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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page St Louis Star.com http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/10/id/2411cd3571b4f088/ en-us Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:33:44 -0400 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:33:44 -0400 30 Campaign officials for Barack Obama say his new running mate will join the Democratic hopeful onstage this coming weekend in Springfield, Illinois. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396528/cs/1/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:40:30 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396528/cs/1/ Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has accused NATO of overemphasising its support of Georgia after the alliance declared there could no longer be business as usual with Russia. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396519/cs/1/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:12:01 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396519/cs/1/ Jordan and China have signed an agreement for cooperating in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, mainly in electricity generation and water desalination. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396513/cs/1/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:01:25 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396513/cs/1/ Russia and Georgia exchanged prisoners Tuesday as Russian troops slowly began pulling out of the conflict region in Georgia. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396518/cs/1/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:10:33 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396518/cs/1/ The leaders of Pakistan's ruling coalition have failed to agree on a consensus candidate to succeed Pervez Musharraf as president, to provide him indemnity and to work out the modalities of restoring the judges who were sacked after an emergency was declared last year. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396523/cs/1/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:22:32 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396523/cs/1/ The United States says it will study any application for asylum by ex-Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf but has pointed out that no such bid had been made so far. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396517/cs/1/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:09:05 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396517/cs/1/ Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa has died in the Percy Military Hospital in Paris after being hospitalised there for more than a month. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396524/cs/1/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:26:47 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396524/cs/1/ Lawyers for Indian doctor,Mohamed Haneef, who was arrested in Australia on terrorism charges, which were later dropped, say he has been vindicated in a new enquiry which has criticised the methods of the Australian Federal Police. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396516/cs/1/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:05:53 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396516/cs/1/ NATO and the European Union have strongly condemned Tuesday's suicide bomb attack against a police academy in Algeria that left at least 43 people dead. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396514/cs/1/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:02:55 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396514/cs/1/ A stolen 1933 painting by the legendary Spanish painter Pablo Picasso has been found abandoned in Sao Paulo by the Brazilian police. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396512/cs/1/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:59:45 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396512/cs/1/ NATO should take a strong line with Russia over its use of force in the conflict with Georgia, but that strong line should not imperil NATO-Russia dialogue, the alliance's foreign ministers said at an emergency meeting in Brussels Tuesday. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396282/cs/1/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 06:00:27 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396282/cs/1/ Two senior Congress leaders in India and three others have been charged by the Punjab vigilance department for the illegal construction of a building on government land in Amritsar city. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396511/cs/1/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:58:28 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396511/cs/1/ Freestyle wrestler Sushil Kumar went down in the opening round of the men's 66 kg freestyle competition, but he is still alive in the Games, as his conqueror fought his way through to the final Wednesday. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396635/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:00:24 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396635/cs/1/ The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), which begins Sep 3, will be a lighter affair this year in terms of film themes and their numbers. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396632/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:00:17 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396632/cs/1/ Miss Nepal, Nepal's oldest and best-known beauty pageant, has become the first casualty of the new Maoist government, with the organisers mulling scrapping it after the former rebels announced a Kathmandu closure and a boycott of Indian ayurvedic giant Dabur, the main sponsor of the show. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396631/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:00:13 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396631/cs/1/ Coal burning contaminated the Arctic and potentially affected human health and ecosystems in and around the polar regions, according to a new study. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396629/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:00:06 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396629/cs/1/ Colombo, Aug 20 (Xinhua) The Sri Lankan government Wednesday urged the international community to put pressure on the Tamil Tigers to allow civilians to leave the conflict zones to safety. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396628/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:00:03 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396628/cs/1/ Troubled singer Amy Winehouse and her husband have become neighbours - the 'Back to black' singer has booked into a clinic which is only a short drive from the jail where Blake Fielder-Civil is kept. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396616/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:01:27 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396616/cs/1/ As a breach in a river barrage turned over 50,000 people homeless in southern Nepal and threatened thousands more in neighbouring India, the Indian government rejected allegations that its negligence had caused the disaster, putting the blame squarely back on Nepal. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396608/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:01:17 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396608/cs/1/ Actress Megan Fox is trying to be an ideal stepmother-to-be for fiance Brian Austen Green's son Kassius and says she even feels guilty when she has to travel for shootings. