Copyright (c) 2008 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/716 Top Stories en-us Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:54:47 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/716 http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080828/ap_on_el_pr/cvn_convention_rdp ap/20080828/cvn_convention_rdp AP Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:00:14 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080828/ap_on_el_pr/cvn_convention_rdp"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080828/capt.0835735c95bf438182441806be434929.democratic_convention_corg194.jpg?x=130&y=96&q=85&sig=eXjanxPkhy8LxiR6jFVAAg--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., right, joins his running mate, Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., on stage after Biden's speech at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)" border="0" /></a>AP - Barack Obama stepped triumphantly into history Wednesday night, the first black American to win a major party presidential nomination, as thousands of Democrats transformed their convention hall into a joyful, shouting celebration.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080828/ap_on_el_pr/cvn_convention_rdp"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080828/capt.0835735c95bf438182441806be434929.democratic_convention_corg194.jpg?x=130&y=96&q=85&sig=eXjanxPkhy8LxiR6jFVAAg--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="photo" title="Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., right, joins his running mate, Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., on stage after Biden's speech at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080828/ap_on_el_pr/cvn_obama ap/20080828/cvn_obama AP Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:48:58 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080828/ap_on_el_pr/cvn_obama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080828/capt.179e7e5a9fe740cd9c20b2319a9656b1.obama_biden_2008_democratic_convention_cotw126.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=cUVoJ9VkgxdcatEY4iSNmA--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama greets members of vice presidential candidate Sen. Joe Biden's family at the Democratic National Convention Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008 in Denver. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)" border="0" /></a>AP - Sen. Barack Obama dropped in on his own party at the Democratic convention a day early Wednesday to praise his wife, his former rival, and former President Bill Clinton for going to bat for him.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080828/ap_on_el_pr/cvn_obama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080828/capt.179e7e5a9fe740cd9c20b2319a9656b1.obama_biden_2008_democratic_convention_cotw126.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=cUVoJ9VkgxdcatEY4iSNmA--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama greets members of vice presidential candidate Sen. Joe Biden's family at the Democratic National Convention Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008 in Denver. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080828/ap_on_re_eu/georgia ap/20080828/georgia AP Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:50:23 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080828/ap_on_re_eu/georgia"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080827/capt.99cfeb796c6f4e7c8faee49044402566.aptopix_georgia_us_mosb103.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=6uGLnmiXFtP_uh.GmrcYog--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="The U.S. Coast Guard cutter, Dallas at Georgia's Black Sea port of Batumi, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008. The U.S. military ship on Wednesday docked at the Georgian port carrying humanitarian aid. The Dallas, had originally been slated to dock at the Black Sea port of Poti, which is still controlled by Russian forces. But instead it arrived in Batumi, a port well south of the zone of fighting in this month's war between Russia and Georgia. ( AP Photo/Sergei Grits)" border="0" /></a>AP - Western leaders warned the Kremlin on Wednesday to "change course," hoping to keep the conflict from growing into a new Cold War after tensions broadened to imperil a key nuclear pact and threaten U.S. meat and poultry trade with Russia.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080828/ap_on_re_eu/georgia"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080827/capt.99cfeb796c6f4e7c8faee49044402566.aptopix_georgia_us_mosb103.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=6uGLnmiXFtP_uh.GmrcYog--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="The U.S. Coast Guard cutter, Dallas at Georgia's Black Sea port of Batumi, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008. The U.S. military ship on Wednesday docked at the Georgian port carrying humanitarian aid. The Dallas, had originally been slated to dock at the Black Sea port of Poti, which is still controlled by Russian forces. But instead it arrived in Batumi, a port well south of the zone of fighting in this month's war between Russia and Georgia. ( AP Photo/Sergei Grits)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080828/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/tropical_weather ap/20080828/tropical_weather AP Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:35:12 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080828/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/tropical_weather"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080827/capt.57efd657c69f46359aebc312f3f0ec01.haiti_tropical_weather_pap103.