Pittsburgh cancer center warns of cell phone risks
PITTSBURGH - The head of a prominent cancer research institute issued an unprecedented warning to his faculty and staff Wednesday: Limit cell phone use because of the possible risk of cancer.
Nations:France India Source:(AP)
2008-07-23
Obama leads McCain by 6 points: poll
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama has a 6-point lead over Republican John McCain in the presidential race as a growing percentage of Americans believe the country is headed in the wrong direction, according to an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released on Wednesday.
Nations:U.S. People:Ralph Nader Barack Obama John McCain Activities:US Election 2008 Source:(Reuters)
2008-07-23
Hurricane Dolly slams South Texas, but levees hold
BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Hurricane Dolly barreled into South Texas on Wednesday, lashing the coast with winds up to 100 mph and dumping heavy rain that threatened to flood low-lying areas but spared levees along the heavily populated Rio Grande Valley.
Nations:Mexico U.S. Source:(AP)
2008-07-23
House OKs rescue for homeowners, Freddie, Fannie
WASHINGTON - Rescue legislation sailed through the House on Wednesday aimed at helping 400,000 strapped homeowners avoid foreclosure and preventing the collapse of troubled mortgage companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
Nations:U.S. Activities:2007 Global Credit Crunch 110th Congress Source:(AP)
2008-07-23
Edge of Hurricane Dolly lashes Texas coast
BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Hurricane Dolly strengthened early Wednesday as its leading edge lashed the Gulf Coast near the Texas-Mexico border with heavy rain and powerful winds.
Nations:Mexico U.S. Activities:2005 Hurricane Katrina Source:(AP)
2008-07-23
President Bush drops opposition to housing bill
WASHINGTON - President Bush dropped his opposition Wednesday to legislation aiming to calm the chaotic housing market despite his objections to a $3.9 billion provision. The House was expected to vote on the bill Wednesday, and it could become law as early as this week.
Activities:2007 Global Credit Crunch 110th Congress Bush Admin. Source:(AP)
2008-07-23
Serb's fugitive life had mistress, bogus family
BELGRADE, Serbia - Radovan Karadzic's secret life included a mistress, a bogus family he claimed he left behind in the U.S., and frequent visits to a Belgrade pub called "The Madhouse," acquaintances said Wednesday.
Nations:Serbia People:Radovan Karadzic Tomislav Nikolic Angela Merkel Source:(AP)
2008-07-23
Karadzic to run own defence, gets shave, haircut
BELGRADE (Reuters) - Radovan Karadzic will conduct his own defence in the Hague tribunal and is convinced he will be cleared of the charges of genocide, relatives and associates of the war crimes suspect said on Wednesday.
People:Radovan Karadzic Source:(Reuters)
2008-07-23
Rice pushes top North Korean diplomat on nukes
SINGAPORE - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice pushed North Korea on Wednesday to accept terms to verify the dismantling of its nuclear weapons program, as the two countries held cabinet-level talks for the first time in four years.
Nations:North Korea Russia Japan People:Yang Jiechi Condoleezza Rice Activities:Korea Nuclear Crisis North Korea-U.S. Source:(AP)
2008-07-23
China says deadly bus blasts, Olympics not linked
BEIJING (AFP) - China said Tuesday that no evidence of an Olympic terror link had been found in a pair of bus explosions that killed two people in a southwestern city.
Nations:China Activities:2008 Kunming Bombing Source:(AFP)
2008-07-22
No survivors so far found following B-52 crash
HONOLULU - The Air Force continued to hold out hope of finding survivors Tuesday in the crash of a B-52 bomber off Guam, but a brigadier general said there was no evidence that any of the airmen were alive.
Nations:U.S. Japan Source:(AP)
2008-07-22
Remains of vast Neolithic site found in south China
BEIJING - Thousands of ancient artifacts and wooden poles more than 3,000 years old have been unearthed in China's southern Yunnan province, possibly the world's largest site of a Neolithic community, local media reported on Tuesday.
Nations:China Source:(China Daily)
2008-07-22
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