Rice says US-Iraq Coming Together on Timetables

BAGHDAD (AP) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her Iraqi counterpart say their governments have agreed that timetables should be set for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the battle-scarred country. Rice is in Baghdad, where she appeared at a news conference today with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari (HOH’-shayr zuh-BAH’-ree). The two officials [...]

149 Killed In Spain Plane Crash

     MADRID, Spain (AP) - Officials say 149 people were killed today
when a Spanish airliner crashed on takeoff from Madrid’s airport.
     An emergency official says there were only 26 survivors in the
mid-afternoon crash.
     The Spanair flight was bound for the popular Canary Islands off
the West African coast during the height of Europe’s summer
vacation season. It [...]

Russia Cuts Ties With NATO

     OSLO, Norway (AP) - Norway’s Defense Ministry says Russia has
informed it that it plans to cut all military ties with NATO.
     Ministry spokeswoman Heidi Langvik-Hansen says the country’s
embassy received a telephone call from Russia’s Defense Ministry on
Wednesday, saying Moscow plans “to freeze all military cooperation
with NATO and allied countries.”
     Norway was told in the [...]

Russia: Poland risks attack because of US missiles

MOSCOW (AP) - A top Russian general says Poland’s agreement to accept a U.S. missile interceptor base makes the ex-communist nation open to attack, possibly by nuclear weapons. The statement reported by the Interfax news agency is the strongest threat that Russia has issued against the plans to put missile defense systems in former Soviet [...]

9/11 Museum Opens On D-Day Anniversary

CAEN, France (AFP) - A French history museum dedicated to the World War II D-Day landings is set to unveil the largest exhibit to date on another event that changed the world: the September 11, 2001 attacks.
September 11: A Global Moment” opens Friday at the Caen memorial museum on a day that for decades had [...]

Exception Made To China’s One Child Policy Following Quake

By CARA ANNA, Associated Press Writer

BEIJING - Chinese officials said Monday that the country’s one-child policy exempts families with a child killed, severely injured or disabled in the country’s devastating earthquake.
Those families can obtain a certificate to have another child, the Chengdu Population and Family Planning Committee in the capital of hard-hit Sichuan province said.
With [...]

38 Charged in International Phishing Scheme

WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal authorities have charged 38 people with stealing names, Social Security numbers, credit card data and other personal information from unsuspecting Internet users.  Indictments unsealed in Los Angeles and New Haven, Conn., say a global crime ring sought to rip off thousands of consumers and hundreds of financial institutions. The Justice Department [...]

Bush Asserts an ‘Unbreakable’ Bond links US and Israel

JERUSALEM (AP) - President Bush has condemned anti-Semitism during a speech marking the 60th anniversary of Israel’s founding. Bush told the Israeli parliament that the U.S. has an unbreakable bond with Israel. He says Americans believe in Israel’s right to defend itself from extremists and “killers pledged to its destruction.” Bush also reiterated U.S. opposition [...]

Aid To Myanmar Comes With Propoganda Twist

 

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     YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - Myanmar’s military regime is apparently
trying to turn aid distribution to cyclone victims into a
propaganda exercise.
     State-run television has continuously run images of top generals
handing out boxes of aid to survivors at elaborate ceremonies.
     The director of Burma Campaign UK, which campaigns for human
rights and democracy in the country, says regional [...]

UN Aid Seized By Myanmar Rulers

  
 
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   YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - U.N. officials say Myanmar’s military
government has confiscated all cyclone relief supplies, including
food, that the U.N. has sent to the country.
     A U.N. spokesman says the seizure includes 38 tons of
high-energy biscuits. The U.N. has suspended the delivery of aid to
Myanmar until the aid is released.
     The regime has also [...]