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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Florida Statesman.com http://www.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/10/id/c08dd24cec417021/ en-us Sat, 17 May 2008 18:30:01 -0400 Sat, 17 May 2008 18:30:01 -0400 30 Around one million people have been evacuated from the Chinese city of Beichuan for fear that a dam may burst. http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/360479/cs/1/ Sat, 17 May 2008 09:15:35 -0400 Florida Statesman.com http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/360479/cs/1/ A reported plot against the life of Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has postponed his return from Europe and South Africa where he had been in exile for a month. http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/360480/cs/1/ Sat, 17 May 2008 09:21:42 -0400 Florida Statesman.com http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/360480/cs/1/ In Italy, angry residents of the city of Naples have set fire to the piles of uncollected rubbish lying in the streets. http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/360478/cs/1/ Sat, 17 May 2008 09:12:30 -0400 Florida Statesman.com http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/360478/cs/1/ Democratic frontrunner Barack Obama has lashed out at President George Bush for suggesting the Illinois senator would appease terrorists. http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/360273/cs/1/ Sat, 17 May 2008 01:10:03 -0400 Florida Statesman.com http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/360273/cs/1/ Freed Austrian dungeon boys Stefan and Felix Fritzl have taken their first ever steps in the outside world. http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/360305/cs/1/ Sat, 17 May 2008 03:46:20 -0400 Florida Statesman.com http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/360305/cs/1/ An Australian opposition party member has suggested a regime change in Myanmar if the generals continue to let the humanitarian crisis escalate. http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/360246/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 20:11:37 -0400 Florida Statesman.com http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/360246/cs/1/ US President George Bush's request for Saudi Arabia to produce more oil has been rejected. http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/360245/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 20:08:33 -0400 Florida Statesman.com http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/360245/cs/1/ The Libyan leader, Muammar Gadaffi, has accused European states of overturning the boats of Africans trying to reach land. http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/360244/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 20:06:37 -0400 Florida Statesman.com http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/360244/cs/1/ The UN Committee Against Torture has reported that Indonesian police, armed forces and intelligence services regularly use torture on criminal suspects to extract confessions. http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/360243/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 20:04:24 -0400 Florida Statesman.com http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/360243/cs/1/ The Gujarat special operations police forces have conducted searches in 35 different cyber cafes in Ahmedabad in the wake the Jaipur blasts. http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/360242/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 20:02:43 -0400 Florida Statesman.com http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/360242/cs/1/ Georgia has sent an envoy to Russia to ease tensions between two countries over its break-away region Abkhazia. http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/360240/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 20:00:06 -0400 Florida Statesman.com http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/360240/cs/1/ In this May 8, 2008, photo, Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., listens during a hearing on breast cancer in Washington. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Susan Walsh BOSTON - Senator Edward Kennedy was airlifted to a ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14897908/ Sat, 17 May 2008 17:44:44 -0400 C News http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14897908/ THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, Kerala: With food grain crunch emerging as a major concern for state, a campaign to boost rice production will be launched in the state as the CPI (M)-led LDF government enters its... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14898367/ Sat, 17 May 2008 17:15:27 -0400 KeralaNext http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14898367/ The prime minister returned to Baghdad from Mosul - where he has been overseeing the crackdown - to meet with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who made a surprise visit to Iraq on Saturday. http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14897461/ Sat, 17 May 2008 16:41:05 -0400 New York Post http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14897461/ LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A man with a semiautomatic rifle opened fire at a festival outside a Southern California church Saturday, wounding three people, one of them critically, police said. http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14897462/ Sat, 17 May 2008 16:41:05 -0400 New York Post http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14897462/ LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) -- Six cars of a freight train derailed early Saturday, including one that began leaking hydrochloric acid, causing thousands of people to evacuate homes, businesses and two nursin... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14897464/ Sat, 17 May 2008 16:41:04 -0400 New York Post http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14897464/ The two-time Cy Young Award winner pitched efficiently into the eighth inning, and the Mets got home runs from Jose Reyes and David Wright to top the Yankees 7-4 Saturday in the opener of a rain-short... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14897205/ Sat, 17 May 2008 16:41:02 -0400 New York Post http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14897205/ EUGENE, Ore. (AP) -- Attempting to lay a symbolic claim to his party's presidential nomination, Democrat Barack Obama will mark the latest round of primary voting with a rally in Iowa, where his solid... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14897465/ Sat, 17 May 2008 16:41:03 -0400 New York Post http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14897465/ BEICHUAN, China (AP) -- Thousands of Chinese earthquake victims fled areas near the epicenter Saturday, fearful of floods from rivers blocked by landslides rattled loose in this week's powerful temblo... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14895967/ Sat, 17 May 2008 14:07:03 -0400 New York Post http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14895967/ "You know, it's hard enough to get one person," Allen told reporters Saturday at the Cannes Film Festival, hours before the premier of his romantic comedy "Vicky Cristina Barcelona," starring Scarlett... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14895973/ Sat, 17 May 2008 14:06:58 -0400 New York Post http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14895973/ $196 million ticket sold at liquor store near Cincinnati Mega Millions officials say it's the only winning ticket 17 others with all numbers except Mega Ball win $250,000 each http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14896108/ Sat, 17 May 2008 13:47:46 -0400 CNN http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14896108/ HAMBURG, Germany (AP) -- Rafael Nadal fought off a challenge from Novak Djokovic 7-5, 2-6, 6-2 Saturday to set up another final against defending champion Roger Federer at the Hamburg Masters. http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14895974/ Sat, 17 May 2008 14:06:57 -0400 New York Post http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14895974/ President Bush in Sharm El-Sheik, Egypt, on tour of Mideast Saudi Arabia responded to Bush request to increase oil supply with modest hike Criticism in Egypt, Saudi Arabia media of Bush tilting too fa... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14895891/ Sat, 17 May 2008 13:47:46 -0400 CNN http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14895891/ Rescue efforts are resuming in Beichuan in China, after the entire city was evacuated amid fears that it could be engulfed by a river bursting its banks. The city was reduced to ruins by Monday's e... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14895802/ Sat, 17 May 2008 13:26:00 -0400 BBC http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14895802/ (CNN) -- The NAACP has chosen Ben Jealous as its new president after a contentious debate that lasted long into the night, members of its board of directors said Saturday. http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14896107/ Sat, 17 May 2008 13:47:44 -0400 CNN http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14896107/ Once the fifth over ended, Delhi went into the highest gear possible. VRV Singh was brought into the attack to replace Irfan Pathan and looked in no form of control whatsover. Gambhir first stroked hi... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14897117/ Sat, 17 May 2008 14:42:41 -0400 KeralaNext http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14897117/ In this Jan. 22, 2008 file photo, Iraqi prisoners exercise in a prison compound in central Baghdad, Iraq. The amnesty rulings could offer an early exit for many of the 27,000 prisoners in Iraqi hands.... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14896086/ Sat, 17 May 2008 14:41:20 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14896086/ Albanians may have found a new villain to blame for the frequent power cuts that have been blighting their lives. The country's main electricity company says a cat chasing a mouse caused a 72-hour ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14897013/ Sat, 17 May 2008 13:25:54 -0400 BBC http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14897013/ Almost constant drizzle on day three of the Lord's Test left England frustrated as they were denied the chance to gain a stranglehold over New Zealand. Play was confined to a 40-minute spell in the... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14895822/ Sat, 17 May 2008 13:25:53 -0400 BBC http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14895822/ DETROIT (AP) -- American Axle and Manufacturing Holdings Inc. boosted its wage offer and increased the payments it will give workers to take a wage cut as part of a tentative agreement that could sett... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14895972/ Sat, 17 May 2008 14:06:59 -0400 New York Post http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14895972/ Tens of thousands of people were celebrating in Portsmouth on Saturday after Pompey lifted the FA Cup for the first time in 69 years. An estimated 60,000 fans had thronged in front of a big screen ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14897016/ Sat, 17 May 2008 13:25:50 -0400 BBC http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14897016/ More's the pity. We all know of, or see, reckless beneficiaries sending their kids to school with no lunch or breakfast while the money goes on smokes and pokies.This is a country that dare not speak ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14896292/ Sat, 17 May 2008 14:51:31 -0400 New Zealand Herald http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14896292/ THRISSUR, Kerala: The state government would set up a special Hi-tech crime investigation cell at an estimated cost of Rs 30 million in order to effectively tackle the rising cyber crimes in the state... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14897118/ Sat, 17 May 2008 14:42:39 -0400 KeralaNext http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14897118/ LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) -- Six rail cars derailed in southern Louisiana Saturday, causing a hydrochloric acid leak from two of the cars that forced police to evacuate thousands of residents within a 1-mil... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14895969/ Sat, 17 May 2008 14:07:01 -0400 New York Post http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14895969/ A driver has been cut free from his car after a train smashed into it at a railway crossing in the Highlands. Graham Macmillan, 44, was on his way to a shinty match when the accident happened at abou... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14897015/ Sat, 17 May 2008 13:25:49 -0400 BBC http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14897015/ President Leonel Fernandez has won re-election in the Dominican Republic as his main opponent admitted defeat. Miguel Vargas Maldonado conceded after early results confirmed exit poll predictions g... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14897017/ Sat, 17 May 2008 13:25:48 -0400 BBC http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14897017/ Failure in Afghanistan would be "devastating" while the Nato mission was "hanging in the balance", Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg has said on a visit. Speaking during his first trip there, Mr Clegg warn... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14895603/ Sat, 17 May 2008 13:25:43 -0400 BBC http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14895603/ Amy Winehouse and Pete Doherty have caused concern among fans after filming a bizarre video of themselves playing with newborn mice. The pair, believed to be at Doherty's Wiltshire home, put the vi... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14897018/ Sat, 17 May 2008 13:25:42 -0400 BBC http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14897018/ By Daniel Woolls Madrid - Spanish police have arrested five young computer hackers who allegedly disabled Internet pages run by government agencies in the US, Latin America and Asia, authorities sa... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14895178/ Sat, 17 May 2008 11:57:48 -0400 IOL http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14895178/ BAGHDAD (AP) -- U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a top Democratic critic of the U.S.-led war in Iraq, expressed confidence during a visit to Iraq on Saturday that expected provincial elections will pr... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14894446/ Sat, 17 May 2008 11:29:11 -0400 New York Post http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14894446/ The new GI Bill essentially would guarantee a full scholarship at any in-state public university, along with a monthly housing stipend, for anyone who serves in the military for at least three years. ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14894445/ Sat, 17 May 2008 11:29:11 -0400 New York Post http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14894445/ ISTANBUL, Turkey - Turkey's Foreign Ministry says gunmen shot and injured a Turkish police officer near the country's embassy in Baghdad. The ministry says unidentified gunmen opened fire on a gr... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14895026/ Sat, 17 May 2008 12:34:58 -0400 C News http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14895026/ Border patrolmen on Saturday found the bodies of a woman reported missing and her ex-husband in a car outside Moshav Ben Shemen in central Israel. Details of the cause of death for the two victims hav... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14894455/ Sat, 17 May 2008 11:56:28 -0400 Haaretz http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14894455/ WASHINGTON (AP) -- As head of the deep-pocketed Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, New York Sen. Charles Schumer hand-picked his party's nominee to take on Oregon Sen. Gordon Smith, the last Re... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14894441/ Sat, 17 May 2008 11:29:09 -0400 New York Post http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14894441/ NEW YORK (AP) -- News that Saudi Arabia had boosted its oil output by 300,000 barrels a day was greeted as a non-event on oil markets - the move wasn't anywhere near the kind of production increase ne... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14894442/ Sat, 17 May 2008 11:29:08 -0400 New York Post http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14894442/ NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Somali pirates hijacked a Jordanian ship Saturday in the latest in a string of attacks off the lawless coast of Somalia, the head of a seafarer's association said. http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14894440/ Sat, 17 May 2008 11:29:07 -0400 New York Post http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14894440/ BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi forces have detained more than 1,000 suspects in an offensive aimed at crushing al Qaeda in northern Iraq, the military commander of the operation said on Saturday. http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14894906/ Sat, 17 May 2008 10:57:08 -0400 Reuters http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14894906/ SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt (AP) -- President Bush said Saturday that the Saudis' modest increase in oil production is "something but it doesn't solve our problem" of soaring gas prices. http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14892952/ Sat, 17 May 2008 08:49:47 -0400 New York Post http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14892952/ In an official ceremony in Tehran this week, Mayor Mohammad Baqir Ghalibaf opened a new, sex-segregated park designed exclusively for women's leisure and sport. http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14893102/ Sat, 17 May 2008 08:52:17 -0400 RadioFreeEurope http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14893102/ Russian opposition leader Garry Kasparov has formally launched an alternative parliament aimed at the "restoration of democracy and popular government in Russia." http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14893101/ Sat, 17 May 2008 08:52:19 -0400 RadioFreeEurope http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14893101/ LAS VEGAS (AP) -- After wrapping up a successful concert tour, you'd think Reba McEntire would want to take some time off to relax. Instead, the tireless country star is preparing for her 10th turn as... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14892946/ Sat, 17 May 2008 08:49:42 -0400 New York Post http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14892946/ SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Kobe Bryant scored 34 points and Los Angeles held off a furious rally by the Utah Jazz for a 108-105 victory Friday night, putting the Lakers in the Western Conference finals fo... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14892945/ Sat, 17 May 2008 08:49:41 -0400 New York Post http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14892945/ CLEVELAND (AP) -- The Cleveland Cavaliers packed for a weekend stay in Beantown - not a few weeks on Cape Cod. They've got at least one more game left, and in the NBA, it's as big as they ever get. Ga... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14892944/ Sat, 17 May 2008 08:49:40 -0400 New York Post http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14892944/ Even if the next U.S. president were looking to improve relations, the new administration may find it hard to change course on issues that have kept tensions simmering. http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14892947/ Sat, 17 May 2008 08:49:43 -0400 New York Post http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14892947/ The carnival ride, called the Yo-Yo, collapsed shortly after 6 p.m. Friday at the Calaveras County Fair and Jumping Frog Jubilee, about 80 miles southeast of Sacramento. http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14892950/ Sat, 17 May 2008 08:49:45 -0400 New York Post http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14892950/ Ten soldiers serving with the Black Watch have tested positive for illegal drugs in a random test, the Army has confirmed. The tests were carried out on the soldiers, who form part of the Royal Regim... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14893922/ Sat, 17 May 2008 08:08:59 -0400 BBC http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14893922/ BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- Being dead since 1940 hasn't kept Idaho U.S. Sen. William Borah from being inserted squarely into 2008 presidential politics after Democratic candidate Barack Obama took issue wit... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14892948/ Sat, 17 May 2008 08:49:44 -0400 New York Post http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14892948/ The Pakistani government says the country's ambassador to Afghanistan, who was kidnapped by suspected Islamic militants more than three months ago, has been released. http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14891290/ Sat, 17 May 2008 06:10:59 -0400 RadioFreeEurope http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14891290/ DEWITT, N.Y. (AP) -- Jennifer Marsh was sick of paying high gas prices and bothered by the abandoned gas station that was an eyesore on the drive to her studio each day. So the aspiring artist and ins... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14891103/ Sat, 17 May 2008 06:08:13 -0400 New York Post http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14891103/ YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's junta took diplomats on a tour of the storm-ravaged Irrawaddy delta on Saturday as the toll of dead and missing from Cyclone Nargis soared above 133,000 people, making it ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14891634/ Sat, 17 May 2008 05:36:29 -0400 Reuters http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14891634/ Public Security Minister Avi Dichter has said he is considering running for the leadership of Kadima.Dichter said he would announce his final decision when he has fully developed his position on the m... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14891119/ Sat, 17 May 2008 06:36:10 -0400 Haaretz http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14891119/ Actor Kris Marshall has made his debut in West End comedy Fat Pig as planned, three weeks after suffering head injuries when he was hit by a car. The former My Family star showed no ill effects fro... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14890635/ Sat, 17 May 2008 05:25:26 -0400 BBC http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14890635/ Tariq Azizudin, Pakistan's ambassador to Afghanistan, has been set free Azizudin was kidnapped three months ago while traveling to Afghanistan Details surrounding Azizudin's release are not yet known http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14890998/ Sat, 17 May 2008 05:48:20 -0400 CNN http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14890998/ LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Though Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz are keeping a tight lid on their nuptuals, it's looking like a wedding is imminent. Aerial photos posted Friday at several celebrity Web sites,... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14891110/ Sat, 17 May 2008 06:08:11 -0400 New York Post http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14891110/ A memorial service is being held for a teenager killed in a bakery a week ago in south-east London. Jimmy Mizen, who turned 16 a day before his death, suffered a fatal neck injury from a shard of g... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14892352/ Sat, 17 May 2008 05:25:25 -0400 BBC http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14892352/ Tens of thousands of Cardiff City supporters are preparing to watch the FA Cup final. Around 25,000 City fans will be at Wembley for the match against Portsmouth, their club's biggest game for 81 y... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14891046/ Sat, 17 May 2008 05:25:24 -0400 BBC http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14891046/ A minute's silence will be held at the North West 200 to mark the death of motorcycling legend Robert Dunlop. Dunlop, 47, was killed in a high-speed crash during a practice lap for the races on Thurs... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14890788/ Sat, 17 May 2008 05:25:23 -0400 BBC http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14890788/ Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, left, Bolivia's President Evo Morales, center, and Panama's President Martin Torrijos talk as they leave the opening plenary session of the Fifth Latin America and E... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14889059/ Sat, 17 May 2008 04:02:58 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14889059/ China Central Television reported Saturday rescuers extricated a 10-year-old girl who was trapped under her collapsed elementary school for 100 hours. http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14888844/ Sat, 17 May 2008 03:27:57 -0400 New York Post http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14888844/ OAKLAND, California, May 16 (IPS) - Still not fully embraced by the religious right, Sen. John McCain, the Republican Party's presumptive presidential nominee, has been handed an opportunity to prove ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14890501/ Sat, 17 May 2008 04:04:55 -0400 IPS http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14890501/ TEXAS - A minister from a Dallas-area Baptist megachurch has been caught in an internet sex sting and charged with online solicitation of a minor, police said.Undercover officers posing as a 13&#4... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14889296/ Sat, 17 May 2008 04:13:41 -0400 New Zealand Herald http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14889296/ NEW YORK - Teen apparel retailer Abercrombie & Fitch Co (ANF.N) reported higher quarterly profit on Friday, topping Wall Street estimates, as a lower tax rate and a better gross margin helped offset t... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14890530/ Sat, 17 May 2008 04:04:18 -0400 KeralaNext http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14890530/ Doctors at the National Hospital in Colombo said eight policemen and two civilians were killed and more than 85 people were wounded in the blast, which happened in a commercial quarter of the capital ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14890527/ Sat, 17 May 2008 04:04:16 -0400 KeralaNext http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14890527/ Two northern residents on Friday night were killed in a drive-by shooting at Kiryat Ata's Independence Junction, according to Israel Radio.The pair, a 26- and 27-year-old, were known to the police, wh... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14888882/ Sat, 17 May 2008 03:56:13 -0400 Haaretz http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14888882/ WATERTOWN, S.D. (AP) -- Barack Obama laid into John McCain on Friday for advancing a tough-guy foreign policy that he called "naive and irresponsible," serving notice that he's ready to launch a full-... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14888842/ Sat, 17 May 2008 03:27:59 -0400 New York Post http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14888842/ QUEBEC CITY - Rick Nash scored the go-ahead goal to put Canada in the title game of the world hockey championships with a 5-4 win over Sweden on Friday night. http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14890532/ Sat, 17 May 2008 04:04:19 -0400 KeralaNext http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14890532/ The Al Qaeda leader, who has placed growing emphasis on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, said it was at the heart of the Muslim battle with the West and an inspiration to the 19 bombers who carried o... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14890526/ Sat, 17 May 2008 04:04:15 -0400 KeralaNext http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14890526/ Analysts, however, played down the increase, noting that all the strength came from the volatile apartment sector. They said the painful housing slump is far from over as a record flood of foreclosure... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14890528/ Sat, 17 May 2008 04:04:16 -0400 KeralaNext http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14890528/ BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) -- Robert Mondavi, the vintner who built his career and helped an iconic Northern California industry blossom by insisting that Napa Valley wines can compete with the best in the... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14888841/ Sat, 17 May 2008 03:27:54 -0400 New York Post http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14888841/ LONDON - Portsmouth play Cardiff for the FA Cup on Saturday in their first major Wembley final for 69 years. For Harry Redknapp, their 61-year-old manager, the wait has been almost as long. http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14890533/ Sat, 17 May 2008 04:04:20 -0400 KeralaNext http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14890533/ McLEAN, VA (AP) -- The U.S. is its own worst enemy when it comes to the desperately important task of recruiting immigrants as spies, analysts and translators in the war on terror, new Americans are t... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14888650/ Sat, 17 May 2008 03:27:55 -0400 New York Post http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14888650/ DULUTH, Ga. - Jonathan Byrd took advantage of soft fairways and receptive greens at TPC Sugarloaf on Friday, shooting his second straight 6-under 66 to take a three-stroke lead in the AT&T Classic. http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14890531/ Sat, 17 May 2008 04:04:18 -0400 KeralaNext http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14890531/ Body parts willed to UCLA allegedly sold for more than $1 million Ex-director of cadaver department, businessman indicted Body part sales reportedly went from 1999 until 2004 http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14888698/ Sat, 17 May 2008 03:07:02 -0400 CNN http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14888698/ LONDON - British Airways said Friday it will pay a dividend for the first time in seven years after reporting its full-year profits more than doubled. http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14890529/ Sat, 17 May 2008 04:04:17 -0400 KeralaNext http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14890529/ Life in tent city It says all affected areas have been reached by troops, but their task remains huge. The first foreign rescuers arrived in the devastated region from Japan on Friday and team... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14888449/ Sat, 17 May 2008 02:43:55 -0400 BBC http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14888449/ MARTINIQUE - A jury in Martinique has found a man guilty of murder after he set his ex-girlfriend on fire in front of the town hall three years ago.The public violent act occurred early in the evening... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14887352/ Sat, 17 May 2008 01:34:57 -0400 New Zealand Herald http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14887352/ TOKYO: Japan have vowed to tighten up as they seek to win the inaugural Asian Five Nations title in style this weekend when they take on a Hong Kong side who are their only remaining challengers. http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14888359/ Sat, 17 May 2008 01:25:14 -0400 KeralaNext http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14888359/ The top United Nations official in Sudan today welcomed the agreement to end the deadly fighting between Government forces and the former southern rebels in the disputed Abyei area, which has forced t... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14888358/ Sat, 17 May 2008 01:25:13 -0400 KeralaNext http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14888358/ Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says the United Nations is concerned with saving lives, not with politics, as he tries to ramp up aid efforts following Cyclone Nargis which struck Myanmar and has severe... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14888362/ Sat, 17 May 2008 01:25:12 -0400 KeralaNext http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14888362/ The United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) wrapped up its annual session today by emphasizing the need for ramping up investment in research and development in innovative and susta... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14888361/ Sat, 17 May 2008 01:25:11 -0400 KeralaNext http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14888361/ The United Nations tribunal set up to deal with the worst crimes committed during the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s today adjourned the trial of a former high-level official with the Serbian secret se... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14888360/ Sat, 17 May 2008 01:25:11 -0400 KeralaNext http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14888360/ Foreigners are confined to Yangon and roads to cyclone-battered regions are blocked in Myanmar. Photo / Reuters YANGON - Myanmar's military rulers have thrown a tightening ring of security around Yang... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14887354/ Sat, 17 May 2008 01:35:02 -0400 New Zealand Herald http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14887354/ RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- President Bush failed to win the help he sought from Saudi Arabia to relieve skyrocketing American gas prices Friday, a setback for the former Texas oilman who took office... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14886967/ Sat, 17 May 2008 00:47:57 -0400 New York Post http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14886967/ Last year, the panel imposed the harshest punishment it could render against the two states after they scheduled primaries in January, even though they were instructed not to vote until Feb. 5 or late... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14886968/ Sat, 17 May 2008 00:47:56 -0400 New York Post http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14886968/ DUBAI - Osama bin Laden vowed in an audio tape to mark Israel's 60th anniversary to continue to fight the Jewish state and its allies in the West.The al Qaeda leader, who has placed growing emphasis o... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14887353/ Sat, 17 May 2008 01:35:00 -0400 New Zealand Herald http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14887353/ WATERTOWN, South Dakota (Reuters) - Democratic presidential front-runner Barack Obama said on Friday President George W. Bush's "failed policies" had strengthened U.S. enemies like Iran and Hamas. http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14887557/ Sat, 17 May 2008 00:15:24 -0400 Reuters http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14887557/ WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States intends to build a big new prison at its main military base in Afghanistan, a shift from earlier aims to transfer most detainees to Afghan custody, The New Yor... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14887556/ Sat, 17 May 2008 00:15:23 -0400 Reuters http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14887556/ STOCKHOLM: Scientists at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet have in two recent studies shown that a receptor called ALK7 plays important roles in the regulation of body fat depositio... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14886549/ Fri, 16 May 2008 22:45:15 -0400 KeralaNext http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14886549/ KOTTAYAM, Kerala: The All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) national secretary Amarjeet Kaur has alleged that the high inflation is due to the skewed policies of the UPA government at the Centre. She... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14886548/ Fri, 16 May 2008 22:45:14 -0400 KeralaNext http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14886548/ An 81-year-old woman found dead at her home had suffered multiple stab wounds, post-mortem tests have revealed. The victim, who police believe is Joyce Cregeen, was found by a member of the public ... http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14885006/ Fri, 16 May 2008 21:26:56 -0400 BBC http://story.floridastatesman.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/c08dd24cec417021/id/14885006/