 in Olympic baseball Saturday. | | From The Washington Times | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Food aid handed out in occupied Gori |
| | | The United States has provided more than $3.6 million in aid to Georgia and supplies are being distributed in the Russian-occupied town of Gori, the U.S. government's aid agency said on Friday. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Construction begins on $57M San Diego border fence |
| | | Scrapers and bulldozers began filling a deep canyon Friday to make way for a border fence in the southwestern corner of the United States after 12 years of planning, environmental reviews and legal challenges. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse |
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Guess what? Military funds mind-reading science |
| | | Here's a mind-bending idea: The U.S. military is paying scientists to study ways to read people's thoughts. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse |
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Ruling in 1980s Japanese businessman case delayed |
| | | A complicated court hearing about a Japanese businessman accused of murdering his wife 27 years ago in Los Angeles ended Friday without a decision on whether he will be extradited and tried in the United States. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse |
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Obituaries in the news |
| | | James Hoyt, one of four U.S. soldiers who discovered the Buchenwald concentration camp as World War II neared its end, died Monday. He was 83. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse |
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U.S. lawmakers urge IOC to move '14 games from Russia |
| | | The U.S. Congress could consider legislation next month aimed at prodding Olympic organizers to strip Russia from hosting the 2014 winter games, in a move to punish Moscow for its military activity in Georgia, sponsors of the measure said. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse |
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Is John Edwards' former aide covering for him? |
| | | For nearly a decade, Andrew Young was John Edwards' loyal foot soldier as Edwards rocketed from millionaire trial lawyer to U.S. senator to two-time White House hopeful. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse |
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US: Quds, Hezbollah training hit squads in Iran |
| | | Iraqi Shiite assassination teams are being trained in at least four locations in Iran by Tehran's elite Quds force and Lebanese Hezbollah and are planning to return to Iraq in the next few months to kill specific Iraqi officials as well as U.S. and Iraqi troops, according to intelligence gleaned from captured militia fighters and other sources in Iraq. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse |
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3 US sprinters easily advance in women's 100 |
| | | U.S. sprinters Lauryn Williams, Torri Edwards and Muna Lee have advanced to the quarterfinals of the women's 100-meter dash at the Olympics. | | From The Washington Times | Add a commentary | Report abuse |
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Russia 'will abide by ceasefire' |
| | | US officials say Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has pledged Moscow will "faithfully" implement a truce with Georgia. | | From BBC News | Add a commentary | Report abuse |
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Analysis: So what's next for US and Russia? |
| | | There's blame to go around as the United States assesses the disastrous consequences of a war between Russia and Georgia. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse |
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