Tuesday, August 17, 2010

State Of Affairs World

Blagojevich jabs prosecutors after conviction on one count

Montreal Gazette - ‎1 hour ago‎
By Jeff Coen, John Chase, Bob Secter, Stacy St. Clair and Kristen Mack, Chicago Tribune August 17, 2010 8:28 PM Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich arrives at the courthouse to hear the verdict in his corruption trial on Aug. 17, 2010 in Chicago, ...
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Blagojevich jabs prosecutors after conviction on one count

Montreal Gazette - ‎1 hour ago‎
By Jeff Coen, John Chase, Bob Secter, Stacy St. Clair and Kristen Mack, Chicago Tribune August 17, 2010 8:28 PM Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich arrives at the courthouse to hear the verdict in his corruption trial on Aug. 17, 2010 in Chicago, ...

Suicide Bomber Kills Dozens in Attack on Iraqi Army Recruits

New York Times - Stephen Farrell, Khalid D. Ali - ‎30 minutes ago‎
Men carried the coffin of one of the victims in a suicide bomb attack on Tuesday after delivering the body to the Ministry of Health's morgue in Baghdad.

Pakistan aid 'will reach victims'

BBC News - ‎31 minutes ago‎
Pakistan has sought to reassure international donors that funds to help victims of its devastating flooding will not fall into extremists' hands.

Rights groups: Controversial photos are 'the norm'

Ha'aretz - Liel Kyzer, Anshel Pfeffer - ‎2 hours ago‎
The photos posted on Facebook and showing Israel Defense Forces soldiers next to handcuffed and blindfolded Palestinian detainees represent the norm, not the exception, human rights organization Breaking the Silence ...

'Israel has days to strike Bushehr'

Jerusalem Post - Hilary Leila Krieger - ‎3 hours ago‎
WASHINGTON - Israel has only mere days to launch an attack on Iran's Bushehr nuclear reactor if Russia makes good on its plan to deliver fuel there this weekend, former US ambassador to the UN John Bolton warned Tuesday.

'Glenn Beck': President Obama and the Wisdom of the Ground Zero Mosque

FOXNews - ‎7 hours ago‎
This is a rush transcript from "Glenn Beck," August 16, 2010. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated.

NATO soldiers among dozens killed in Afghan unrest

AFP - ‎10 hours ago‎
KABUL - Three NATO soldiers and more than two dozen other people including women and children were killed in a wave of violence across war-troubled Afghanistan Tuesday, authorities said.

Suicide Bomber Kills Dozens in Attack on Iraqi Army Recruits

New York Times - Stephen Farrell, Khalid D. Ali - ‎27 minutes ago‎
Men carried the coffin of one of the victims in a suicide bomb attack on Tuesday after delivering the body to the Ministry of Health's morgue in Baghdad.
AFP - Washington Post - The Associated Press

HST is a federal tax, BC government argues

Globe and Mail - ‎3 hours ago‎
Former British Columbia premier Bill Vander Zalm waits to board a ferry in Tsawwassen, BC, on Wednesday June 30, 2010, to deliver anti-HST petitions which contain more than 700000 signatures to Elections BC in Victoria.
B.C. government says in court HST is constitutional Vancouver Sun

Australian Dollar Trades Near One-Week High on Stocks, BHP Bid for Potash

Bloomberg - Candice Zachariahs - ‎1 hour ago‎
The Australian dollar traded near a one-week high as US equities climbed and a takeover bid by BHP Billiton Ltd. for the world's largest fertilizer producer boosted demand for commodity-backed ...

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