August 31, 2007

Prince Harry hails Diana, speaks of pain at memorial service (AFP)

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Prince Charles (L) and his two sons Prince Harry (C) and Prince William arrive for the Service of Thanksgiving for the life of Diana, Princess of Wales, at the Guards' Chapel, in London. Harry called princess Diana "the best mother in the world" at a memorial service on the 10th anniversary of her death that reduced hundreds of public mourners outside the venue to tears.(AFP/Pool/File/Leon Neal)AFP - Britain's Prince Harry called princess Diana "the best mother in the world" at a memorial service on the 10th anniversary of her death Friday that reduced hundreds of public mourners outside the venue to tears.


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Bush aims to ease US mortgage woes (AFP)

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A house for sale in North Aurora, Illinois. US President George W. Bush is set to announce for the first time a series of measures aimed at easing the US mortage crisis marked by rising defaults and foreclosures.(AFP/File/Jeff Haynes)AFP - US President George W. Bush is set to announce for the first time a series of measures aimed at easing the US mortage crisis marked by rising defaults and foreclosures, US media said Friday.


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Bush says effort to disarm North Korea making progress (Reuters)

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A small boy crawls up the front steps of the Sydney Opera House August 31, 2007. The Sydney Opera House is the main Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit venue in Sydney and will be closed to the public for five days from next Tuesday. (Tim Wimborne/Reuters)Reuters - President George W. Bush said he
thought the effort to persuade North Korea to give up its
nuclear weapons program was making progress and he hoped full
disarmament could be accomplished by the time his term ends in
early 2009.


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Suicide bomber strikes near Kabul airport (Reuters)

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International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) troops stand guard at the scene of a suicide attack in Kabul August 31, 2007. A suicide bomber detonated a car packed with explosives near an entrance to the Afghan capital's airport early on Friday, killing at least one Afghan and wounding several other people, police and witnesses said. (Desmond Boylan/Reuters)Reuters - A suicide bomber blew up a car packed
with explosives near an entrance to the Afghan capital's
airport on Friday, killing two Afghan soldiers and wounding a
dozen people, allied forces and witnesses said.


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Kosovo split possible if both sides agree: Russia (Reuters)

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Ethnic Albanians pass by a traffic sign at the entrance of the ethnically divided northern town of Mitrovica August 30, 2007. (Hazir Reka/Reuters)Reuters - Russia will accept a partition of
Serbia's Kosovo province if that is the solution agreed by
Belgrade and Kosovo's ethnic Albanian majority, Russian Foreign
Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday.


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South Koreans leave Afghanistan after hostage ordeal (Reuters)

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Released South Korean hostages cry during their reunion with other hostages at a hotel in Kabul August 31, 2007. (Yonhap/Reuters)Reuters - Nineteen newly-freed South Korean
hostages flew out of the Afghan capital on Friday after a
six-week kidnap drama following a deal with Taliban insurgents
critics fear could spur more abductions.


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France, Britain raise specter of sanctions on Darfur (Reuters)

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An internally displaced Sudanese man rides on a donkey at the Abu Shouk refugee camp in Darfur region, March 24, 2007. The leaders of France and Britain on Friday revived the specter of sanctions against Khartoum if progress is not made on a Darfur ceasefire and upcoming political talks. (Michael Kamber/Reuters)Reuters - The leaders of France and Britain on
Friday revived the specter of sanctions against Khartoum if
progress is not made on a Darfur ceasefire and upcoming
political talks.


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Diamondbacks move ahead atop NL West (AP)

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Arizona Diamondbacks' Stephen Drew slides home uncontested to score on a bases-loaded double by Mark Reynolds in the fifth inning against the San Diego Padres during their baseball game in San Diego, Thursday, Aug. 30, 2007. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)AP - The Arizona Diamondbacks took over sole possession of first place in the NL West from San Diego. The Philadelphia Phillies outlasted New York to complete a sweep of the Mets and tighten the East and wild-card races.


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Bush to outline subprime initiative (Reuters)

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U.S. President George W. Bush speaks at the 89th Annual American Legion Convention in Reno, Nevada, August 28, 2007. Bush will outline reforms on Friday intended to help homeowners with subprime mortgages avoid default, a senior U.S. administration official said on Thursday. (Jim Young/Reuters)Reuters - President George W. Bush will
propose reforms on Friday intended to help homeowners with
subprime mortgages avoid default, his first public step to
address a crisis that has created turmoil in financial markets
around the world.


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Petraeus says Iraq "surge" working: paper (Reuters)

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Lieutenant General David Petraeus testifies to the Senate Armed Forces Committee about his nomination to be general and commander of the Multi-National Forces in Iraq at a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, January, 23, 2007. The U.S. troop surge in Iraq has thrown al Qaeda off balance and led to a reduction in sectarian violence and bombings, the U.S. commander in Iraq was quoted on Friday by an Australian newspaper as saying. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters)Reuters - The U.S. troop surge in Iraq has
thrown al Qaeda off balance and led to a reduction in sectarian
violence and bombings, the U.S. commander in Iraq was quoted on
Friday by an Australian newspaper as saying.


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