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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Israel Herald.com http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/10/id/c08dd24cec417021/ en-us Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:30:01 -0400 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:30:01 -0400 30 Completing a stage in an incredible journey, Barack Obama made history as the Democratic party named him as its candidate in the November US presidential election, making him the first African American to lead a major political party ticket. http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/400241/cs/1/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:23:08 -0400 Israel Herald.com http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/400241/cs/1/ Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has accused the United States of orchestrating the Georgian crisis to benefit one of the presidential candidates, a claim the White House calls 'patently false.' http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/400222/cs/1/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:14:49 -0400 Israel Herald.com http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/400222/cs/1/ Somali pirates have freed an Omani ship almost eight months after hijacking the vessel. http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/400240/cs/1/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:22:12 -0400 Israel Herald.com http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/400240/cs/1/ India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has labelled widespread flooding in his country's north-east is a national calamity. http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/400239/cs/1/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:20:24 -0400 Israel Herald.com http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/400239/cs/1/ Tropical storm Gustav has hit Jamaica, where emergency measures have hurriedly been introduced after initial forecasts said the storm would miss the island. http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/400238/cs/1/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:19:29 -0400 Israel Herald.com http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/400238/cs/1/ A British court has found a Pakistani-born man guilty of child cruelty after he forced two teenaged boys to flog themselves with a bladed whip during Muharram. http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/400237/cs/1/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:17:56 -0400 Israel Herald.com http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/400237/cs/1/ Three white supremacists with a sniper rifle and high on drugs who were arrested near the Democratic convention in Denver will not face charges even though officials believe that they wanted to assassinate Barack Obama. http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/400032/cs/1/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:13:14 -0400 Israel Herald.com http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/400032/cs/1/ Russian-backed paramilitaries are ethnically cleansing villages on Georgian soil, The Times has quoted refugees and officials, as saying. http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/400029/cs/1/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:02:58 -0400 Israel Herald.com http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/400029/cs/1/ The G7, the seven most industrialised nations, have issued a stinging condemnation of the Russian recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/399998/cs/1/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:00:56 -0400 Israel Herald.com http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/399998/cs/1/ St Stanislaus College, in Bathurst, New South Wales, is under fire over child-sex allegations, following which the police sex crimes squad has been called in to investigate the claims involving a former college boarder subjected to alleged late-night sex sessions. http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/399991/cs/1/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:55:39 -0400 Israel Herald.com http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/399991/cs/1/ Investigations began Thursday into the mid-air collision in which Indian trainee pilot Akash Ananth died after the wing of his Cessna 150 was clipped by another plane and he crashed in the populated Cheltenham suburb of Melbourne. http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/399931/cs/1/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:01:05 -0400 Israel Herald.com http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/399931/cs/1/ With a full-throated roar of approval and by unanimous vote, the Democratic rank-and-file made history on Wednesday night by handing the party's presidential nomination to a black candidate. Barack Ob... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298646/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:45:38 -0400 The Independent http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298646/ NEW: Al Gore urges Americans to vote for change Gov. Bill Richardson lambastes Sen. John McCain for "flip-flops" Martin Luther King III says his father would be proud of America's progress C... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298713/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:31:42 -0400 CNN http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298713/ NEW YORK - Top-seeded Ana Ivanovic lost in one of the biggest upsets in tennis history Thursday, stunned by 188th-ranked Julie Coin 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 in the second round of the U.S. Open. http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298669/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:32:47 -0400 MSNBC http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298669/ He came on to the strains of "Don't stop thinking about tomorrow," the anthem of his victorious campaigns of 1992 and 1996. But when the delirious applause that greeted him finally subsided, Bill Clin... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298644/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:45:43 -0400 The Independent http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298644/ More than 4,000 delegates gathered in Denver to nominate Barack Obama Some are veterans of the process, many others are brand-new delegates Each state party has different criteria for selecting repres... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298715/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:31:39 -0400 CNN http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298715/ It is his unit's lone computer, highlighting the country's vulnerability to a community of Iraqi hackers defacing websites and attempting to hack into sensitive internal networks. http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298649/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:33:37 -0400 USA Today http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298649/ ISLAMABAD, Pakistan : A car bomb apparently planted by Taliban insurgents blew up a police bus in northwest Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least 8 people, security officials said. The bombing follo... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298668/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:24:17 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298668/ DENVER (Reuters) - Barack Obama, about to take a historic step as the Democratic presidential nominee, promised on Thursday to reverse the economic failures of the last eight years, end the war in Ira... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298655/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:20:29 -0400 Reuters http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298655/ Carlton, a member of the journalists' union, the MEAA, took the stand on the grounds that filing the column amounted to crossing a picket line. He told ABC Radio in Sydney off air that he could not di... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298693/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:10:52 -0400 The Australian http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298693/ Barack Obama, the first African-American presidential nominee of a major US party, was last night set to stand before 80,000 supporters inside Denver's Invesco Field bearing a pledge to bring an end... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298640/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:45:59 -0400 The Independent http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298640/ HEAVY rain flooded hundreds of homes in central Japan today, leaving one elderly woman dead and prompting evacuation orders for more than half a million households, domestic media reported. http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298683/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:11:28 -0400 The Australian http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298683/ The ballistic missile threat to IDF bases in the Central region and South is not as grave as once thought and the bases would not need to be evacuated in the event of a war in the North, according to ... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298660/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:46:39 -0400 Jerusalem Post http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298660/ DENVER, Colorado: Barack Obama was on Thursday to summon America to join his crusade for change, as the Democratic convention climaxes in a historic echo of Martin Luther King's" "I have a dream" spee... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298658/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:40:28 -0400 Channel News Asia http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298658/ DENVER : Senator Barack Obama portrayed himself as a candidate able to repair damage from the "broken politics in Washington and the failed presidency of George W. Bush" as he prepared tonight to acce... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298661/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:24:24 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298661/ Money cannot bring back our loved ones In the years following the Lockerbie atrocity Libya found her oil industry progressively crippled by UN (and US) sanctions, which denied her the use of ever mor... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298702/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:10:51 -0400 The Herald http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298702/ Scottish scientists yesterday reported a breakthrough which could bring revolutionary new treatments for superbugs and cancer within the next decade. Experts at St Andrews and Aberdeen universities h... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298705/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:10:55 -0400 The Herald http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298705/ THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic is being asked for a second time on Friday to enter a plea at a U.N. tribunal for charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity in... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298653/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:20:25 -0400 Reuters http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298653/ Lancashire Constabulary says 22-year-old Ishaq Kanmi has been charged with soliciting murder, belonging to al-Qaeda and distributing terrorist publications. The police also said Thursday that 23-year-... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298698/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:10:47 -0400 The Australian http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298698/ Barack Obama, the first African-American presidential nominee of a major US party, was last night set to stand before 80,000 supporters inside Denver's Invesco Field bearing a pledge to bring an end... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298647/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:45:35 -0400 The Independent http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298647/ Those gathered at Invesco Field for the fourth day of the Democratic National Convention in Denver were asked to take part in a phone-driven get-out-the-vote effort while they wait for Barack Obama to... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298652/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:33:34 -0400 USA Today http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298652/ azz spokeswoman Manon Stuart said today Transport Canada regulations allow airlines to use floatation devices instead of life vests provided the planes remain within 80km of shore. Safety cards in the... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298701/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:10:45 -0400 The Australian http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298701/ Remembering Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans residents packing ahead of Gustav Gustav inspiring "borderline panic attacks," Metairie man says Louisiana governor has preemptively declared state... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298716/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:31:38 -0400 CNN http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298716/ (AP) A disposable diaper has saved the life of an 18-month-old boy, breaking his fall from a third-floor apartment window, officials said Thursday.Caua Felipe Massaneiro survived a 30-foot fall becaus... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298657/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:18:19 -0400 CBS News http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298657/ China gave Pakistan the blueprint for an atomic bomb, testing the finished product in 1990, and unveiled a sophisticated nuclear weapons complex to visiting U.S. scientists in the last decade, report ... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298651/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:33:35 -0400 USA Today http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298651/ Australian style queens Jennifer Hawkins and Lara Bingle were joined by Hollywood star Eva Mendes to launch 30 Days of Fashion and Beauty at Sydney's Inter-Continental Hotel.Mendes said she spent yest... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298699/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:10:40 -0400 The Australian http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298699/ Posted: 4:43 PM- Victims and survivors of a plane crash in Guatemala on Sunday that killed 11 humanitarian workers, including three from Utah, will be honored at a candlelight memorial Friday evening.... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298718/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:33:49 -0400 Salt Lake Tribune http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298718/ FORT DIX, N.J. - Firefighters are battling a forest fire on the Fort Dix military reservation. Department of Environmental Protection spokeswoman Darlene Yuhas said Thursday evening that at least a c... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298678/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:07:17 -0400 Philadelphia Daily News http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298678/ MOSCOW - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has suggested the United States pushed Georgia toward war and said he suspects a connection to the American presidential campaign.Russian news agencies s... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298721/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:35:54 -0400 New Zealand Herald http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298721/ There are 128 men who compete in singles at the United States Open, but there are also a couple of dozen others whose job it is to play against the women. They are full-time professional practice part... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298666/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:24:18 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298666/ (ASX: CNP). The loss reflected falling values of US and Australian retail property and Centro investments in joint ventures that had soured, it said. Centro's full-year revenue and income rose 94 per ... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298690/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:11:03 -0400 The Australian http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298690/ Dalai Lama admitted to hospital for tests suffering abdominal discomfort Hospital in Mumbai, India, says no cause for concern All of his appointments and visits for the coming three weeks are canceled http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298717/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:31:37 -0400 CNN http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298717/ The National Party, which imposed the yoke of apartheid to divide and rule South Africa for much of the previous century, is being resurrected to contest next year's national elections where it will t... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298642/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:45:55 -0400 The Independent http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298642/ Music fans are making their way to Argyll for this year's Connect festival which gets under way on Friday. Scots rockers Franz Ferdinand, Paolo Nutini and Amy Macdonald are among dozens of acts appea... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298638/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:27:23 -0400 BBC http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298638/ Teachers in Montgomery County's Souderton Area school district voted late today to strike on Tuesday if there's no contract agreement. Representatives of the 512-member Souderton Area Education Assoc... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298680/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:07:14 -0400 Philadelphia Daily News http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298680/ Central buildings in Prague's Jewish quarter. Photo: Courtesy Yet, as they say, the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry. Mine started unraveling on Tisha Be'av. For years, we've been hea... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298659/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:46:43 -0400 Jerusalem Post http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298659/ MOSCOW : As Russia struggled to rally international support for its military action in Georgia, Vladimir Putin, the country's paramount leader, lashed out at the United States on Thursday, conten... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298663/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:24:22 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298663/ PITTSBURGH - A suburban Pittsburgh woman has sued a town that refused to allow her to open a pole-dancing studio on the grounds it was a sexually oriented business. A federal lawsuit filed Thursday i... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298679/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:07:15 -0400 Philadelphia Daily News http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298679/ DUSHANBE, Tajikistan : Russia suffered a significant setback here on Thursday, as members of a regional security group in which the Kremlin plays an important role offered little support for Moscow&#0... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298665/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:24:21 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298665/ FAIRFAX Media will use strike-breakers to publish its flagship newspapers The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and The Australian Financial Review in a high-stakes battle with staff after journalists ye... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298692/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:10:50 -0400 The Australian http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298692/ Celtic have a "good chance" of qualifying for the knockout stages of the Champions League, according to the club's chief executive Peter Lawwell, after they were drawn against Manchester United, Villa... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298704/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:10:56 -0400 The Herald http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298704/ PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd has defended the lack of progress in building a national broadband network, saying the government is committed to the so-called digital revolution. http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298694/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:10:58 -0400 The Australian http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298694/ The 39-year-old mother of two said that as part of her recovery she has been visiting family, friends and staff. She said she was appreciative of the strong support she has received from her parents a... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298700/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:10:44 -0400 The Australian http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298700/ THE Australian Defence Force is making plans to visit the Kokoda Track in Papua New Guinea to confirm what are believed to be the remains of a World War II airman was found hanging from trees. http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298685/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:11:22 -0400 The Australian http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298685/ ' }, { url: 'http://wwwimage.cbsnews.com/images/2008/08/28/image4394833g.jpg', alt: '', text: 'Mark Reese, 13, from Golden, Colo., waves a flag before Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298656/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:18:21 -0400 CBS News http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298656/ The Sea of Galilee, crucial to the local fishermen, has been used to irrigate Israel's countryside and brought blooms to the desert, but critics say the pumping should be halted http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298641/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:45:57 -0400 The Independent http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298641/ DENVER : When Gordon Davis, a top fund-raiser for Senator Barack Obama, made partner at his white-shoe law firm in New York in 1983, it was a vastly different world for aspiring black professionals li... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298662/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:24:23 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298662/ The son of Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi has accused relatives of the Lockerbie victims of being "very greedy" over compensation claims. Saif al Islam al Gaddafi, seen by many observers as being gro... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298707/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:10:52 -0400 The Herald http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298707/ SUVA, Fiji (AP) — Police in Fiji say 10 people including some children have died and many more were injured after the bus they were traveling in caught fire and ran off the road. http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298650/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:33:33 -0400 USA Today http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298650/ (ASX: AGF), which last week won a two-week extension on its senior debt facility, said it would restructure into a less complex operation and continue to sell assets. “Dislocation in global cred... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298689/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:11:05 -0400 The Australian http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298689/ If Wednesday night is anything to go by, the biggest asset Joe Biden brings to the Obama ticket may not actually be his much-vaunted breadth of experience. It may be his humanity. Whether you wer... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298645/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:45:41 -0400 The Independent http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298645/ DENVER — Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama and his running mate, Joe Biden, are launching their general election campaign this weekend with a bus tour of Midwestern battleground states... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298648/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:33:36 -0400 USA Today http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298648/ NOTE: You still need to confirm your registration before you can fully access our commenting.Please go to the email we sent you at ' + userEmail + ' and click on the confirm link. '); } http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298681/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:07:11 -0400 Philadelphia Daily News http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298681/ A VAST region of the Amazon forest in Brazil was home to a complex of ancient towns in which about 50,000 people lived, according to scientists assisted by satellite images of the region. http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298688/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:11:10 -0400 The Australian http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298688/ (ASX: SGM) said full-year net profit rose 81 per cent to $433.2 million. The profit compares with $239.4 million made last year and analysts’ consensus for $364 million. Earlier this month, Sim... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298691/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:11:01 -0400 The Australian http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298691/ NEW: Lines are up to six miles long, police estimate About 75,000 people expected to attend Sen. Obama's acceptance speech Invesco Field is mobbed with early speech-goers Parking lots around the area ... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298714/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:31:41 -0400 CNN http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298714/ KINGSTON (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Gustav hit Jamaica with near hurricane-force winds on Thursday after killing at least 59 people elsewhere in the Caribbean, and was on a path to reach New Orleans a... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298654/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:20:27 -0400 Reuters http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298654/ Defense attorneys filed 95 letters in court Wednesday as part of a bid to get Jack Abramoff out of prison early. In prison, Abramoff has focused on studying Judaism and helping fellow inmates, friend... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298670/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:32:46 -0400 MSNBC http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298670/ A Serbian prosecutor said yesterday that he expects the quick arrest of top war-crimes fugitive General Ratko Mladic, but predicted the military commander is not hiding in disguise like Radovan Karad... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298712/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:10:46 -0400 The Herald http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298712/ Detectives said a group had been formed on the MySpace website which threatened and intimidated a 17-year-old youth from Tweed Heads. It is also alleged the author of the website forum was encouraging... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298696/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:10:54 -0400 The Australian http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298696/ A new public artwork based on an iconic photograph by Italian-born Scottish photographer Oscar Marzaroli will be unveiled in Glasgow on Friday. "Gorbals Boys", by Liz Peden, comprises three sculpture... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298639/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:27:26 -0400 BBC http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298639/ UEFA general secretary David Taylor has warned that forming a Great Britain football side for the Olympics could see Scotland "disappear off the international stage". Calls are growing for the home n... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298710/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:10:47 -0400 The Herald http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298710/ A SECURITY flaw in Apple's iPhone allows unauthorised users to gain easy access to private contacts and emails even when the device is locked, but the company said a fix is on the way. http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298695/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:10:56 -0400 The Australian http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298695/ International experts yesterday reported "significant progress" by the Scottish Police Services Authority (SPSA) in driving forward its fingerprint services. The Fingerprint Action Plan for Excellenc... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298711/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:10:45 -0400 The Herald http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298711/ The 32-year-old, who played nurse Dan Goldman in the Seven Network drama All Saints, was found on a city awning above Market Street in the Sydney CBD on Wednesday after taking his own life. Priestley... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298697/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:10:48 -0400 The Australian http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298697/ KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) -- Residents, tourists and oil workers fled as Gustav swamped Jamaica on Thursday, leaving 59 people dead in its wake. Louisiana and Texas put their national guards on standby, ... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298672/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:45:30 -0400 New York Post http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298672/ NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- With Gustav approaching hurricane strength and showing no signs of veering off a track to slam into the Gulf Coast, authorities across the region began laying the groundwork Thursd... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298673/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:45:29 -0400 New York Post http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298673/ RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) -- A former Marine accused of killing unarmed Iraqi detainees was acquitted of voluntary manslaughter Thursday in a first-of-its-kind federal trial that ended with some of the j... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298674/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:45:28 -0400 New York Post http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298674/ NEW YORK (AP) -- Top-seeded Ana Ivanovic lost in one of the biggest upsets in tennis history Thursday, stunned by 188th-ranked Julie Coin 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 in the second round of the U.S. Open. http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298676/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:45:26 -0400 New York Post http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298676/ Computer maker Dell Inc. said Thursday its fiscal second-quarter profit fell 17 percent, hurt in part by PC price cuts. Both earnings and margins fell short of Wall Street estimates, and Dell shares p... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298675/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:45:26 -0400 New York Post http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17298675/ A man who forced two boys to beat themselves with a blade-tipped flail as part of a Muslim religious ritual was convicted of child cruelty yesterday. British prosecutors said it was the first time any... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17293931/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:37:34 -0400 New Zealand Herald http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17293931/ Canada's Prime Minister moved to firm up control of disputed Arctic waters by announcing stricter registration requirements for ships sailing in the Northwest Passage. Stephen Harper said all ships sa... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17293932/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:37:32 -0400 New Zealand Herald http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17293932/ In the same paragraph as Lesotho and Afghanistan, the WHO report cites Calton as an example of low life expectancy based on social inequalities. It is not a view shared on the streets by the people wh... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17293923/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:13:33 -0400 The Herald http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17293923/ Shanghai police will post photos and videos of jaywalkers in newspapers and on TV in a bid to shame them out of breaking traffic rules.Offending pedestrians, moped riders and cyclists would be snapped... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17293933/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:37:30 -0400 New Zealand Herald http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17293933/ An elderly man was trapped for eight hours after catching his leg on a wire fence on a croft in east Sutherland. Kenneth Bain, a widower in his 80s, was found around 7am on Wednesday close to propert... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17293928/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:13:27 -0400 The Herald http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17293928/ US stocks rallied in another confounding session as traders turned a blind eye to an approaching storm and Wall Street worries, and celebrated the state of the economy nearly two months ago. http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17293905/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:13:24 -0400 The Australian http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17293905/ AFGHANI and international troops have killed more than 100 Taliban militants in several clashes in the troubled southern province of Helmand over the past three days, the US-led coalition said today. http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17293903/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:13:39 -0400 The Australian http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17293903/ CARACAS, Aug 28 (IPS) - "The army's rifles should be used to protect Venezuela or its people, not to fire over our heads," Sabino Romero, the young deputy "cacique" (chief) of the Yukpa community of C... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17293930/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:48:55 -0400 IPS http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17293930/ More than 200 oil-slicked penguins have washed up dead on the beaches of a popular Brazilian resort, and officials say they are searching for a cause. Authorities said they have counted nearly 200 de... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17293917/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:13:36 -0400 The Herald http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17293917/ Earlier in the week, Michael said in an interview with E! that Lohan gal pal Samantha Ronson was "using" his daughter. Actress Lohan's publicist, Leslie Slone-Zelnick, confirmed the post wa... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17293898/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:13:47 -0400 The Australian http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17293898/ Work continues on the Hurricane Katrina memorial in New Orleans, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008. Workers are rushing to complete the memorial by the third anniversary of the hurricane, which is Friday. (AP P... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17293874/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:21:37 -0400 CBS News http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17293874/ The show finally went ahead for music lovers last night after an orchestra's missing instruments were recovered. The first of two concerts by one of the world's oldest orchestras at the Edinburgh Int... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17293922/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:13:32 -0400 The Herald http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17293922/ A POWERFUL 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck at sea Thursday off Canada's Pacific coast west of Vancouver Island, but was too small to generate a tsunami, Canadian and US officials reported. http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17293902/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:13:37 -0400 The Australian http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17293902/ David Leask and Darren Begley Scottish hotels are offering massive last-minute discounts as they push for new business after a disappointing summer. Websites such as expedia.co.uk have rooms in and... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17293920/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:13:39 -0400 The Herald http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17293920/ Shortly before 3 p.m. today, police said a 19-year-old male was shot seven times and killed on the 2000 block of West Diamond Street. One shot reportedly also went through the window of a passing SEPT... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17293896/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:10:08 -0400 Philadelphia Daily News http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17293896/ The body of a convicted sex offender was found floating in the Delaware River Wednesday, the same day he was to have been sentenced in a Montgomery County court, police said. James Pierce, 62, appar... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17293895/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:10:06 -0400 Philadelphia Daily News http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17293895/ REPUBLICAN White House hopeful John McCain has picked his running mate to stand with him against the Democrats in the November election, his campaign said today. http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17293897/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:13:52 -0400 The Australian http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17293897/ DENVER (AP) -- Barack Obama launched his historic fall campaign for the White House on Thursday with an outdoor Democratic National Convention extravaganza that blended old-fashioned speechmaking, Hol... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17293883/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:49:43 -0400 New York Post http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17293883/ WILL PENNSYLVANIA implement laws to force overweight workers to slim down and get fit - or pay up? After all, Pennsylvania's adult obesity rate is 25.7 percent (up from last year), and we were named ... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17293894/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:10:04 -0400 Philadelphia Daily News http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17293894/