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- Bush promises a solution to the world economic disaster
Calcutta News.Net
President George Bush has told the US public that the US government's financial rescue plan will take time to kick in.
- Obama breaks out in new poll reading
Calcutta News.Net
Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama is now five points up from his Republican rival John McCain.
- North Korea to come off US terror list
Calcutta News.Net
The Bush administration is nearing a decision to remove North Korea from a terrorism blacklist, in an effort to bring the communist country back to disarmament talks.
- Pakistan diplomat calls for joint NATO-Pakistan border force
Calcutta News.Net
Pakistan's permanent representative to the United Nations, Abdullah Hussain Haroon, has suggested the formation of a joint border force of Pakistani and NATO forces to increase co-ordination to curb terrorist activities along the Pak-Afghan border.
- Thai court drops serious charges against protestors
Calcutta News.Net
Court action in Thailand has led to insurrection charges against nine members of the PAD protest group to be dropped.
- Plane crash investigation pinpoints wing-flap problem
Calcutta News.Net
An investigation into the crash of a Spanish passenger jet in August has shown the wing flaps were in the wrong position.
- Paulson to hold meeting with world finance figures
Calcutta News.Net
The White House has announced that US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson will have meetings with world financial ministers to discuss coordinating an answer to the global financial crisis.
- Alaskan court orders go-ahead on Palin probe
Calcutta News.Net
The Alaskan state Supreme Court has refused to halt an ethics investigation into Governor Sarah Palin, the Republican vice presidential nominee.
- Militants and civilians caught up in gun battle
Calcutta News.Net
At least 36 Islamic militants have been killed in clashes with security forces in Afghanistan.
- NATO forces will be sent to scatter Somali pirates
Calcutta News.Net
The NATO military alliance has agreed to send warships to help combat piracy in waters off the coast of Somalia.
- Last treasures of the French royal family go under the hammeri n Paris
The Independent
The last remaining treasures of the French royal family – including a silk purse embroidered by Queen Marie Antoinette in her prison cell – will be auctioned in Paris next week. The...
- Inquiry into Madrid crash shows system failure
International Herald Tribune
A Spanair jet which crashed at Madrid airport in August, killing 154 people, had faulty wing flaps and a warning system that failed to sound, an initial report into the crash has found. An automated...
- Obama and McCain exchange blows over economy
Reuters
On a day of fresh economic turmoil, Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama accused Republican John McCain on Friday of trying to divide Americans and McCain said...
- ‘Passengers trampled in panic to flee from car bomb’
The Herald
Around lunchtime on Saturday 2007, Bilal Abdulla and Kafeel Ahmed -by now the most wanted men in the country - sat in a green Jeep Cherokee in a car park on Loch Lomondside, looking out over...
- Warning over pensions as funds’ values fall by 20%
The Herald
Those who are nearing retirement may have to continue working for longer to offset the crash in value of pension pots, a leading analyst said yesterday. Michelle Lewis, senior policy adviser at the...
- Swedish couple hacked to death in Tobago
USA Today
OF-SPAIN, Trinidad A man was arrested Friday as a suspect in the slaying of a Swedish couple who were found hacked to death in their home in a tourist district of the normally placid...
- Teacher jailed over child images
BBC
A Belfast teacher who admitted downloading more than 500 images of children being sexually abused has been jailed for 15 months. The judge said 36-year-old Neill George Morrow, from Orangefield...
- McCain increases personal attacks on rival
The Herald
Republican presidential candidate John McCain stepped up his attacks on Democratic opponent Barack Obama in a new advert Friday criticising his association with a former 1960s radical. Obama fired...
- Failed London bombers made getaway on rickshaws, trial hears
Channel News Asia
LONDON : Two doctors accused of plotting failed car bombings in London and Glasgow last year escaped the scene of their first botched attack on cycle rickshaws, their trial heard Friday. The getaway...
- Veteran quits as PM
The Australian
THE Prime Minister has lost his chief of staff as the waves from the global financial crisis wash across Australia, with David Epstein tendering his resignation yesterday.
- Unanswered questions about Flyers
Philadelphia Daily News
The Flyers' Simon Gagne has played well in the preseason as he rebounds from last season's concussion. He will play on a potentially lethal line with Mike Richards and Danny Briere.
- Mobile phone evidence led to doctor’s arrest
The Herald
Doctor Mohammed Asha, the co-accused in the case, was arrested by police after being under surveillance for a number of hours after the London bombing attempt. Mobile phone evidence left behind at...
- Tiree on the crest of a wave as top windsurfing event opens
The Herald
One of Europe's premier windsurfing events gets under way in the Inner Hebrides today. Taking place on Tiree, the televised Wave Classic windsurfing competition is expected to increase the island...
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