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Obama to appear with running mate
Seoul News.Net
Campaign officials for Barack Obama say his new running mate will join the Democratic hopeful onstage this coming weekend in Springfield, Illinois.
NATO freezes Russian ties over Georgia
Reuters
NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said on Tuesday the alliance was freezing regular contacts with Russia until Moscow had fully withdrawn its troops from Georgia in...
Prisoner exchange takes place in Georgia
Seoul News.Net
Russia and Georgia exchanged prisoners Tuesday as Russian troops slowly began pulling out of the conflict region in Georgia.
Still no agreement on Musharraf successor
Seoul News.Net
The leaders of Pakistan's ruling coalition have failed to agree on a consensus candidate to succeed Pervez Musharraf as president, to provide him indemnity and to work out the modalities of restoring the judges who were sacked after an emergency was declared last year.
Rumours that Musharraf might live in US
Seoul News.Net
The United States says it will study any application for asylum by ex-Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf but has pointed out that no such bid had been made so far.
Zambian president Levy Mwanawasa dies
Channel News Asia
LUSAKA : President Levy Mwanawasa, a trenchant critic of Robert Mugabe who won praise for his handling of Zambia's inflation-prone economy, died on Tuesday in hospital in France aged 59. Mwanawasa...
Australian police might have framed Indian doctor
Seoul News.Net
Lawyers for Indian doctor,Mohamed Haneef, who was arrested in Australia on terrorism charges, which were later dropped, say he has been vindicated in a new enquiry which has criticised the methods of the Australian Federal Police.
NATO joins EU in condemning Algerian attack
Seoul News.Net
NATO and the European Union have strongly condemned Tuesday's suicide bomb attack against a police academy in Algeria that left at least 43 people dead.
Another stolen Picasso found
Seoul News.Net
A stolen 1933 painting by the legendary Spanish painter Pablo Picasso has been found abandoned in Sao Paulo by the Brazilian police.
Congress leaders charged over illegal construction
Seoul News.Net
Two senior Congress leaders in India and three others have been charged by the Punjab vigilance department for the illegal construction of a building on government land in Amritsar city.
Medvedev hurts feelings in Georgian critique
Seoul News.Net
President Dmitry Medvedev has referred to the Georgian political elite as “morons who are ready to kill innocent and defenseless people in order to satisfy their self-serving interests, by using the most terrible solution by exterminating an entire...
Red Cross denied access to Georgia
Seoul News.Net
The Red Cross is being denied access to the separatist Georgian region of South Ossetia, a spokeswoman for the humanitarian organization said from its headquarters in Geneva.
Hillary and Bill raise funds for depleted bank balance
Seoul News.Net
A huge fund raising effort is underway in the Hillary Clinton camp.
One killed and many injured in England crash
Seoul News.Net
One man was killed and more than 60 injured in a bus-car collision in Staffordshire, west Midlands region of England.
Storm hits Cuba and heads for Florida
Seoul News.Net
Tropical Storm Fay has struck Cuba, sparing Havana and causing minimal damage elsewhere.
Glitter heads home after prison term
The Australian
FORMER British glam rocker Gary Glitter is heading for London after serving a child molestation sentence in a Vietnamese prison, and may not be allowed to leave his home country again.
Emotion and praise pour out after cyclist wins greatest UK individual haul for 100 years.
The Herald
Doug Gillon and Alison Campsie It was a moment of individual sporting triumph which also epitomised his team spirit: Chris Hoy yesterday clinched his place in history as the first British Olympian...
DOUG GILLON and ALISON CAMPSIEIt took a mother
The Herald
DOUG GILLON and ALISON CAMPSIE It took a mother's words to make Chris Hoy realise what he had just achieved. Carol Hoy was among the first to hug Scotland's new Olympic hero moments after he had...
Whale mistakes yacht for mother
The Herald
A WHALE calf that seems to think a yacht is its mother is likely to die in days if it does not find another mother to adopt it, wildlife officials say. The humpback calf, aged four to eight weeks...
Schoolboy diagnosed with tuberculosis
The Herald
A schoolboy has been diagnosed with tuberculosis. The 17-year-old pupil at St Andrew's High School in Clydebank is being treated for the disease, although he is not thought to be infectious. All...
Concern for homes after flash floods bring chaos
The Herald
FIREFIGHTERS battled to protect homes last night as parts of Scotland were hit by flash floods. Torrential rains and thunderstorms descended suddenly over parts of Lanarkshire yesterday afternoon...
8000-year-old clue to Loch Tay beavers
The Herald
Archaeologists scouring a Scottish loch believe that they have discovered the remnants of wood which was gnawed by beavers up to 8000 years ago. The ancient timbers found in the roots of a "drowned...
Nine years in jail for armed bank robber
The Herald
A masked robber who held up a bank at gunpoint was jailed for nine years yesterday. At the High Court in Glasgow William Mills, 41, was convicted of threatening staff and customers with a handgun...

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