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=nIAy4othAU.PyGDLKdWBEg--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="A family stays together during heavy rains caused by Hurricane Gustav in Leogan, southern Haiti, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008. The death toll from Hurricane Gustav is up to 22 in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Haiti's civil protection director Marie Alta Jean-Baptiste says mudslides and flooding have killed at least 14 people in Haiti, including a young girl who was swept off a bridge by floodwaters. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)" border="0" /></a>AP - Gustav stalled offshore Wednesday and poured more misery onto Haiti after landslides and flooding killed 23 people. Oil workers began leaving their rigs and New Orleans drew up evacuation plans as forecasters warned the storm could plow into the U.S. Gulf coast as a major hurricane.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080828/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/tropical_weather"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080827/capt.57efd657c69f46359aebc312f3f0ec01.haiti_tropical_weather_pap103.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=nIAy4othAU.PyGDLKdWBEg--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="photo" title="A family stays together during heavy rains caused by Hurricane Gustav in Leogan, southern Haiti, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008. The death toll from Hurricane Gustav is up to 22 in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Haiti's civil protection director Marie Alta Jean-Baptiste says mudslides and flooding have killed at least 14 people in Haiti, including a young girl who was swept off a bridge by floodwaters. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080828/ap_on_re_as/pakistan_violence ap/20080828/pakistan_violence AP Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:37:01 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080828/ap_on_re_as/pakistan_violence"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080828/capt.cps.nkp26.280808073309.photo00.photo.default-512x333.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=MaO3QLDXTcJUiwdQGEJ5Pw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="A Pakistani policeman stands in front of a police barrier in northwestern Swat valley. At least 10 people, including police officers and prison staff, died in a suicide attack Thursday in a garrison town in northwest Pakistan as they headed to work, a police official told AFP.(AFP/File/Tariq Mahmood)" border="0" /></a>AP - Suspected militants bombed a bus carrying prisoners in northwest Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least nine people as fighting between security forces and extremists flared across the country's tribal belt.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080828/ap_on_re_as/pakistan_violence"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080828/capt.cps.nkp26.280808073309.photo00.photo.default-512x333.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=MaO3QLDXTcJUiwdQGEJ5Pw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="A Pakistani policeman stands in front of a police barrier in northwestern Swat valley. At least 10 people, including police officers and prison staff, died in a suicide attack Thursday in a garrison town in northwest Pakistan as they headed to work, a police official told AFP.(AFP/File/Tariq Mahmood)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080828/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_iraq ap/20080828/us_iraq AP Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:57:28 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080828/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_iraq"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080827/capt.853450cd7d2c4fa3b835618a87511d05.mideast_iraq__bag114.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=dCTte6DTT5.HqxUy.GBI7Q--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Iraqi police officers, at left, and U.S. soldiers attend the scene of a parked car bomb which targeted a police patrol but missed, killing 3 civilians and wounding 8 others, in the al-Jadidah area, eastern Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)" border="0" /></a>AP - Conditions in the western Iraqi province of Anbar, where a brutal insurgency once ruled, have improved so dramatically that the United States is handing over responsibility for security in the Sunni stronghold to Iraq within days. Troops freed up in Iraq could shift to Afghanistan.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080828/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_iraq"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080827/capt.853450cd7d2c4fa3b835618a87511d05.mideast_iraq__bag114.