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Russian troops atop an armored vehicle pass by a big poster of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin as they leave Tskhinvali, the capital of Georgia's separatist-controlled territory of South Ossetia, Monday, Aug. 25, 2008.

Putin accuses U.S. of orchestrating Georgian war
CNN

(CNN) -- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has accused the United States of orchestrating the conflict in Georgia to benefit one of its presidential election candidates....

photo: AP / Dmitry Lovetsky

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Russia to respond militarily to U.S. missile shield
Infowars

Wednesday, Aug 27, 2008 Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has said Russia will have to respond...

Why Georgia's on my mind
Seattle Times

KYIV, Ukraine - The conflict in Georgia revealed problems that extend well beyond our region....

Can McCain Back in Again?
Creators Syndicate

Podcast available through: If you like Robert D. Novak, you might enjoy Pat Buchanan Ben...

Poverty killing on a grand scale: WHO

Slum Area - Houses built along the riverbanks of Davao River - Poverty - Pollution - Davao City

Canada Dot Com

GENEVA - A "toxic combination" of poverty and social injustice is killing people on a grand scale, a World Health Organization report said Thursday, urging states to fund healthcare to cut inequalities. The Commission on the Social Determinants of...
photo: WN / Janice Sabnal

Pelosi gets unwanted lesson in Catholic theology

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., addresses the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Monday, Aug. 25, 2008.

The Columbus Dispatch

Politics can be treacherous. But House Speaker Nancy Pelosi walked on even riskier ground in a recent TV interview when she attempted a theological defense of her support for abortion rights. Roman Catholic bishops consider her arguments on St....
photo: AP / Ron Edmonds

C-130 had 11 people on board, not 9 -- military

Philippine Maritime Police - C-130 Plane Crash - Davao City - Philippines

Inquirer

DAVAO CITY, PhilippinesThe military on Thursday clarified that there were 11 people aboard the C-130, which crashed here on Monday evening, contrary to earlier reports that it was only carrying seven crew members and two pilots. Major Armand Rico,...
photo: WN / Janice Sabnal

9 killed as violence spreads along Pakistan border

The Examiner

Comments PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Map, News) - Suspected militants bombed a bus carrying prisoners in northwest Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least nine people, as fighting between security forces and extremists flared across the country's tribal belt....
photo: AP / Mohammad Zubair

Officials may evacuate New Orleans as Gustav nears

This NOAA satellite image taken Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008 at 1:45 a.m. EDT shows Tropical Storm Gustave about 80 miles northeast of Kingston, Jamaica. In addition, an area of low pressure with moderate to strong thunderstorms are noted about 300 mile northeast of the northern Leeward islands.

Houston Chronicle

NEW ORLEANS - National Guard troops stand ready, batteries and water bottles are selling briskly, and one small-town mayor has spent a sleepless night worrying. The New Orleans area is watching as a storm marches across the Caribbean on the eve of...
photo: AP

70 migrants feared drowned off Malta

An african immigrant rests inside a red cross tent after arriving in a small wooden fishing boat

Irish Times

Some 70 African migrants are feared�drowned in the central Mediterranean after a large rubber dinghy taking them to Europe capsized, the Malta representative of the UN refugee agency said yesterday. A Maltese fishing boat rescued eight migrants 55...
photo: AP / Arturo Rodriguez

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