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Quake hits southwest China, no reports of casualties

BEIJING, Aug. 19, 2008 (Reuters) — An earthquake hit southwest China on Wednesday, knocking down houses and forcing around 1,200 people to evacuate from near the site of a devastating quake which killed at least 70,000 people in May, state media said. ...  > full story

Iraqi forces arrest Sunni Arab politician's son

BAGHDAD, Aug. 19, 2008 (Reuters) — Iraqi security forces raided the office of a provincial governor and arrested the son of a leading Sunni Arab politician in separate incidents on Tuesday that could stoke sectarian and political tension. ...  > full story

Court blocks Detroit council's plan to oust mayor

DETROIT, Aug. 18, 2008 (Reuters) — Embattled Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick won a legal victory on Monday when a judge blocked the city council from holding hearings intended to oust him. ...  > full story

Russia's Medvedev signs ceasefire pact: Kremlin

SOCHI, Russia, Aug. 16, 2008 (Reuters) — Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday signed a ceasefire agreement ending hostilities with Georgia over the breakaway region of South Ossetia, the Kremlin said. ...  > full story

New York City tornado warning canceled

NEW YORK, Aug. 15, 2008 (Reuters) — New Yorkers were temporarily urged to take shelter on Friday due to a tornado warning but it was quickly rescinded, officials said. ...  > full story

Texas school district to let teachers carry guns

HOUSTON, Aug. 15, 2008 (Reuters) — A Texas school district will let teachers bring guns to class this fall, the district's superintendent said on Friday, in what experts said appeared to be a first in the United States. ...  > full story

Huge protests expected at political conventions

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15, 2008 (Reuters) — Thousands of protesters are expected to jam the streets of Denver and St. Paul at the Republican and Democratic conventions in a noisy counterpoint to the parties' carefully scripted speeches. ...  > full story

Fighting corruption is hard going in New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 14, 2008 (Reuters) — Ask the man assigned to combat corruption and bureaucracy in New Orleans how the fight is going and he will tell you about his telephone problems. ...  > full story

NYC among 21 cities to disclose carbon output

NEW YORK, Aug. 11, 2008 (Reuters) — More than 20 U.S. cities, including New York, Las Vegas and Denver, have agreed to measure their carbon footprints, with a system some 1,300 companies have been persuaded to use, in an attempt to find ways to curb emissions blamed for warming the planet. ...  > full story

Japan remembers Nagasaki atomic bomb victims

TOKYO, Aug. 8, 2008 (Reuters) — Japan marked the 63rd anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki with a solemn ceremony on Saturday and a call for world powers to abandon their nuclear weapons. ...  > full story
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