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    Russia aims to keep control of Georgian port city (AP)

    Georgians look at  Russian peacekeepers during a rally in the Black Sea port city of Poti, western Georgia, Saturday, Aug. 23, 2008. Thousands of Georgians angry at the presence of Russian troops on the outskirts of this strategic Black Sea port took to the streets in protest Saturday, demanding that the Russians move out. (AP Photo/Georgy Abdaladze)AP - Thousands of Georgians demanded that Russian troops leave the outskirts of this strategic Black Sea port on Saturday and took to the streets in protest, while a top Russian general said his country's forces would keep patrolling the area.


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    Sat, 23 Aug 2008 18:37:28 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    At last: Richards, Felix, Wariner get their golds (AP)

    United States' Sanya Richards, left, celebrates winning the women's 4x400-meter final during the athletics competitions in the National Stadium at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Saturday, Aug. 23, 2008. At center is Russia's  Anastasia Kapachinskaya.   (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)AP - Sanya Richards clutched this medal, stared at it, smiled at it. A few feet away, Allyson Felix did the same. These weren't their first prizes of the 2008 Olympics. But these were the medals the Americans wanted. Gold. Elusive gold.


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    Sat, 23 Aug 2008 18:55:50 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    US women's basketball wins fourth straight gold (AP)

    USA player from left, Candace Parker, Lisa Leslie and DeLisha Milton-Jones pose with their medal after winning against Australia in women's basketball at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Saturday, Aug. 23, 2008.  (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic)AP - Lisa Leslie and the U.S. women's basketball team were once again too good for Australia at the Olympics.


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    Sat, 23 Aug 2008 18:52:56 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    Fay kills 10 in Fla., makes record 4th landfall (AP)

    Residents in boat survey neighborhood flood damage from Tropical Storm Fay in Debary, Fla., Friday, Aug. 22, 2008. Tropical Storm Fay hobbled across Florida for a fifth day Friday as the state's death toll rose to five, while residents began plodding through muddy water to assess the flood damage to their homes. (AP Photo/John Raoux)AP - APALACHICOLA, Fla. — Tropical Storm Fay began wrapping up its disastrous slog across Florida on Saturday by making a record fourth landfall on the Panhandle's coast. Emergency officials said 10 people have been killed in the state alone.


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    Sat, 23 Aug 2008 18:57:07 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    Biden pick draws Democratic praise, GOP criticism (AP)

    Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., who is Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama's pick as his running mate and his wife, Jill, prepare to depart their home, Saturday, Aug. 23, 2008, in Greenville, Del., to join Obama for a rally in Illinois. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)AP - Democrats quickly coalesced around Sen. Joe Biden as Barack Obama's running mate on Saturday while Republicans recycled the Delaware lawmaker's less-than-favorable past descriptions of his new political benefactor.


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    Sat, 23 Aug 2008 18:49:53 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    Russia entrenched in Georgia despite 'withdrawal' (AFP)

    Russian forces have begun to pullout from parts of Georgia, but a top general said hundreds of soldiers will remain deep inside the country along the main strategic highway.(AFP iactiv)AFP - Western capitals accused Moscow of failing to respect a peace deal in Georgia as Russia retained control Saturday over the country's main highway despite a partial withdrawal of troops.


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    Sat, 23 Aug 2008 07:44:12 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    Obama names Biden as running mate (AFP)

    File picture shows US Senator Joe Biden (right), welcoming presidential hopeful Barack Obama to the Senate. Obama has named Senator Joseph Biden as his vice presidential running mate, according to a cellphone text message sent out to supporters(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)AFP - Democratic White House hopeful Barack Obama early Saturday named Senator Joseph Biden as his vice presidential running mate, according to a cellphone text message sent by his campaign to supporters.


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    Sat, 23 Aug 2008 08:01:35 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    Argentina beats Nigeria for soccer gold (Reuters)

    Argentina's team celebrate their victory against Nigeria's at the end of the men's gold medal soccer match at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, August 23, 2008. (Gary Hershorn/Reuters)Reuters - Argentina beat Nigeria 1-0 under a strength-sapping midday sun to take a second consecutive Olympic soccer gold on Saturday and avenge defeat by the Africans in the 1996 final.


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    Sat, 23 Aug 2008 06:44:17 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    Brazil extradites Colombian drug lord to U.S. (Reuters)
    Reuters - Brazil extradited Juan Carlos Ramirez Abadia on Friday to the United States, where he is wanted on murder, racketeering and drug charges as one of the most powerful leaders of Colombia's cocaine cartels. -- read full article
    Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:47:10 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    Iraq says no firm dates in U.S. troops deal (Reuters)

    U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice shakes hands with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari after a news conference in the heavy fortified Green Zone in Baghdad August 21, 2008. (Ali Abbas/Pool/Reuters)Reuters - A draft agreement between the United States and Iraq contains no fixed dates for U.S. forces to withdraw, but Iraq would like combat troops out by the end of 2011, government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said on Thursday.


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    Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:10:29 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    Iraq wants U.S. troops deal to expire in three years (Reuters)

    U.S. Private First Class Nathan Hogan from the Second Stryker Cavalry Regiment searches a house during a patrol in Diyala province August 20, 2008. (Andrea Comas/Reuters)Reuters - Iraq wants an agreement authorizing the continued presence of U.S. troops on its soil to expire in three years, government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said on Friday.


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    Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:12:27 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    Seven Florida deaths blamed on tropical storm Fay (Reuters)

    Workers clear debris at the Palm Beach Equine Clinic after Tropical Storm Fay passed through Wellington, Florida August 19, 2008. (Joe Skipper/Reuters)Reuters - Tropical Storm Fay was blamed on Friday for seven deaths in Florida as forecasters warned that its torrential rains threatened a large swath of the southeastern United States with flooding over the weekend.


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    Fri, 22 Aug 2008 21:34:57 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    Georgia back in control of strategic road (Reuters)

    Russian servicemen atop an armoured vehicle leave the Georgian city of Senaki, August 23, 2008. (News Bridgepix/Reuters)Reuters - Georgian troops were back in control of the country's main East-West highway on Saturday after Russian forces pulled back, but Washington slammed the Kremlin for keeping a force in Georgia's heartland.


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    Sat, 23 Aug 2008 08:10:19 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    Bernanke says inflation outlook "uncertain" (Reuters)

    Chairman of the Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke testifies before the U.S. House Financial Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington July 16, 2008. (Larry Downing/Reuters)Reuters - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Friday said the stronger dollar and lower oil prices, along with the weak economy, should curb inflation, in a hint that interest rates would stay on hold, though he warned the inflation outlook is "highly uncertain."


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    Fri, 22 Aug 2008 21:40:26 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
    Obama picks Senate veteran Biden as running mate (Reuters)

    Democratic vice presidential candidate Senator Joseph Biden speaks at the Democratic National Committee annual fall meeting in Vienna, Virginia in this November 30, 2007 file photo. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters)Reuters - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has chosen veteran Delaware Sen. Joseph Biden, a leading voice on international affairs, as his vice presidential running mate, his campaign said on Saturday.


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    Sat, 23 Aug 2008 07:57:31 GMT - Yahoo! News: Top Stories
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