Saturday, 06 September 2008
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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
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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

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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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