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=dCTte6DTT5.HqxUy.GBI7Q--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="Iraqi police officers, at left, and U.S. soldiers attend the scene of a parked car bomb which targeted a police patrol but missed, killing 3 civilians and wounding 8 others, in the al-Jadidah area, eastern Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080828/ap_on_re_us/gustav_s_threat ap/20080828/gustav_s_threat AP Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:37:01 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080828/ap_on_re_us/gustav_s_threat"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080827/capt.1d664fac308142889d71467a4fb5a4ca.gustav_s_threat_lawh112.jpg?x=130&y=100&q=85&sig=rGBWkcN68qO1gr.xLTjPiA--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="Contractor Lawson 'Sonny' Brannan discusses his plans for the approaching storm Gustav in New Orleans, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008. The third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina is on Aug. 29. Area residents are keeping a close eye on Gustav in the Caribbean, which forecasters are predicting could make landfall somewhere along the Gulf Coast as early as Monday, and officials are making plans early to evacuate people, pets and hospitals in an attempt to avoid a Katrina-style chaos. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)" border="0" /></a>AP - On the eve of Hurricane Katrina's third anniversary, a nervous New Orleans watched Wednesday as another storm threatened to test everything the city has rebuilt, and officials made preliminary plans to evacuate people, pets and hospitals in an attempt to avoid a Katrina-style chaos.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080828/ap_on_re_us/gustav_s_threat"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080827/capt.1d664fac308142889d71467a4fb5a4ca.gustav_s_threat_lawh112.jpg?x=130&y=100&q=85&sig=rGBWkcN68qO1gr.xLTjPiA--" align="left" height="100" width="130" alt="photo" title="Contractor Lawson 'Sonny' Brannan discusses his plans for the approaching storm Gustav in New Orleans, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008. The third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina is on Aug. 29. Area residents are keeping a close eye on Gustav in the Caribbean, which forecasters are predicting could make landfall somewhere along the Gulf Coast as early as Monday, and officials are making plans early to evacuate people, pets and hospitals in an attempt to avoid a Katrina-style chaos. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080828/ap_on_he_me/med_cell_identity_switch ap/20080828/med_cell_identity_switch AP Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:51:10 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080828/ap_on_he_me/med_cell_identity_switch"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080827/capt.c6f1507ea05d4bc3b6d2c11d0ac28926.cell_identity_switch_gfx671.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=Cdy7crNRrlWN0r59zo6hkA--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="Graphic explains how scientists were able to change a pancreas cell into an insulin-producing cell;" border="0" /></a>AP - Talk about an extreme makeover: Scientists have transformed one type of cell into another in living mice, a big step toward the goal of growing replacement tissues to treat a variety of diseases.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080828/ap_on_he_me/med_cell_identity_switch"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080827/capt.c6f1507ea05d4bc3b6d2c11d0ac28926.cell_identity_switch_gfx671.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=Cdy7crNRrlWN0r59zo6hkA--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="photo" title="Graphic explains how scientists were able to change a pancreas cell into an insulin-producing cell;" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080828/ap_on_en_mu/people_suge_knight ap/20080828/people_suge_knight AP Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:40:57 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080828/ap_on_en_mu/people_suge_knight"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080827/capt.3e56f50d3fe94b488b1b0c08a6637bb5.people_suge_knight_nyet169.jpg?x=97&y=130&q=85&sig=o6KGilYLmSEyvxEY2R5Pfw--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="In this June 24, 2003 file photo, rap producer Marion 'Suge' Knight watches the 3rd annual BET Awards in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Marion "Suge" Knight was jailed Wednesday on assault and drug charges after he was accused of beating his girlfriend while brandishing a knife near the Las Vegas Strip, police said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080828/ap_on_en_mu/people_suge_knight"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080827/capt.3e56f50d3fe94b488b1b0c08a6637bb5.people_suge_knight_nyet169.jpg?x=97&y=130&q=85&sig=o6KGilYLmSEyvxEY2R5Pfw--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="photo" title="In this June 24, 2003 file photo, rap producer Marion 'Suge' Knight watches the 3rd annual BET Awards in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, file)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080828/ap_on_sp_ba_ga_su/bbn_mets_phillies ap/20080828/bbn_mets_phillies