| World News  | Vietnam to move thousands from flood zone
TVNZ
Aug 28, 2008 8:04 PM Vietnam will spend nearly 2.4 trillion dong ($145 million) between now and 2010 to build dykes and relocate thousands of rice farmers because of heavy seasonal flooding in its fertile Mekong river delta, the government said. The programme, approved early...
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|  | Medvedev looks east for support on Georgia
Canada Dot Com
Jon Boyle MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev looked east on Thursday for support for Moscow's tough line over Georgia, which has inflamed relations with the West and prompted talk of a new Cold War. The Kremlin leader flew to Tajikistan for a summit of a regional security forum with China and four Central Asian states at which the crisis in Georgia was likely to be discussed.Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (L) meets his...
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|  | Ethiopia hints at leaving Somalia
BBC News
Ethiopia is prepared to withdraw troops from Somalia even if the interim government is not stable, Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has said. Ethiopia invaded its neighbour in 2006 to oust an Islamist militia and re-install the transitional government. He told the UK's Financial Times paper that financial pressures had to be taken into account and said the commitment was not open ended. The withdrawal of Ethiopians is a key demand of the...
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|  | New Orleans on high alert
News24
New Orleans - Three years after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, residents of the Big Easy are bracing for another major strike as officials vow they will not repeat the mistakes that lefts thousands stranded in floodwaters. Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal declared a state of emergency on Wednesday and announced plans to begin evacuating coastal areas well ahead of the storm forecast to strike on Monday as a Category 3 hurricane. "Our...
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|  | Thai protesters defy order to leave PM's compound -
Yahoo Daily News
By Chalathip Thirasoonthrakul 34 minutes ago BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thousands of protesters defied a court order to leave Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej's official compound on Thursday as the group's leaders vowed to stay until his administration fell. Samak, who ordered police to break up the rally at Government House on Wednesday, softened his tough stance after they failed to exercise arrest warrants overnight for nine leaders of...
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|  | Peacekeepers to stay in Mindanao
BBC News
Malaysia says its peace monitors will remain in the southern Philippines for three more months, following an outbreak of fierce fighting there. Dozens of people have been killed in recent violence between troops and separatist Muslim rebels on the island of Mindanao. Villages have been burned and hundreds of thousands of people displaced. The fighting flared up after...
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|  | Bomb targeting police van kills 9 in Pakistan
CNN
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- A bomb targeting a police van that was transporting prisoners killed at least nine people in Pakistan's violence-plagued northwest Thursday, state media reported. Among the casualties were six police officers, the Associated Press of Pakistan said. Another 12 people were wounded in the attack, in the town of Bannu in the North West Frontier Province....
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| Business News  | Rice crisis still on the boil: Leo Lewis on Asia
The Times
Earlier this year, the pan-Asian supermarket shopping basket looked like an absolutely solid, fairly unnerving one-way bet on inflation. In the space of just a few weeks, it has become a farcical lucky-dip. The price of mangoes in India has halved, while the cost of your daily betel nut fix in Taiwan has lurched higher by more than a third. Japanese breweries are looking to buy dairies because the economics of milk may soon be better than those...
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|  | Savills' millionaires feel property crunch
The Times
Britain's wealthy have finally been bitten by the credit crunch according to Savills, the UK property agency, which today revealed that deals involving country piles worth up to £5 million are falling in both volume and value. The group also said it was cutting jobs across its busines but declined reports that hundreds of estate agents, from its 3,000-strong staff, would leave. Over the six months to June 30, Savills reported that transactions of...
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|  | Euro extends recovery, lifted by ECB rate talk
The Guardian
* Euro up 0.3 percent at $1.4770, supported a day after ECB officials trim rate cut speculation * Some traders reckon dollar rally may have been overdone * Data shows bigger-than-expected fall in German unemployment * Trade-weighted sterling falls to 12 year low (Changes dateline, byline, releads, adds comment, updates throughout) By Naomi Tajitsu LONDON, Aug 28 (Reuters) - The euro rose on Thursday, adding to its recovery from a six-month low...
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|  | Caterpillar looks for record sales on China demand
Syracuse
BEIJING (AP) - Caterpillar Inc. expects record sales this year as booming demand for construction and mining equipment in China and other emerging economies offsets weakness in its home U.S. market, its chairman said Thursday. "Our manufacturing operations in Asia have been running at capacity to satisfy demand in China," James Owens said. In Asia, Caterpillar has so many orders for heavy mining and power generation equipment that it is sold out...
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|  | Spanish house sales, mortgage borrowing plummet
The Guardian
MADRID, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Spanish house sales dropped steeply in June, deepening a property crisis that dates back to the start of the year and analysts say is likely to worsen in 2009. House sales dived 29.6 percent in June from a year earlier after a 34.3 percent drop in May, the Economy Ministry's National Statistics Institute reported on Thursday. Spain had been among the euro zone's hottest real estate markets but house prices fell for the...
