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Choose a page number: 1 News and Media RSS FeedsUS takes over key mortgage firms - The US government announces plans for the takeover of failing mortgage giants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae....Feed Source: news.bbc.co.uk Caribbean lashed by Hurricane Ike - Thousands of people hunker down across the Caribbean as Hurricane Ike pounds the region, on course for Cuba.... Canadian PM calls snap election - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper calls an early election in a bid to strengthen his minority government.... Shun meat, says UN climate chief - People should consider eating less meat as a way to tackle global warming, says the UN's top climate scientist.... Kandahar rocked by suicide blasts - Two suicide bomb blasts kill at least two people and injure 29 in a police station in the Afghan city of Kandahar, officials say.... Angolan MPLA set for big poll win - Angola's ruling MPLA party is heading for a landslide win in parliamentary polls, preliminary results show.... MDC challenges Mugabe to new vote - Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai challenges President Mugabe to hold new polls if he will not share power.... Cairo rockslide search continues - Rescuers in Cairo continue their search for survivors after a rockslide hit dozens of homes in Egypt's capital, killing at least 30 people.... Silent movie star Page dies at 98 - Actress Anita Page, who starred alongside Buster Keaton and Joan Crawford, dies aged 98 in Los Angeles.... Polish dancers win Eurovision dance contest - Poland won the second Eurovision Dance Contest, which was held in Glasgow before a television audience of millions.... Hamilton fights back for Spa win - McLaren's Lewis Hamilton takes a dramatic victory in the Belgian Grand Prix as long-time leader Kimi Raikkonen crashes out.... Capello angry with Cole & Rooney - England coach Fabio Capello says he vented his fury at Joe Cole and Wayne Rooney for not following instructions against Andorra.... Murray hoping to finish off Nadal - Andy Murray is hoping to continue where he left off against Rafael Nadal when their US Open semi-final resumes on Sunday evening.... Cosmic colossus - An introduction to the world's biggest physics experiment... In pictures - Massive flood rescue operation in eastern India... Exclusive party - Swazi monarch celebrates as Aids orphans go hungry... Market forces - So how many economists to change a lightbulb?... Apartheid apology - University says sorry for denying black lecturer a job
... A class apart - The educational crisis in East Jerusalem... Rice in Rabat 'for terror talks' - Condoleezza Rice is expected to discuss the so-called war on terror in Morocco. ... US rivals to make 9/11 appearance - US presidential rivals Barack Obama and John McCain say they will appear together on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.... Hong Kong legislative polls open - Voters in Hong Kong choose between pro-government and more pro-democracy candidates in a hotly contested poll. ... Ukraine 'must live without fear' - The US vice-president reassures Ukraine that the US has a "deep and abiding interest" in the country's security. ... Rice in talks with Libya's Gaddafi - Condoleezza Rice meets Col Gaddafi in Libya in the latest step towards improving relations between the former enemies.... Bhutto's widower wins presidency - Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, wins a sweeping victory in Pakistan's presidential election.... Flood fears ease as rains lighten - Flood fears are easing as showers replace persistent rain across England and Wales and river levels stabilise.... US Boeing workers strike over pay - Workers at the world's biggest aircraft manufacturer, Boeing, go on strike in the US.... Vein tubes 'fitted needlessly' - A third of patients have unnecessary tubes inserted into veins when they are in hospital, pharmacists have warned.... 'Jules Verne' begins final voyage - Europe's space freighter undocks from the International Space Station after completing its mission to the orbiting platform.... Spears and Brand set for MTV show - Britney Spears will join Russell Brand to kick off the MTV Video Music Awards show in Los Angeles later.... One Laptop signs up with Amazon - Online retailer Amazon will help the One Laptop Per Child organisation with its plans to sell its XO laptop in the US.... Your say - What do you want the world to talk about?... An Iraqi Exodus - CAIRO -- Iraqi refugee Jenan Adnan Abdel-Jabbar arrived for the Iraqi government's free airlift back home with eight suitcases, five children and a knotted skein of hope and fear in her heart.
... In Kenya, Some Fear That Fissures Remain - NAIROBI -- In Kenya these days, tourists are slowly returning to safari camps across the Masai Mara game reserve. The economy is hobbling back to life, and the country's once-feuding political leaders often shake hands and exchange conciliatory words in public.
... International Group Backs Nuclear Accord For U.S., India - HYDERABAD, India, Sept. 6 -- International negotiators revoked a 34-year-old ban on nuclear trade with India on Saturday and backed a contentious nuclear energy agreement between the country and the United States.
... In Tunisia and Algeria, Rice Asks for Cooperation - ALGIERS, Sept. 7 -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice pressed leaders of two oil-rich, autocratic North African countries on Saturday for better cooperation on counterterrorism and help in reducing the number of detainees at Guantanamo Bay.
... Cheney Scolds Russia Over War in Georgia - CERNOBBIO, Italy, Sept. 6 -- Vice President Cheney on Saturday called Russia's actions in the conflict with Georgia an "affront to civilized standards" and urged Western nations to stand united against any effort by Russia to use its dominance as an energy supplier to intimidate its neighbors.
... Program Aids Veterans Entering Corporate World - NEW YORK -- Ed Pulido joined the Army at 18 and spent 19 years in uniform. He lost his left leg four years after being wounded by a roadside bomb in Baqubah, Iraq. And when he was discharged in 2005, with a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart, he decided to the devote the rest of his life to work with
... Residents of Flood-Prone N.Va. Areas Grow Weary - Alan Ruof used to love the rain: the fresh smell, the soothing sound of its patter as it fell. But now that his house has flooded or threatened to so many times and evacuation has become a routine drill, a rain such as that brought by Tropical Storm Hanna yesterday fills him with dread.
... Hanna Deals Relatively Soft Blow To Carolinas - RALEIGH, N.C., Sept. 6 -- Tropical Storm Hanna hit southeastern United States with whipping winds and rain Saturday but did not linger long enough to cause more than isolated flooding and power outages.
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