AP Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:54:59 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080828/ap_on_sp_ba_ga_su/bbn_mets_phillies"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080828/capt.1b278177d4034e869dae4ddd4f68869f.mets_phillies_baseball_patm105.jpg?x=130&y=108&q=85&sig=K.PnTtyFuxkcwOsQ_EuGqg--" align="left" height="108" width="130" alt="New York Mets' Carlos Delgado connects for a solo home run off Philadelphia Phillies relief pitcher Rudy Seanez in the eighth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008, in Philadelphia. The Mets won 6-3. (AP Photo/Tom Mihalek)" border="0" /></a>AP - Daniel Murphy hit a tiebreaking double after Carlos Delgado's second solo homer had tied the game in the eighth and the New York Mets beat Philadelphia 6-3 on Wednesday night to reclaim first place in the NL East.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080828/ap_on_sp_ba_ga_su/bbn_mets_phillies"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080828/capt.1b278177d4034e869dae4ddd4f68869f.mets_phillies_baseball_patm105.jpg?x=130&y=108&q=85&sig=K.PnTtyFuxkcwOsQ_EuGqg--" align="left" height="108" width="130" alt="photo" title="New York Mets' Carlos Delgado connects for a solo home run off Philadelphia Phillies relief pitcher Rudy Seanez in the eighth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008, in Philadelphia. The Mets won 6-3. (AP Photo/Tom Mihalek)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080828/pl_nm/usa_politics_dc nm/20080828/usa_politics_dc Reuters Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:27:07 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080828/pl_nm/usa_politics_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080828/2008_08_27t214152_450x329_us_usa_politics.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=j.7nEhtBLAxtAjBqwt5bDA--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="Former President Bill Clinton salutes the crowd at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, August 27, 2008. (Larry Downing/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - To shouts of "Yes we can," Democrats nominated Barack Obama on Wednesday as their presidential candidate in a historic first for a black American, backed by his ex-rivals Bill and Hillary Clinton.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080828/pl_nm/usa_politics_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080828/2008_08_27t214152_450x329_us_usa_politics.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=j.7nEhtBLAxtAjBqwt5bDA--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="photo" title="Former President Bill Clinton salutes the crowd at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, August 27, 2008. (Larry Downing/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080827/ts_nm/storm_gustav_dc nm/20080827/storm_gustav_dc Reuters Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:33:50 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080827/ts_nm/storm_gustav_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080828/2008_08_27t192954_450x308_us_storm_gustav.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=CG_SJbLlTeJ_9wGx7o9svg--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="A vehicle moves through a flooded street in Havana August 26, 2008. (Claudia Daut/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Tropical Storm Gustav pulled away from Haiti and the Dominican Republic on Wednesday after killing 23 people and threatened to become a major hurricane aimed at New Orleans and Gulf of Mexico oil fields.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080827/ts_nm/storm_gustav_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080828/2008_08_27t192954_450x308_us_storm_gustav.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=CG_SJbLlTeJ_9wGx7o9svg--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="A vehicle moves through a flooded street in Havana August 26, 2008. (Claudia Daut/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080827/ts_nm/afghan_usa_marines_dc nm/20080827/afghan_usa_marines_dc Reuters Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:27:29 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080827/ts_nm/afghan_usa_marines_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080828/2008_08_27t142155_390x450_us_afghan_usa_marines.jpg?x=112&y=130&q=85&sig=d1TdciZbdptBGi0BPjpsiQ--" align="left" height="130" width="112" alt="Marine Corps Commandant James Conway smiles while speaking at a National Press Club luncheon in Washington, July 20, 2007. (Larry Downing/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The top U.S. Marine officer said on Wednesday he could reduce his 25,000-strong force in the former al Qaeda stronghold of Iraq's Anbar province to reinforce military operations against a growing Taliban threat in Afghanistan.