February 29, 2008

‘Bullet Magnet’ Prince Harry fights Taliban in Afghanistan (AFP)

anchorman wrote this mid-morning:

This January 2008 photograph just made available shows Britain's Prince Harry on patrol through the deserted town of Garmisir, in Helmand province in Southern Afghanistan. The defence ministry in London said Thursday that the 23-year-old prince has spent the past 10 weeks secretly serving in the volatile southern province of Helmand, where most of Britain's troops are based.(AFP/POOL/John Stillwell)AFP - Prince Harry, the youngest son of Prince Charles and the late princess Diana, has been fighting the Taliban on the front line in Afghanistan, the defence ministry in London said Thursday.


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Bush says bonus checks to Americans in May (Reuters)

anchorman wrote this mid-morning:

Reuters - President George W. Bush said on
Thursday Americans would receive checks that are part of the
$152 billion economic stimulus package in May.

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Vast immigrant smuggling ring smashed in L.A. (Reuters)

anchorman wrote this mid-morning:

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in an undated photo courtesy of the agency. ICE officials said on Thursday they had dismantled a Guatemalan human smuggling ring that brought more than 100 illegal immigrants a week into the Los Angeles area. REUTERS/ICE/HandoutReuters - U.S. immigration officials said on
Thursday they had dismantled a Guatemalan human smuggling ring
that brought more than 100 illegal immigrants a week into the
Los Angeles area.


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Kenyan rivals sign power sharing deal to end crisis (AFP)

anchorman wrote this mid-morning:

Sympathizers of Kenya's opposition leader Raila Odinga celebrate with his photo on the streets of Kisumu after hearing news that Raila had signed an agreement to form a coalition government with Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki and end a two-month crisis that has claimed some 1,500 lives in Nairobi.(AFP/Yasuyoshi Chiba)AFP - Kenya’s rival leaders signed Thursday a power-sharing deal brokered by former UN chief Kofi Annan to end a bloody two-month political crisis that has split the nation along ethnic lines.


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U.S. court denies Conrad Black bond during appeal (Reuters)

anchorman wrote this mid-morning:

Conrad Black leaves the Derksen Federal Courthouse after his sentencing hearing in Chicago December 10, 2007. REUTERS/John GressReuters - A federal appeals court denied on
Thursday Conrad Black’s request to remain free on bond during
the appeal of his convictions for fraud and obstructing
justice, though the judges indicated his appeal had at least a
chance.


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Israel unleashes air strikes on Gaza killing 20 (Reuters)

anchorman wrote this mid-morning:

A Palestinian evacuates a boy after Israeli aircraft bombed the Hamas-run Interior Ministry in Gaza city, February 27, 2008. REUTERS/Mohammed SalemReuters - Israel unleashed a barrage of air strikes
on the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing 20
Palestinians including several civilians and children as well
as Islamist militants behind rocket attacks on the Jewish
state.


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Senate shelves Iraq U.S. troop withdrawal bill (Reuters)

anchorman wrote this mid-morning:

An Afghan National Army soldier stands guard at the Afghan National Army base in Kabul, in 2007. The United States plans to send thousands of soldiers to train Afghanistan's security forces but this will require cutting troop numbers in Iraq, a top military official said Thursday.(AFP/File/Massoud Hossaini)Reuters - A liberal Democrat’s attempt to
impose quick U.S. troop withdrawals from Iraq collapsed in the
U.S. Senate, as expected, but leaders on Thursday insisted they
will retool legislation and force votes in coming months.


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Senate Republicans block Democrats’ housing bill (Reuters)

anchorman wrote this mid-morning:

Reuters - A Democratic proposal to curb rising
home foreclosures by changing bankruptcy law failed a key test
vote in the U.S. Senate on Thursday.

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U.S. incarcerates more than any other nation: report (Reuters)

anchorman wrote this mid-morning:

Two San Quentin State Prison inmates watch a baseball game within the prison grounds in a file photo. The United States incarcerates more people than any other country in the world and for the first time in the nation's history, more than one in every 100 American adults is confined in a prison or jail, according to a report released on Thursday. REUTERS/Lou DematteisReuters - The United States incarcerates more
people than any other country in the world and for the first
time in the nation’s history, more than one in every 100
American adults is confined in a prison or jail, according to a
report released on Thursday.


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Dogs trap mail carrier, flatten tires (AP)

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AP - A mail carrier was trapped inside her car for nearly two hours at a home near Hanover after a pair of dogs attacked her tires, flattening three of them.

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