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Island life in multiracial Hawaii helped shape Obama, friends say

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:50:53 -0400

HONOLULU - The diverse culture of the 50th U.S. state - and the island nature of Hawaii itself - shaped Barack Obama's view of the world and the politics he would practise. Those who knew him as a ...

Man held in Florida on charge of threatening to assassinate Obama

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:50:38 -0400

MIAMI - A man who authorities said was keeping weapons and military-style gear in his hotel room and car appeared in court Thursday on charges he threatened to assassinate Democratic presidential cand...

3 people reported injured after shells fired in Istanbul; rebels blamed

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:50:50 -0400

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Shells fired from a mortar-like mechanism near a municipal government building in Istanbul slightly injured three people, the city's governor reportedly said. Unknown assailants ...

American deaths in Afghanistan war reach 500; July toll higher than Iraq

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:50:48 -0400

KABUL - The deadliest three months for American forces in Afghanistan have pushed the U.S. death toll to at least 500, forcing a war long overshadowed by Iraq back into the headlines. Larger, more ...

Volatile Zhari district to see more development work along with soldiering

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:39:17 -0400

ZHARI DISTRICT, Afghanistan - Canada is boosting its development and diplomacy efforts in what is perhaps Kandahar province's most volatile district. A new Joint District Co-ordination Centre in Zh...

Guantanamo Bay jury hands ex-bin Laden driver light sentence

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:39:20 -0400

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba - A military jury gave Osama bin Laden's driver a stunningly lenient sentence on Thursday, making him eligible for release in just five months despite the prosecutors' ...

Six Canadian soldiers wounded in volatile district of Afghanistan

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:39:19 -0400

ZHARI DISTRICT, Afghanistan - Six Canadian soldiers suffered minor injuries in a firefight early Friday with insurgents in Zhari district west of Kandahar city. The fighting happened when the soldi...

Seized library computers may hold clues in anthrax case, FBI says

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:39:23 -0400

WASHINGTON - Computers recently seized from a Frederick, Md., library may hold clues about the 2001 anthrax mailings that killed five people, the FBI said in an affidavit Thursday. Bruce E. Ivins, ...

Fire complicating rescue efforts in helicopter crash; 9 presumed dead

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:51:18 -0400

SAN FRANCISCO - Fire raging through rugged, dense terrain is complicating rescue crews' efforts to recover victims and evidence from the remote part of a Northern California forest where a firefightin...

Six Canadians suffer minor injuries in gunbattle in Afghanistan

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:51:21 -0400

ZHARI DISTRICT, Afghanistan - Six Canadian soldiers have suffered minor injuries in a firefight with insurgents in Zhari district west of Kandahar city. The incident happened early today when the s...

Guantanamo Bay jury sentences ex-bin Laden driver to 5 1/2 years in prison

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:51:24 -0400

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba - A military jury has sentenced Osama bin Laden's former driver to 5 1/2 years in prison for aiding terrorism. That makes him eligible for release in just six months...

After rebuke of China's human rights, Bush eager to embrace Olympics

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:51:16 -0400

BEIJING - U.S. President George W. Bush's Olympic odyssey started with a game of political one-upmanship Thursday, as his blunt critique of the host country prompted China to warn the U.S. president t...

Obama rejects talk of trouble from Clinton backers at convention

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:51:20 -0400

CHICAGO - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Thursday dismissed suggestions that the nominating convention could be marred by tensions between his supporters and the die-hard backers of...

Conditions in Myanmar starker than portrayed: The Associated Press

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:51:22 -0400

YANGON, Myanmar - A rare bird's-eye look at Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta shows the devastation still left from Cyclone Nargis - broken levies, flooded farm roads, the shattered remains of bamboo huts and...

Flight attendant says wife of pastor Joel Osteen acted like a diva on plane

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:36:05 -0400

HOUSTON - The wife of renowned evangelical pastor Joel Osteen acted like a combative diva when a small spill on her airline seat was not immediately cleaned up, a flight attendant who was also on the ...