Obama fires up Democrats with promise of change - CNN
DENVER, Colorado (CNN) -- Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama is laying out his plan to lead the country into an era of change after what he called eight years of failed policies. Sen. Barack Obama accepted his party's nomination for presidential candidate Thursday night. "I believe that as ...
U.N. Security Council rebuffs Georgian separatists - Reuters UK
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council refused on Thursday to approve a request from representatives of two Georgian breakaway regions, which Russia has recognized as independent states, to address the council. In recent months Russia has repeatedly asked the 15-nation council to allow ...
Tropical Storm Hanna forms as Gustav soaks Jamaica - Miami Herald
MIAMI -- Tropical Storm Gustav closed in on Jamaica Thursday at near-hurricane strength as the death toll in Haiti rose to 51 while Tropical Storm Hanna formed in the Atlantic. Hanna, the eighth named storm of the 2008 hurricane season, is spinning about 1,500 miles east-southeast of Miami with 40 ...
Russia isolated over Georgia, Putin attacks U.S. - Reuters India
DUSHANBE/PARIS (Reuters) - Russia faced increased diplomatic isolation over its military action against Georgia on Thursday, with its Asian allies failing to offer support and France saying EU leaders were considering sanctions. Moscow accused the West of heightening tension by a naval build-up in ...
Probe reveals oxygen bottle burst on Qantas flight - Associated Press
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) -- An oxygen cylinder caused the explosion that blew a car-sized hole in a Qantas jet last month, forcing an emergency landing, air safety officials said Friday. The release of the interim report by Julian Walsh, acting executive director of the Australian Transport Safety ...
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