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Gustav nears Jamaica as New Orleans keeps watch

1 hour 46 min ago
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- Tropical Storm Gustav was heading toward Jamaica early Thursday while many miles away, residents in the New Orleans area watched it with a nervous eye....

Thai protesters defy court order to leave compound

1 hour 50 min ago
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) -- Thousands of demonstrators, some armed with golf clubs, batons and bamboo sticks, defied a court order to end their occupation of the prime minister's office compound on Thursday, vowing to remain until the country's leaders resign....

9 killed as violence spreads along Pakistan border

1 hour 52 min ago
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) -- Suspected militants bombed a bus carrying prisoners in northwest Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least nine people, as fighting between security forces and extremists flared across the country's tribal belt....

Thai protesters defy court order to leave compound

4 hours 20 min ago
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) -- Thousands of demonstrators, some armed with golf clubs, batons and bamboo sticks, defied a court order to end their occupation of the prime minister's office compound on Thursday, vowing to remain until the country's leaders resign....

Gustav nears Jamaica as New Orleans keeps watch

4 hours 24 min ago
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- Gustav was heading toward Jamaica early Thursday while many miles away, residents in the New Orleans area watched it with a nervous eye....

9 killed in bomb blast in northwestern Pakistan

4 hours 54 min ago
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) -- Suspected militants bombed a bus carrying prisoners in northwest Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least nine people as fighting between security forces and extremists flared across the country's tribal belt....

9 killed in bomb blast in northwestern Pakistan

Wed, 2008/08/27 - 11:11pm
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) -- Suspected militants bombed a van carrying prisoners in northwest Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least nine people, as fighting between security forces and extremists flared across the tribal belt....

Western nations warn Russia to `change course'

Wed, 2008/08/27 - 10:50pm
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) -- Western leaders warned the Kremlin on Wednesday to "change course," hoping to keep the conflict from growing into a new Cold War after tensions broadened to imperil a key nuclear pact and threaten U.S. meat and poultry trade with Russia....

Western nations warn Russia to `change course'

Wed, 2008/08/27 - 10:50pm
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) -- Western leaders warned the Kremlin on Wednesday to "change course," hoping to keep the conflict from growing into a new Cold War after tensions broadened to imperil a key nuclear pact and threaten U.S. meat and poultry trade with Russia....

Western nations warn Russia to `change course'

Wed, 2008/08/27 - 10:50pm
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) -- Western leaders warned the Kremlin on Wednesday to "change course," hoping to keep the conflict from growing into a new Cold War after tensions broadened to imperil a key nuclear pact and threaten U.S. meat and poultry trade with Russia....

Thai protest refuses order to leave gov't compound

Wed, 2008/08/27 - 10:38pm
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) -- Demonstrators occupying the grounds of the prime minister's office formed human chains around their leaders Thursday, hoping to prevent their arrest for organizing the takeover....

Gustav stalls offshore in Haiti after killing 23

Wed, 2008/08/27 - 10:35pm
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- Gustav stalled offshore Wednesday and poured more misery onto Haiti after landslides and flooding killed 23 people. Oil workers began leaving their rigs and New Orleans drew up evacuation plans as forecasters warned the storm could plow into the U.S. Gulf coast as a major hurricane....

Thai protest refuses order to leave gov't compound

Wed, 2008/08/27 - 10:17pm
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) -- Demonstrators occupying the grounds of the prime minister's office formed human chains around their leaders Thursday, hoping to prevent their arrest for organizing the takeover....

Critics want Malaysia PM to resign over Anwar win

Wed, 2008/08/27 - 9:26pm
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Dissidents in Malaysia's ruling party clamored for the prime minister to resign Wednesday after opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim returned to Parliament with a sweeping election victory....

Critics want Malaysia PM to resign over Anwar win

Wed, 2008/08/27 - 9:26pm
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Dissidents in Malaysia's ruling party clamored for the prime minister to resign Wednesday after opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim returned to Parliament with a sweeping election victory....

Critics want Malaysia PM to resign over Anwar win

Wed, 2008/08/27 - 9:26pm
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Dissidents in Malaysia's ruling party clamored for the prime minister to resign Wednesday after opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim returned to Parliament with a sweeping election victory....

Critics want Malaysia PM to resign over Anwar win

Wed, 2008/08/27 - 9:26pm
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Dissidents in Malaysia's ruling party clamored for the prime minister to resign Wednesday after opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim returned to Parliament with a sweeping election victory....

Western nations warn Russia to `change course'

Wed, 2008/08/27 - 9:19pm
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) -- Western leaders warned the Kremlin on Wednesday to "change course," hoping to keep the conflict from growing into a new Cold War after tensions broadened to imperil a key nuclear pact and threaten U.S. meat and poultry trade with Russia....

Gustav kills 23; New Orleans makes evacuation plan

Wed, 2008/08/27 - 8:19pm
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- Gustav stalled offshore Wednesday and poured more misery onto Haiti after landslides and flooding killed 23 people. Oil workers began leaving their rigs and New Orleans drew up evacuation plans as forecasters warned the storm could plow into the U.S. Gulf coast as a major hurricane....

Gustav kills 23; New Orleans makes evacuation plan

Wed, 2008/08/27 - 8:19pm
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- Gustav stalled offshore Wednesday and poured more misery onto Haiti after landslides and flooding killed 23 people. Oil workers began leaving their rigs and New Orleans drew up evacuation plans as forecasters warned the storm could plow into the U.S. Gulf coast as a major hurricane....