Archive for June, 2008

Giraffe helps camels, zebras escape from circus (AP)

AP - Amsterdam police say 15 camels, two zebras and an undetermined number of llamas and potbellied swine briefly escaped from a traveling Dutch circus after a giraffe kicked a hole in their cage.
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Barack Obama to make stop in Zanesville Tuesday (Zanesville Times Recorder)

ZANESVILLE - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama plans to visit the Middle East and Europe this summer, taking time off from campaigning in the United States in an effort to boost his foreign policy credentials.
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Pentagon announces charges in USS Cole bombing (AP)

AP - The Pentagon said Monday it is charging a Saudi Arabian with “organizing and directing” the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole

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陈力学的妻子,样貌首次曝光
涉及谋害小叔,陈力学的妻子吴云云(26岁)今天被控上法庭曝光。陈力学没有出庭,反而独自回返凶案现场,含泪接受记者的访问……
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Obama defends his patriotism, lauds McCain’s, too (AP via Yahoo! News)

Flanked by American flags, Barack Obama forcefully defended his patriotism Monday against anyone who would challenge it, declaring he wouldn’t stand still for persistent loyalty rumors aimed at sinking his presidential campaign.
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Cyclist Floyd Landis loses doping ban appeal (AP)

AP - Floyd Landis used the arbitration process as public theater to try to prove a point and regain his reputation. In the latest attempt that almost certainly will be his last, the anti-doping establishment slapped down the one-time 2006 Tour de France winner once more, ruling Landis didn’t play fair, on the bike or […]

Obama disowns critique of McCain’s military record (AP)

AP - Democrat Barack Obama rejected a retired general’s suggestion that Republican John McCain’s military experience didn’t necessarily qualify him to be president, as GOP surrogates lined up to label the remarks indecent and disrespectful.

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US, NATO deaths in Afghanistan pass Iraq toll (AP)

AP - Militants killed more U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan in June than in Iraq for the second straight month, a grim milestone capping a run of headline-grabbing insurgent attacks that analysts say underscore the Taliban’s growing strength.

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Canadian loses U.S. appeal in Syrian torture case (Reuters)

Reuters - A Canadian who says he was whisked off
a plane in New York and sent illegally to Syria where he was
tortured for a year lost his case against the U.S. government
on Monday on a technicality.

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Obama fights back against questions on patriotism (Reuters)

Reuters - Democratic presidential
hopeful Barack Obama on Monday rejected questions about his
patriotism even as he drew fire for a supporter’s attack on
Republican rival John McCain’s military record.

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