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|  | Microsoft tries to offer something different
International Herald Tribune
Microsoft's new Web browser, Internet Explorer 8, is now available in a beta version meant for ordinary users, and it is a pretty good piece of software. Besides the private browsing mode, called InPrivate, which Microsoft has already announced, there are other nifty features. When your cursor moves over, say, an address on a Web site, one of IE8's so-called Accelerators drops down a menu bar of different Web option, like showing an address on a...
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|  | Toyota shelves goal of selling 10 mln vehicles -
Yahoo Daily News
by Daniel Rook 15 minutes ago TOKYO (AFP) - Toyota Motor Corp. on Thursday slashed its 2009 sales forecast due to slowing demand, putting off its goal of becoming the world's first automaker to sell more than 10 million vehicles in a year. Toyota, vying with General Motors to be the world number one, now aims to sell 9.7 million vehicles in 2009, down from a previous target of 10.4 million. That would mark a 2.1 percent rise compared with the...
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| Entertainment News  | Nice curves Jennifer Lopez... shame about the sweaty underarms
The Daily Mail
Jennifer Lopez has been training hard for a triathlon, and it certainly showed as she arrived at a charity event in Colorado last night. The singer, who gave birth to twins Max and Emme just six months ago, put her slimline figure on display in its glory in a figure-hugging red frock. But it appears the singer forgot to spray deodorant before leaving the house, with unsightly underarm sweat patches proving a distraction from her otherwise...
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|  | Only seldom on 'Sunday' does story ring true
Chicago Sun-Times
Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Tell Me on a Sunday" began life in 1979 as a dramatic (and hugely demanding) 70-minute song cycle for a single actress. By 1985 it had morphed into a two-act piece, "Song and Dance," with a dramatic dance section that recapitulated the story appended to the cycle so that it would have an acceptable running time for Broadway consumption. Now the song cycle has come full circle, with "Tell Me on a Sunday" standing on its own...
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|  | Hilary Duff's dad to spend 10 days in Texas jail
Denver Post
HOUSTON—A judge in Texas has ordered the father of actress and singer Hilary Duff to spend 10 days in jail for contempt of court. Bob Duff was led away in handcuffs Wednesday during a court hearing after Judge Thomas Stansbury in Houston determined he violated an injunction against selling assets without court approval. The Houston Chronicle reported in its online edition that Bob Duff must pay into a court repository $367,537 he earned...
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|  | Cold case trail leads to Hollywood
Chicago Sun-Times
A man long suspected in the unsolved brutal murder of a Glenview teen is now under investigation by California authorities in a series of other stabbing deaths, including that of actor Ashton Kutcher's onetime girlfriend, the Chicago Sun-Times has learned. Michael Thomas Gargiulo, 32, is being held in Los Angeles on charges of attempted murder and burglary. He could be charged as early as next week in two murders in California because of a DNA...
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|  | Book Review: Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended For 3D And Video By Chad Perkins
The Examiner
BlogCritics - 47 mins ago Here's the resource that you want for getting into 3D and video from within Photoshop Extended.There are a lot of things that Photoshop CS3 Extended can do that Photoshop has never been able to do before. These include importing and editing of video and animating any object in a file. Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended For 3D And...
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| Health News  | There's no need to get stuck in the cereal rut
The Miami Herald
There's no need to have traditional breakfast foods every day, Lexington, Ky., nutritionist Patti Geil says. ''Breakfast can be any food kids like, from macaroni and cheese to a lean beef sandwich,'' she said. Geil, who wrote CookingUp Fun for Kids with Diabetes with Tami Ross, said it's a good idea to always keep healthy, quick-to-fix foods on hand, and get breakfast foods ready the night before. If you're running late, grab a carton of yogurt,...
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|  | An apple a day keeps cancer away?
Independent online (SA)
Geneva - People are deeply confused about what causes cancer and the most effective means of prevention, with many favouring more fruit rather than cutting down alcohol, a new study said on Wednesday. "Many people hold mistaken beliefs about what causes cancer, tending to inflate the threat from environmental factors that have relatively little impact while...
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|  | Hot dog! A hairy question
Independent online (SA)
By Lindsey Tanner A new TV commercial shows kids eating hot dogs in a school cafeteria, and one little boy's haunting lament: "I was dumb- founded when the doctor told me I have late-stage colon cancer." It's a startling revelation in an ad that vilifies one of America's most beloved, if maligned, foods, while stoking fears about a dreaded disease. But the boy does not have cancer. Neither do two other kids in the ad who claim to be afflicted....
