AFP - Afghan and NATO troops backed by helicopter gunships killed 35 Taliban rebels Wednesday in a huge "clean-up" operation to drive out militants entrenched in villages near Kandahar.
Reuters - About a dozen people hurled rocks at
a top U.S. diplomat's convoy in Lebanon on Wednesday but there
were no serious injuries, the U.S. State Department said.
Reuters - President George W. Bush vetoed the
$289 billion U.S. farm bill for the second time on Wednesday,
setting the stage for a congressional override to enact it into
law, just like the first time.
Reuters - Medical examinations of 11 former
terrorism suspects held by U.S. troops found proof of physical
and psychological torture resulting in long-term damage, a
human rights advocacy group said on Wednesday. -- read full article
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Reuters - U.S. and Chinese officials were to
wrap up two days of economic talks on Wednesday with agreements
to expand energy cooperation and investment but with
differences remaining on how quickly Beijing should liberalize
its markets.
Reuters - Americans remain gloomy about the
future but feel marginally better this month as they adjust to
high gas prices and a faltering economy, according to a
Reuters/Zogby poll released on Wednesday.
Reuters - President George W. Bush on
Wednesday urged Congress to end a ban on offshore oil drilling,
responding to consumer anxiety over record-high gasoline prices
with a plan sure to anger environmentalists.
Reuters - Democrat Barack Obama has a narrow
5-point lead on Republican John McCain in the U.S. presidential
race, but holds a big early edge with the crucial swing voting
blocs of independents and women, according to a Reuters/Zogby
poll released on Wednesday.
Reuters - The swollen Mississippi
River ran over the top of at least nine more levees on
Wednesday as floodwaters swallowed up more U.S. farmland,
feeding inflation fears as corn prices soared to record highs.
AP - The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved a medical device tested about five years ago on actor Christopher Reeve to help him breathe without a ventilator. -- read full article
Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:31:52 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
AP - When gas station manager Roger Randolph realized it was costing him money each time someone filled up with $4-a-gallon gas, he hung a sign on his pumps: "No more credit cards." -- read full article
Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:28:57 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
AP - Michelle Obama said Wednesday she was "touched" that first lady Laura Bush came to her defense after she was harshly criticized by Republicans for her February comment that for the first time in her adult life she was proud of the United States.
