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US combat troops could be out of Baghdad by July: Petraeus
LONDON (AFP) - American combat troops could be out of Baghdad by July 2009, the outgoing top US general in Iraq said in an interview published Thursday.
Nations:Afghanistan Iraq People:David Petraeus Activities:Second Gulf War Source:(AFP)
2008-09-04
US sends envoy to China amid reports of NKorea rebuilding
WASHINGTON (AFP) - A top US nuclear envoy will travel to Beijing Thursday in a bid to break a deadlock in North Korea's disarmament deal amid reports that Pyongyong was rebuilding its atomic plant.
Nations:South Korea Japan North Korea People:Christopher Hill Condoleezza Rice Activities:Korea Nuclear Crisis China-U.S. Source:(AFP)
2008-09-04
Thai PM refuses to resign or call elections
BANGKOK (AFP) - Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej on Thursday refused to resign or call snap elections, and lashed the protesters besieging his offices for 10 days as a "doomsday cult."
Nations:Thailand Source:(AFP)
2008-09-04
McCain to claim spotlight at Republican convention
ST PAUL, Minnesota (AFP) - White House candidate John McCain will Thursday crown an unlikely political comeback when he formally accepts the Republican presidential nomination after a remarkable American journey.
Nations:U.S. People:John McCain Barack Obama George W. Bush Activities:US Election 2008 Vietnam War Source:(AFP)
2008-09-04
Deadly Hanna churns over Bahamas, heads to US
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AFP) - Tropical Storm Hanna closed in on the southeastern US Thursday after hammering Haiti and was expected to surge into a hurricane, even as explosive Hurricane Ike gathered force in the Atlantic.
Nations:Mexico U.S. Activities:2008 Hurricane Gustav Source:(AFP)
2008-09-04
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