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U.S. says new evidence of civilian deaths in raid

KABUL, Sep. 8, 2008 (Reuters) — The U.S. military said it has new evidence of civilian deaths in a coalition air strike in western Afghanistan last month, and is sending an officer to review the findings. ...  > full story
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U.S. seizes Fannie and Freddie

WASHINGTON, Sep. 8, 2008 (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 to support the U.S. housing market and ward off more global financial market turbulence. ...  > full story
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Hurricane Ike pounds Cuba on way to Gulf

HAVANA, Sep. 7, 2008 (Reuters) — Hurricane Ike pounded northeastern Cuba with 120 mile per hour (195 kph) winds, torrential rains and massive waves that rolled through coastal towns on Sunday on a path toward the Gulf of Mexico oil fields and possibly New Orleans. ...  > full story
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Boeing strike threatens global aero industry

EVERETT, Washington/NEW YORK, Sep. 7, 2008 (Reuters) — Boeing Co's 27,000 machinists prepared for a third day of strike action, halting production at the plane maker's Seattle-area plants in protest at Boeing's contract offer and what they see as plans to shift more jobs to non-union and foreign companies. ...  > full story
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Angola ruling party set for big win in disputed poll

LUANDA, Sep. 7, 2008 (Reuters) — The leader of Angola's largest opposition party said on Sunday he was contesting the results of the country's parliamentary election, which showed the ruling party headed for a landslide victory. ...  > full story
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Congress seen passing India nuke deal eventually

WASHINGTON, Sep. 7, 2008 (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 to win approval eventually. ...  > full story
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Workers clear path to access Cairo rock fall site

CAIRO, Sep. 7, 2008 (Reuters) — Egyptian workers cut through a railway embankment on Sunday to bring heavy earth-moving equipment to the site of a rock fall which killed at least 34 people in a Cairo shantytown. ...  > full story
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Rice says she has "open" relationship with Iraq

RABAT, Sep. 7, 2008 (Reuters) — U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice defended her administration's strategy in Iraq on Sunday and said she had an "open" relationship with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki following claims Washington had spied on him. ...  > full story
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Powerful Hurricane Ike heads for Cuba, Gulf

HAVANA, Sep. 7, 2008 (Reuters) — Ferocious Hurricane Ike ripped off roofs in the southern Bahamas on Sunday and Cuba scrambled to move hundreds of thousands of people inland, away from a storm eventually headed toward the U.S. Gulf oil patch and possibly New Orleans. ...  > full story
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Petraeus to hand over U.S. Iraq command Sept 16

BAGHDAD, Sep. 7, 2008 (Reuters) — U.S. General David Petraeus, credited with helping staunch violence in Iraq, will hand over command of U.S. forces there to Lieutenant-General Raymond Odierno on September 16, a military spokesman said on Sunday. ...  > full story
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Lawmaker candidates face Koran test in Indonesia's Aceh

JAKARTA, Sep. 8, 2008 (Reuters) — Indonesia's Aceh province will begin testing candidates for next year's provincial elections on the Koran from Monday, an election commission official said. ...  > full story

Japan PM contenders clash over spending and taxes

TOKYO, Sep. 8, 2008 (Reuters) — The frontrunner to become Japan's next leader will pledge tax cuts and bigger government spending to boost the economy, a newspaper said on Monday, a contrast with rivals worried about the country's huge debt. ...  > full story

Only two of China's quake orphans finds new parents

BEIJING, Sep. 7, 2008 (Reuters) — Nearly four months an earthquake killed nearly 90,000 people in China's Sichuan province, only two of 88 orphans eligible for adoption had found a new home, local officials and state media said on Monday. Tens of thousands of Chinese families offered to take in orphans after the May 12 disaster, but most had found homes with relatives, leaving just 88 to be put up for adoption. ...  > full story

Three China mine accidents kill 42, trap 18

BEIJING, Sep. 7, 2008 (Reuters) — Three Chinese coal mine accidents in just four days killed at least 42 people, trapped 18, and left three missing, media reported on Monday. ...  > full story

Politics

McCain takes 4-point lead over Obama in poll

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Sep. 7, 2008 (Reuters) — Republican John McCain heads into the final stretch of the U.S. presidential campaign with a 4-point lead over Democrat Barack Obama, a USA Today/Gallup poll released on Sunday showed. ...  > full story

Gaddafi offers Rice kitchen diplomacy and locket

RABAT, Sep. 7, 2008 (Reuters) — 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. ...  > full story

Palin to meet media in a "few days" says McCain

WASHINGTON, Sep. 7, 2008 (Reuters) — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who has not faced the U.S. media since her surprise pick to run for vice president 10 days ago, will begin giving interviews in a "few days," Republican presidential nominee John McCain said in remarks aired on Sunday. ...  > full story

