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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Trinidad Times.com http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/10/id/c08dd24cec417021/ en-us Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:00:01 -0400 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:00:01 -0400 30 Republican Senator John McCain said Thursday that, as president, he would bring an era of reform to Washington, bolster the economy and pursue alternate energy strategies, with the help of his vice presidential running mate, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/402979/cs/1/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 01:51:18 -0400 Big News N etwork.com http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/402979/cs/1/ Senator Barack Obama's team has built a reputation for discipline over the past 20 months, but Republican rival John McCain's maverick selection of 44-year-old Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, has reportedly created an atmosphere of uncertainty about what lies ahead in the run-up to the November 4th presidential poll. http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/403089/cs/1/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:56:28 -0400 Trinidad Times.com http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/403089/cs/1/ The US commander in Iraq, General David Petraeus, has said he will call for the pullout of US troops from Baghdad within 10 months because of declining violence in the Iraqi capital. http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/403084/cs/1/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:43:38 -0400 Trinidad Times.com http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/403084/cs/1/ In Pakistan, the ruling party has decided in principle not to restore the deposed chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and his fellow judges. http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/403101/cs/1/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:00:37 -0400 Trinidad Times.com http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/403101/cs/1/ The leader of the Lebanese Shia movement Hezbollah, Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, has said his group will never lay down its weapons, even if the disputed Shebaa Farms in southern Lebanon are liberated from Israeli occupation. http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/403083/cs/1/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:42:07 -0400 Trinidad Times.com http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/403083/cs/1/ At least 10 people have been killed and eight are still missing in a coal mine gas blast in southwest China's Sichuan province. http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/403082/cs/1/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:40:25 -0400 Trinidad Times.com http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/403082/cs/1/ A Rio de Janeiro drug gang has terrified slum residents with alligators. http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/403081/cs/1/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:38:57 -0400 Trinidad Times.com http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/403081/cs/1/ Television monitoring services in the US have revealed that more than 40 million people tuned in to the Republican convention Wednesday to watch vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin. http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/402967/cs/1/ Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:11:34 -0400 Trinidad Times.com http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/402967/cs/1/ Syria has arrested Lebanon's most-wanted terrorist suspect, Fatah al-Islam leader Shaker al-Abassi. http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/402964/cs/1/ Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:04:19 -0400 Trinidad Times.com http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/402964/cs/1/ Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has put opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai under pressure, threatening to set up a government on his own if the latter doesn't agree to a powersharing arrangement. http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/402965/cs/1/ Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:06:20 -0400 Trinidad Times.com http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/402965/cs/1/ Afghan President Hamid Karzai has promised "to bring justice" to villagers hit by a U.S. airstrike that Afghan officials say killed more than 90 civilians. http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/402949/cs/1/ Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:32:40 -0400 Trinidad Times.com http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/402949/cs/1/ Air accident investigators in the UK have concluded a British Airways jet which crash-landed at London's Heathrow Airport in January, was brought down by ice in its fuel system. http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/402963/cs/1/ Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:59:59 -0400 Trinidad Times.com http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/402963/cs/1/ Anti-government protesters in Thailand are refusing to back down after a 10-day long sit-in at Government House. http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/402746/cs/1/ Thu, 04 Sep 2008 07:19:08 -0400 Trinidad Times.com http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/402746/cs/1/ Three Canadian soldiers have been killed and five others injured after coming under direct fire from insurgents. http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/402756/cs/1/ Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:00:28 -0400 Trinidad Times.com http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/402756/cs/1/ Suicides are more prevalent in US homes where guns are kept. http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/402747/cs/1/ Thu, 04 Sep 2008 07:57:14 -0400 Trinidad Times.com http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/402747/cs/1/ Tropical Storm Hanna expected to hit North Carolina or South Carolina on Saturday Forecasters say Hanna may strengthen slightly before landfall After landfall, storm expected to quickly move northeast... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502154/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:12:33 -0400 CNN http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502154/ Dubai - Al-Qaeda has released a video featuring a senior commander who was rumoured to have been killed in Pakistan in July, threatening more attacks against Denmark after a suicide bombing on its emb... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502156/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:02:49 -0400 IOL http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502156/ Negotiators from the US, South Korea and Japan are to meet in Beijing to discuss the deadlock over North Korea's nuclear programme. The talks follow initial moves by North Korea to reverse steps to d... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502090/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:07:47 -0400 BBC http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502090/ AUTHORITIES in Far North Queensland have declared tap water in resort towns including Port Douglas unsafe to drink following an outbreak of the E. coli bacteria, which authorities are blaming on the r... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502151/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:52:42 -0400 The Australian http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502151/ IT'S SAFE TO SAY that Democrats awoke yesterday with a serious case of Post-Palin Depression. "Electrifying!" said U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter of Palin's poised and feisty speech that had Repub... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502130/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:49:58 -0400 Philadelphia Daily News http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502130/ In his speech accepting the GOP presidential nomination here last night, McCain returned to his political and rhetorical roots, arguing that only he could bring true change to Washington. http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502122/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:50:16 -0400 Philadelphia Daily News http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502122/ While the GOP was anointing its presidential ticket in Minnesota this week, a Philadelphia Democrat was scheming to all but eliminate Republicans on City Council. http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502118/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:50:26 -0400 Philadelphia Daily News http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502118/ They called the loan applicants "cousins." That was how Anthony Forte, then executive vice president of the Boeing Helicopters Credit Union six years ago, identified the 127 unqualified loa... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502133/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:49:48 -0400 Philadelphia Daily News http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502133/ Rap star Kanye West is to close the MTV Music Video Awards, a year after complaining about failing to win a single prize at the event. After the 2007 ceremony, where he did not perform on the main st... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502088/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:07:44 -0400 BBC http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502088/ The band went to Berlin to experience its "creative renaissance" Late-night Berlin bars, 1980s alt-pop and John Lennon's quest for peace and love have all had a big influence on the new album by Kea... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502092/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:07:49 -0400 BBC http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502092/ A fishing boat rocked against a dock yesterday at Dr. Thomas W. McFarland's scenic Shore home. But the Wynnewood dentist apparently has been doing more than jigging for flounder. McFarland turned him... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502116/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:50:29 -0400 Philadelphia Daily News http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502116/ LONDON (Reuters) - A wave of risk aversion hit financial markets on Friday, pushing world stocks to their lowest in more than two years, and knocking European currencies and oil as fears about the slo... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502096/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:01:17 -0400 Reuters http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502096/ Deputies had received a tip the duo's van carried 100 pounds of marijuana. Deputies found only 21 grams of the drug but also found a nickel-plated handgun and a 20-gauge shotgun. State prosecutors lat... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502104/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:13:23 -0400 MSNBC http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502104/ A woman has been airlifted to safety in Russia - after a distress signal was picked up 3,700 miles away by a Scottish RAF base. The alarm was raised by a research party from Nottingham University aft... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502087/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:07:52 -0400 BBC http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502087/ The United Nations has confirmed that the remains of the 17 people aboard an aid flight which went down in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Monday have been located in the vicinity of th... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502142/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:30:22 -0400 People's Daily http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502142/ Dear Harry: In July, I bought a used Ford from a Ford dealer. The car looked and ran great. Less than four weeks later, I took it back for a minor problem and discovered that it needed a new transmiss... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502134/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:49:49 -0400 Philadelphia Daily News http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502134/ WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) -- Some Southeastern states declared emergencies and officials urged residents to head inland Thursday as Tropical Storm Hanna headed toward the Atlantic coast, where it could br... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502109/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:29:31 -0400 New York Post http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502109/ Nearly 250 North Philadelphia residents crowded into the sweltering Dunbar School auditorium last night. It was hot, and they made sure city and state officials felt it. They were there to complain a... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502139/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:49:41 -0400 Philadelphia Daily News http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502139/ Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Friday that Israel was closely monitoring Hizbullah's efforts to rearm and issued a warning to the guerrilla group against testing the might of the IDF. http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502102/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:26:13 -0400 Jerusalem Post http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502102/ ST. PAUL, Minn. - Accepting his party's presidential nomination here last night, John McCain pledged to try to end the partisan rancor that has dominated the nation's politics and questioned the abili... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502140/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:49:39 -0400 Philadelphia Daily News http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502140/ If you build it, they will come. That was part of the message at a news conference yesterday at the site of the President's House and slave quarters, on 6th and Market streets, a project three years ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502131/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:49:44 -0400 Philadelphia Daily News http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502131/ Three people were injured when the light plane they were in crashed at New Zealand South Island's West Coast on Friday, Radio New Zealand reported. The light plane crashed on its way into the airfield... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502141/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:30:35 -0400 People's Daily http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502141/ The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index closed down 102.4 points or 2.1 per cent at 4877.1 after hitting one-month low of 4837.6. The index lost 5.0 per cent for the week, giving up nearly three quarters ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502149/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:52:48 -0400 The Australian http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502149/ Voting is taking place in Angola in the first parliamentary polls for 16 years. Although 14 parties are taking part, the contest is primarily between long-term rivals, the ruling MPLA party and opp... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502091/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:07:48 -0400 BBC http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502091/ Bangkok - Police warned students on Friday to avoid street protests after a gunman shot and wounded two students demonstrating against Thailand's prime minister, raising new fears of violence in the c... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502155/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:02:45 -0400 IOL http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502155/ Hong Kong - A six-year-old schoolgirl has become the seventh child victim of a mystery illness in Hong Kong, health officials confirmed on Friday. The girl died on Wednesday, one day after being tr... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502158/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:02:38 -0400 IOL http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502158/ MIAMI - The National Hurricane Center says Hurricane Ike has weakened to a Category three storm in the Atlantic. Ike's maximum sustained winds have dropped to near 200 kilometres per hour as of 5... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502161/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:12:06 -0400 C News http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502161/ Jordan has recently transferred to the Palestinian Authority some 1000 kalashnikov rifles and ten of thousand of bullets.Defense Minister Ehud Barak authorized the transfer of arms following a formal ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502153/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:29:27 -0400 Haaretz http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502153/ No matter how much John McCain tried to reclaim his party's middle ground while accepting the Republican nomination for president last night, I still can't shake the feeling that we have another war o... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502123/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:50:14 -0400 Philadelphia Daily News http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502123/ The cost of driving the New Jersey Turnpike and Garden State Parkway would more than double by 2023 under a proposal yesterday to pay for road widening and a commuter rail tunnel to New York. http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502127/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:50:03 -0400 Philadelphia Daily News http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502127/ What do you get when you combine three pals, some lipstick, a wig and a Taser? Some spine-tingling criminal behavior, evidently. At least that appeared to be the case yesterday, as police charged th... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502117/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:50:27 -0400 Philadelphia Daily News http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502117/ Advocates for the disabled across the country are saying "Yes!" to John McCain's new running mate, Sarah Palin, and not because the Alaska governor is the first woman on a GOP ticket. http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502124/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:50:12 -0400 Philadelphia Daily News http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502124/ A BRITISH hotel was forced to apologise toay for turning away an injured soldier on leave from Afghanistan, after it provoked public outrage and an intervention from a Government minister. http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502143/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:53:01 -0400 The Australian http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502143/ Chiu Yu-kit, a former journalist at Asia Television (ATV), admitted in court to the act while he was alone on the top tier of a double-decker bus on July 31, http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502145/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:52:52 -0400 The Australian http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502145/ Students line up outside the new Barry Elementary School in West Philadelphia before the start of classes on the first day of school. The $35 million building replaced the original school, which close... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502121/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:50:20 -0400 Philadelphia Daily News http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502121/ WARSAW (Reuters) - The Polish prosecutor's office is investigating allegations that there was a CIA prison in Poland where al Qaeda suspects were questioned and guards might have used methods close to... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502098/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:01:15 -0400 Reuters http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502098/ Swaying but maintaining his balance inside a hospital therapy room, 15-year-old Asaad Mahmoud is learning to walk on prosthetic legs, circling the floor with bright-eyed determination, and tackling th... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502119/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:50:21 -0400 Philadelphia Daily News http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502119/ Smith died from a stab wound to his abdomen after becoming involved in a fight with a group of youths on Saturday night in Hackney. He was the 25th teenager to die violently in London this year. His... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502144/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:52:59 -0400 The Australian http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502144/ I'VE ALWAYS been wary of gut-shot poker players and guys who fire from the hip. I admire their courage. But when I look for people to track my investments or, say, run my country, I like to think tha... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502138/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:49:56 -0400 Philadelphia Daily News http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502138/ Newcastle's Joey Barton faces a Football Association hearing on Friday for assaulting team-mate Ousmane Dabo. Midfielder Barton, 26, had previously admitted the charge of violent conduct and reques... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502093/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:07:51 -0400 BBC http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502093/ TOKYO (AP) -- Asian stock markets plunged Friday after more bad news on the U.S. economy, a vital export market, triggered a broad sell-off on Wall Street overnight. http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502108/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:29:30 -0400 New York Post http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502108/ A man who at 13 helped shoot dead five people in a school ambush that shocked America has been jailed for four years on an unrelated weapons charge. Judge Jimm Hendren expressed di... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502095/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:24:51 -0400 The Independent http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502095/ San Salvador - Police in El Salvador have arrested five alleged gang members who were carrying a rocket launcher. Police director Jose Tobar says the five men belong to the Mara Salvatrucha and wer... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502157/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:02:42 -0400 IOL http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502157/ Greek Rural Postmen and Their Cancellation Numbers benefited from a late surge in public support to win the title today of oddest book title of the past 30 years, The Bookseller magazine said. http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502147/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:52:56 -0400 The Australian http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502147/ LISBON, Portugal (AP) -- When Condoleezza Rice spends a few hours in Libya and shakes hands with Moammar Gadhafi, she will close a nearly three-decade era of bitter animosity between the United States... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502107/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:29:29 -0400 New York Post http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502107/ THE ABC has launched its legal campaign to overturn non-publication orders on evidence given in a coronial inquest into the 2004 death in custody of Mulrunji Doomadgee on Palm Island. http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502148/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:52:46 -0400 The Australian http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502148/ Workers put finishing touches in the main lobby of Chester County's new justice center, which will be open to the public for tours on Sunday. 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The online retailer will help with its next Give 1 Get 1 (G1G1) programme that is due to begin... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502094/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:07:43 -0400 BBC http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502094/ NOTE: You still need to confirm your registration before you can fully access our commenting.Please go to the email we sent you at ' + userEmail + ' and click on the confirm link. '); } http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502137/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:49:54 -0400 Philadelphia Daily News http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502137/ U.S. Rep. Robert E. Andrews announcing his intention to seek reelection for the 1st District seat. "What my heart tells me. . . is that the service ethic is the main part of my life," he sai... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502126/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:50:06 -0400 Philadelphia Daily News http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502126/ John McCain that he could be considered the clear favorite as the presidential race entered its final two months. Consider what was on the horizon: A Democratic National Convention set to culminate in... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502100/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:58:57 -0400 CBS News http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502100/ MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (Reuters) - Five Islamist militants were killed on Friday in a missile attack by a suspected U.S. drone in Pakistan's North Waziristan region, in a stepped up campaign against mili... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502097/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:01:16 -0400 Reuters http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502097/ ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Republican presidential nominee John McCain, buoyed by a unifying GOP convention and the spark of running mate Sarah Palin, plunged into a competitive, eight-week struggle with... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502110/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:29:32 -0400 New York Post http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502110/ With a sense of glee, Cheryl Glaser popped into the muggy classrooms at A.L. FitzPatrick School yesterday morning, radiating sunlight. "Did you tell them the good news?" Principal Glaser re... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502135/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:49:51 -0400 Philadelphia Daily News http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502135/ NOTE: You still need to confirm your registration before you can fully access our commenting.Please go to the email we sent you at ' + userEmail + ' and click on the confirm link. 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He was the "Juice" — a Hall of Fame football star, actor, TV commentator and ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502105/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:13:21 -0400 MSNBC http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502105/ ' }, { url: 'http://wwwimage.cbsnews.com/images/2008/08/14/image4350192g.jpg', alt: '', text: 'Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi looks on as he meets with Omani Sultan Qaboos bin Said, not pictured, ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502101/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:58:56 -0400 CBS News http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502101/ DETROIT (AP) -- Only hours after agreeing to resign and serve time in jail as part of plea deal, Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick expressed regret for the scandal that has engulfed the city - and left the door ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502112/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:29:26 -0400 New York Post http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502112/ Playing without Pro Bowl linemen Michael Strahan and Osi Umenyiora, New York limited the new-look Washington Redskins to 11 first downs and 209 total yards and gave indications that these Giants are b... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502114/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:29:25 -0400 New York Post http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502114/ Janet Jackson presented her music-making brothers - Michael, Tito, Jackie, Marlon, Jermaine and Randy - with the lifetime achievement BMI Icon award following a musical tribute at the award show celeb... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502113/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:29:25 -0400 New York Post http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502113/ NEW YORK (AP) -- That litany of health issues Novak Djokovic dealt with earlier in the week - hip, ankle, stomach and more - seemed a tad humorous to Andy Roddick. http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502115/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:29:23 -0400 New York Post http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17502115/ A summer crackdown on burglary and other crimes in Belfast has led to 109 arrests, police have revealed. Running for the past two months, Operation Heartbreak is aimed at bringing more people before ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17498914/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:16:25 -0400 BBC http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17498914/ Several hundred thousand people need help in Haiti, which is suffering severe flooding after being hit by a series of tropical storms, the UN says. UN official Joel Boutroue told the BBC that the s... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17498913/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:16:24 -0400 BBC http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17498913/ KIEV: US Vice President Dick Cheney is set to meet with Ukraine's squabbling leaders on Friday as he continues his tour to bolster US allies in the region following the conflict between Georgia and Ru... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17498924/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:29:07 -0400 Channel News Asia http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17498924/ ST. PAUL : Hidden from view during much of the Republican convention here, a fierce struggle has been under way for the foreign policy heart of John McCain. It centers on the deep schism inside the R... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17498928/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:13:48 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17498928/ + ] By Henrique Almeida LUANDA (Reuters) - Angolans began voting on Friday in a parliamentary election expected to extend the ruling party's more than three-decade rule in the booming oil-rich Afr... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17498956/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:06:02 -0400 Reuters http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17498956/ Talks are due to begin shortly in the eastern Indian city of Calcutta to try to end a dispute over the building of the world's smallest car, Nano. The governor of the state is to hold negotiations wi... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17498916/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:16:22 -0400 BBC http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17498916/ + ] By Lesley Wroughton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A new IMF panel to be led by South African Finance Minister Trevor Manual will examine ways to improve decision-making in the fund and increase its l... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17498957/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:06:01 -0400 Reuters http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17498957/ VICTORIAN nurses are set to ramp up their campaign to stop TAFEs from offering nursing degrees with a rally of 2,000 or more nurses planned next week in Melbourne. http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17498946/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:02:15 -0400 The Australian http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17498946/ ST. PAUL, Minn. - The nominee’s friend described him as a “restless reformer who will clean up Washington.” His defeated rival described him going to the capital to “drain that swamp.” His r... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17498930/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:22:02 -0400 MSNBC http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17498930/ WORLD CUP 2010 QUALIFYING GROUP SIX Andorra v England Venue: Olympic Stadium, Barcelona Date: Saturday, 6 September Kick-off: 1900 BST Coverage: Live on Setanta Sports 1 and BBC Radio 5 Live on AM, di... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17498911/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:16:29 -0400 BBC http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17498911/ Manchester City fans beware - ultra-wealthy new owners may walk in with bundles of cash and promises but things don't always pan out as perfect as expected. There has been an amazing rush of conf... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17498925/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:36:04 -0400 Jerusalem Post http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17498925/ TERRI Irwin's Australia Zoo has confirmed cattle will continue to be run on part of the Steve Irwin Wildlife Reserve, but says bauxite mining will cause greater environmental damage than the livestock... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17498948/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:01:58 -0400 The Australian http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17498948/ ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- John McCain, a POW turned political rebel, vowed Thursday night to vanquish the "constant partisan rancor" that grips Washington as he launched his fall campaign for the White ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17498932/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 02:37:37 -0400 New York Post http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17498932/ The forewoman told the trial judge, Justice Bernard Bongiorno, today that the jury was working through the 27 counts the 12 accused are facing “charge by charge”. She said the jury, which ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17498949/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:01:56 -0400 The Australian http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17498949/ Dems say McCain admonished "do-nothing" group that he is a part of Speech proved that electing him means four more years of Bush, Democrats say McCain's statements about Obama policies &quot... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17498951/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:21:25 -0400 CNN http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17498951/ Bangkok - Thailand's prime minister refused again on Thursday to cede to protesters determined to oust him, but offered an unconventional compromise - a referendum on his fate aimed at ending the cris... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17498954/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:11:22 -0400 IOL http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17498954/ WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush's top defense advisers have recommended he maintain 15 combat brigades in Iraq until the end of the year contrary to expectations that the improved security in Iraq w... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17498935/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 02:37:34 -0400 New York Post http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17498935/ Olympic cycling hero Chris Hoy has said he feels politicians have attempted to "cash in" on his success in Beijing. Hoy said he was annoyed at being drawn into the debate on whether there should be... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17498909/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:16:30 -0400 BBC http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17498909/ Rice set for historic Libya visit US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was today due to make the first visit to Libya by the top US diplomat since 1953. http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17498950/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:01:54 -0400 The Australian http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17498950/ Severe weather warnings are in force for all 22 Welsh counties, with forecasters predicting heavy rain and strong winds during the morning. Up to 2ins (50mm) of rain is expected over the next few hou... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17498915/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:16:27 -0400 BBC http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17498915/ MEXICO CITY : The United States State Department said Thursday that it had offered humanitarian aid to Cuban victims of Hurricane Gustav, provided that it went through relief organizations and not the... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17498929/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:13:47 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17498929/ By Nahal Toosi Islamabad - Parliament passed resolutions on Thursday condemning an American-led attack in Pakistani territory after the government summoned the US ambassador to protest against the ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17498953/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:11:25 -0400 IOL http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/17498953/