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    BusinessWeek - 55 minutes ago
    The historic takeover of the two mortgage giants affects taxpayers and investors. But will it stabilize the housing market? by Peter Coy and Theo Francis With the nation riveted on what the next President will do, the current Administration showed on ...
    The Associated Press - 29 minutes ago
    NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) - Ike roared across low-lying islands Sunday as a Category 4 hurricane, destroying homes, sweeping away boats and bringing more rain to waterlogged communities in Haiti, where at least 10 more people drowned.
    CBS News - 3 hours ago
    John McCain outlines his presidential plan for change, including hopes for a bipartisan cabinet. Then, McCain talks about how the GOP needs diversity.
    Jerusalem Post - 31 minutes ago
    The world's only nuclear-armed Islamic state has a new president. Asif Ali Zardari, 53, the widower of Benazir Bhutto, was chosen by Pakistan's electoral college on Saturday to succeed Pervez Musharraf, who was forced to resign August 19.
    Christian Science Monitor - 3 hours ago
    The Nuclear Suppliers Group agreed Saturday to lift a 34-year ban on selling nuclear technology to India, even though it hasn't signed the Non-Proliferation Treaty.
    Bloomberg - 3 hours ago
    By Viola Gienger Sept. 7 (Bloomberg) -- US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice concluded her first tour of North Africa in Morocco today, where she urged the countries in the region to resolve the three-decade old dispute over the territory of Western ...
    CNN - 24 minutes ago
    JERUSALEM (CNN) -- Israeli police on Sunday recommended that outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert be indicted on corruption charges stemming from two investigations, a police spokesman said.
    Voice of America - 4 hours ago
    By VOA News Zimbabwe's opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, says it would be better for his party to pull out of power-sharing talks with President Robert Mugabe than accept an unsatisfactory deal.

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    Boston Herald - 43 minutes ago
    By John Tomase FOXBORO - Patriots [team stats] quarterback Tom Brady [stats] went down with a left knee injury midway through the first quarter, setting an ominous tone to the team’s season opener this afternoon at Gillette Stadium.

    Newsday - 22 minutes ago
    BY ERIK BOLAND | erik.boland@newsday.com MIAMI - So imagine what happens when Brett Favre actually feels comfortable with the plays he has at his disposal, or the number of them for that matter.
    Sports Network - 31 minutes ago
    New Orleans, LA (Sports Network) - Reggie Bush's 42-yard touchdown reception in the fourth quarter lifted New Orleans over Tampa Bay, 24-20, in an NFC South clash Sunday at the Superdome.

Shanghai Daily

    • Twin blasts hit Afghan police HQ
      TWO suicide bombers detonated explosives inside the headquarters of the main police station in Afghanistan’s southern city of Kandahar today, causing casualties, two sources told Reuters. A senior border police…
    • Woman locked in cabin in Sweden for 9 years-report
      A 58-YEAR-OLD man suspected of keeping a woman locked up in a tiny cabin in southern Sweden for nine years has been ordered by a court to be held in custody, local media reported. The man, who denied all charges,…
    • Thai PM to explain political situation at UN General Assembly
      THAILAND’S embattled Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej said today that he will take the opportunity of attending the United Nations General Assembly later this month to explain to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and…
    • Ferocious Hurricane Ike threatens Cuba, Gulf
      HURRICANE Ike barreled toward Cuba as an extremely dangerous Category 4 storm today and was forecast to sweep into the central Gulf of Mexico as a large and powerful storm echoing Hurricane Gustav. Ike’s top…

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    • ‘Extremely dangerous’ Ike pounds Caribbean
      Hurricane Ike barreled toward Cuba as an extremely dangerous Category 4 storm on Sunday and was forecast to sweep into the central Gulf of Mexico as a large and powerful storm echoing Hurricane Gustav. Ike’s top sustained winds reached 135 miles per hour (215 kph), making it an “extremely dangerous” Category 4 on the five-step Saffir
    • Sarkozy to seek Russian breakthrough on Georgia
      French President Nicolas Sarkozy will travel to Moscow on Monday to tell Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to comply with a month-old peace plan for Georgia or risk damaging relations with the European Union. Four weeks after Sarkozy brokered the ceasefire deal between Russia and its smaller neighbour, the West says Moscow has yet to honour half
    • India jubilant over nuclear trade waiver
      NEW DELHI - India’s government and business groups were jubilant Sunday over a hard-won endorsement from nations that supply nuclear material and technology, a decision that paves the way for a landmark civil nuclear energy accord between India and the United States. India has been subject to a nuclear trade ban since it first tested an
    • Canadian PM calls early election
      Canada’s Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper called an early parliamentary election for October 14, in a bid to break a political deadlock after two and a half years at the head of a minority government. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper Sunday announced parliamentary elections, after warning for weeks that elections were inevitable to break a