Aaron's Daily WWW Newspaper

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  NKorea suspends nuclear reactor disablement AP - 8 minutes ago

  SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea said Tuesday it has suspended work to disable its nuclear reactor in anger over Washington's failure to remove it from the U.S. list of terror sponsors. The North said it will soon consider a step to restore the plutonium-producing facility.

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  Wildfire burns homes in Boise neighborhood AP - 2 hours, 18 minutes ago

  BOISE, Idaho - A wildfire that started in a field of sagebrush and cheatgrass spread quickly up a ridge and burned as many as 10 homes in Boise neighborhood Monday night.

• New Census figures on poverty due Tuesday AP - 1 hour, 3 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON - The Census Bureau on Tuesday reports new numbers on poverty, income and health insurance — an annual snapshot of the economic well-being of American households.

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  Bollywood's 'Hari Puttar' film sparks lawsuit AP - 1 hour, 14 minutes ago

  MUMBAI, India - Let's see Hari Puttar get out of this one. Bollywood producers set to release a film called "Hari Puttar: A Comedy of Terrors" are working to fend off a lawsuit filed by Warner Bros. that claims the movie title hews too closely to their mega-famous boy wizard franchise.

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  Federer, Ivanovic, Williamses go at US Open today AP - 1 hour, 4 minutes ago

  NEW YORK - Roger Federer, bidding for his fifth straight U.S. Open title, is scheduled to begin Tuesday, as were No. 1 Ana Ivanovic and the Williams sisters.

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  Clinton takes spotlight at convention Reuters - 18 minutes ago

  DENVER (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton will address the Democratic convention on Tuesday in a speech designed to mend a lingering party rift and persuade her die-hard supporters to get behind Barack Obama's White House bid.

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  Medvedev convenes security chiefs over Georgia Reuters - 2 hours, 41 minutes ago

  SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev convened security chiefs on Tuesday to consider a plea from parliament to recognize two separatist regions of Georgia as independent, a move Washington says would be unacceptable.

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  North Korea to suspend nuclear disablement Reuters - Tue Aug 26, 4:39 AM ET

  SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said on Tuesday it will stop disabling its nuclear facilities and consider restoring the Yongbyon reactor that can make material for atomic bombs, accusing the United States of violating a disarmament deal.

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  U.N. says has evidence air strikes killed 90 Afghans Reuters - 6 minutes ago

  KABUL (Reuters) - The United Nations said on Tuesday it had found convincing evidence that 90 Afghan civilians, most of them children, were killed in air strikes by U.S.-led coalition forces in western Afghanistan last week.

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  GM receives Gulf Arab interest in Hummer buy Reuters - 1 hour, 21 minutes ago

  DUBAI (Reuters) - General Motors Corp (GM) has received interest from two separate investors from the Gulf Arab region to buy its Hummer brand, the company's Middle East chief told Reuters on Tuesday.

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  Pakistani stability hope fades with coalition split Reuters - Tue Aug 26, 4:47 AM ET

  ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Prospects for political stability in Pakistan faded on Tuesday, a day after a split in the ruling coalition, with a battle looming over who will become the next president of the nuclear-armed U.S. ally.

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  Suicide bomber kills 28 in strike on Iraq recruits Reuters - 2 hours, 5 minutes ago

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suicide bomber wearing an explosive vest blew himself up in a crowd of Iraqi police recruits on Tuesday, killing 28 people and wounding 45, police said.

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  Hurricane Gustav takes aim at Haiti, Gulf Reuters - 1 hour, 3 minutes ago

  MIAMI (Reuters) - Hurricane Gustav barreled toward vulnerable Haiti on Tuesday and appeared set to become a "major" storm later in the week as it neared the Gulf of Mexico where the United States produces a large amount of oil and gas.

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  Russia recognises South Ossetia, Abkhazia as independent AFP - 1 hour, 10 minutes ago

  MOSCOW (AFP) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev announced Tuesday he had signed a decree under which Russia formally recognises the rebel Georgian provinces of South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent states.

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  Thai PM vows action as protesters besiege state offices AFP - 1 hour, 34 minutes ago

  BANGKOK (AFP) - Thai premier Samak Sundaravej on Tuesday vowed "decisive action" to end escalating anti-government rallies, as thousands of protesters stormed a state-run TV station and blockaded key ministries.

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  NKorea halts denuclearisation AFP - 1 hour, 39 minutes ago

  SEOUL (AFP) - North Korea said Tuesday it has stopped disabling its nuclear plants and will consider restoring them because the United States has failed to remove it from a terrorism blacklist.

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  Iraq bomber kills 25 at police recruitment centre AFP - 1 hour, 1 minute ago

  BAQUBA, Iraq (AFP) - A suicide bomber thwarted a security check at a police recruiting centre in Iraq on Tuesday and blew himself up, killing at least 25 young people, the local police chief said.

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  Patriotism, poignancy as Democrats open historic convention AFP - Tue Aug 26, 3:20 AM ET

  DENVER, Colorado (AFP) - Barack Obama's wife Michelle on Monday pledged allegiance to the "blessing" of the American dream, as the historic Democratic convention opened in a pageant of political symbolism.

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  Dollar soars against euro, sterling AFP - 58 minutes ago

  LONDON (AFP) - The dollar scored a six-month high against the euro and a two-year peak against the British pound on Tuesday, as dealers digested evidence of slowing economic growth in Europe.

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  Rio Tinto half-year profit surges to $6.9bln AFP - 2 hours, 58 minutes ago

  SYDNEY (AFP) - Mining giant Rio Tinto said Tuesday it had more than doubled first-half net profit to a record 6.91 billion US dollars as it continues to fend off a hostile takeover bid by rival BHP Billiton.

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  First mass U.S. crossing for hydrogen cars completed Reuters - Sun Aug 24, 6:16 PM ET

  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hydrogen fuel cell cars from nine automakers completed a 13-day cross-country trip this weekend, in the first such mass U.S. crossing for vehicles powered by a zero-emission technology still in its infancy.

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  Uninsured pay $30 billion for health care: study Reuters - Mon Aug 25, 11:06 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Americans who go without health insurance for any part of 2008 will spend $30 billion out of pocket for health care and they will get $56 billion worth of free care, according to a report released on Monday.

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  "Malling" consumes shoppers in the Philippines Reuters - Sat Aug 23, 8:22 PM ET

  MANILA (Reuters) - In the Philippines, "malling" has become a verb, the act of going to a shopping mall and whiling away the hours.

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  'No chance' for missing climbers after Alps avalanche: minister AFP - Sun Aug 24, 3:46 PM ET

  CHAMONIX, France(AFP) - Mountain rescue workers on Sunday suspended their search for eight climbers, five Austrians and three Swiss, missing in an avalanche in the French Alps, because of worsening conditions.

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  West awaits Medvedev word on recognizing rebel areas Reuters - Mon Aug 25, 6:19 PM ET

  TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgia and its Western allies waited on Tuesday to hear if Russian President Dmitry Medvedev would recognize Georgia's separatist regions as independent, a move Washington has warned would be unacceptable.