World News
- Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae taken by US government
Toronto News.Net
The Bush administration has seized troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
- Obama promises middle class tax relief
Toronto News.Net
Democratic presidential nominee, Barack Obama, has described the US economy as fragile and has said he would press for middle-class tax cuts if elected.
- Ike becomes a storm over Cuba
Toronto News.Net
Hurricane Ike has been downgraded to a Category 3 storm, but meteorologists are still describing it as dangerous, with winds near 120 mph.
- Plastic bottles blamed for heart disease and diabetes
Toronto News.Net
The primary chemical used to produce hard plastics, such as bottles, can be a potential risk factor for metabolic syndrome.
- Israeli police say Olmert should be charged
Toronto News.Net
Prosecutors in Israel have been told by police investigators that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert should be indicted in over a corruption investigation.
- No Zimbabwe pact unless Mugabe power is reduced
Toronto News.Net
Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change has refused to sign a power-sharing agreement, saying President Robert Mugabe’s powers should be reduced.
- Hatred for US building in Pakistan
Toronto News.Net
The Pakistan Ambassador to the United States, Hussain Haqqani, has told reporters that unilateral actions by US forces in Pakistani territory will not help to the war against terror, but will spark fury among the people.
- Hurricane still spiralling through Caribbean
Toronto News.Net
Hurricane Ike has roared across the low-lying Turks and Caicos Islands in the Caribbean, causing people to seek refuge in shanty towns.
- Over 600,000 people stranded in Bangladesh floods
Toronto News.Net
At least 600,000 people have been stranded in Bangladesh in serious flooding.
- Pakistan bomb kills policemen and passersby
Toronto News.Net
At least 30 people, including five policemen, have been killed in a suicide car bomb attack in Pakistan.
- Sensitive UK computer data goes missing
Toronto News.Net
A computer firm in the UK has lost personal details relating to thousands of British prison staff, prompting the country's Justice Secretary, Jack Straw, to order an urgent inquiry into Electronic Data Systems.
- Presidential candidates to stand together on 9/11
Toronto News.Net
The US presidential rivals, Barack Obama and John McCain will appear together on the anniversary of Twin Tower attacks.
- Zadari becomes president in Pakistan
Toronto News.Net
Pakistan People's Party co-chairman, Asif Ali Zardari has been elected as the 11th President of the Pakistan.
- Hungry fishermen cause further flooding in Bihar
Toronto News.Net
The situation in India’s Bihar state is still grim, especially in the Bhagalpur District, even as authorities step up relief work in the flood-ravaged region.
- Germany makes payment to families of killed Afghan civilians
Toronto News.Net
Germany's Der Spiegel magazine has claimed the German Defence Ministry paid a total of $20,000 to the families of three Afghan civilians killed last month when German forces fired on them.
- Michael Reagan likens Palin to his father
Toronto News.Net
Former US President Ronald Reagan's son, Michael, says that watching Republican vice-presidential hopeful Sarah Palin made him feel like he was seeing his father.
- Age-defying Favre shines in Jets debut
MSNBC
Six months after Favre began a brief retirement, he made a stirring debut Sunday as Broadway Brett. But in the final minute the Dolphins marched down the field while Favre’s New York Jets clung to...
- On talk circuit, Obama and McCain highlight economy
International Herald Tribune
Senator Barack Obama said in a television interview on Sunday that the fall campaign should not be reduced to a "résumé contest" between the Democratic and Republican tickets but rather a...
- Video of Afghan raid found
USA Today
The military did not say what new information had emerged. But Afghan and Western officials say Afghanistan's intelligence agency and the U.N. both have video of the aftermath of the airstrikes on...
- Ailing Kennedy aims at January return to Senate
USA Today
Sen. Edward Kennedy, who has brain cancer, will not be on Capitol Hill this week when Congress returns from its summer break. He intends to work from his Massachusetts home...
- Iran solidifies control over Hizbullah
Jerusalem Post
Iran is consolidating its grip on Hizbullah and has instituted a number of structural changes to the Lebanese group, under which Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah no longer enjoys exclusive command over its...
- Hurricane Ike heads for Cuba, Gulf of Mexico
Reuters
Hurricane Ike killed at least 37 people in Haiti and ripped off rooftops in the southern Bahamas on Sunday as Cuba scrambled to get hundreds of thousands out of the path of a storm...
- Exhibition hopes to have the last word
The Herald
An interactive exhibition designed to explore the "magic" of words and featuring celebrated writers launches tomorrow. Words 2008 aims to promote new literary talent in Scotland and also engage...
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