August 31, 2008

Italy apologises to Libya for colonial era damage (AFP)

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Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi greets Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (L) upon his arrival in the Mediterranean city of Benghazi, east of Tripoli. Berlusconi on Saturday apologised to Libya for damage inflicted by Italy during the colonial era and signed a five-billion-dollar investment deal by way of compensation.(AFP/POOL/Livio Anticoli)AFP - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Saturday apologised to Libya for damage inflicted by Italy during the colonial era and signed a five-billion-dollar investment deal by way of compensation.


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Hundreds leave Gaza as Egypt opens border (Reuters)

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Egyptian security forces stand guard at the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip, July 2, 2008. (Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters)Reuters - Egypt opened its border crossing with the
Gaza Strip on Saturday, allowing more than 2,500 people to
leave the Hamas-controlled territory and about 1,000 to enter,
Palestinian officials said.


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Georgia says Russia troops blocking refugee return (Reuters)

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (R) and his Tajik counterpart Imomali Rakhmon (2nd R) visit the 201st Russian military base in Dushanbe August 29, 2008. (RIA Novosti/Pool/Reuters)Reuters - Russian troops deep inside
Georgian territory are stopping thousands of refugees from
returning to their homes, a Georgian official said on Saturday.


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“I will never resign,” says besieged Thai PM (Reuters)

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An anti-government protestor waves the Thai national flag in the front lawn of the Government House on Bangkok in the early morning on August 30, 2008. (Adrees Latif/Reuters)Reuters - Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej
vowed on Saturday not to quit in the face of intensifying
protests aimed at toppling his seven-month-old government.


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Thousands march in Mexico against violent crime (Reuters)

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Thousands of Mexicans protest around the Independence monument in Mexico City, against the tide of killings, kidnappings and shootouts sweeping the country, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008. More than 13 anti-crime groups planned for tens of thousands of people to join marches in all 32 Mexican states Saturday evening, urging people to walk in silence with candles or lanterns. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)Reuters - Thousands of Mexicans marched in
the capital on Saturday to protest against a wave of
kidnappings and gruesome murders, putting pressure on President
Felipe Calderon to meet his promises to crack down on crime.


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Fierce Hurricane Gustav slams Cuba, threatens Gulf (Reuters)

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Jorge Montanes loads belongings into a van as he prepares to evacuate with his family from Hurricane Gustav, in Chalmette, Louisiana. August 29, 2008. (Lee Celano/Reuters)Reuters - A ferociously powerful Hurricane Gustav
slammed into western Cuba with 150-mile-per-hour (240 km per
hour) winds on Saturday, smashing buildings and flattening
fields as it surged toward the oil fields of the Gulf of Mexico
and New Orleans on the U.S. Gulf Coast.


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Utah spoils Rodriguez’s debut at Michigan, 25-23 (AP)

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Michigan head coach Rich Rodriguez walks off the field after losing 25-23 to Utah in a college football game Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008, in Ann Arbor. (AP Photo/Tony Ding)AP - Michigan’s new era opened in a painfully familiar way for the 100,000-plus fans at the Big House: With an ugly-looking loss.


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Thousands fleeing New Orleans before Gustav (Reuters)

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Residents wait to board buses and trains to evacuate New Orleans, Louisiana, ahead of Hurricane Gustav, August 30, 2008. (Lee Celano./Reuters)Reuters - Thousands of people fled New
Orleans on Saturday ahead of a likely evacuation order as
Hurricane Gustav took aim at the Louisiana coast, reviving
traumatic memories of Hurricane Katrina.


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McCain, Palin team up as Hurricane Gustav looms (Reuters)

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Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain hugs his vice presidential running mate Alaska Governor Sarah Palin (R) at a campaign event in Dayton, Ohio August 29, 2008. (John Gress/Reuters)Reuters - White House hopeful
John McCain and running mate Sarah Palin hit the campaign trail
as a team on Saturday, seeking to build on the momentum of her
surprise addition to the Republican ticket even as Hurricane
Gustav threatened to overshadow next week’s party convention.


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UN: Georgians effectively blocked from homes (AP)

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Russian tanks drive through Tskhinvali, the regional capital of Georgia's breakaway province of South Ossetia, moving to the Russian border, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008. Georgia has severed diplomatic ties with Moscow to protest the presence of Russian troops on its territory, and its president cast the far-confrontation over his country's fate as 'a fight between the civilized and the uncivilized worlds.' (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)AP - Russian troops remaining in Georgian territory are effectively preventing Georgians from returning to their homes, a U.N. representative said Saturday.


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