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080827/ts_nm/afghan_usa_marines_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080828/2008_08_27t142155_390x450_us_afghan_usa_marines.jpg?x=112&y=130&q=85&sig=d1TdciZbdptBGi0BPjpsiQ--" align="left" height="130" width="112" alt="photo" title="Marine Corps Commandant James Conway smiles while speaking at a National Press Club luncheon in Washington, July 20, 2007. (Larry Downing/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080828/ts_nm/georgia_ossetia_dc nm/20080828/georgia_ossetia_dc Reuters Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:09:19 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080828/ts_nm/georgia_ossetia_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080828/2008_08_26t113847_282x450_us_georgia_ossetia.jpg?x=81&y=130&q=85&sig=LU2ilacMyNb0JOGHbKYrTA--" align="left" height="130" width="81" alt="A man fires a Kalashnikov assault rifle as he celebrates Russia's recognition of Abkhazia as an independent state in Sukhumi, August 26, 2008. (Vladimir Popov/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev looked east on Thursday for support for Moscow's tough line over Georgia, which has inflamed relations with the West and prompted talk of a new Cold War.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080828/ts_nm/georgia_ossetia_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080828/2008_08_26t113847_282x450_us_georgia_ossetia.jpg?x=81&y=130&q=85&sig=LU2ilacMyNb0JOGHbKYrTA--" align="left" height="130" width="81" alt="photo" title="A man fires a Kalashnikov assault rifle as he celebrates Russia's recognition of Abkhazia as an independent state in Sukhumi, August 26, 2008. (Vladimir Popov/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080828/ts_nm/crime_duncan_death_dc nm/20080828/crime_duncan_death_dc Reuters Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:29:03 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080828/ts_nm/crime_duncan_death_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080828/2008_08_27t204841_336x450_us_crime_duncan_death.jpg?x=97&y=130&q=85&sig=y0Hqqe1JorkfaRpKwnTBGg--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="Joseph Duncan III is photographed on July 2, 2005 in this booking photo after being arrested in connection with the disappearance and kidnapping of eight-year-old Shasta Kay Groene, who has been missing with her brother Dylan James Groene since her family was murdered six weeks ago. A federal jury in Idaho sentenced Duncan on Wednesday to death for shooting to death a 9-year-old boy in front of his younger sister after kidnapping and sexually abusing the boy. (Kootenai County Sheriff's Department/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A federal jury in Idaho sentenced Joseph Duncan on Wednesday to death for shooting to death a 9-year-old boy in front of his younger sister after kidnapping and sexually abusing the boy.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080828/ts_nm/crime_duncan_death_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080828/2008_08_27t204841_336x450_us_crime_duncan_death.jpg?x=97&y=130&q=85&sig=y0Hqqe1JorkfaRpKwnTBGg--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="photo" title="Joseph Duncan III is photographed on July 2, 2005 in this booking photo after being arrested in connection with the disappearance and kidnapping of eight-year-old Shasta Kay Groene, who has been missing with her brother Dylan James Groene since her family was murdered six weeks ago. A federal jury in Idaho sentenced Duncan on Wednesday to death for shooting to death a 9-year-old boy in front of his younger sister after kidnapping and sexually abusing the boy. (Kootenai County Sheriff's Department/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080828/ts_nm/pakistan_politics_dc nm/20080828/pakistan_politics_dc Reuters Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:46:08 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080828/ts_nm/pakistan_politics_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080828/2008_08_28t014519_450x300_us_pakistan_politics.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=VqArLqg4buF1M0zWrXskDQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Lawyers chant slogans during a protest rally in Multan July 17, 2008. (Asim Tanveer/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Pakistani lawyers were set to launch protests on Thursday pressing the government to reinstate judges purged by former president Pervez Musharraf, as militants attacked police in the northwest, killing 11 people.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080828/ts_nm/pakistan_politics_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080828/2008_08_28t014519_450x300_us_pakistan_politics.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=VqArLqg4buF1M0zWrXskDQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Lawyers chant slogans during a protest rally in Multan July 17, 2008. (Asim Tanveer/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080828/ts_nm/china_paralympics_dc nm/20080828/china_paralympics_dc Reuters Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:54:47 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080828/ts_nm/china_paralympics_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080828/2008_08_28t025408_400x450_us_china_paralympics.jpg?x=115&y=130&q=85&sig=hLXDt_FC4UAvLdmKDx.COQ--" align="left" height="130" width="115" alt="Chinese Olympic Committee President Liu Qi (L) lights the torch with the Paralympic flame from wheelchair-bound former Paralympian Jin Jing (R) during the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games flame lighting and torch relay launching ceremony at the Temple of Heaven in Beijing August 28, 2008. (Jason Lee/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Four days after closing the 2008 Beijing Games in triumph, China lit the 2008 Paralympics torch amid pomp and ceremony at Beijing's ancient Temple of Heaven, marking the start of a domestic relay for the September 6 Games.