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Undated video shows Qaeda leader reported killed

DUBAI, Sep. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — Al Qaeda issued on Friday an Internet video featuring senior group leader Mustafa Abu al-Yazid who was reported to have been killed last month, but it was not immediately clear when the footage was made. ...  > full story
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New book says U.S. spied on Iraqi leaders: report

WASHINGTON, Sep. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — The United States has spied on Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and other Iraqi leaders, according to U.S. journalist Bob Woodward's fourth book on President George W. Bush, The Washington Post reported on Friday. ...  > full story
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McCain accepts party's nomination, promises jobs

ST. PAUL, Sep. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — Republican John McCain cast himself as an independent-minded reformer on Thursday, vowed "change is coming" if he is elected president and promised to create millions of jobs by developing new energy sources. ...  > full story
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South Korea wants North to keep nuclear plant shut

SEOUL, Sep. 4, 2008 (Reuters) — South Korea's chief nuclear envoy on Friday pressed North Korea to halt plans to rebuild a mothballed nuclear plant that makes arms-grade plutonium and instead return to the bargaining table to discuss disarmament. ...  > full story
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Detroit mayor pleads guilty, to leave office

DETROIT, Sep. 4, 2008 (Reuters) — Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick pleaded guilty on Thursday to obstruction of justice in a plea agreement that forces him from office and caps a scandal that had threatened to spill over into the U.S. presidential campaign in a key battleground state. ...  > full story
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Hurricane Ike threatens Bahamas, Hanna toll grows

GONAIVES, Haiti, Sep. 4, 2008 (Reuters) — Powerful Hurricane Ike weakened slightly as it charged across the Atlantic toward the Bahamas and the United States on Thursday while Tropical Storm Hanna's death toll from floods in Haiti grew to 136. ...  > full story
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Bush advised to back modest troop cuts in Iraq

WASHINGTON, Sep. 4, 2008 (Reuters) — Top U.S. defense officials have recommended that President George W. Bush withdraw one combat brigade from Iraq but not until early next year, Pentagon sources said on Thursday. ...  > full story
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Cuba to appeal spy case to U.S. Supreme Court

HAVANA, Sep. 4, 2008 (Reuters) — Cuba said on Thursday it will appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court part of a lower court decision against five Cuban agents who have been imprisoned nearly 10 years on espionage charges. ...  > full story
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Pentagon wants modest U.S. troop cut in Iraq: sources

WASHINGTON, Sep. 4, 2008 (Reuters) — Top U.S. defense officials have recommended that President George W. Bush withdraw one combat brigade from Iraq but not until early next year, Pentagon sources said on Thursday. ...  > full story
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Alaska gas project hailed by Palin still embryonic

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sep. 4, 2008 (Reuters) — A long-delayed natural gas pipeline championed by Gov. Sarah Palin that would carry supplies from Alaska to Canada and then to the lower 48 states exists in concept only and is years away from fruition. ...  > full story
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Undated video shows Qaeda leader reported killed

DUBAI, Sep. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — Al Qaeda issued on Friday an Internet video featuring senior group leader Mustafa Abu al-Yazid who was reported to have been killed last month, but it was not immediately clear when the footage was made. ...  > full story

Hong Kong democrats face tough fight in legislative polls

HONG KONG, Sep. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — Hong Kong's pro-democracy camp faces a stern test in city-wide legislative elections on Sunday, with rival pro-Beijing candidates poised to further erode the camp's waning influence over the city's political future. ...  > full story

South Korea wants North to keep nuclear plant shut

SEOUL, Sep. 4, 2008 (Reuters) — South Korea's chief nuclear envoy on Friday pressed North Korea to halt plans to rebuild a mothballed nuclear plant that makes arms-grade plutonium and instead return to the bargaining table to discuss disarmament. ...  > full story

China puts squeeze on military spending abuses

BEIJING, Sep. 4, 2008 (Reuters) — Chinese military officials face intensified scrutiny for abusing or mishandling the nation's fast-rising defence budget, state media reported on Friday. ...  > full story

Politics

McCain and Palin hit road after convention

ST. PAUL, Sep. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — Republicans John McCain and Sarah Palin kicked off a two-month battle for the White House on Friday with a promise that "change is coming," a theme co-opted from their Democratic rivals. ...  > full story

250 protesters arrested before McCain speech

ST. PAUL, Sep. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — Police arrested 250 anti-war protesters on Thursday shortly before John McCain accepted the Republican presidential nomination at the party's convention a short distance away. ...  > full story

McCain accepts party's nomination, promises jobs

ST. PAUL, Sep. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — Republican John McCain cast himself as an independent-minded reformer on Thursday, vowed "change is coming" if he is elected president and promised to create millions of jobs by developing new energy sources. ...  > full story

McCain pushes for tax cuts to ease economic pain

ST. PAUL, Sep. 4, 2008 (Reuters) — Sen. John McCain said on Thursday many Americans were struggling to find jobs and pay rising food and fuel bills, and predicted the tax cuts he would support as president would spur economic growth. ...  > full story

Business

Dell plans to sell computer factories: report

, Sep. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — Dell Inc is trying to sell computer factories around the world in efforts to cut cost and improve profitability, the Wall Street Journal said. ...  > full story

Microsoft kicks off $300 million Windows marketing push

SEATTLE, Sep. 4, 2008 (Reuters) — Microsoft Corp kicked off a $300 million marketing campaign on Thursday, aimed at improving the image of its Windows Vista operating system and strike back at Apple Inc's "Mac vs. PC" ads. ...  > full story

Lone Star may sue S.Korea govt on KEB deal: paper

SEOUL, Sep. 4, 2008 (Reuters) — U.S. private equity house Lone Star is seriously considering suing the South Korean government if it delays approval beyond September of the firm's $6.3 billion sale of shares in a local bank, a newspaper reported on Friday. ...  > full story

Boeing workers frustrated, angry at strike delay

EVERETT, Washington, Sep. 4, 2008 (Reuters) — Less than a day after voting to strike, Boeing workers expressed frustration and anger on Thursday at the decision by union leaders to postpone a walkout and negotiate further with the company. ...  > full story

Science

New fingerprint method could unlock cold cases

LONDON, Sep. 4, 2008 (Reuters) — It's a discovery that would make even Sherlock Holmes proud. ...  > full story

Shuttle Atlantis hauled to launch pad in Florida

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida, Sep. 4, 2008 (Reuters) — NASA hauled the space shuttle Atlantis to the seaside launch pad on Thursday, hopeful a trio of storms churning over the Atlantic Ocean will steer clear of the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. ...  > full story

Experts offer scaled-back sea level rise forecast

WASHINGTON, Sep. 4, 2008 (Reuters) — Worldwide sea levels may rise by about 2.6 to 6.6 feet by 2100 thanks to global warming, but dire predictions of larger increases seem unrealistic, U.S. scientists said on Thursday. ...  > full story

Gene trawl shows curing cancer harder than thought

WASHINGTON, Sep. 4, 2008 (Reuters) — Cancer experts who probed every gene in tumors from two of the hardest-to-treat cancers found that cancer is much more complicated than anyone thought -- and say they found why a cure is so unlikely after a tumor has spread. ...  > full story

Entertainment

Kanye West ends VMA boycott

LOS ANGELES, Sep. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — A year after vowing never to perform on the MTV Video Music Awards again, hip-hop star Kanye West will close the show's 25th annual ceremony in Hollywood on Sunday, joining a lineup that includes Christina Aguilera and the Jonas Brothers, organizers said. ...  > full story

Bollywood film depicts terror threat in Mumbai

MUMBAI, Sep. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — An anonymous call threatening to bomb Mumbai city sets off a hair-raising search for the attackers in a new Bollywood thriller opening on Friday, the latest in a slew of Indian films based on terrorism. ...  > full story

Toronto film festival gets off to a romantic start

TORONTO, Sep. 4, 2008 (Reuters) — The curtain rose on the Toronto International Film Festival on Thursday night with romance "Passchendaele" playing to a packed theater and starting a 10-day parade of films and stars at one of the world's top movie gatherings. ...  > full story

"Seinfeld" hits the road to connect with new fans

NEW YORK, Sep. 4, 2008 (Hollywood Reporter) — Stroll around Manhattan's Union Square these days, and you come across billboards touting the start of the fall TV season with promotions for the likes of "Heroes," "The Mentalist" and "Private Practice." But an evergreen -- the '90s hit sitcom "Seinfeld" -- has stolen the spotlight here, not with a billboard but with a bus. ...  > full story

Sports

Angry Djokovic sets up Federer showdown

NEW YORK, Sep. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — Novak Djokovic and Andy Roddick put in a show-stopping performance at the U.S. Open on Thursday night but only the fired up Serbian was left standing to take an encore -- albeit from a hostile Flushing Meadows crowd. ...  > full story

Federer holds off Muller to reach last four

NEW YORK, Sep. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — Four-times champion Roger Federer weathered a tough battle against Luxembourg qualifier Gilles Muller to book his place in the U.S. Open semi-final with a 7-6 6-4 7-6 win on Thursday. ...  > full story

Giants sign receiver Burress to extension

NEW YORK, Sep. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — The New York Giants signed top receiver Plaxico Burress to a contract extension, the team said on its website on Thursday, securing the playmaker through 2012. ...  > full story

Yankees' playoff hopes suffer setback with loss to Rays

LOS ANGELES, Sep. 4, 2008 (Reuters) — The Tampa Bay Rays held off the New York Yankees 7-5 on Thursday to avoid a three-game sweep and dent the Yankees' hopes of making the playoffs. ...  > full story
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