Congress seen passing India nuke deal eventually

WASHINGTON, Sep. 7, 2008 (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 to win approval eventually. ...  > full story

Business

U.S. hedge fund Fairfield, Swiss private bank merge

NEW YORK, Sep. 8, 2008 (Reuters) — U.S. hedge fund Fairfield Greenwich Group has merged with Swiss private bank Banque Benedict Hentsch, bringing their combined assets under management to more than $18 billion. ...  > full story

U.S. seizes Fannie and Freddie

WASHINGTON, Sep. 8, 2008 (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 to support the U.S. housing market and ward off more global financial market turbulence. ...  > full story

Asian banks surge on Fannie, Freddie bailout

SINGAPORE, Sep. 7, 2008 (Reuters) — Shares in Asian banks soared on Monday after the U.S. government took over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac , reassuring investors worried about exposure to the troubled mortgage giants' bonds and the value of other risky debt assets. ...  > full story

WaMu picks Meridian's Fishman as new CEO: report

NEW YORK, Sep. 7, 2008 (Reuters) — Washington Mutual Inc , the largest U.S. savings and loan, is replacing Chief Executive Kerry Killinger, making him the latest high-profile casualty of the credit crisis, the Wall Street Journal reported on its website on Sunday. ...  > full story

Science

China counts down to third manned space launch

BEIJING, Sep. 6, 2008 (Reuters) — China, still patting itself on the back after a hugely successful Olympics, will launch a three-man space flight this month, with all systems already in final preparation, state media said on Sunday. ...  > full story

European space probe completes asteroid fly by

BERLIN, Sep. 6, 2008 (Reuters) — The European Space Agency obtained on Saturday the first images of an asteroid 360 million km (224 million miles) from earth, part of a space mission which scientists hope will help them understand the origins of the planets. ...  > full story

Storms delay space shuttle launch to Hubble

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida, Sep. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — Space shuttle Atlantis' launch on a final mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope has been delayed because of tropical storms, NASA said on Friday. ...  > full story

New fingerprint method could unlock cold cases

LONDON, Sep. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — It's a discovery that would make even Sherlock Holmes proud. British scientists have developed a new crime-fighting technique that allows police to lift fingerprints from bullets even if a criminal has wiped down a shell casing. ...  > full story

Entertainment

Britney Spears sweeps at MTV Video Music Awards

LOS ANGELES, Sep. 8, 2008 (Reuters) — A year after her disastrous comeback attempt at the MTV Video Music Awards, Britney Spears swept the event on Sunday, winning the first three "Moonman" statuettes of her career. ...  > full story

Ricky Gervais sees dead people in "Ghost Town"

TORONTO, Sep. 7, 2008 (Reuters) — Ricky Gervais sees dead people. And he has found them to be a demanding bunch in his new movie "Ghost Town" as they clamor for help and attention from the only man who knows they're there. ...  > full story

Spike Lee offers blood, hope in World War Two film

TORONTO, Sep. 7, 2008 (Reuters) — Filmmaker Spike Lee was focusing on the past when he made a movie about oft-forgotten the role of black soldiers in World War Two, a war film with both blood and schmaltz set in Tuscany. ...  > full story

Nicolas Cage bombs at box office with "Bangkok"

LOS ANGELES, Sep. 7, 2008 (Reuters) — Less than a year after starring in the biggest movie of his volatile career, Nicolas Cage led the North American box office to its worst weekend in five years on Sunday with one of his weakest. ...  > full story

Sports

Patriots QB Brady suffers serious knee injury: reports

BOSTON, Sep. 8, 2008 (Reuters) — New England quarterback Tom Brady suffered a serious knee injury in the Patriots' 17-10 season-opening victory over the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday, media reports said. ...  > full story

Serena Williams wins third U.S. Open title

NEW YORK, Sep. 7, 2008 (Reuters) — American Serena Williams won her ninth grand slam title by beating tenacious Serbian Jelena Jankovic 6-4 7-5 in a high-quality U.S. Open women's final on Sunday. ...  > full story

Serena Williams clinches women's singles title

NEW YORK, Sep. 7, 2008 (Reuters) — Fourth-seeded American Serena Williams won her ninth grand slam title by beating tenacious Serb Jelena Jankovic 6-4 7-5 in a high-quality U.S. Open women's final on Sunday. ...  > full story

Murray upsets Nadal to reach final

NEW YORK, Sep. 7, 2008 (Reuters) — Sixth-seeded Briton Andy Murray reached his first grand slam final in commanding style by upsetting world number one Rafael Nadal 6-2 7-6 4-6 6-4 at the U.S. Open on Sunday. ...  > full story
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