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080828/ts_nm/china_paralympics_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080828/2008_08_28t025408_400x450_us_china_paralympics.jpg?x=115&y=130&q=85&sig=hLXDt_FC4UAvLdmKDx.COQ--" align="left" height="130" width="115" alt="photo" title="Chinese Olympic Committee President Liu Qi (L) lights the torch with the Paralympic flame from wheelchair-bound former Paralympian Jin Jing (R) during the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games flame lighting and torch relay launching ceremony at the Temple of Heaven in Beijing August 28, 2008. (Jason Lee/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080828/ts_nm/pakistan_violence_dc nm/20080828/pakistan_violence_dc Reuters Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:16:32 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080828/ts_nm/pakistan_violence_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080828/2008_08_28t003723_450x360_us_pakistan_violence.jpg?x=130&y=104&q=85&sig=D.BUtPRK2IJEWm9i3TH.Cw--" align="left" height="104" width="130" alt="A car bomb blew up as a Pakistani police bus traveled across a bridge in the country's northwest on Thursday, killing 11 people, police said. (Graphics/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A car bomb blew up as a Pakistani police bus traveled across a bridge in the country's northwest on Thursday, killing 11 people, police said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080828/ts_nm/pakistan_violence_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080828/2008_08_28t003723_450x360_us_pakistan_violence.jpg?x=130&y=104&q=85&sig=D.BUtPRK2IJEWm9i3TH.Cw--" align="left" height="104" width="130" alt="photo" title="A car bomb blew up as a Pakistani police bus traveled across a bridge in the country's northwest on Thursday, killing 11 people, police said. (Graphics/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080828/pl_afp/usvote afp/20080828/usvote AFP Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:23:41 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080828/pl_afp/usvote"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080828/capt.cps.nkp05.280808062124.photo06.photo.default-411x512.jpg?x=104&y=130&q=85&sig=CSoKQhSRmeQ.5RZ1h2DMkQ--" align="left" height="130" width="104" alt="US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama takes to the stage with running mate Delaware Senator Joe Biden during the Democratic National Convention at the Pepsi Center in Denver on August 27.(AFP/Stan Honda)" border="0" /></a>AFP - In a deafening moment of history, Democrats anointed Barack Obama the first black major-party nominee for president, in a cathartic release of unity, hope and tears.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080828/pl_afp/usvote"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080828/capt.cps.nkp05.280808062124.photo06.photo.default-411x512.jpg?x=104&y=130&q=85&sig=CSoKQhSRmeQ.5RZ1h2DMkQ--" align="left" height="130" width="104" alt="photo" title="US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama takes to the stage with running mate Delaware Senator Joe Biden during the Democratic National Convention at the Pepsi Center in Denver on August 27.(AFP/Stan Honda)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080828/ts_afp/georgiarussiaconflict afp/20080828/georgiarussiaconflict AFP Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:03:53 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080828/ts_afp/georgiarussiaconflict"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080828/capt.cps.nko37.280808040048.photo05.photo.default-512x343.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=Ivl7f.upGa0qV66pt8hxEg--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="South Ossetians celebrate the recognition of their independence by Russia in Tskhinvali. Russia warned NATO on Wednesday over its naval presence in the Black Sea as Western powers lined up to condemn Moscow's decision to recognise the independence of two Georgian rebel regions.(AFP/Viktor Drachev)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Russia lashed out at the West for ratcheting up tensions in the Black Sea with an increased NATO naval presence, and warned against isolating Moscow over the conflict in Georgia.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080828/ts_afp/georgiarussiaconflict"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080828/capt.cps.nko37.280808040048.photo05.photo.default-512x343.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=Ivl7f.upGa0qV66pt8hxEg--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="South Ossetians celebrate the recognition of their independence by Russia in Tskhinvali. Russia warned NATO on Wednesday over its naval presence in the Black Sea as Western powers lined up to condemn Moscow's decision to recognise the independence of two Georgian rebel regions.(AFP/Viktor Drachev)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP)