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Hurricane Ike blows through the trees just after daybreak on the island of Providenciales, in the Turks & Caicos Islands, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008. Ike roared across the low-lying Turks and Caicos island chain before dawn Sunday as people in the British territory sought refuge in emergency shelters or in their

Killer Ike blasts Bahamas, floods Haiti, hits Cuba
The Guardian

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press Writer CAMAGUEY, Cuba (AP) - Hurricane Ike bore down on Cuba after roaring across low-lying islands Sunday, tearing apart houses, wiping out crops and worsening floods in Haiti that have already killed more than 300 people. With Ike forecast to sweep across Cuba and possibly hit Havana head-on, hundreds of...

photo: AP / Brennan Linsley

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Leading article: Sarkozy's small steps in Moscow
The Independent

Nicolas Sarkozy faces a hard task when he travels to Moscow today in an attempt to bridge...

Daniel Howden: Hope for Africa lies in political reforms
The Independent

There is already famine in Africa but it is not the fault of the Soil Association or British...

Sean O'Grady: The world depends on the two Fs
The Independent

"Too big to fail" is an expression that well suits Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The US Treasury...

Brown to defy cabinet critics with string of new policies

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown addresses the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem, Monday July 21, 2008. Brown on Monday slammed Iranian calls for Israel's destruction and pledged that Britain would remain at the forefront of efforts to block Tehran's efforts to acquire nuclear a

The Independent

A defiant Gordon Brown will take on his critics in the Cabinet today by pledging to confront and overcome his problems, in a personal appeal to ministers to back his forthcoming "policy blitz" and save his embattled leadership. At a specially...
photo: AP / Ahikam Seri, Pool

Nadal has no reply as Murray comes of age

Andy Murray, of Britain, watches a shot from Rafael Nadal, of Spain, during their semifinal match at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, Sunday, Sept. 7,

The Guardian

After Hurricane Hanna came the hurricane from Spain, as Andy Murray quickly discovered last night when he resumed his US Open semi-final against Rafael Nadal only to discover the player he had becalmed before the storm arrived the previous day had...
photo: AP / Elise Amendola

Wall Street may cheer Fannie, Freddie bailout

Trading takes place on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, March 18, 2008. Stocks rallied as investors, relieved by better-than-expected results from Lehman Brothers and Goldman Sachs, also anticipated a massive interest rate cut from the Federal Reserve. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)hg3

Houston Chronicle

NEW YORK - Wall Street finally got what it's been angling for: a bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac that could aid a recovery of the broken U.S. housing market and arrest a slide in stock and credit markets worldwide. Overall, the move is a...
photo: AP / Henny Ray Abrams

Reliance Acquires

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Wall Street Journal

MUMBAI -- In its latest foray into the U.S. entertainment industry, Reliance ADA Group of India has bought a U.S. Web site that lets cricket fans around the world watch their favorite teams play. Rajesh Sawhney, president of Reliance Entertainment, a...
photo: PIB

Hunger in Africa blamed on western rejection of GM food

A Ethiopian child wait in his mother's arms in Dire Kiltu with other Ethiopians in southeastern Ethiopia, Jan. 18, 2003 for the visit of WFP director James Morris who was assessing the worsening food shortage in Ethiopia. A prolonged severe drought and poor infrastructure in the Horn of Africa nation have resulted in severe food shortages and the threat of starvation for more than 11 million people in the country that is regularly beset by food probl

The Guardian

The rise of organic farming and rejection of GM crops in Britain and other developed countries is largely to blame for the impoverishment of Africa, according to the government's former chief scientist. Sir David King, who left the job at the end of...
photo: AP / Khalid Kazzih

Bush: Takeover of housing giants 'critical'

President Bush turns to Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, left, in the White House briefing room in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2008, during an announcement that he and leaders of the Democratic-led Congress have agreed to work together on an economic stimulus package to boost the sagging U.S. economy.

The Oklahoman

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush said Sunday that the historic federal government takeover of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is needed to keep them from failing, a risk he called "unacceptable" for an economy battered by...
photo: AP Photo / J. Scott Applewhite

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