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|  | GP explains life expectancy gap
BBC News
The World Health Organisation report which highlighted a 28-year gap in life expectancy around the Glasgow area was not news to Dr Robert Jamieson. For the past 21-years he has been a GP in Calton, which the report states has an average male life expectancy of 54. This is in contrast to nearby Lenzie, East Dunbartonshire, where the figure rises to 82. Dr Jamieson said the statistics reflect the "chronic" social and medical problems that affect...
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|  | Cancer Knowledge Lags In Poor Nations
CBS News
Knowledge about cancer facts, including cancer risks from smoking, are lagging in low-income countries, a new survey shows. The survey comes from the International Union Against Cancer (UICC), a global nonprofit group based in Geneva, Switzerland. "The survey reveals there are some big, unheard messages" about cancer, David Hill, PhD, president-elect of the UICC, states in a news release. Hill, who directs the Cancer Council Victoria in...
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|  | Specialist breast cancer centre opens in Dublin
Irish Times
GENEVIEVE CARBERY A triple assessment clinic and a digital mammography facilities are part of the new specialist breast cancer centre which was officially opened that the Mater Private hospital in Dublin today. "Triple assessment saved my life," iconic 1960s singer Marsha Hunt told those gathered for the opening. Hunt (62) was treated for breast cancer at the Mater in 2005. She also received part of her treatment at St Vincent's private hospital...
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|  | Isuzu marks 11th anniversary with La Mesa donation
Journal Online
TRUE to its tradition of celebrating its inaugural anniversary in a socially relevant manner, Isuzu Philippines Corp. recently commemorated its 11th year of inception by giving a significant donation to the "Save the La Mesa Watershed" project of ABS-CBN Foundation. Isuzu committed to rehabilitating 11 hectares of greenery�"one hectare for every year of the company's existence�"at the La Mesa Dam over the next three years. To do this, the diesel...
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|  | Is your kid really gifted? Probably not
CNN
By Paula Spencer Did your child walk and talk early? Does she have a brain like a sponge? Scribble magnificently? Love learning? Ask questions that leave you marveling (and scrambling to Google an answer)? Wow, clearly she's a genius! Or, um, maybe not. "Gifted" has become one of the most tossed-about words in the parenting lexicon. Unfortunately -- sorry, but let's get this out of the way right up front -- it's also one of the most misused....
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| Politics News  | The families grieving in Kashmir
BBC News
The Muslim-dominated Kashmir valley has been beset with violence as Indian security forces confront huge rallies by Kashmiris calling for independence from India. The BBC's Soutik Biswas speaks to families and friends of some of the victims. In a picture taken on a mobile phone 10 days before his death, 25-year-old Imran Ahmed Wani fixes a shy gaze at the camera with a disarming smile. As his friends tell it, Imran was an average young Kashmiri...
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|  | Mayawati joins Sonia on Forbes most powerful women list
The Times of India
28 Aug 2008, 1416 hrs IST,PTI NEW YORK- Making her debut in the club of 100 most powerful women in the world, Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP) chief Mayawati has joined Congress President Sonia Gandhi in a list compiled by US magazine Forbes. While Gandhi, also chairperson of the country's ruling UPA alliance, has slipped from her previous year's sixth rank to 21st this year, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister...
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|  | Obama expected to address change in speech
CNN
DENVER, Colorado (CNN) -- The Democratic National Convention wraps up Thursday with the party's presidential nominee Illinois Sen. Barack Obama addressing about 75,000 people at Invesco Field at Mile High. "Obama will communicate the urgency of the moment, highlight the struggles Americans are facing and call on Americans to come together to change the course of our nation," the Democratic National Convention Committee said in a statement....
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|  | East Timor PM thanks NZ for help
TVNZ
Aug 28, 2008 8:18 PM East Timor's Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao has thanked New Zealand for the assistance it is giving to his country. "When we asked for it, you sent your men and women," he said at a press conference with Prime Minister Helen Clark...
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|  | McCain to reveal VP pick Friday
Denver Post
Arizona Sen. John McCain has chosen his running mate, and the person will be notified today, a senior campaign official said. A friend said McCain had pretty much settled on his selection early this week, and it crystallized in the past few days. Campaign manager Rick Davis flew to McCain's cabin in Sedona, Ariz., a few days ago to confer, and another meeting about the choice was held with top aides Wednesday. The news leaked on the third night...
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|  | ASEAN concludes India free trade deal
The Australian
SOUTHEAST Asian nations have concluded a deal for free trade in goods with India, ministers said Thursday, in a development hailed as a key regional milestone after hard negotiations. The agreement between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and India, its seventh-largest trading partner, covers billions of dollars in trade and a market of 1.7 billion people. Singapore's Minister for Trade and Industry Lim Hng Kiang and India's...
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