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NewOrleansSun.com Thursday 28th August 2008 Issue 1589
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"All efforts of the Afghan government to avoid civilian casualties have not yielded any positive results and our innocent countrymen are still killed in anti-terrorism operations."
Afghan President Hamid Karzai
Karzai was condemning the killing of 76 civilians, mostly children, by a US airstrike in western Afghanistan.

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National
  • Obama - candidate of change offers continuity to India
  • One of the most rapid rises in US political history
  • Air Canada to provide in-flight internet service
  • Barack Obama wins historic Democratic nomination

    Louisiana
  • Miss Baton Rouge looks to state pageant
  • Councilman wants 5 percent budget cuts
  • Jeanerette police chief demoted
  • New Orleans tense as Gustav nears

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    Louisiana braces for tropical storm
    A state of emergency has been declared in the US state of Louisiana ahead of the possible arrival of Tropical Storm Gustav early next week. Contingency plans have also been drawn up to completely...

    Gustav nears Jamaica; New Orleans keeps watch
    Gustav was heading toward Jamaica early Thursday while many miles away, residents in the New Orleans area watched it with a nervous eye.A day after stalling off Haiti's coast, the tropical storm was...

    Louisiana eyes Gustav, activates Guard troops
    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...

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    International
    Obama voted in by delegates
    Barack Obama has swept to the Democratic presidential nomination after thousands of national convention voted him...

    World War II body found hanging from tree in New Guinea
    New Guinean authorities, with the help of the Australian, US and Japanese governments, are investigating the discovery of what is thought to be the skeleton of a World War II...

    UK minister warns Ukraine it could be catalyst for new Cold War
    Britain's Foreign Secretary David Miliband has used a visit to Ukraine to warn Russia not to start a new Cold...

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    Business News
    U.S. stock markets close in positive territory
    U.S. equity markets had a rare up day Wednesday with all indices finishing in the...

    Fannie Mae fights back but loses executives
    Mortgage finance giant Fannie Mae has made changes to its executive ranks, after investors appeared less certain a government bailout of the company might be imminent....

    Durable goods statistics improve in US
    New orders for long-lasting US manufactured goods rose by a surprise 1.4% in July, led by a big increase in civilian aircraft sales....

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    Health
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  • New tool can smell cancer
  • Simple antibiotics keep most super bugs at bay
  • Black raspberries may slow cancer spread

    Science
  • Computer virus in space - NASA astronauts get hit
  • New gene therapy may harbour deafness cure
  • Collision of galaxy clusters provides striking evidence for dark matter
  • Astronomers catch massive galaxies in the act of merging 4 billion yrs ago
  • Colliding galaxies shed light on dark matter

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