TOP NEWS ( Reuters )
Bush advised to back modest troop cuts in IraqWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top U.S. defense officials have recommended that President George W. Bush withdraw one combat brigade from Iraq but not until early next year, Pentagon sources said on Thursday.
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:04:00 -0400Lobbyist Abramoff gets 4 more years in prisonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff was sentenced on Thursday to serve four more years in prison in a corruption scandal that rocked Washington's power elite and helped Republicans lose control of Congress.
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:16:59 -0400Detroit mayor pleads guilty, to leave officeDETROIT (Reuters) - Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick pleaded guilty on Thursday to obstruction of justice in a plea agreement that forces him from office and caps a scandal that had threatened to spill over into the U.S. presidential campaign in a key battleground state.
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:33:46 -0400Hurricane Ike threatens Bahamas, Hanna toll growsGONAIVES, Haiti (Reuters) - Powerful Hurricane Ike weakened slightly as it charged across the Atlantic toward the Bahamas and the United States on Thursday while Tropical Storm Hanna's death toll from floods in Haiti grew to 136.
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:23:20 -0400Rice set for historic Libya visit, meeting GaddafiLISBON (Reuters) - Condoleezza Rice travels to Libya on Friday, the first trip there by a U.S. secretary of state in 55 years, signaling improved ties between the two countries.
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:46:52 -0400Russia, NATO loom in Cheney's Ukraine visitKIEV (Reuters) - Vice President Dick Cheney will reassure Ukrainian leaders of U.S. backing on Friday as they grapple with a domestic political crisis and face up to the fallout from Russia's conflict with Georgia.
Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:25:18 -0400New book says U.S. spied on Iraqi leaders: reportWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has spied on Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and other Iraqi leaders, according to U.S. journalist Bob Woodward's fourth book on President George W. Bush, The Washington Post reported on Friday.
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 01:26:16 -0400Undated video shows Qaeda leader reported killedDUBAI (Reuters) - Al Qaeda issued on Friday an Internet video featuring senior group leader Mustafa Abu al-Yazid who was reported to have been killed last month, but it was not immediately clear when the footage was made.
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 01:27:58 -0400Alaska gas project hailed by Palin still embryonicANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A long-delayed natural gas pipeline championed by Gov. Sarah Palin that would carry supplies from Alaska to Canada and then to the lower 48 states exists in concept only and is years away from fruition.
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