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396606/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:01:12 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396606/cs/1/ An off-colour Achanta Sharath Kamal was full of errors as he went down 1-4 to a much higher ranked Chen Wiexing, a Chinese-born Austrian, in the second round of the men's singles table tennis competition Wednesday. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396598/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:00:59 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396598/cs/1/ Minority teens need to be helped to better understand how the emergency contraception pill works and eliminate some misconceptions about side-effects, confidentiality and accessibility, according to a new study. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396595/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:00:47 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396595/cs/1/ The US has offered to help Pakistan establish a drug regulatory authority to ensure the availability of safe, efficacious and quality medicines. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396594/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:00:43 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396594/cs/1/ The picture postcard land of lakes, reindeers and the mystic Santa Claus - Finland - has caught the Indian traveller's fancy. Statistics reveal that the number of Indian tourists to the small Nordic country has jumped by over 50 percent in the last one year. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396591/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:00:38 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396591/cs/1/ Individuals holding senior positions or authority have higher levels of interpersonal conflict, according to a new study. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396589/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:00:36 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396589/cs/1/ "Basic Instinct" star Sharon Stone is reportedly dating a man who is less than half her age. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396585/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:00:32 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396585/cs/1/ Bangladesh's elite force Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) prevented 25 people from being transported illegally to India, even as the two South Asian neighbours are set to take up contentious issues pertaining to border management at talks beginning Wednesday. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396580/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:00:19 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396580/cs/1/ On his first day out of power, former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf heard his favourite Hindi song 'Chal udja re panchhi, yeh desh hua diwana' (fly away bird, this country is no longer yours) but assured friends that he would not run away, writes a prominent Pakistani journalist. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396577/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:00:06 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396577/cs/1/ Islamabad, Aug 20 (Xinhua) At least 21 people were killed and 35 injured in tribal clashes in northwest Pakistan's Kurram tribal agency Wednesday. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396575/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:00:02 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396575/cs/1/ Indian car maker Tata Motors, which is planning to produce the world's cheapest car selling at 1,700 euros ($2,600), also has plans to produce an electric-drive version, according to a German press report. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396570/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:01:10 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396570/cs/1/ Chinese security personnel detained five American pro-Tibet activists after they unfurled a banner in Beijing's Olympic Park. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396569/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:01:07 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396569/cs/1/ Tom Cruise is eyeing a comic book adaptation as one of three new films he hopes will turn around his stalling career, according to the Hollywood Reporter. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396567/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:01:01 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396567/cs/1/ The United Arab Emirates' (UAE) Ministry of Economy has launched a comprehensive nationwide price control campaign to prevent manipulation and monopoly and ensure smooth supply of food items during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396565/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:00:53 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396565/cs/1/ Two new high-rises, designed to architecturally mimic the movement of sand dunes in the desert, will soon come up in this capital city of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396564/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:00:50 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396564/cs/1/ The United Arab Emirates' (UAE) health ministry is working hard to develop the necessary infrastructure to boost the country's medical tourism sector. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396563/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:00:43 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396563/cs/1/ US President George W. Bush is expected to have high-level contacts with the new government of Pakistan soon, but the White House would not say if and when he would call his 'personal friend' Pervez Musharraf. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396562/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:00:39 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396562/cs/1/ In a poll outcome set to delight children worldwide, British adults have voted Enid Blyton, Roald Dahl and J.K. Rowling as their three favourite writers, putting them well ahead of authors of the critically acclaimed 'serious stuff'. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396561/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:00:32 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396561/cs/1/ India will hold a special briefing for the 45 members of the Nuclear Suppliers' Group (NSG) later Wednesday in an effort to get the existing ban that prevents nuclear commerce between NSG countries and New Delhi lifted. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396560/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:00:16 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396560/cs/1/ Two new categories recognising excellence in corporate social responsibility and supply chain and logistics management have been included in an annual business award in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396559/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:00:10 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396559/cs/1/ The United Arab Emirates' (UAE) international luxury executive airline Royal Jet has announced a new fare structure for the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396553/cs/1/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:00:19 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396553/cs/1/ Zimbabwe's parliament will convene next week almost five months after the elections, with state radio Tuesday quoting parliament clerk Austin Zvoma saying that preparations were at 'an advanced stage'. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396540/cs/1/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:00:57 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396540/cs/1/ US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has cancelled plans to attend the closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games in Beijing Sunday, the White House said. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396539/cs/1/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:00:54 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396539/cs/1/ On her way from India to the Democratic Convention in Denver, Colorado, party delegate Carolyn Sauvage-Mar bought carbon credits. Ninety dollars was all it took to neutralise the emissions from her round trip of 24,000 km between New Delhi and the Western city where centre-left party delegates gather Monday. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396538/cs/1/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:00:47 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396538/cs/1/ Discovering the advantages of international love, volunteering to try out one of the more than 100,000 condoms being handed out in the Village, or simply out to party is an Olympic experience down to the last drop. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396536/cs/1/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:00:36 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396536/cs/1/ At least 17 people have been killed and 15 injured when a truck they were travelling in flipped over on a highway in southeastern Brazil, EFE news agency reported Wednesday, citing police officials. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396535/cs/1/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:00:34 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396535/cs/1/ US stocks declined Tuesday after producer prices surged and housing construction plummeted by the most in 17 years, prompting investor concerns that the US has entered a prolonged period of low growth and high inflation. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396533/cs/1/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:00:24 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396533/cs/1/ Sunni Muslim militant groups have suspended their unity accord with the Lebanese Shia movement Hezbollah, just 24 hours after it was announced at a press conference in Beirut. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396532/cs/1/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:00:16 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396532/cs/1/ A major fire erupted Tuesday in the building housing Egypt's Shura Council or upper house of parliament, injuring at least 13 people, security sources said. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396530/cs/1/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:00:05 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396530/cs/1/ Hollywood actor Danny Glover has alleged that Hollywood studio bosses are racist after he failed to secure financial aid for a biopic of revolutionary Haitian leader Toussaint L'Ouverture. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396508/cs/1/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:00:41 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396508/cs/1/ Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise is reportedly set to become a superhero in an adaptation of comic book classic 'Sleeper'. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396506/cs/1/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:00:34 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396506/cs/1/ NATO and the European Union (EU) strongly condemned Tuesday's suicide bomb attack against a police academy in Algeria that left at least 43 people dead. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396502/cs/1/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:00:22 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396502/cs/1/ Tbilisi/Russia and Georgia exchanged prisoners Tuesday as Russian troops slowly began pulling out of the conflict region in Georgia. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396500/cs/1/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:00:02 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396500/cs/1/ The leaders of Pakistan's ruling coalition Tuesday failed to agree on a consensus candidate to succeed Pervez Musharraf as president, to provide him indemnity and to work out the modalities of restoring the judges who were sacked after an emergency was declared last year. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396492/cs/1/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:00:17 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396492/cs/1/ Argentina's Sergio Aguero scored twice and Juan Riquelme converted from the penalty spot as the defending champions beat arch-rivals Brazil 3-0 Tuesday to book their place in the final of the Olympic football tournament. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396489/cs/1/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:00:05 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396489/cs/1/ The US media Tuesday warned of the dangers posed by the added uncertainty caused by Pervez Musharraf's resignation as Pakistan president to US efforts against Al Qaeda with one daily raising the spectre of a nuclear war between India and Pakistan. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396482/cs/1/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:01:01 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396482/cs/1/ At least 23 people, including two policemen, were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up in a hospital in Pakistan's restive North West Frontier Province (NWFP), officials said. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396479/cs/1/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:00:48 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396479/cs/1/ A senior US official's reported remark that former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf was free to go wherever he wants has set off speculation about his new home. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396474/cs/1/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:00:29 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396474/cs/1/ Dhaka, Aug 19 (Xinhua) At least five people were killed and 16 injured Tuesday in a head-on collision between a night coach and a truck in Bangladesh's northwestern Rangpur district, a media report said. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396472/cs/1/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:00:17 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396472/cs/1/ Pop star Madonna was left disappointed after her 50th birthday celebrations when several of her guests failed to turn up. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396468/cs/1/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:00:04 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396468/cs/1/ Paddler Achanta Sharath Kamal was the only saving grace for India after a disastrous show by long jumper Anju Bobby George at the Olympic Games here Tuesday. But the numerous fans back home would be more interested in the action in the ring Wednesday, with two boxers both a bout away from a medal. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396467/cs/1/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:00:55 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396467/cs/1/ Military observers of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) will be deployed in Georgia starting this week, after Georgia and Russia reached a compromise and the organisation approved the mission Tuesday. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396446/cs/1/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:00:14 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396446/cs/1/ The United Arab Emirates' (UAE) Federal National Council (FNC) has a sent a copy of its statement over the recent Iranian action of setting up offices in UAE's Abu Mousa island to the Arab Parliament Union (APU). http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396433/cs/1/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:00:38 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396433/cs/1/ Tehran, Aug 19 (Xinhua) Iran has asked its energy companies to look for potential sites to set up more nuclear power plants in the country, a senior official said. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396427/cs/1/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:00:26 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396427/cs/1/ Ten NATO-led French soldiers were killed Tuesday morning in a clash with Taliban militants east of Kabul, officials said. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396378/cs/1/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:00:33 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396378/cs/1/ The Olympic Games have sent the sales of snacks soaring in China. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396374/cs/1/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:00:21 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396374/cs/1/ The concluding ceremony of the Olympic Games Sunday will be performed unrehearsed unlike its spectacular opening ceremony which was repeatedly rehearsed at the National Stadium. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396373/cs/1/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:00:15 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396373/cs/1/ The Olympic Village in Beijing besides being an athlete's compound is also a place where the players can get to know Chinese culture. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396371/cs/1/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:00:06 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396371/cs/1/ The Indian government has offered scholarships to 41 Sri Lankan government schoolteachers to undergo a special English training course at the reputed English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU) in Hyderabad. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396362/cs/1/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:01:21 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396362/cs/1/ Vijender Kumar and Jitender Kumar, who present the new face of Indian boxing, and possibly sport, get into the ring for their quarter-finals Wednesday. And that may be India's last and best chance of a second - and maybe even a third - Olympic medal after a series of disappointments over the past few days. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396359/cs/1/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:01:09 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396359/cs/1/ The overwhelming success of the Indian Premier League has made the Australian Football League (AFL) turn to India for all the right reasons. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396353/cs/1/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:00:55 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396353/cs/1/ Nepal's Maoist chief Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda', who was sworn in as the republic's first prime minister Monday, faced his first crisis within 24 hours as floods ravaged the border area, leaving over 35,000 people homeless. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396350/cs/1/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:00:42 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396350/cs/1/ Zimbabwe's inflation rate reached a new high of 11.2 million percent in June, state media reported, quoting figures from the central statistics office. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396336/cs/1/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:01:09 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396336/cs/1/ Algiers/At least 12 people, including 11 security officials, were killed when suspected Islamist terrorists attacked a military convoy near the coastal town of Skikda, 350 km east of Algiers, French radio reported Tuesday. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396326/cs/1/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:00:48 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396326/cs/1/ Bahrain has commissioned leading American provider of credit information on businesses and corporations Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) to conduct a detailed study of the Gulf nation's small and medium enterprises (SME) sector. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396323/cs/1/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:00:34 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396323/cs/1/ A cell of young Pakistani-origin men found guilty of terror offences may have been plotting to attack the queen and other members of the British royal family, a newspaper reported Tuesday. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396321/cs/1/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:00:22 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396321/cs/1/ Singapore, Aug 19 (Xinhua) Navies from six Southeast Asian nations, together with the US Navy, are taking part in an annual anti-terror maritime exercise, Singapore's defence ministry said Tuesday. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396290/cs/1/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 06:00:33 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396290/cs/1/ At least 20 people were killed Tuesday when a bomb exploded in a hospital in Pakistan's northwest city of Dera Ismail Khan, an official said. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396285/cs/1/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 06:00:30 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396285/cs/1/ Researchers are examining 3-D imaging to reveal correlations in facial features and brain structures of autistic children, in a bid to develop a formula for the condition's earlier detection. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396275/cs/1/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 06:00:18 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/396275/cs/1/ BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) -- British glam rocker Gary Glitter was refused entry into Thailand, officials said Wednesday, a day after the convicted child molester was freed by Vietnam following nearly thr... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17038986/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:09:28 -0400 Associated Press http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17038986/ When his boss at the Long Island Marriott Hotel asked Army Spc. André Darnell Mitchell why he joined the military, he had an answer ready. "The love of my mother, the love of my country, and I'm g... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17038958/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:55:17 -0400 Newsday http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17038958/ EMBARRASSED Australian officials have apologised to New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark after an internal briefing paper portraying her as left-wing and controlling was handed to journalists. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17038176/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:31:27 -0400 The Australian http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17038176/ The RBA will soon have discussions with PayPal on how the latter can accommodate its wishes. "There isn't a fixed date set yet," an RBA spokesperson said. "It won't be just one discus... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17038172/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:31:05 -0400 The Australian http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17038172/ ACTING Prime Minister Julia Gillard has defended slashing ministerial staff numbers amid warnings that public service cuts have put operational support for the Northern Territory intervention at risk. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17038171/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:30:51 -0400 The Australian http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17038171/ MANILA, Philippines – A powerful typhoon packing winds of 87 mph battered the northern Philippines with heavy rains Wednesday, closing schools and putting authorities on alert for flash floods a... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17038968/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:27:52 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17038968/ Scarlett Johansson in an advert for Louis Vuitton. Photograph: PR EBay will unveil sweeping changes today to encourage more fixed-price sellers as part of a wider attempt to transform the business f... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17038990/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:09:44 -0400 The Guardian http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17038990/ RALEIGH, N.C. — A mental patient died after workers at a North Carolina hospital left him in a chair for 22 hours without feeding him or helping him use the bathroom, said federal officials who h... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17038928/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:09:27 -0400 Globe and Mail http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17038928/ Sarron Malot, an 18-year-old cook, appeared in Napier District Court on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island today where he admitted peeing into council ticket machines. He has become the but... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17038179/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:31:13 -0400 The Australian http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17038179/ French President Nicolas Sarkozy visited a military chapel in Kabul on Wednesday where the bodies of 10 French soldiers killed in battle lay before they were to be flown home. Sarkozy spoke to French... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17038195/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:11:03 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17038195/ "You can say the man was still in his senses despite his injuries. He couldn't speak, but he communicated with gestures,'' police captain Herman Ruben Gab told Telam news agency after he responde... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17038180/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:31:11 -0400 The Australian http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17038180/ Radovan Karadzic alleges judge who presided at his first hearing is biased Karadzic wants him disqualified from hearing the war crimes case against him The former Bosnian Serb president is charged wit... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17038997/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:04:44 -0400 CNN http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17038997/ The former Bundaberg Base Hospital employee was extradited from the US and is on bail in Brisbane awaiting trial on 14 criminal charges. Dr Patel is facing three charges of manslaughter, two charges o... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17038170/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:30:53 -0400 The Australian http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17038170/ KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Armed pirates have seized a Malaysian tanker carrying palm oil and more than 20 crew members in the Gulf of Eden off the coast of Somalia, the fourth such hijacking in a... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17038988/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:09:29 -0400 Associated Press http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17038988/ BEIJING : For years, the swimmer Larisa Ilchenko of Russia has been as dominant in her races as Michael Phelps has been. The difference was that until 2008, Ilchenko's specialty, the 10 kilometer... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17038197/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:11:04 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17038197/ MOSCOW: President Dmitry Medvedev has issued a fresh commitment to withdraw almost all Russian troops from Georgia before the weekend as NATO-Russia relations plunged to their lowest ebb in years. In ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17038202/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:04:07 -0400 Channel News Asia http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17038202/ Kathmandu: Several people were missing in eastern Nepal on Wednesday after villages were flooded and a main highway and communication systems were cut. Army helicopters were rescuing people from rooft... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17038992/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:11:45 -0400 Gulf News http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17038992/ URUMQI, China (AP) -- As police with riot clubs patrolled nearby, a merchant whispered that he feared a sweeping crackdown in China's northwestern Muslim region once the Olympic spotlight fades. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17038987/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:09:28 -0400 Associated Press http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17038987/ UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations commemorated the fifth anniversary of the bombing of its office in Baghdad that killed 22 staffers, including top envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello. UN chief Ban Ki-moon ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17038204/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:04:17 -0400 Channel News Asia http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17038204/ Man brought guns to his teen children's party after scuffle, police say Victim left party and returned with friends before shooting Attorney says father acted to defend himself and his children Two mo... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17038206/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:04:52 -0400 CNN http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17038206/ The overhaul will concentrate on three key areas, infrastructure, real estate and leasing, amid a tighter corporate structure. Long-time Babcock friend and deputy chairwoman Elizabeth Nosworthy will a... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17038175/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:31:09 -0400 The Australian http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17038175/ Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made the expected laudatory statements, expressing "deep gratitude" for Musharraf's support in the war on terrorism and noting that he "made the critical choice to ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17038996/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:02:34 -0400 Corpus Christi Caller-Times http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/17038996/