| |  English Rice presses Tunisia for reform The Guardian AP Photo NN116By MATTHEW LEE Associated Press Writer TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice pressed for democratic reform in Tunisia as she met Saturday with the president of this American ally and partner in the war on terrorism. ``We talked about internal matters here in Tunisia and about the course of reform,'' Rice told... photo: (AP Photo / Manuel Balce Ceneta) Outcry as Asif Ali Zardari is elected president of Pakistan The Guardian Traditional power brokers aghast at easy victory by widower of assassinated former leader Benazir Bhutto Pakistani security forces stand next to posters of the presidential candidates, including Asif Ali Zardari, centre. Photograph: Emilio Morenatti/AP Asif Ali Zardari easily won a parliamentary vote to become Pakistan's new president today despite... photo: AP / Emilio Morenatti Dalai Lama's brother dies at age 86 Canada Dot Com BEIJING - The Dalai Lama's brother, a Buddhist monk-turned-CIA translator who helped train Tibetan resistance fighters in a guerrilla war against Chinese rule, has died at his U.S. home. He was 86. The death of Taktser Rinpoche marked more than the passing of a major figure from the heyday of the Tibetan independence movement because it comes amid... photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang McCain: Stand up and fight News24 St Paul - Republican John McCain cast himself as an independent-minded reformer on Thursday, vowed "change is coming" if he is elected president and promised to create millions of jobs by developing new energy sources. "We will attack the problem on every front. We will produce more energy at home," he said in a speech to the Republican National... photo: AP / Paul Sancya Fierce Hurricane Ike targets Miami, Hanna nears The Star SALVO, N.C. (Reuters) - Fierce Hurricane Ike weakened slightly as it charged across the Atlantic on Friday and took aim at south Florida while Tropical Storm Hanna was set to crash ashore in the Carolinas after killing at least 136 people in Haiti. Hurricane Ike is located east-northeast of Grand Turk Island in this satellite image taken on... photo: UN / Logan Abassi Abramoff gets 4 years in lobbying scandal The Columbus Dispatch WASHINGTON -- Jack Abramoff, the once-powerful lobbyist at the heart of a far-reaching political-corruption scandal, was sentenced to four years in prison yesterday by a judge who said the case had shattered the public's confidence in government. Abramoff appeared crestfallen as the judge handed down a sentence lengthier than prosecutors had... photo: Public Domain Zimbabwe's opposition says lost faith in talks The Star HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's main opposition party has lost faith in power-sharing talks with President Robert Mugabe and will leave him to form a government alone rather than be forced into a deal, a party official said on Thursday. Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe attends the funeral service of the late Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa in... Party embraces the boyfriend, too The Australian LEVI Johnston, 18, fell under the full glare of the world's media attention yesterday when he stood on the tarmac with his 17-year-old pregnant girlfriend to be hugged by Republican presidential candidate John McCain. His girlfriend, Bristol Palin, is the daughter of Senator McCain's vice-presidential pick, Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin, who was... Mugabe: Deal expected soon News24 Harare - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe said a deal in power-sharing talks is expected this week, state radio reported on Thursday, a day after the opposition chief said negotiations had deadlocked. The radio also reported that South African President Thabo Mbeki, the mediator in the talks, was expected in Zimbabwe on Thursday as part of the... US stocks head to lower as oil advances Syracuse NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street headed for a lower open Thursday with higher oil prices, the release of August retail sales reports and pending economic data keeping investors on the sidelines. The price of crude moved to near $110 a barrel as Wall Street waited to see if a weekly U.S. inventory report would contain evidence that slowing economic... |
