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Ike hits Cuba as dangerous Category 3 hurricane
September 8, 2008
CAMAGUEY, Cuba (AP) _ Hurricane Ike's winds and massive storm surge ripped apart houses and toppled trees Monday as the deadly storm roared across Cuba toward Havana and its historic but decaying old » Full Story
Flooding from Ike kills 58 in rain-soaked Haiti
September 8, 2008
CABARET, Haiti (AP) _ Hurricane Ike's torrential rains swelled rivers across Haiti and sent floodwaters gushing into homes in the dead of night in one eastern town, killing at least 58 people.
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Reports: Japan sumo chief resigns amid drug cases
September 8, 2008
TOKYO (AP) _ The head of Japan's sumo association announced Monday that he would resign amid a scandal over allegations of marijuana use by three Russian wrestlers, news reports said.
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NATO: 1 soldier killed in Afghanistan
September 8, 2008
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) _ NATO says a roadside blast have killed one of its soldiers in southern Afghanistan.
The military alliance says in a statement that the victim was on patrol at » Full Story
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China's new prosperity fuels fitness craze
September 8, 2008
BEIJING (AP) _ Several days a week, Wu Ruiyao hits the gym, where she sweats on a treadmill, tones her abs in a group exercise or stretches under the guidance of a personal trainer.The » Full Story
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. When Malik Mohammed speaks on their behalf, his voice is soft but his » Full Story
US warship to Georgian port partly held by Russia
September 6, 2008.JPG)
POTI, Georgia (AP) _ The flagship of the U.S. Navy's Mediterranean fleet has anchored outside this key Georgian port, which is still partly occupied by hundreds of Russian troops, defiantly delivering » 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.Rosetta rendezvoused w » 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. peacekeepers and aid groups struggl » 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