July 31, 2008

US says China has ‘nothing to fear’ from Internet (AFP)

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A journalist works on a laptop computer during a Beijing 2008 Olympics press conference. The United States on Wednesday ramped up pressure on China to live up to Olympic ideals by ending human rights abuses, as President George W. Bush promised AFP - The United States on Wednesday ramped up pressure on China to live up to Olympic ideals by ending human rights abuses, as President George W. Bush promised “nothing to fear” from Internet freedom.


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Turkey’s ruling party escapes ban but gets rapped with sanctions (AFP)

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Women wave AKP flags outside the party's headquarters in Ankara. Turkey's Islamist-rooted ruling party AKP narrowly escaped being banned Wednesday for undermining secularism as the Constitutional Court decided to punish it with financial sanctions instead.(AFP/Adem Altan)AFP - Turkey’s Islamist-rooted ruling party narrowly escaped being outlawed Wednesday for undermining secularism as the country’s top court decided to punish it by cutting state funds to it by half.


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EU points at U.S. for WTO collapse (Reuters)

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European trade commissioner Peter Mandelson waves at the start of a EU trade ministers meeting in Brussels, July 18, 2008. (Francois Lenoir/Reuters)Reuters - The European Union’s trade chief Peter
Mandelson said on Wednesday the United States helped to bring
down global trade talks this week when its negotiators shunned
a compromise proposal at a key juncture in the talks.


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Bin Laden’s driver swore loyalty oath: witness (Reuters)

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A courtroom sketch shows Osama bin Laden's driver Salim Hamdan (L) at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, July 24, 2008. (Courtroom Drawing by Janet Hamlin/Reuters)Reuters - The first
prisoner tried at the Guantanamo war crimes court pledged a
loyalty oath to Osama bin Laden, according to a U.S. naval
investigator whose testimony on Wednesday might not be heard by
the jury.


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Bush signs housing bill as Fannie Mae grows (Reuters)

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President Bush speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House about the economy and energy reserves after a Cabinet meeting July 30, 2008. From L-R are: Bush, Secretary of Treasury Henry Paulson, Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman and Attorney General Michael Mukasey. (Larry Downing/Reuters)Reuters - U.S. President George W. Bush on
Wednesday signed into law a sweeping rescue package aimed at
resurrecting the housing market from its worst slump since the
Great Depression and stabilizing the two largest mortgage
finance companies.


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Obama pushes economic relief in Missouri (Reuters)

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Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama speaks during a town hall meeting at McEachern High School in Powder Springs, Georgia, July 8, 2008. (Tami Chappell/Reuters)Reuters - Democrat Barack Obama
pushed his plans for middle-class economic relief in a
Republican area of Missouri on Wednesday, and said White House
rival John McCain was trying to scare voters about an Obama
presidency.


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Starbucks posts first loss, backs ‘09 profit target (Reuters)

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People walk past a Starbucks store in New York, July 3, 2008. (Chip East/Reuters)Reuters - Starbucks Corp posted its
first quarterly loss as a public company on Wednesday and said
its U.S. coffee chain would shrink in the year ahead, but
investors stunned by months of uncertainty sent shares up 4
percent as it stuck by its profit target for 2009.


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Karadzic faces U.N. judge to hear genocide charges (Reuters)

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Ultra-nationalist protesters gesture during a rally in Belgrade July 29, 2008 in defiance of Radovan Karadzic's arrest and impending transfer to the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague. (Ivan Milutinovic/Reuters)Reuters - Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan
Karadzic faces a U.N. war crimes judge for the first time on
Thursday to answer genocide charges after his dramatic arrest
that ended 11 years on the run.


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Olmert’s vow to quit shakes peace talks (Reuters)

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A man watches televisions broadcasting a statement delivered by Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert at a shopping mall in Jerusalem July 30, 2008. (Baz Ratner/Reuters)Reuters - Middle East peacemaking was in
turmoil on Thursday after Ehud Olmert, dogged by corruption
probes, said he would resign as prime minister after his party
picks a new leader in September.


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Obama, McCain duel over celebrity ad, attacks (Reuters)

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Republican presidential candidate U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) smiles as he is introduced at a campaign picnic outside the Maine Military Museum in South Portland, Maine July 21, 2008. (Brian Snyder/Reuters)Reuters - Democrat Barack Obama
accused White House rival John McCain of trying on Wednesday to
scare voters with attacks on his character, as McCain launched
a new ad labeling Obama more of a celebrity than a leader.


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