ANALYSTS' VIEWS: Reaction to Musharraf's resignation |
| | | Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf announced his resignation on Monday in the face of an impending impeachment motion by the ruling coalition government. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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British troops kill four Afghan civilians |
| | | British troops accidentally killed four civilians and wounded three others with rockets during an operation against Taliban insurgents in southern Afghanistan, NATO and British officials said on Sunday. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Russia vows to begin troop pullout from Georgia |
| | | Russia's president promised to start withdrawing forces from positions in Georgia on Monday, but suggested they could stay in the breakaway region at the heart of the fighting that has reignited Cold War tensions. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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1st CD: NH candidates tackle social issues |
| | | When it comes to gay marriage, two Republicans running in New Hampshire's 1st Congressional District join the Democratic incumbent in opposing a federal constitutional amendment to ban it. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Hundreds flee after dam break near Grand Canyon |
| | | A rain-soaked earthen dam near the Grand Canyon broke on Sunday, prompting the evacuation of hundreds of residents from a flooded village in a downstream Indian reservation, a National Park Service spokeswoman said. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Time running out to make VP pick |
| | | A string of potential vice presidential candidates were queried on Sunday about the possibility of being picked for the No. 2 spot but all remained mum on their chances. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Officer directing traffic knocked unconscious |
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UK retailer Woolworths rejects takeover bid |
| | | British retailer Woolworths Group PLC's share price shot up as much as 23 percent on Monday, after it rejected an offer from Iceland Foods Ltd. for its retail division. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Britain wins team pursuit in Olympic cycling |
| | | Britain has won the men's team pursuit gold medal at the Laoshan Velodrome, knocking nearly two seconds off the world record it set a day earlier. | | From The Washington Times | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Hurdler Liu Xiang leaves Olympics with leg injury |
| | | Liu Xiang and the entire nation of China looked forward to this moment for years: The defending Olympic champion lining up to run the 110-meter hurdles at the Beijing Games. He didn't even get to race. Grimacing and rubbing his troublesome right hamstring before getting into his crouch, Liu pulled up lame just steps into the first round of qualifying Monday, leaving the Summer Games' host country without one of its biggest stars _ and far and away its biggest star in track and field. | | From The Washington Times | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Mercy flight for cancer patient ends in flames on Easton plaza |
| | | A volunteer pilot flying a Long Island cancer patient and his wife on a mercy mission to the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston nose-dived through low cloud cover into the empty back row of a supermarket parking lot yesterday morning. All three aboard the plane died in the crash. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Obituaries in the news |
| | | Leroy Sievers, a National Public Radio commentator who turned his battle with cancer into a popular radio and online series, died Friday of the disease. He was 53. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Georgia conciliatory as Russia due to withdraw |
| | | Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili urged the Kremlin to discuss ways to avoid "discord for future generations" as Russian troops prepared to pull out of the Black Sea state on Monday. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Muslim rebels attack southern Philippine villages |
| | | Muslim rebels attacked several southern coastal townships Monday, killing a local official and burning houses in a sharp escalation of fighting amid uncertainty over a fragile peace process, officials said. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Australia's Commonwealth Bank eyeing BankWest: report |
| | | Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) <CBA.AX>, the country's No. 2 bank by assets, may offer over A$6 billion ($5.2 billion) to British bank HBOS <HBOS.L> for its Australian unit BankWest, the Australian newspaper reported on Monday. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Air Crash Bodies To Be Recovered |
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Report: 77 applications for Olympic protests |
| | | Chinese authorities have received 77 applications from people who want to hold protests in designated demonstration areas during the Beijing Olympics, state media said Monday, the first details of the response to the plan since the games began. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Seeking ugly women for Outback's lonely hearts |
| | | Life can get a little lonely for bachelors in the Australian Outback mining town of Mount Isa. So the mayor has offered up a solution: recruit ugly women. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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CCC workers celebrate contributions 75 years later |
| | | An 18-year-old Harold Mattern welcomed the idea of clearing forest trails and building bridges and dams as a member of President Roosevelt's Civilian Conservation Corps. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Rice, European allies to discuss Russian response |
| | | Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is heading to Europe on Monday to talk with NATO allies about what message the West should send to Russia following its invasion of Georgia. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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