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Vice President Dick Cheney is joined by Mrs. Lynne Cheney, President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko and Mrs. Kateryna Yushchenko, in presenting memorial baskets Friday, Sept. 5, 2008, at the Holodomar Memorial at St. Michael's Square in Kiev.

Cheney calls for Ukraine to strengthen ties to West
Canada Dot Com

KIEV - U.S. Vice-President Dick Cheney appealed to Ukraine's divided leaders on Friday to unite and forge closer links with the West, pledging Washington's support for Kiev to join the NATO military alliance. Cheney was visiting amid a political crisis in Ukraine which has split the ruling coalition and sparked fresh debate about whether the former...

photo: White House / David Bohrer

Opinion Worldwide

Robert Fisk: It's never good to swap people for bodies
The Independent

Al-Jazeera - much praised by the now-dying US administration until it started reporting the...

Leading article: Amid the tumult, it's the fight for the centre that will count
The Independent

In this extraordinary US election year, two extraordinary political journeys are now one step...

'This person loves Jesus'
The Guardian

Sarah Palin's road from mayor of a small Alaskan town to John McCain's running mate is littered...

Washington offers aid to help Cuba recover from Gustav damage

The Boston Globe

LA PALMA, Cuba - The United States has offered Cuba $100,000 in emergency aid for the victims of Hurricane Gustav and is willing to send far more if a US-approved disaster assessment team is allowed to tour the hardest-hit areas. All aid would be...
photo: FEMA / Jacinta Quesada

Hanna deluges North Carolina coast

The News & Observer

RALEIGH - Tropical Storm Hanna was expected to hit North Carolina overnight, dumping rain in stop-start bursts and whipping the Triangle with 40-mph winds. The tropical cyclone that teased the state for a week was expected to wrap up...
photo: FEMA / Barry Bahler

11 airlines face FAA safety probe

Passenger planes are parked at Newark International Airport terminals in this aerial photo on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2007, in New Jersey. The Commerce Department reported Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2007 that orders for durable goods, everything from commercial jetliners to home appliances, fell by 4.9 percent in August, the biggest decline since a 6.1 percent fall in J

The Boston Globe

WASHINGTON - Eleven US airlines face investigations and possible fines for not following safety directives, the Federal Aviation Administration said. FAA audits found 17 cases in which...
photo: AP / Mark Lennihan

Malaysia's leader vows to foil opposition takeover

Malaysia Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi makes an a keynote address to commemorate the opening ceremony of the Small Market Enterprise Convention (SMIDEX 2007) held in Kuala Lumpur, Wednesday, June 6, 2007. Malaysia´s widower Prime Minister Ab

The Charlotte Observer

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia Malaysia's prime minister has vowed to foil opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim's plan to seize power, but denied trying to send government lawmakers on an overseas trip to hamper them from defecting to the opposition. Anwar has...
photo: AP Photo/Marcus Yam

UN sees storms add to hard-hit Haiti's food crisis

Member of the Brazilian battalion of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) assists an elderly woman carry her bag of rice from the distribution centre.

The Guardian

AP Photo XAC106By JOHN HEILPRIN Associated Press Writer UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Flooding in Haiti from three major storms has killed scores of people and ``washed away'' progress toward dealing with ongoing food shortages, the top-ranking U.N....
photo: UN / Logan Abassi

Boeing machinists to strike as contract talks fail

Boeing worker Paul Burton holds a picket sign as he yells during a rally Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008, at Machinists union headquarters in Seattle prior to learning that although union members voted Wednesday to reject the Boeing Co.'s contract offer and to authorize a strike, union negotiators agreed to return to the table for 48 hours in contract negotiations with the Boeing Co. Their walkout was set to begin at 12:01 a.m. PDT Thursday but was put on hold after their expiring contract _ covering more than 27,000 workers _ was extended 48 hours at the request of Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire and a federal mediator. Workers had gathered at the Machinists union headquarters in Seattle to learn voting results and the overall mood after the annoucement was one of displeasure with union leaders for returning to the tab

The Boston Globe

NEW YORK/EVERETT, Washington (Reuters) - Co's <BA.N> 27,000-strong machinists' union declared it will strike at midnight Pacific time on Friday, as the plane maker failed to improve its contract offer after two days of emergency talks. "Despite...
photo: AP / Ted S. Warren

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