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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Asia Bulletin.com http://www.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/10/id/2411cd3571b4f088/ en-us Sun, 07 Sep 2008 22:49:33 -0400 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 22:49:33 -0400 30 The Bush administration has seized troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/403598/cs/1/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:27:51 -0400 Asia Bulletin.com http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/403598/cs/1/ Democratic presidential nominee, Barack Obama, has described the US economy as fragile and has said he would press for middle-class tax cuts if elected. http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/403600/cs/1/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:33:55 -0400 Asia Bulletin.com http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/403600/cs/1/ Hurricane Ike has been downgraded to a Category 3 storm, but meteorologists are still describing it as dangerous, with winds near 120 mph. http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/403599/cs/1/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:31:16 -0400 Asia Bulletin.com http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/403599/cs/1/ Though U.S., coalition and Afghan troops are making steady progress against increasingly active insurgent forces in Afghanistan, it’s time to turn up the heat, a senior U.S. military officer said last week. http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/403574/cs/1/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:50:04 -0400 Asia Bulletin.com http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/403574/cs/1/ The primary chemical used to produce hard plastics, such as bottles, can be a potential risk factor for metabolic syndrome. http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/403597/cs/1/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:25:56 -0400 Asia Bulletin.com http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/403597/cs/1/ Prosecutors in Israel have been told by police investigators that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert should be indicted in over a corruption investigation. http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/403596/cs/1/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:24:46 -0400 Asia Bulletin.com http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/403596/cs/1/ Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change has refused to sign a power-sharing agreement, saying President Robert Mugabe’s powers should be reduced. http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/403595/cs/1/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:23:52 -0400 Asia Bulletin.com http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/403595/cs/1/ The Pakistan Ambassador to the United States, Hussain Haqqani, has told reporters that unilateral actions by US forces in Pakistani territory will not help to the war against terror, but will spark fury among the people. http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/403519/cs/1/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 06:51:21 -0400 Asia Bulletin.com http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/403519/cs/1/ At least 600,000 people have been stranded in Bangladesh in serious flooding. http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/403527/cs/1/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 07:20:55 -0400 Asia Bulletin.com http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/403527/cs/1/ At least 30 people, including five policemen, have been killed in a suicide car bomb attack in Pakistan. http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/403518/cs/1/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 06:49:56 -0400 Asia Bulletin.com http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/403518/cs/1/ Residents of the Caribbean Turks and Caicos islands began surveying damage Sunday following the devastating impact of Hurricane Ike, as the 'extremely dangerous' category 4 storm continued on its path toward the Bahamas and Florida Keys. http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/403594/cs/1/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 17:00:45 -0400 Asia Bulletin.com http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/403594/cs/1/ Two suicide attackers blew themselves up at the police headquarters in Kandahar city Sunday, killing and wounding more than 30, while two dozen Taliban were killed in airstrikes and clashes elsewhere in the country, officials have said. http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/403579/cs/1/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 17:00:16 -0400 Asia Bulletin.com http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/403579/cs/1/ Armed with the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) waiver for India, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice plans to speak to US Congress leaders Monday or Tuesday to push for a quick approval to the India-US civil nuclear deal. http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/403578/cs/1/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 17:00:11 -0400 Asia Bulletin.com http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/403578/cs/1/ A computer firm in the UK has lost personal details relating to thousands of British prison staff, prompting the country's Justice Secretary, Jack Straw, to order an urgent inquiry into Electronic Data Systems. http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/403517/cs/1/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 06:48:42 -0400 Asia Bulletin.com http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/403517/cs/1/ Peter Power (Letters, September 4) reveals a number of fundamental misunderstandings by the European commission. Neither George Monbiot nor ActionAid claims that access to Senegalese waters by EU flee... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561747/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:42:18 -0400 The Guardian http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561747/ In an era when British political satire - if not quite dead - struggles to raise a titter beyond Radio 4's efforts, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart is a reminder of the relief that good comedy can bri... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561752/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:42:01 -0400 The Guardian http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561752/ The introduction of Sarah Palin as a running mate and a week of sustained attacks on Barack Obama from the Republican National Convention have helped John McCain draw level in the latest opinion polls... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561158/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:17:17 -0400 The Independent http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561158/ In what police in the US city of Fresno called one of the most bizarre cases they had come across, the burglar threw away the assault weapon as he fled and a dog ate it, the http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561169/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:13:56 -0400 The Australian http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561169/ Financial markets are forecast to react favourably today to the US government's move to take mortgage lenders Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae into temporary public ownership, ending the uncertainty that ha... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561473/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:42:13 -0400 The Guardian http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561473/ The US Government took control of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, the stricken companies that underpin the American mortgage market, yesterday and promised to inject up to £110 billion of taxpayer... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561738/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:52:11 -0400 Times Online http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561738/ New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (12) is helped off the field by medical personnel after being hit while throwing the ball during the first quarter of their football game against the Kansas ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561743/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:44:34 -0400 The Miami Herald http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561743/ New York at 10pm BST. The 21-year-old will attempt to become the first British man to win one of the four major tournaments since Fred Perry took the US Open title back in 1936. Murray made the firs... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561755/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:26:36 -0400 Sky News http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561755/ TELECOM New Zealand is preparing to kick-start a new $300 million third-generation mobile phone network after it cancelled a share buyback and dividend reinvestment plan for its shareholders. http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561178/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:13:29 -0400 The Australian http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561178/ PORT-AU-PRINCE: The death toll from Hurricane Ike has risen from 20 to 47 in the Haitian village of Cabaret, Prime Minister Michele Pierre-Louis said on Sunday, as the impoverished island suffered fro... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561128/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:38:45 -0400 Channel News Asia http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561128/ It is to determine whether they were talking or texting at the time of the accident. And where there is evidence anyone may have broken the state law forbidding hand-held mobile telephone use while dr... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561181/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:13:26 -0400 The Australian http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561181/ Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae are uniquely US institutions with no direct British equivalent. The government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) buy mortgages from lenders, package them up and sell them on to f... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561748/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:42:15 -0400 The Guardian http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561748/ No one ever seems to run Rafael Nadal ragged, and yet Andy Murray did just that in the U.S. Open semifinals. Murray finished a stunning, rain-interrupted 6-2, 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-4 victory Sunday at Flus... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561141/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:24:07 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561141/ ht be imminent, and claiming that the rescue operation to save those trapped under the rubble has been slow and inefficient.Witnesses described desperate relatives scrabbling at the rocks with their b... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561135/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:25:37 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561135/ In this March 19, 1966 file photo, Texas Western College head basketball coach Don Haskins, second from left, and players celebrate after winning the 1966 NCAA basketball championship in College Park,... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561741/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:44:31 -0400 The Miami Herald http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561741/ The French President embarks on a high-risk mission to Moscow today, buoyed by support from the EU but with few guarantees of a major breakthrough. Nicolas Sarkozy will struggle to persuade the ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561155/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:17:24 -0400 The Independent http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561155/ A DARING television soap opera depicting life in the West Bank that touches on the sensitive issue of corruption among Palestinian officials has been shelved. http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561138/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:25:31 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561138/ Last Friday, John McCain and Sarah Palin hit the campaign trail together for the first time as an official ticket, as Palin pledged her loyalty to "small-town America" in the Republican stronghold of ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561750/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:42:07 -0400 The Guardian http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561750/ THE US government took over mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac overnight, placing them in a "conservatorship" to help avert a financial system meltdown from the housing crisis. http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561189/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:13:19 -0400 The Australian http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561189/ POP star Madonna, once accused by the Vatican of staging one of the most satanic shows in history, surprised fans by dedicating her hit Like a Virgin to the Pope at a sold-out concert in Rome. http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561171/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:13:51 -0400 The Australian http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561171/ ROYAL Navy ships were heading to the Turks and Caicos Islands with emergency aid last night after the British territory was savaged by 135mph Hurricane Ike, adding to a major humanitarian crisis unfol... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561137/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:25:33 -0400 The Scotsman http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561137/ As frustrating as these press conference at the Sutton Place can be, with ridiculous questions from reporters who write for blogs nobody's heard of, sycophantic moderators with long-winded critiqu... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561444/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:30:45 -0400 National Post http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561444/ Carolina Panthers tight end Dante Rosario, left, makes a 14-yard touchdown catch in front of the coverage of San Diego Chargers' Eric Weddle, right, as time runs out in the fourth quarter of an NFL fo... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561742/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:44:33 -0400 The Miami Herald http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561742/ The 16-year-old boy and 17-year-old girl set out from a farm property in Pomonal around 1.30pm (AEST) yesterday to walk their dog, then headed up to an area called Redmans Bluff. But with daylight fad... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561191/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:13:15 -0400 The Australian http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561191/ FEDERAL Nationals leader Warren Truss said yesterday the party would consider breaking from the Coalition after its swinging election results on the western and eastern seaboards. http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561197/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:13:04 -0400 The Australian http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561197/ The United States government last night announced the biggest financial bailout in the country's history, as it took the troubled American mortgage giants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae into temporary pub... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561745/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:42:24 -0400 The Guardian http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561745/ India celebrated its admission to the world’s nuclear club yesterday after a decision by the 45 nations that legally supply atomic fuel and technology to lift a decades-old ban on nuclear trad... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561740/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:52:04 -0400 Times Online http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561740/ Anita Page, the last surviving star of the silent movies, has died at the age of 98 in Los Angeles. Page’s career spanned 84 years – and her lasting fame endured despite a 60-year car... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561606/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:52:09 -0400 Times Online http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561606/ THE case of a woman feared dead - amid allegations she was beaten and dumped in the desert by her ex-boyfriend - has taken a new twist. Relatives now think Kerry Winter, who has not been seen for thr... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561174/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:13:41 -0400 The Australian http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561174/ Belligerently protesting his innocence, poring for hours over legal documents that he expects will clear his name, feuding with the press, and pontificating on history and current affairs to an au... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561152/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:17:26 -0400 The Independent http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561152/ The Israeli Attorney General has been urged to launch a criminal investigation into whether Shaul Mofaz, a leading prime ministerial candidate, ordered "war crimes" to be committed when ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561156/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:17:21 -0400 The Independent http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561156/ Stonehenge The UN is threatening to put the Tower of London on its list of world heritage sites in danger after its experts accused the UK of damaging globally significant sites such as Stonehenge, ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561751/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:42:03 -0400 The Guardian http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561751/ The Bush administration ripped up years of laissez-faire economic policies last night and launched a government takeover of two of the most powerful mortgage companies in the US. The move is ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561710/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:30:58 -0400 Belfast Telegraph http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561710/ The Government's former chief scientific adviser will criticise anti-GM advocates such as Prince Charles today in an outspoken attack on those who believe organic farming will be able to feed the grow... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561160/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:17:14 -0400 The Independent http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561160/ An injured Afghan boy is put on a stretcher at a hospital in Jalalabad city, Afghanistan. Photograph: Nesar Ahmad Civilian deaths in Afghanistan from US and Nato air strikes have nearly tripled over... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561516/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:42:26 -0400 The Guardian http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561516/ WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Sunday seized control of mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, launching what could be its biggest bailout ever in a bid to support the U... