Friday 29 August 2008
McCain picks Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin for VP
Republican presidential hopeful John McCain confirmed that he had picked Sarah Palin, the Republican governor of Alaska, as his vice presidential running mate at a campaign rally in Dayton, Ohio.
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- USA - VOTE 2008
- McCain picks Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin for VP
- Friday 29 August 2008
- Republican presidential hopeful John McCain confirmed that he had picked Sarah Palin, the Republican governor of Alaska, as his vice presidential running mate at a campaign rally in Dayton, Ohio.
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- HURRICANE - CUBA
- Hurricane Gustav churns towards Cuba, US
- Saturday 30 August 2008
- Leaving 85 dead in its path, Hurricane Gustav churned towards Cuba and the United States after ripping through Haiti and the Dominican Republic. In New Orleans, authorities have started evacuating people on the third anniversary of Katrina.
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- GEORGIA - RUSSIA
- Georgia, Russia cut diplomatic ties
- Friday 29 August 2008
- Georgian authorities said they would recall their diplomatic staff in Moscow following Russia's recognition of the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. In turn, Moscow announced it would close its embassy in the Georgian capital Tbilisi.
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- ITALY - LYBIA
- Berlusconi, Gaddafi to resolve colonial dispute
- Saturday 30 August 2008
- Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi will meet Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in the Libyan city of Benghazi to sign a cooperation agreement in compensation for misdeeds committed during Italy's military occupation of Libya.
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- FORMER YUGOSLAVIA
- Karadzic refuses to enter war crimes plea
- Friday 29 August 2008
- The UN Yugoslav war crimes court on Friday entered a plea of not guilty on behalf of the Bosnian-Serb wartime leader to genocide and war crimes charges after he refused to file his own plea.
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- CARIBBEAN - HURRICANE
- Gustav batters Jamaica as US braces for storm
- Thursday 28 August 2008
- Leaving 78 dead in the Caribbean and a trail of destruction in its wake, tropical storm Gustav battered Jamaica on Friday. Forecasters said it could hit New Orleans as a powerful hurricane next week.
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- THAILAND - PROTEST
- Riot police move on Thai protesters at compound
- Friday 29 August 2008
- Defiant protesters scuffled with riot police in Bangkok on Friday as a siege of the prime minister's compound aimed at forcing his resignation dragged into a fourth day.
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- TURKEY - AL QAEDA
- Turkish police arrest 21 al Qaeda suspects
- Friday 29 August 2008
- Turkish police arrested 21 people suspected of belonging to al Qaeda in a raid Friday in Istanbul, according to a state news agency. Al Qaeda has been blamed for several deadly bombings in the country over the last few years.
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