Friday 05 September 2008
McCain accepts nomination, vows to 'shake up Washington'
In a rousing closing speech at the Republican Convention, John McCain accepted his party's presidential nomination and laid out his vision for change while emphasizing his record as a maverick politician.
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- USA - VOTE 2008
- McCain accepts nomination, vows to 'shake up Washington'
- Friday 05 September 2008
- In a rousing closing speech at the Republican Convention, John McCain accepted his party's presidential nomination and laid out his vision for change while emphasizing his record as a maverick politician.
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- UKRAINE - USA - RUSSIA
- Cheney visits divided Ukrainian leaders
- Thursday 04 September 2008
- US Vice President Dick Cheney has arrived in Kiev where the pro-Western government is threatened by a row between President Viktor Yushchenko and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko over Ukraine's response to Russian influence in the region.
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- WEATHER
- Death toll from Hanna mounts in Haiti
- Friday 05 September 2008
- The death toll from Tropical Storm Hanna rose to 136 in Haiti amid fears that Hanna could gain hurricane status as it closes in on the US Atlantic coast. Meanwhile, Hurricane Ike has turned into an "extremely dangerous" Category Four storm.
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- USA - LIBYA
- Rice to meet Gaddafi on historic Libya visit
- Friday 05 September 2008
- In the first visit by a top US diplomat since 1953, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is set to arrive in Libya, where she will meet with Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, marking the full renewal of relations between Washington and Tripoli.
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- IRAQ - UNITED STATES
- US combat troops could leave Baghdad by summer '09
- Thursday 04 September 2008
- Outgoing top US general in Iraq David Petraeus told the Financial Times that "conditions permitting", US combat troops could leave Baghdad by July 2009.
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- THE WEEK IN THE AMERICAS
- Bend it like the Mayas
- Thursday 04 September 2008
- FRANCE 24's weekly review of the Americas brings you to Mexico, where football is been played the Maya way with Pok ta Pok. Also in this week's show: the US getting fond of slow food and the repercussions Gustav on the Republican Convention.
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- MEXICO - CRIME
- Mexican government: violent crime hampering growth
- Thursday 04 September 2008
- Official figures show that 2,700 people have died in drug-related violence in Mexico so far this year. According to the finance minister, crime is scaring investors away from the country.
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- USA - LIBYA
- Condoleezza Rice set for landmark visit to Libya
- Wednesday 03 September 2008
- Condoleezza Rice's visit to Libya on Friday, the first by a US secretary of state in 50 years, marks a return to relations with Tripoli after their suspension in 1981 and signals US approval of Libya's pledge to abandon sensitive weapon programmes.
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