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561757/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:23:09 -0400 Reuters http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561757/ THE French company that owns the car in which Princess Diana died wants the wreckage back so it can sell it, possibly for as much as £1 million ($2.17m). http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561172/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:13:49 -0400 The Australian http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561172/ Hong Kong's pro-democracy opposition has won more than a third of seats in legislative elections, retaining its veto power over major legislation. Results being announced Monday show the opposit... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561142/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:24:06 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561142/ If you owed a few thousand euros and found your footsteps dogged by a man wearing a top hat, tails and silken cummerbund, wouldn't you pay up rather than face the humiliation of being shadowed by some... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561153/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:17:27 -0400 The Independent http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561153/ AT least one Papua New Guinean villager is confirmed dead, many are missing and thousands are homeless following flooding in the northwestern Morobe Province. http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561168/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:14:00 -0400 The Australian http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561168/ Hurricane IKE roared toward Cuba with 135mph (215 kph) winds yesterday and was expected to sweep into the Gulf of Mexico where it could damage the US oil patch and New Orleans. Cuban authorities... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561157/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:17:19 -0400 The Independent http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561157/ HAVANA (Reuters) - High winds and heavy rains whipped eastern Cuba on Sunday as Hurricane Ike closed in after adding to the misery and deaths in Haiti and ripping through the southern Bahamas on a pat... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561756/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:23:07 -0400 Reuters http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561756/ PHOENIXVILLE, Pa. - An emergency dispatcher in suburban Philadelphia says a hot-air balloon has crashed and burst into flames, killing one person and injuring the six others who were on board.The Ches... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561758/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:09:52 -0400 Philadelphia Inquirer http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561758/ THE heart of many homes is the kitchen and that is where Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi hosted Condoleezza Rice for a Ramadan meal this week, a symbolic gesture to try to end decades of enmity. http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561167/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:14:04 -0400 The Australian http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561167/ Woody Allen would take no bows.He had just made his successful debut as an opera director Saturday, creating a hilarious and memorable production of "Gianni Schicchi," the third of the one-act present... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561654/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:44:30 -0400 The Miami Herald http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561654/ When Marc Quinn's 11.5-tonne sculpture of a pregnant Alison Lapper was unveiled in Trafalgar Square on September 15 2005, Ken Livingstone observed that her life was "a struggle over much greater diffi... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561753/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:41:59 -0400 The Guardian http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561753/ KABUL — The U.S. military said Sunday it has “new information” about an American attack that Afghanistan says killed 90 civilians and it is sending a senior military officer to the co... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561759/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:02:32 -0400 Globe and Mail http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561759/ KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Violence ripped through southern Afghanistan Sunday leaving a Canadian soldier dead in a bomb blast in the countryside shortly before a pair of suicide bombers blew thems... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561762/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:02:31 -0400 Globe and Mail http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561762/ A look at deaths so far from the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season: Six of 10 named storms so far this Atlantic hurricane season have caused deaths, mostly due to floods and mudslides: Arthur: 5 ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561761/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:02:30 -0400 Globe and Mail http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561761/ WERDER, Germany, — Germany's struggling Social Democrats chose Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Sunday to run against Chancellor Angela Merkel in federal elections in 2009. In a sur... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561760/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:02:29 -0400 Globe and Mail http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17561760/ Authorities say a 46-year-old man appears to have drowned while swimming in the ocean off Lauderdale-By-The-Sea.The Broward Sheriff's Office reports that the man was swimming out to a buoy before he d... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17559208/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:13:37 -0400 The Miami Herald http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17559208/ KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- The U.S. military said Sunday it has "new information" about an American attack that Afghanistan says killed 90 civilians and it is sending a senior military officer to the ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17559216/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:56:58 -0400 Associated Press http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17559216/ Madrid: Immigrants went on a rampage in a southern Spanish town overnight throwing stones and bottles at police after a Senegalese man was stabbed to death, police and media said on Sunday. Police wou... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17559231/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:50:41 -0400 Gulf News http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17559231/ RABAT, Morocco (AP) -- The Bush administration said Sunday it sees no wisdom now in ending an economic embargo against Cuba, a longtime demand the Havana government renewed as a way to speed aid after... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17559217/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:56:57 -0400 Associated Press http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17559217/ Six months after Favre began a brief retirement, he made a stirring debut Sunday as Broadway Brett. But in the final minute the Dolphins marched down the field while Favre’s New York Jets clung to s... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17558810/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:01:34 -0400 MSNBC http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17558810/ President Hugo Chavez said Sunday that Venezuelan and Russian ships could soon hold joint naval exercises in the Caribbean - a move that would likely raise concerns in Washington."Russia's naval fleet... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17559045/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:13:32 -0400 The Miami Herald http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17559045/ Los Angeles: Anita Page, an MGM actress who appeared in films with Lon Chaney, Joan Crawford and Buster Keaton during the transition from silent movies to talkies, has died. She was 98. Page died in h... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17559233/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:50:34 -0400 Gulf News http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17559233/ In this photo released by Miraflores Press Office, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez speaks during his weekly radio and television show "Hello President" in Mantecal, Venezuela, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008.... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17558998/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:13:34 -0400 The Miami Herald http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17558998/ London: Police have charged three more male teenagers with murdering 14-year-old Shaquille Smith in east London last weekend - the 25th teenager to die violently in the capital this year. Detectives s... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17559225/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:50:52 -0400 Gulf News http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17559225/ New Delhi: External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee is hosting a special dinner and a cultural show in honour of Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi here today though the Indian leadership is also ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17559222/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:51:01 -0400 Gulf News http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17559222/ Kolkata: Marxist leader and former West Bengal chief minister Jyoti Basu was in stable condition yesterday, two days after he fell in the bathroom and suffered a head injury, a doctor said. A medical ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17559234/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:50:36 -0400 Gulf News http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17559234/ New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh yesterday congratulated Pakistan's President-elect Asif Ali Zardari and underlined India's "political will" to "transform relations" with t... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17559224/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:50:56 -0400 Gulf News http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17559224/ WASHINGTON : Barack Obama and John McCain feuded and laid claim to being the authentic candidate of change and reform on Sunday as their White House showdown roared into a frenetic eight-week final st... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17558804/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:08:38 -0400 Channel News Asia http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17558804/ Senator Barack Obama said in a television interview on Sunday that the fall campaign should not be reduced to a "résumé contest" between the Democratic and Republican tickets but rather a ch... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17558812/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:57:10 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17558812/ New Delhi: Nearly six million of Delhi's population are vulnerable to tuberculosis, a health ministry official said. "At least 40 per cent of the [15 million ] population is vulnerable to TB,&quo... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17559237/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:50:27 -0400 Gulf News http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17559237/ Albert Pujols would be happy if every St. Louis Cardinals game included a "buddy walk" for children with Down Syndrome. It certainly brings out the best in the team's star.Pujols, whose adopted daught... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17559205/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:13:42 -0400 The Miami Herald http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17559205/ When 40 settlers were moved on to Don Miller's 1,100 hectare (2,700 acre) farm in Tengwe in northeast Zimbabwe, they found an efficiently run agricultural unit. All they had to do was to carry on wh... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17559077/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:20:43 -0400 Times Online http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17559077/ Caracas: Several Russian ships and 1,000 soldiers will take part in joint naval manoeuvres with Venezuela in the Caribbean Sea later this year - exercises likely to increase diplomatic tensions with W... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17559054/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:50:25 -0400 Gulf News http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17559054/ Efforts to bring oil and gas production back online in the Gulf of Mexico slowed Sunday as Hurricane Ike barreled toward the nation's energy complex, likely to be the second hurricane to slam into the... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17559211/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:13:30 -0400 The Miami Herald http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17559211/ Islamabad: Two US diplomatic outposts in Pakistan received envelopes containing an unknown white powder last week, sparking a security scare, a US Embassy spokesman said on Sunday. Tests are being con... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17559230/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:50:45 -0400 Gulf News http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17559230/ New Delhi: India's rebirth as an atomic power, armed with a unique NSG passport to carry on global nuclear trade, was feted with celebratory headlines in leading Indian newspapers - save for some diss... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17559003/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:50:43 -0400 Gulf News http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17559003/ Two months ago Hank Paulson said that Congress had given him a bazooka by granting him power to intervene to support Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the US mortgage finance giants. The mere sight of the... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17559199/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:20:47 -0400 Times Online http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17559199/ After winning three silver medals in Beijing, Olympic swimmer Dara Torres has mastered another daunting challenge: walking the runway at New York Fashion Week.The 41-year-old modeled two looks for the... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17559064/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:13:39 -0400 The Miami Herald http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17559064/ A yellow revolution is sweeping through the poverty-riddled farmsteads of the Central Kenyan highlands. Neat rows of coffee bushes that once dominated the landscape are being replaced by 21st-centur... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17558925/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:20:52 -0400 Times Online http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17558925/ WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The odds of the U.S. Congress passing a U.S.-India civil nuclear deal this year are long, U.S. congressional aides and analysts said on Sunday, but the deal is all but certain t... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17559219/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:56:06 -0400 Reuters http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17559219/ The Associated Press A look at deaths so far from the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season:Six of 10 named storms so far this Atlantic hurricane season have caused deaths, mostly due to floods and muds... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17559209/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:13:36 -0400 The Miami Herald http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17559209/ NASSAU, Bahamas – Ike roared across low-lying islands Sunday as a Category 4 hurricane, destroying homes, sweeping away boats and bringing more rain to waterlogged communities in Haiti, where at... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17559191/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:44:37 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17559191/ NIGERIAN militants today killed one sailor and kidnapped another when they hijacked a vessel belonging to the Nigerian unit of Italian oil company Agip, a military spokesman said. http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17558827/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:46:07 -0400 The Australian http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17558827/ Barack Obama vowed yesterday to focus his efforts on the gathering economic storm facing ordinary Americans as he struggled to navigate an election landscape transformed by Sarah Palin’s hurri... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17559200/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:20:45 -0400 Times Online http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17559200/ Battered by Europe's economic downturn and contemplating even worse times ahead, Spain's beleaguered parents now have one more thing to worry about: the return of their adult children.A new study show... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17559201/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:20:38 -0400 Times Online http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17559201/ Representative Charles Rangel paid no interest for more than a decade on a mortgage extended to him to buy a villa at a beachfront resort in the Dominican Republic, according to Rangel's lawyer a... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17558813/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:57:09 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17558813/ Abu Dhabi: A new embarrassing incident of data loss has struck the British Justice Department which forced minister Jack Straw to act swiftly to dampen any added input into the woes of the British gov... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17559223/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:50:58 -0400 Gulf News http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17559223/ East Carolina's Jonathan Williams (2) celebrates his touchdown with Kevin Gidrey (45) and Doug Palmer (70) during the third quarter of a NCAA college football game against West Virginia Saturday, Sept... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17559206/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:13:41 -0400 The Miami Herald http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17559206/ Abu Dhabi: Pakistan's defence attache in the UAE says a nuclear arms race will follow the Nuclear Suppliers Group decision to lift a three-decade ban on nuclear trade with India. "I can foresee a... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17559229/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:50:46 -0400 Gulf News http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17559229/ Gen. David McKiernan wants probe amid reports that airstrike killed 90 civilians Deaths occurred during August 22 counter-insurgency operation in Herat province Initial findings from coalition forces ... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17559214/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:00:55 -0400 CNN http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17559214/ Patna: Worried over reports of criminals looting abandoned homes and robbing those fleeing the swirling flood waters of the Kosi in Bihar, the government has deployed hundreds of security personnel to... http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17559227/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:50:50 -0400 Gulf News http://story.asiabulletin.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17559227/