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A Georgian gestures, whilst waiting for humanitarian aid to be distributed, in Gori, northwest of the capital Tbilisi, Georgia, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008. Some 80,000 refugees are in more than 600 centers in and around Tbilisi, primarily sheltered in schools, hospitals and previously abandoned buil

Georgia and Russia continue their fight in UN court �
Business Day

THE HAGUE - The UN's highest court starts hearings today in a bid by Georgia to end alleged rights abuses by Russia in the two countries' showdown over the rebel regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. The International Court of Justice in The Hague will hear three days of argument in a Georgian application for interim protection against "ethnic...

photo: AP / Sergei Grit

Opinion Worldwide

Leading article: Sarkozy's small steps in Moscow
The Independent

Nicolas Sarkozy faces a hard task when he travels to Moscow today in an attempt to bridge...

Daniel Howden: Hope for Africa lies in political reforms
The Independent

There is already famine in Africa but it is not the fault of the Soil Association or British...

Sean O'Grady: The world depends on the two Fs
The Independent

"Too big to fail" is an expression that well suits Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The US Treasury...

Georgia president vows to reclaim 2 provinces

An Ossetian boy sits on the rubble of the house destroyed during recent Georgian assault in Tskhinvali, regional capital of Georgia's breakaway province of South Ossetia, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008. Russia recognized South Ossetia and the separatist Black Sea province of Abkhazia as independent nations after the five-day war and has ringed the regions with checkpoints the West says violate the terms of a cease-fire brokered by French President Nicolas Sark

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Associated Press TBILISI, GEORGIA: On the eve of a European Union shuttle mission to persuade Russia to pull its troops back to prewar positions, Georgia's president vowed Sunday to regain control of two breakaway provinces with the help of ''the...
photo: AP / Sergey Ponomare

RealNetworks to introduce a DVD copier

The Examiner

Social Media Blog - 29 mins ago Brad Stone in Monday's NY Times: RealNetworks to Introduce a DVD Copier. People have been avidly feeding music CDs into their computers for years, ripping digital copies of albums and transferring the files to their...
photo: WN / Sweet Radoc

It's Britney Spears' Night At The VMAs, While Kanye West Ends The Show With A Bang

The Examiner

MTV News - 47 mins ago Highlights of 2008 show include performances by Lil Wayne, Rihanna, Jonas Brothers, T.I. and more.By Gil KaufmanBritney Spears shows off her MoonmenPhoto: Stephen Granitz/ WireImageBritney won her first (and second, and third)...
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McCain takes 4-point lead over Obama in poll

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., is introduced at Jackson Memorial Hall at Virginia Military Institute, in Lexington, Va., Wednesday, April 11, 2007. The presidential hopeful delivered a major policy speech concerning the Iraq war to the VMI Corps of Cadets. (

The Star

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (Reuters) - Republican John McCain heads into the final stretch of the U.S. presidential campaign with a 4-point lead over Democrat Barack Obama, a USA Today/Gallup poll released on Sunday showed. U.S. Republican presidential...
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TV's Digital Transition Starts in Wilmington, N.C.

The Examiner

TV Week - 55 mins ago The digital TV era dawns at noon today in Wilmington, N.C., when a small galaxy of national, state and local government officials and broadcast executives gather at Thalian Hall in the city’s historic downtown district to mark...
photo: WN / Geeta

Markets jump on US mortgage deal

Investors watch stocks soar at a brokerage house in Taipei, Taiwan

BBC News

Shares in Asia have rallied after the US government said that it was taking over troubled mortgage giants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. Investors hoped the largest bail-out in US history would prop up the country's housing market and ultimately help to...
photo: AP / Wally Santana